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FEATURE/Bonjour Paris Launches An Online Treasure Hunt With A Free Week In France As The Prize.


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PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--Feb. 27, 2001

Bonjour Paris (http://www.bonjourparis.com/ and keyword: Bonjour on AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , plus Go: Paris on CompuServe), is launching a treasure hunt on March 1, 2001 which ends at midnight March 21.

Identify the answers to twenty questions and if you are the fourth entrant to do so, you and your partner will win a heavenly week departing the US on Friday, April 27th, and returning to the US on May 5, 2001.

US Air will fly you to France, where you'll spend your first four days at the deluxe Royal Monceau The Royal Monceau Hotel is a luxury hotel in Paris, France located in the eighth arrondisement. The hotel has 203 rooms and 45 suites that have been recently refurbished. Two of its restaurants have a Michelin star: "Le Jardin" serves international and Provencale cuisine and "Le  Hotel (http://www.royalmonceau.com/) just off the Champs-Elysees.

You'll be dining at Le Cameleon, Au Bon Accueil, Le Violon D'Ingres (http://www.leviolondingres.com/) and the exciting newcomer on the Paris restaurant scene, Astrance.

After Paris, you'll have a car, compliments of AutoEurope, to explore theLoire Valley. Your home in the Loire Valley Noun 1. Loire Valley - the valley of the Loire River where many French wines originated
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
 will be a just renovated B&B (http://www.bparis.com/newsletter1403/newsletter_show.htm?doc_id=26835), formerly Alexander Calder's atelier. Located on the Indre River Indre River

River, central France. It is a tributary of the Loire River. Rising on the northern flanks of the plateau region known as the Massif Central, it flows northwest through agricultural lands and joins the Loire after a total course of 165 mi (265 km).
, this mill has four rooms with extraordinary views.

Each morning, you'll sit on a terrace in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?"
midmost
 of the river and feast on a wonderful breakfast. Balzac found this setting magical and wrote "The Lily of the Valley lily of the valley, common name for either of the two species of Convallaria, spring-blooming perennials of the family Liliaceae (lily family). C. majalis, the species usually in cultivation, is native to Eurasia; C. " using this site as inspiration.

One of the dinners you'll be treated to is at the stellar hotel/restaurant Jean Bardet in Tours. And this is only the beginning.

To participate, access http://www.bonjourparis.com/ and start searching for the answers. The fourth entrant to correctly answer all of the questions will be off and flying to the City of Light.

Bonjour Paris is a virtual trip to France for lovers of all things Parisian and French.Visitors to http://www.bonjourparis.com/ will find travel information, food, wine and hotel tips, as well as lively cultural information. On the interactive side, the site features French lessons, hosts French language chats and English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations.  theme chats.

Want to know about Paris must-sees and destinations throughout France, meet fellow Francophiles and travel virtually to Paris? One can post questions on the discussion board and let Bonjour Paris be your gateway to France!
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