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Polar bears Flocke (German) and Rasputin (Russian) who now live together in the Nuremberg zoo will be moving to the Marineland attraction park at Antibes early next year (2010). Flocke is called the “celebrity German polar bear” by AP, so…

We’ve just added a link on our Villefrance-sur-Mer page to a new, high-definition webcam that looks out across the Rade of Villefrance-sur-Mer towards the Mediterranean. The webcam, installed on the roof of a villa in Pont St.Jean, was established by…

Taxes (TVA) for cafés and restaurants in France were lowered at the beginning of this summer (2009) from 19.6% to 5.5%. The lower TVA was finally done, at the insistence of the café-restaurant owners to “allow them to have lower…

At the Medieval festival in the Medieval village of Entrevaux, this weekend we watched a wonderful Falconery and Horse show put on by Hippogriffe (www.hipppogriffe.net). Seeing birds of prey in action is a great experience. And being able to see…

This is a great Medieval festival in the authentic Medieval village of Entrevaux, and you have one more day to attend — or never again!? We spent the first have of today (Saturday 1 Aug 2009) at the festival, and…