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 or 39-103
    • from Rambouillet (SNCF station) line 39-03 and 39-203
    • Buses are run by SAVAC
    • 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 (includes trains, RER, buses).
    Or ratp 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

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

Shopping

What Where When Distance
Bread Cernay Closed on Wednesday walking distance
Meat Cernay Closed on Sunday walking distance
Pizza Pizza par Tif [Cernay] (https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.67491&mlon=1.97453#map=19/48.67491/1.97453) Thursday evening walking distance
Misc shopping Cernay Closed on Sunday walking distance
Local dairy Ferme de Coubertin, Saint-Rémi lès Chevreuse Twice daily; see the web site 8km
Charcoil, fruits & veggies Jardinerie de Chevreuse 5 km
Organic food La Menthe Poivrée, Gif-sur-Yvette 11 km
Super market Intermarché, 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

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 (contact@gites-de-france-yvelines.com ).

Auprès du propriétaire Albert Koning pour Le petit prince et le Grenier Royal.

  • Demander un devis (albert.koning@free.fr ou au 06 89 18 17 95), faire préparer le bon de commande et l'envoyer à Albert Koning.
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