Mittens 2008 - l'édition Français | 15-22 August 2008

[Nacho]

Chrille: Yes.

Eric: Don' t make fun of my concerns about the space in the car.    :'(

[scotch]

Weather's looking potentially rainy on the weekend. If you have anything fun for indoors bring it along. There will be some laptops around for game demoing and I'll pack my Wii for playing DVDs and games.

[MrColossal]

So, do I bring my game again even though I've only done 2 new backgrounds and 2 animations on it since last mittens?

Also, I THINK I got the GPS thingie hooked up with maps for France but it doesn't like calculating a route from CDG to Vireux-Wallerand and it doesn't understand Rue de Ridoux but hey, it might still help!*

*bring maps anyway...

[Nacho]

Cool, since I managed to have only one GPS. Anyway, one GPS is enough, I guess, since the cars will travel together...

[FruitTree]

some one bring RISK!!!

[Chrille]

Air France just called and told me my 12.50 flight has been cancelled and that they booked the next one at 16.00 for me. So I'll be at CDG much later than I thought. Probably around 18/19-ish.

[Goldmund]

Hm, it seems that we may go a bit later than we hoped for --
Dominika has some medical examinations, and depending on their result it's possible that we can leave on Friday, not tomorrow.
If we're not there on Friday, then, please don't worry!

[AGA]

Before I leave tomorrow, does everyone who's making their own way to Mittens have the address of the château?

[MrColossal]

Just go ahead and post it, these are the final few posts that will be on this thread and a final reminder would be easy enough to spot.

[AGA]

But evil people might invade Mittens :O

Fine, it's:

Domaine Le Risdoux
BP 13
Lieudit Le Risdoux
Vireux-Molhain 08320
France

[Pumaman]

OH NO! I just had a realization!

We won't all fit in the car. Darth, Mills, Jess and I are all Americans, therefore we are morbidly overweight! There's no way we will all fit!

Don't worry, I'm sure the fire brigade will give you a lift.

[m0ds]

Right, I'm leaving now - claiming this to be the start of Mittens for me! Hehe, see you people in a bit! The Mittexcitement is getting to me already

[Pumaman]

m0ds, you do realise it's Friday morning that we're going, not tomorrow?

[Darth Mandarb]

I'm in London ...

What a nightmare getting here!  Delta delayed me in Ft. Lauderdale for 3 hours thus I missed my British Airways connection flight and was stuck in JFK for a night.  I hate [HATE] sleeping in airports.  I was sitting in a terminal chair just killing time when a mouse, yes a mouse, scurried over and eyeballed me for awhile.  So I broke into one of the closed terminal restaurants and lay down on one of the [oh so] comfy booth chairs ... but I didn't sleep.  So now I'm in London going on 36 hours without sleep and I'm running down to the pub to check it out.

Ugh ... so what sucks is I had to take a flight this morning instead and as a result lost my "day in London" day

Headed to Paris in the morning to meet up with Nacho and the gang!!

[Privateer Puddin']

It's not mittens unless you sleep in an airport!

[Creed Malay]

 One more twelve hour shift at work, and I am free!

So, every one, seriously, bring a pack of ballons if you can. Their cost is not prohibitive.

   

Look how HAPPY balloon rooms make people!

[Layabout]

Darth, I hope the London pubs treated you well.

[scotch]

In addition to the address AGA gave, in case anyone has forgotten, because the place is not in town or on a public road you should be aware of how to get to it when you get to town (Call CJ/AGA if you do get lost).

Drive to Vireux-Molhain. Cross the bridge in the middle of town, into Vireux-Wallerand. After the town hall, turn right, go along Rue Edmond Guyaux for a few hundred meters, right into Rue de 8 Mai, 1945, and keep going. It will turn into Rue de Ridoux, then it'll turn into the path alongside the river, and after 3km you'll see the house on your left.

[Darth Mandarb]

Darth, I hope the London pubs treated you well.

I was so tired I made it as far as the hotel bar ... met a few interesting people but most of them were foreigners like me (since it was the hotel bar) ... so while not quite the London experience I was going for it was still interesting.  Had a few beers ... came up to sleep it off.

It's 0700 and I'm off to catch my train to Paris!

[m0ds]

m0ds, you do realise it's Friday morning that we're going, not tomorrow?

CJ, I'm already there! Where are you? Where is everyone else??

Hehe, you're right though! I only found out yesterday that it was Friday, I thought we were travelling on Saturday for the past 3 months :O But that & the fact I finally hit my savings target for Mittens yesterday got me more excited & I packed and moved to my "pick up" destination, which I'm sorting out today with Ryan hopefully. Today is also my pre-Mittens celebration of drinking sorts

Oh, and I thought I'd get a few demos on USB before I leave. So, see you next Tuesday, right?

!