France

2022 - 9 - 25

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A local's guide to Arcachon: France's Atlantic coast gem (The Guardian)

Oyster farmer Olivier Laban shares tips on sailing stunning bays, rich greenery and jumping nightlife.

Those looking for craft beers should check out [Brasserie Mira](https://brasseriemira.fr/en/art), a brewery that also hosts artists and musicians. It’s best to hire a boat with a skipper and then you can explore at leisure, discovering the Cabanes Tchanquées, the island’s iconic stilt fishing huts. So it has always been a peaceful, quiet area and I love this contrast to the busy commercial streets of Ville d’Eté, the Summer Town. North of the town, in Arcachon Bay, the Île aux Oiseaux is a timeless, perfectly preserved natural environment, home to 150 bird species, but it must be respected. Although you can hire a boat and sail over I advise against this as you need experience to navigate the bay. [La Cabane de l’Aiguillon](https://lacabanedelaiguillon.com/), a magical location right on the water near the port. And in summer, the seasonal [Le Club Plage Perreire](https://www.facebook.com/Club-Plage-Pereire-144053162429680/) is perfect for a romantic meal on the beach; grilled, freshly caught fish. A couple of roads back from the beach, [Pizzeria Jehenne](http://www.pizzeria-jehenne.com/) is great for families – chef Danny has been making pizzas and pasta for 45 years, and visitors never realise he’s not Italian but a local Arcachonnais. If you ask where I go to find inspiration, I’ll still say out on the Bassin d’Arcachon, but on a sailing boat rather than my work motorboat. This is the grandest, most beautiful part of town, with splendid 19th-century belle- Time your trip well and you have the perfect view across to our iconic Dune du Pilat. Tourists often stop in the market pulling their suitcases as it is en route from the train station to the port where ferries shuttle over to Cap Ferret.

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France's Macron Lands First State Visit of Biden's Presidency (Voice of America)

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron, center, speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden after a group photo at the G7 summit at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near ...

Trump snapped back after a meeting with Macron that the French leader had made "very, very nasty" and "disrespectful" comments. Scott Morrison, then the prime minister of Australia, also came on a state visit at Trump's invitation in September 2019. Central to Biden's pitch for the presidency was a vow to restore America's global leadership after four years of Donald Trump's "America First" worldview. Biden also sought to patch thing up with France by eventually acknowledging to Macron that his administration had been "clumsy" in how it handled the issue. midterm elections and the Thanksgiving holiday, will be the second state visit for Macron, who was first elected to lead his country in May 2017 and won a second term earlier this year. undermined a deal that had been in place for France to sell diesel-powered submarines to Australia.

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France's Macron lands 1st state visit of Biden's presidency (The Washington Post)

The White House has announced that French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Washington in early December for the first state visit of President Joe ...

[Trump had announced a third state visit, by Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia,](https://apnews.com/article/6509df582720fb786613798b36602897) but it was postponed due to the pandemic and could not be held before Trump lost reelection in 2020. [touring Monticello](https://apnews.com/article/7b57617959384bcc9de5b5863b57cd23), the sprawling Charlottesville, Virginia, estate owned by Thomas Jefferson, the former U.S. Trump snapped back after a meeting with Macron that the French leader had made “very, very nasty” and “disrespectful” comments. The couples helped plant a tree on the White House lawn before they departed on a helicopter tour of monuments built in a capital city designed by French-born Pierre L’Enfant as they flew south to Mount Vernon, situated along the Potomac River. But it proved a bit of a diplomatic challenge as he traveled without a female companion following a very public breakup with longtime partner Valerie Trierweiler. [the United States announced a deal to sell nuclear submarines to Australia](https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-france-europe-united-states-f7305629e329e8a31a8f07e3d3bbffce). Not long before that meeting, Macron had complained that the alliance was suffering “brain death” caused by diminished U.S. Biden also sought to patch thing up with France by eventually acknowledging to Macron that his administration had been “clumsy” in how it handled the issue. Central to Biden’s pitch for the presidency was a vow to restore America’s global leadership after four years of Donald Trump’s “America First” worldview. But the relationship soured after Trump pulled U.S. undermined a deal that had been in place for France to sell diesel-powered submarines to Australia. Trump disparaged NATO.

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