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Article: Time for a new taste of life across the Channel.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- February 3, 2001
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Byline: WILLIAM OLIVER
IN OUR country-by-country series, WILLIAM OLIVER looks at the best family holidays for 2001.This week: France.
FRANCE had a disappointing number of visitors last year. The oil spill on the south coast of Brittany, rising ferry fares, fuel strikes and port blockades, and a general annoyance at the banning of our beef was enough to put many loyal Francophiles off - at least for a year.
But as the pound remains (reasonably) strong against the franc, the oil has been cleared up, and the other issues are off the agenda (temporarily at least), this looks like a good year to head back across the Channel.
Here is my ...