England Trip

Joseph Ryan and Alison McCririe

Wedding date: July 28, 2007 4 p.m.

For Map Blasting purposes, here is the address for Joe's Mom's house:

Kate and Alan Harrison
Malthouse (family home)
Elmsted  (name of town) near Ashford (bigger city)
Kent (County) TN255JZ
United Kingdom

01144 1233 750 326 from America
01233 750 326 locally

St. Mary The Virgin Church, Hastingleigh

Dear friends,

Our big day is approaching fast and we're getting excited to share it with you!

 To make it easy for you to learn all about our wedding, we've created a

web page at Honeyfund.com. You can find it by clicking the link below or

visiting http://www.honeyfund.com  and searching for us by name.

 Oh, and if you have questions, please contact Anne Looker at 209 575-1685

or annelooker@yahoo.com.

Many thanks--we can't wait to celebrate with you!

 Love,

Alison and Joseph

 Visit our Honeyfund.com web page at: http://www.honeyfund.com/wedding/alisonandjoseph07282007

Looker Family Travel Plans:

Tuesday, July 24: Park in long-term parking $13 day at SFO. Take shuttle and get off at the International Terminal Building Departure Level.  Then go to Isle 2 for United Airlines Economy CHECK-IN COUNTER "Boarding Area G " on United Airlines Flight #930 at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 24. View seating chart for Boeing 747-400. Seats: 51A, 51B, 51C, 51D, 51E

Arrive July 25 at 7 a.m.London, Heathrow Airport, terminal #3.  Rental car at National Car Rental, London Heathrow Airport, Phone: 44-208-745-2800. MapBlast directions for Heathrow to Malthouse

Stay at Elmsted Court Farm bed and breakfast in Elmsted, Ashford, Kent, England TN25   5JN

 Mrs. Carol Jakeman, phone 44(0)1233 750269 Carol@elmsted-court-farm.co.uk
http://www.elmsted-court-farm.co.uk/

Located 1.3 miles from Malthouse.

There are train stations in Ashford and Wye with routes to London and Paris.

      

Wednesday, July 25 - - Family Dinner at Malthouse

Thursday, July 26 - - Bachelor and bachelorette party

Friday, July 28 - - 4 p.m. rehearsal, followed by BBq at Malthouse

Wedding Day: Saturday July 28 at 4 p.m. at St. Mary's the Virgin Church,  Located in the small parish of Hastingleigh. Reception follows at Malthouse, Elmsted near Ashford, Kent TN255JZ

 
Tuesday, July 31: Return rental car (20 miles from Malthouse) to National Car Rental, Dover downtown office, 116 Snargate, Dover, Kent Phone: 441-304-201-421 Travel to Ashford (24miles) to Ashford International Train Station for 12:59 p.m. departure. Arrive Paris Nord train station 4:02 p.m. Address: 15, Rue 8 Mai 1945, 75010 Paris, France Take taxi to hotel (3.82 miles or 6 minutes) or take the subway and change aStrasbourg at Denis, then take the #8 line to Ecole Militaire. Stay in Paris for 5 days at Hotel Muget  http://www.france-hotel-guide.com/h75007muguet.htm Hôtel Muguet - 11, rue Chevert 75007 PARIS • France Tél. : +33(0)1 47 05 05 93 • Fax : +33(0)1 45 50 25 37

 

          

Paris Restaurants

* Le Baron Roug, 1 rue Théophile-Roussel an old fashioned wine bar by the Aligre market...fill your bottle from the casks or have oysters in season...jammed after the market.

 * Cafe de l'Industrie, 16 rue St-Sabin...check out the rhino head above the bar and be prepared for good food

* Resto des 4 Frères, 127 Bd de Menilmontant in Belleville-- locals swarm to crowded and cheap couscous.

Chez Omar , 47 rue de Bretagne in the Marais...couscous and intimate atmosphere in an old bistro with smoked mirrors, branché crowd

Contour de 7 near the hotel

Chartier 7 rue du Faubourg Montmartre, 9e Location 9th Arrondissement (Opéra Garnier/Pigalle)

Tuesday, July 31

Late  Afternoon   Gather picnic food, wine, in Rue Cler. Eat picnic dinner In Parc du Champ de Mars

Evening: Eiffel Tower /Bateaux-Mouches Cruise Pont de l’Alma’s right bank

Wednesday, Aug .1

Begin with Hop on Hop off Bus Tour pick up at Eiffel Tower

Northwest Paris: Arc De Triumph /Champs-Elysees Walk (3 hours)

Lunch on the Champs-Elysees – Café le Nemours/Fouquets/Laduree

Late afternoon – Evening Louve Museum Trip (open late)

Evening Meal

Thursday, Aug. 2 - - Normandy Beach Trip. Depart 7:15 a.m. from Cityrama Excursions, 4 Place Des Pyramides, Paris 75001. Te;" 01 44 55 61 00

Friday, Aug. 3 - - Patrick's Birthday

Historic Paris Walk (3 mile walk allow 4 hours)

Notre Dame and Latin Quarter

Orsay Museum – Impressionist Paintings

Evening Fat tire tour of Paris in evening

 Saturday, Aug. 4- -  Morning or Afternoon – Versailles trip. Pick a  Museum trip

 Sunday. Aug. 5 - -  Napoleon’s Tomb and the Military  Museum

First Sunday of month – Most museums free

Left Bank Walk – from Seine to Luxembourg Gardens

Monday, Aug. 6. Return trip to London via train. Mark, Anne, Patrick, Samantha, Kay and Carolyn. Depart Paris Nord station at 10:16 am.  Arrive London Waterloo station 11:54 a.m. From Waterloo International station take the Bakerloo line to Paddington station. Paddington railway station is just 150 metres from the hotel. Check-in time is 1 p.m.

Spend Monday night at WestPoint Hotel - London 170-172 Sussex Gardens - W2 1TPLondon

 

Tuesday, Aug. 7: Depart Heathrow Airport 10 a.m. for direct flight on United Airlines Flight # 955 to SFO arriving 1 p.m. Seats 50F, 50G, 50H, 50J, 50K View seating chart for Boeing 747-400.

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UK Lodging Possibilities

Gan Family and Nancy Staying Here Prior to Wedding

Holiday Inn Ashford Maidstone Rd, A20 | Hothfield, Ashford TN26 1AR, England Tel: 01233 713333

Looker Family Staying Here Aug. 6, 2007 prior to flying out of Heathrow

WestPoint Hotel - London 170-172 Sussex Gardens - W2 1TP London

France Lodging

Lookers and Zweifels staying here July 31, 2007 to Aug. 6, 2007
Hotel Muget (recommended by Paul and Liz Gan)
Paris
 http://www.france-hotel-guide.com/h75007muguet.htm