March 2009 Archives

L'heure d'été : Spring Forward!

L'heure d'été begins today in France and most of Europe, so don't forget to set your clocks ahead one hour!

If you're traveling outside of France soon, and returning to France between March 20 and April 5, you will most likely have to show your passport and/or CDS to get back in. France is re-activating the border checks for all land and air crossings because of the NATO summit (April 3-4 in Strasbourg). Sarkozy, Merkel and the "nouveau président des Etats-Unis, Barak Obama" will be in attendance. Yes, they spelled his name wrong.

Article from immigration.gouv.fr

March 19 Strike

Tomorrow is another national strike in France! Trains are supposed to be "fortement perturbé" mais on verra...

19 mars 2009 : Grève Générale

Site maintenance

Hello all - I will be working on some template issues and trying to get things looking back to normal around here in the coming days. Please be patient if you encounter any craziness -- hopefully it will be short-lived.

Thanks.

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