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tags: OpenDreamKit, Cernay, Sage, GAP, workshop
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# Notes about the local organization for workshops in Cernay

## Location

The workshops take place in guest houses which have comfortable working spaces, a cooking and dining area, and a few bedrooms. This favors an intense workshop, with everything taking place in the same location. It's also possible to pitch tents in the garden.

Internet: wired internet connection and open wifi.

Linen are provided. Please bring towels, etc.

The surrounding area offers nice hiking possibilities -- bring hiking/climbing shoes. Your music instruments and scores, card or board games, etc, are also welcome for the breaks.

## From Paris to Cernay

* From centre of Paris: 40 minutes RER B to Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse (you might have to get off at Orsay and switch to a bus replacing the train on the final bit) + 20 or 30 minutes bus to Cernay-la-Ville (depending on time of day)
* From Gare Montparnasse: 35 minutes train to Rambouillet + 15 minutes bus to Cernay-la-Ville

* Bus options:
* from St Rémy les Chevreuse (RER station), bus [39-003](https://www.savac-transports.fr/uploads/media/lines/0001/02/d208e441ed370c5cf72185fa0e5060b0e8246bee.pdf) or [39-103](https://www.savac-transports.fr/uploads/media/lines/0001/02/d5ca3c2df22dcb21ecd85592a0d764c0167d66a3.pdf)
* from Rambouillet (SNCF station) line [39-03](https://www.savac-transports.fr/uploads/media/lines/0001/02/d208e441ed370c5cf72185fa0e5060b0e8246bee.pdf) and [39-203](https://www.savac-transports.fr/uploads/media/lines/0001/02/4fa71ae77b7aa2c53c3759e569aa7821ea8f6b1e.pdf)
* Buses are run by [SAVAC](https://www.savac-transports.fr/toutes-vos-lignes)
* Beware that there are no buses at all to Cernay on sunday and that there are big gaps in the day with no buses!
* Of the two bus stops in Cernay, Grand'Place is closest to the guest house.

* Check travel itineraries on [ViaNavigo](http://www.vianavigo.com/) (includes trains, RER, buses).
Or [ratp](http://ratp.fr) but only for travel up to Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse.

* There are not that many buses from Saint-Rémy, and Cernay is about 6km away; so we run car shuttles based on the arrival and departure page of the workshop.

* [Map and aerial photo](http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=Cernay+la+ville&sll=47.15984,2.988281&sspn=17.161007,44.516602&ie=UTF8&ll=48.675731,1.971735&spn=0.004066,0.010868&z=17)

## Participation

- Everyone cooks (or helps cook) once, and helps setup/bus the table twice (or proportionally if you stay less than the full week). Choose your spots and register yourself on the white board!
- We try to accommodate diet restrictions; let us know.
- The local pets are super friendly. But don't let them in the houses
- Close the door of cellar (to keep the food fresh) and to the rooms (for the noise: keep people fresh).
- Shopping: if you go e.g. get bread or other small shopping, let's not bother about reimbursement. For larger amounts, I (Nicolas) will pay and get reimbursed all at once.
- Preferably keep shoes downstairs.

## Waste

- There are several large bins for recycling, glass, and general waste near the [entrance tunnel of the farm](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.67616&mlon=1.97186#map=18/48.67616/1.97186).
- There is also a [compost](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.67644&mlon=1.97125#map=18/48.67644/1.97125), and [hens](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.67580&mlon=1.97162#map=18/48.67580/1.97162).

## Shopping

| What | Where | When | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bread | [Cernay](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.67349&mlon=1.97352#map=19/48.67349/1.97352) | Closed on Wednesday | walking distance |
| Meat | [Cernay](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.67354&mlon=1.97455#map=19/48.67354/1.97455) | Closed on Sunday | walking distance |
| Pizza | [Pizza par Tif](http://pizzapartif.fr/) [Cernay] (https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.67491&mlon=1.97453#map=19/48.67491/1.97453) | Thursday evening | walking distance |
| Misc shopping | [Cernay](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.67364&mlon=1.97372#map=19/48.67364/1.97372) | Closed on Sunday | walking distance |
| Local dairy | [Ferme de Coubertin](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.70186&mlon=2.05664#map=17/48.70186/2.05664), Saint-Rémi lès Chevreuse | Twice daily; see the [web site](http://www.ferme-de-coubertin.fr/)| 8km
| Charcoil, fruits & veggies | [Jardinerie de Chevreuse](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.69869&mlon=2.02634#map=17/48.69869/2.02634) | | 5 km |
| Organic food | [La Menthe Poivrée](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.70403&mlon=2.11337#map=18/48.70403/2.11337), Gif-sur-Yvette || 11 km |
| Super market | [Intermarché](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.70109&mlon=2.10492#map=17/48.70109/2.10492), Gif-sur-Yvette || 11 km |

### Opening times of places

TODO: merge the information here in the above table?

* Cernay, **Le cafe des sports**: Monday and Wednesday to Friday 7:00-20:00, Saturday 8:00-20:00, Sunday 8:00-18:00, Tuesday closed.
* Cernay, groceries **Le petit casino**:
* Cernay, restaurant **Maison du bonheur***:
* Saint-Remy, farm **Ferme de Coubertin**: weekdays 16:30-19:00, weekends 16:00-19:00

## Network access

The house has wireless with a reasonable (not excellent) internet access.
We usually bring some additional hardware to better manage the load.

## Hardware check list

- [ ] Two wireless routers
- [ ] Ethernet cables
- [ ] Power strips (count ~1 plug per person)
- [ ] Two projectors
- [ ] Self standing white screen
- [ ] One white board + eraser + pens
- [ ] One travel power adaptor (someone will forget is own)

In addition, We usually bring two projectors, a white screen, power strips,

## Bedrooms

La Tour: 9=2+2+2+3 beds (+2 unofficial)
Grenier Royal: 7=2+2+3 beds
Le petit prince: 5 = 3 + 2 beds (+1 in the corridor)
Le Roy Soleil: 10 = 3 + 3 + 2 + 2

## Activities

- Plenty of trails for walking, running, biking
- Rock climbing
- Visiting l'[Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay](https://www.abbayedecernay.com/visite-de-labbaye/)

## Procédure de réservation des Gîtes à Cernay La Ville

Auprès des Gites de France pour La Tour et le Roy Soleil:
- Appeler le : 01 86 95 33 00 (le service qui s'occupe des réservations dans les Yvelines)
- Bien préciser que nous fonctionnons par bon de commande donc qu'il n'y aura pas d'acompte.
- Demander un délais d'une semaine avant l'annulation de la réservation le temps de préparer le bon de commande.
- Après réception du contrat de location, demander à la gestionnaire le bon de commande et envoyer le tout signé à Gites de France ([e-mail] ).

Auprès du propriétaire Albert Koning pour Le petit prince et le Grenier Royal.
- Demander un devis ([e-mail] ou au 06 89 18 17 95), faire préparer le bon de commande et l'envoyer à Albert Koning.