A couple of things.....

1. Get there on time, because when the crawfish is gone, it's gone...... There will be plenty of beer though --if that's all you're interested in.

2. If your kids are too old to play at the playground, (even though you're never really too old) I've probably sent them an email and invited them, but make sure they know about it, we want to see them! Mom's address book isn't the most modern. Like mother like daughter, I'm also very bad at keeping up to date.

3. Bring your digital cameras, and their USB cords if you remember. We'd love to download all the pics you've taken, and put them up on a website somewhere to share the goings' on.

4. Practice your french. Vince's parents are coming all the way from S. France, and we'll probably have a couple of other francophones for you to converse with.

5. No Gifts Please! We live in a small apartment that we absoultely love! We have everything we could ever need and/or want. If you feel you absolutely must give us something, we love art, I will always make space for my dad's pottery pottermike@gmail.com and for anything handmade by you. Keep it on the small side, we'll have to ship it. We will also accept consumables ie gift cards to restaurants, the spa, the SF opera or ballet, Target, etc etc. Anything else is staying in Louisiana with mom and dad.

6. Questions/Comments/Concerns please feel free to email us deniseflaherty@gmail.com vroussilhon@gmail.com or call 415.570.3839 -Denise cell 415.861.1603-home

Cajun Celebration

You got your invite! I boo-booed and put the wrong phone number. Please call my parents, Mike and Cat to RSVP at 337.667.7245.

The party will take place on April 25th, at around 3pm at the large pavilion in Girard Park - Lafayette. Attached is a map of the exact location of the party. (the pavilion is the green building; the park is marked by the blue outline)



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Your kids are invited, and if it's not raining, there's a playground right next to the pavilion for them to play.

Here is a link to the Festival International Website http://www.festivalinternational.com/site.php happening the same weekend. Its location is also on the map.

Stay tuned for more information.


We can't wait to see you all!

Photos!

EN: This is it, it's done, and it was a fantastic day. Thanks a lot to all of you for your presence, your help, and your happy thoughts.

Here is the first set of photos from our photographer, we expect to get a lot more from some of you.

FR: Ca yest, c'est fait, et c'etait une journee parfaite. Merci encore de votre presence, de votre aide et de vos sourrires.

Voici le premier ensemble de photos prises par notre photographe, en attendant d'autres photos venant de certains d'entre vous. Le premier diaporama montre les photos de la ceremonie, alors que le deuxieme montre des photos un peu plus kitsh (mais que nous aimons beaucoup) prises avec seulement le photographe.

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First the photos from the ceremony and cocktail (that you can find here):



Then the photos we took alone with him. Beware, they're cheesy, but we like them a lot :)

Train tickets

EN: Just wanted to let you all know that now is probably a really good time to buy your train tickets to ride the TGV (acronym for High Speed Train in French) if you need any. The wedding is 2 months away and the train tickets are at their cheapest (they can go up to 80€ each way if you wait too much; they are half that right now)

The site to use if you live in the US is:
http://www.raileurope.com/.

The train company in France is called SNCF and this site allows you to buy your tickets from outside France at the same price as if you were in France (varying with the EUR/USD rate)

I've noticed that they add by default a $10/ticket insurance that raises the price but that you can delete if you want.

For Paris, depending where you leave from, you can use 2 stations:

• If leaving straight from the airport, us the Paris Cdg Airport station
• If leaving after hanging out in Paris, use Paris (this will make you leave from Gare de Lyon in Paris), which is more convenient if you're already in town.

For Valence, there's only one choice proposed when booking even though there are 2 stations:

• Valence TGV
• Valence

TGVs leave mostly from the TGV station, but curiously from the downtown station as well sometimes. Just make sure you know where your car rental agency is.
Both stations are equally accessible.

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FR: Si ce n'est deja fait, maintenant est un tres bon moment pour prendre vos billets de train puisqu'ils sont peu cher en ce moment et les prix vont ne faire qu'augmenter.

http://www.voyages-sncf.com

La gare de choix est Valence.
Il y a en fait 2 gares: Valence ville et Valence TGV. Si la plupart des TGV partent de la gare du meme nom, il arrive que certains partent directement de Valence ville. Pensez-y si vous louez une voiture et que vous ne repartez pas de la gare ou vous etes arrives!

Contact Info

If you need to contact either of us and don't want to do so via comment. Please feel free to email:
denise.flaherty@gmail.com
vroussilhon@gmail.com

Hotel Booking / Reserver l'hotel

EN: As mentioned earlier there are two main options for the hotel, the Best Western Clos Syrah (€85) and the BnB(€44) (refer to this post for more info on both)

We locked 20 rooms at the Clos Syrah for the night of September 20th, at a rate of €80 for a double room.
To get this rate, or even be able to book a room at the hotel you will need to email them at:
info@clos-syrah.com 
They will need your name, nights you're staying, credit card number and expiration date to be able to book the room for you.
Don't forget to mention that you're booking a room for the Rousilhon/Flaherty marriage so that you get the €80 rate.


Alaternatively, or if you have questions you can call them and mention you're part of the Roussilhon wedding. Since we realize that calling France is not necessarily something you want to do from your mobile or home phone, we have setup the following button for you.
Just click "call me free" enter your home or mobile number below, click the CALL button and the system will call the hotel and you as well, and connect you. It shows my name because i set it up but it will call the hotel. For your phone company, it will look like a local phone call and it won't cost you a dime.

There's no catch, we use it to call France all the time.

Please be aware that there is a time difference between US and France and so you're more likely to get someone in the mornings than late afternoon if you call from the US. For a little help here is the local time in France right now:

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FR: Nous avons repere 2 hotels en particulier, le Best Western Clos Syrah et le BnB, pour deux types de budget (85€ et 44€ respectivement). Pour plus d'info sur ces deux hotels lisez ce billet.

Nous avons en particulier bloque 20 chambres au Clos Syrah pour la nuit du 20 Septembre. Pour en reserver une il suffit d'appeler le 04 75 55 52 52, de mentionner qu'il sagit du mariage Roussilhon, et de prendre une chambre tant qu'il en reste.

Ne tardez pas a faire votre reservation!

Navigation and Rental Cars

Since most of you will be renting a car, you will most certainly benefit from a navigation system (GPS). Even if you have to learn right and left are in French, it will help you! The little villages and the cities have narrow streets, and oh the round-abouts, they're everywhere. We got lost and Vince has been going to the country house since he was little. So if you don't own a GPS with a European map, get one in the rental!
I looked on http://www.travelocity.com/ and http://www.orbitz.com/ and they both have car rentals for Lyon, France (airport code LYS) and Valence (if you're taking the train from Paris, you'll want to rent a car in Valence). They start at $44 a day for manual transmission and go up from there. If you didn't bring everything and the kitchen sink, get a small car, they come in handy!