Palatine Sister Cities Association Announces Travel Opportunities
Palatine's sister city is in Fontenay-le-Comte, France. Members and friends of Palatine Sister Cities Association are invited to represent Palatine at one of the following spring/summer 2016 events in France:
Event 1
May 14-16, is Pentecost weekend and Fontenay-le-Comte, France will celebrate its "67th Biennale". This is a three-day festival of colors, music, dance, food, drink and a parade of elaborate floats. This is a traditional event for the people in Fontenay-le-Comte and for their five Sister Cities: Spain, Poland, Romania, West Africa and of course, Palatine!
Event 2
On June 18, Fontenay-le-Comte, France will honor its 20 years of friendship with Palatine. We are invited to stay touring the various historical and natural sites in the region, sampling the wine and cuisine, learning more of the culture and language.
Members and friends of Palatine Sister Cities Association are invited to represent Palatine at either of these events. Travelers arrange their own transportation to Paris. From Paris, sister cities will assist in travel arrangements to Fontenay-le-Comte (approximately four-hours southwest from Paris) and will arrange for home stays in Fontenay-le-Comte for up to a week.
Information meeting
An informational meeting is scheduled in Palatine on Tuesday, April 19, at 7 p.m. to arrange for home stays and transportation between Fontenay-le-Comte and Paris.
For informaiton, email president@palatinesistercities.org or visit www.palatinesistercities.org/fontenay-le-comte
What is Sister Cities?
Sister Cities International was created at President Eisenhower's 1956 White House summit on citizen diplomacy, where he envisioned a network that would be a champion for peace and prosperity by fostering bonds between people from different communities around the world.
By forming these relationships, President Eisenhower reasoned that people from different cultures could understand, appreciate, and celebrate their differences while building partnerships that would lessen the chance of new conflicts.