Dear Family and friends,

2 months to go.....
we are fully preparing for our big day. Running for papers, Organising our honey moon, looking for shoes, checking the progress of the wedding dress (this is without Ranufo!), trying to keep in touch ;-)
Our heads are all around the world..... In Belgium, keeping in touch with the family and wedding planner to make sure everything goes smoothly. Talking about Belgium, we thank the Belgian family for all the help they give, for being a logistic and emotional support!!!!! In Brazil, making sure we get all the right papers in time.....Thank you to people in Brazil helping us with this!! And in Thailand...... :-)

Organising a wedding is a real adventure, full of surprises. It is a team work!

A lot of you questioned what kind of wedding gift we would like to have....
For us the most wonderful gift is your presence on the day, and for the once who can't make it, it is the fact you are a part of our life.
If you want to give something more material, please keep in mind we have to take it all the way back to Bangkok and our luggage can be max 20kg....

Gift idea : some money to help for the honey moon.

All the best, H&R


Beste familie en vrienden,

Nog 2 maanden en we zijn zo ver...... Nu komt onze grote dag er in een stroomversnelling aan.
we zijn druk bezig alles te organiseren. Stress om alle papieren in orde te krijgen, trouwreis organiseren, shcoenen zoeken, dansen uitkiezen, trouwkleed maak opvolgen (zonder Ranufo), ....

We doen de tour van de wereld...Van Belgie, waar we in contact blijven met familie en wedding planner om alles vlot te doen verlopen. Ik profiteer ervan om onze belgische familie enorm te bedanken voor al hun zeeeeeeer precieuze hulp, zonder hen zou het niet mogelijk zijn! Naar Brazilie, opvolgen van de vooruitgang van alle papieren, hier zenden we een dank aan de mensen die ons daar zo goed mee helpen! En dan in Thailand, waar wij alles stap bij stap opvolgen, onze muziek kiezen, de mis voorbereiden, ........

Een trouw organiseren is een heel avontuur! Vol met verrassingen, een team werk!

Van velen heb ik de vraag gekregen wat we graag willen als trouwcadeau.
Het mooiste cadeau dat we kunnen krijgen is jullie aanwezigheid. Moesten jullie toch iets wat meer materieels willen geven. Hou aub in het achterhoofd dat we alle cadeaus helemaal tot in Bangkok moet krijgen en dat onze bagage niet zwaarder dan 20kg mag zijn.

Cadeau tip : een envelop.

Vele Groetjes, H&R


Chere famille et chers amis, (veuillez m'excuser pour le manque d'accents)

Notre grand jour arrive a pas de geants! Plus que 2 mois..... Nous sommes en pleins tumultes d'organisation.....Nous avons l'impression de voyage autour du monde tout le temps. En commencant par la Belgique, nous restons en contact permanent avec les famille et notre wedding planner. J'en profite pour remercier notre famille belge pour tout leur soutient!! Pour tous leurs investissemements, leur patience et leur temps!!! Ensuite on part au Bresil ou Ranufo doit faire face a une course aux papiers, vive les cartes telephoniques internationales!!!! Merci aux personnes qui nous aident pour avoir tous les bons papiers au bon moment! Puis un tour en Thailande ou nous sommes, les coordinateurs ;-) . Bon amusement pour choisir la musique pour la soiree.Puis plus serieux, choisir les textes pour la messe. Puis shopping, choisir les chaussures, suivre l'evolution de la robe de mariee (sans Ranufo!). On est zen!
L'organisation du mariage est une aventure en soi, remplie de surprises, un travail en equipe!

Beaucoup d'entre vous nous ont demande ce que nous souhaitons comme cadeau de mariage.
Pour nous, le plus beau cadeau est votre presence et pour les personnes qui ne peuvent pas venir, votre soutient et le fait que vous fassiez partie de notre vie est un cadeau en soi.
Ceux qui veulent donner quelque chose de plus materiel, tenez compte svp du fait que nous devons ramener tous les cadeaux en Thailande et nous avons droit a max 20 kg de bagage...

Idee cadeau : une enveloppe.

A bientot,
H&R

places to stay

Dear family and friends,
First of all we wish you all a happy 2009!!!
For me and Ranufo 2009 will be a very special year. And yes, our wedding will be there very soon. The ones of you planning to come are booking plane tickets, looking for a place to stay.
Last month I was in Belgium and found some more information for you :-). The city that is the clossesd to our wedding is Mons. For the wedding day, we will organise transportation from Mons to the church of Wasmes, then from the church to the venue place (in Solre Sur Sambre) and from there after the party back to Mons.

• To fly to Belgium from any country in Europe : check out Wizzair (flying to Charleroi, from Hungary ), RyanAir (flying to Charleroi, from Uk, Spain, Hungary, Germany, Austria), sometimes they have interesting rates by SN Brussels airlines aswell. Most of the aircompanies fly to Brussels.
• To fly to Brussels from Brasil: I think to get the best rates check on internet, some sites always give the cheapest rates : http://www.edreams.com/, also ask Ranufo :-)
• By train : Form Uk check the eurostar, stops in Brussels, but also in Lille, Mons is in between and from Brussels and Lille you have regularly trains to Mons.
• By train from other countries : Brussels has very good connections with whole Europe, check out TGV (french high speed trains), or Thalysse (belgian High speed train). Some of them also stop in Mons. And of course normal trains connect Brussels to other european cities.....

About the places to stay, In Mons we have a very good youth hotel as many hotels. I didn't find any bed and breakfast... The best way to get good prices is aswell booking by internet.

• This is the link to the youth hotel, http://www.laj.be/html/en/hostels/auberges_en.htm it is in the centre of Mons, on walking distance from the station.
• This is the list of the hotels in Mons, this are the ones easy to access without car, at walking distance from the railway station (there is a free bus also going fro the station to the city center) : Ibis centre gare, on walking distance from the ralway station; Hotel St James, rooms look very pretty, is next to a big road. A little farther from the cty centre and station; Best Western Hotel Lido, good location ; Infotel, in the city cener of Mons, very good location. Mons is a small town easy to walk from one place to another, all this hotels are well situated.
• Possibilities to stay in the country side. I 've found some bed and breakfast and some gites (houses to rent) close to our venue place ( in Solre sur Sambre). For this places to stay you need a car! The poeple interested in this kind of place to stay, plaese contact me.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!