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 Sárnar hvernig fjölskyldunni bárust tíðindin hörmulegu Innlent Nafn stúlkunnar sem lést Innlent Eyða ekki tíma í að eltast við sögusagnir Innlent Bjarni segir brottvísunina standa Innlent Banaslys á byggingarsvæði í Árborg Innlent Lífvarðaþjónustan segist meðvituð um tíst Musk um Biden og Harris Erlent „Ég er nauðgari eins og hinir mennirnir hér inni“ Erlent Telur litlar líkur á að Yazan verði vísað úr landi Innlent Bjóst ekki við því að þurfa á svartri vinnu að halda í ellinni Innlent Finnum sérstaklega til þegar börn eigi í hlut Innlent
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 Sárnar hvernig fjölskyldunni bárust tíðindin hörmulegu Innlent Nafn stúlkunnar sem lést Innlent Eyða ekki tíma í að eltast við sögusagnir Innlent Bjarni segir brottvísunina standa Innlent Banaslys á byggingarsvæði í Árborg Innlent Lífvarðaþjónustan segist meðvituð um tíst Musk um Biden og Harris Erlent „Ég er nauðgari eins og hinir mennirnir hér inni“ Erlent Telur litlar líkur á að Yazan verði vísað úr landi Innlent Bjóst ekki við því að þurfa á svartri vinnu að halda í ellinni Innlent Finnum sérstaklega til þegar börn eigi í hlut Innlent