Welcome to Paris

Sergei Rachmaninoff Conservatory

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Cocktail Reception

Dinner and Dancing

Our Wedding

We met in Paris in the fall of 2019, when Ben on a whim downloaded the French dating app Once, and Valentina took a chance on him. On a sunny afternoon we strolled through Jardin des Plantes, passing by the zoo and an enclosure full of wallabies. We hatched a plan to free one of them, and in our care it's name would be Wallace. The planning continued as the date extended across the entire evening, and really never ended, through a pandemic and spanning an ocean. Now we are thrilled to invite you to the Wallaby Wedding, another step in a very long heist, which will lovingly continue the rest of our lives.

Our Story

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Wedding Party

Q + A

Getting to Paris: The most direct public transit to Paris from Charles de Gaulle is the <a href="https://www.parisaeroport.fr/en/passengers/access/paris-charles-de-gaulle/public-transport/rer-b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RER B</a>, but there are <a href="https://www.parisaeroport.fr/en/passengers/access/paris-charles-de-gaulle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">other methods</a>. You can transfer to many subway lines from the RER B at Gare du Nord or Châtelet which will take you around the city. After you land, follow the luggage and exit signs, you might have to take a short tram ride across terminal 2. You can buy a single ride ticket at certain ticket machines that will get you out of the airport. Important: do not throw this ticket away, you need it to exit the RER when you transfer to a different line. If you're flying into Orly you can take the <a href="https://www.parisaeroport.fr/en/passengers/access/paris-orly/public-transport/rer-b-orlyval" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OrlyVal train</a> to the RER B, and from there to the metro. You can also Uber into and around the city or use <a href="https://www.g7.fr/en/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">G7</a> to order a taxi.

Getting around Paris: The Paris metro will take you anywhere you need to go. You can purchase paper tickets at most metro stops, and now the Bonjour RATP app (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/ml/app/bonjour-ratp/id507107090?l=fr-FR" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">iPhone</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fabernovel.ratp&amp;pcampaignid=web_share" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Android</a>) allows you to buy tickets on your phone and tap your phone to enter the metro. Paris is also very walkable and taxis are available.

Hotels: We've made a <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1clzpEh15pMXbbgmjTFSoKC9plctOYGA&amp;usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">map</a> of some hotels around Paris that are well located.

Travel

We have a map <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1oVSC9bNrUO4m24ExcAcGZAovVSxCz54&amp;usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> with all of our favorite places to eat, drink, shop and visit. Paris is an excellent city to discover something new, let us know what you find!

Things to Do

Registry

Les filles dans la Loire... or wine, wine, castle, wine, wine...

Practical Info

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Train tickets can be booked on: www.sncf-connect.com&nbsp; Currently the tickets for those dates are not&nbsp;yet available since it’s too far away, but I&nbsp;will let you know once sales open for this.&nbsp;Likely sometime in May.&nbsp; Ideally everyone comes either the night&nbsp;before or on the morning train, to make sure that we can all meet in the&nbsp;hotel lobby for our day of fun on Thursday the 19th by noon&nbsp;at the latest.&nbsp; I will will come the night before to make sure everything is ready for us. My mom will be the contact point for the morning train travel. The details on this will also be updated and provided as soon as tickets are on sale (in terms of train times, meeting points, etc.)

Getting to Tours...

For our stay - I figured it would be easiest if we all got rooms at the Chateau Belmont. It's a nice hotel with a newly renovated tourism residence and a beautiful main building. https://www.chateaubelmont.com/en/ Located at : 57 rue Groison,&nbsp;37100&nbsp;TOURSTel. :&nbsp;+33&nbsp;2&nbsp;47&nbsp;46&nbsp;65&nbsp;00 It's located about 15 min from the Tours Central Train Station by car. For reservations - you can either go through their website or through any other site like booking.com. Please send me a confirmation / booking reference number so that I can pass it along to the hotel to make sure they have an overview of which guests are part of our party.

Hotel 

Itinerary for the Day 

I will rent a mini bus to cart us around for the day. The plan is to leave the hotel by noon to go grab lunch at <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/7EZsYCXhCQHtsTVS8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Restaurant du Pigeonnier Fombeche </a> on our way to the castle. We will then proceed to <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/uUDjqMvfyG1ESMfj7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chateau de Chenonceau</a> to galavant through its gardens and really cool arcade that traverses the Loire River. It is definitely one of my favorite castles in the region and has a history of strong women!

Valentina & Ben

Valentina & Ben

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