French Skippers and French Days 6. júlí 2006 13:07 The annual Skippers d Islande race is currently taking place, a boat race from Paimpol in France to Reykjavík, Iceland. The race was founded to commemorate the French fishermen who came to Iceland at the end of the nineteenth century to fish. The boat race set off from France on June 24th and the skippers arrived in Reykjavik yesterday. Today the Alliance Francaise invites them to a welcome drink and the crews of the boats will walk up the Laugavegur main shopping street at 18.30. On Friday and Saturday "French Days" will be taking place in the city, a promotion of French products organised by the French-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce. The boats leave for Grundarfjörður, west Iceland on Saturday at 13.00 and return to France on July 21st to finish the race. For further info visit www.skippersdislande.com News News in English Mest lesið Mörg hundruð börn hittist og drekki sig full í sumarpartýum Innlent Hótar að svipta Rosie O'Donnell ríkisborgararétti Erlent Fjögur mál kláruð fyrir þingslit: „Skynsamleg lúkning sem forseti leggur til“ Innlent Nafn mannsins sem lést í mótorhjólaslysinu Innlent Hiti gæti náð 25 stigum í dag Veður Ofbeldi í garð fangavarða eykst Innlent Dettifoss komið til hafnar Innlent Fundu kannabisplöntur við húsleit Innlent Sjálfvirk bílaþvottastöð opnuð á Selfossi Innlent Kim lofar Rússum „skilyrðislausum stuðningi“ Erlent
The annual Skippers d Islande race is currently taking place, a boat race from Paimpol in France to Reykjavík, Iceland. The race was founded to commemorate the French fishermen who came to Iceland at the end of the nineteenth century to fish. The boat race set off from France on June 24th and the skippers arrived in Reykjavik yesterday. Today the Alliance Francaise invites them to a welcome drink and the crews of the boats will walk up the Laugavegur main shopping street at 18.30. On Friday and Saturday "French Days" will be taking place in the city, a promotion of French products organised by the French-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce. The boats leave for Grundarfjörður, west Iceland on Saturday at 13.00 and return to France on July 21st to finish the race. For further info visit www.skippersdislande.com
News News in English Mest lesið Mörg hundruð börn hittist og drekki sig full í sumarpartýum Innlent Hótar að svipta Rosie O'Donnell ríkisborgararétti Erlent Fjögur mál kláruð fyrir þingslit: „Skynsamleg lúkning sem forseti leggur til“ Innlent Nafn mannsins sem lést í mótorhjólaslysinu Innlent Hiti gæti náð 25 stigum í dag Veður Ofbeldi í garð fangavarða eykst Innlent Dettifoss komið til hafnar Innlent Fundu kannabisplöntur við húsleit Innlent Sjálfvirk bílaþvottastöð opnuð á Selfossi Innlent Kim lofar Rússum „skilyrðislausum stuðningi“ Erlent