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		<title>Candlemas &#8211; La Fête de Chandeleur</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[La Fête de Chandeleur Origin of La Chandeleur La Chandeleur (Candlemas in English) is a Christian religious holiday with pagan roots originally, falling just before the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia which was celebrated to avert evil spirits and purify the city.  It falls on 2nd February, 40 days after Christmas Day, and commemorates the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=visitnormandy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5860005&amp;post=2267&amp;subd=visitnormandy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Laws for Drivers and Motorcyclists in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Driving Laws in France As of January 5, 2012, a number of new measures affecting motorists and bikers in France were announced by the Minister for the Interior. These driving law reforms were first announced by President Sarkozy on November 30, based on decisions made in spring 2011 by the Interministerial Committee for Road [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=visitnormandy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5860005&amp;post=2252&amp;subd=visitnormandy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 in review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil in Normandy-Loire Country</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for Visit Normandy-Pays de la Loire blog. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 51,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 19 sold-out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=visitnormandy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5860005&amp;post=2249&amp;subd=visitnormandy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Le Mans Christmas Market 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Le Mans Christmas Market Le Mans Christmas Market and many other festive celebrations are now in full swing and the Market will run daily until Christmas Eve. The Le Mans Christmas Market village is located in Place de la République and as well as dozens of artisanal produce and craft stalls it includes a number [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=visitnormandy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5860005&amp;post=2238&amp;subd=visitnormandy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Château de Falaise &#8211; William the Conqueror&#8217;s Castle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Château de Falaise &#8211; William the Conqueror&#8217;s Castle On the way home from a visit to Ikea at Caen this week, we stopped off at Falaise to visit the Château de Falaise. Falaise (meaning &#8220;cliff&#8221; in French) was the birthplace of William the Conqueror. The castle of Falaise overlooks the town from the high crag [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=visitnormandy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5860005&amp;post=2224&amp;subd=visitnormandy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jardin Retiré at Bagnoles-de-l&#8217;Orne</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil in Normandy-Loire Country</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jardin Retiré at Bagnoles-de-l&#8217;Orne Tucked away in the Southern Normandy spa town of Bagnoles-de-l&#8217;Orne is a delightful little private garden that opens to the public at weekends from mid-April to end of September. &#8220;Le Jardin Retiré&#8221; is a beautiful garden that exploits its shady character as a virtue rather than a hindrance &#8211; if you&#8217;ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=visitnormandy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5860005&amp;post=2209&amp;subd=visitnormandy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Black Saturday in France</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday 30th July &#8211; Black Saturday If you&#8217;re travelling by car in France tomorrow (Saturday) look out, it&#8217;s the busiest day of the year &#8211; and traffic trouble starts today on main routes from big cities. With July holidaymakers returning home and August holidaymakers starting their holiday more than 600km of jams are forecast tomorrow, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=visitnormandy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5860005&amp;post=2202&amp;subd=visitnormandy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eurolines Coach Services : Paris to Normandy/Pays de la Loire/Brittany</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eurolines Coach Services between Paris and Pays de la Loire/Normandy/Brittany Eurolines, the biggest coach network in Europe, has won the right to transport passengers between a number of major towns in western France and Paris. In February this year a change was made to the restrictive laws on coach travel in France (which exist to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=visitnormandy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5860005&amp;post=2186&amp;subd=visitnormandy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Garden Plant Festival at Bagnoles de l&#8217;Orne</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Garden Plant Festival at Bagnoles de l&#8217;Orne Following great success in previous years, the garden plant festival and sale takes place this June at Bagnoles-de-l&#8217;Orne in southern Normandy. The garden show attracts nurserymen and plant growers from afar &#8211; last year we bought hostas and ornamental grasses from exhibitors hailing from Holland and  Belgium, as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=visitnormandy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5860005&amp;post=2177&amp;subd=visitnormandy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Le Jardin Boutique, Champsecret, Bagnoles-de-l&#8217;Orne</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 18:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Le Jardin Boutique Location: Champsecret, Orne, Normandy At the beginning of April we visited one of our favourite gardens locally, the Jardins de la Mansonière at St Saint Céneri-le-Gerei. While we were there we asked Michèle (Manson) where she got all the lovely wrought-iron pergolas, tables and chairs which have appeared in the tea garden since last [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=visitnormandy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5860005&amp;post=2169&amp;subd=visitnormandy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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