Capturing the moment

Trying to find a photographer in the South of France to capture our French Riviera Wedding has proved to be trickier than initially thought, not because there aren’t lots of them around the Cote d'Azur, but that the typical
style in the South is very different to say London or Paris…
but I have found a few that I liked:

Studio Cabrelli Photographies - Dominique & Maria Cabrelli – Provence
Wedding package includes:

• A complete day from the preparation until 8pm.


• DVD with about 300 photos mix of colour and black & white in high resolution with no copyrights.
  
  Price: rates start at €1800 http://www.studiocabrelli.net/
  

ALBAN PICHON Photographer – Cannes
Wedding package includes:

• Taking Pictures (unlimited) from the preparation to the dancing


• High Resolution Digital Files and full permission to print and distribute your image as you wish (no additional fees) on 4x personalized DVD


• All images available online (1 year) for family and friend to view or download (High Resolution Free) or print.


• Extensive post-production image editing on all of your wedding images

Price : €1400 http://www.pichon.com/


Peggy Herbeau – Photographer – Saint Ouen (outside Paris)
Wedding package includes:

• Taking pictures in colour and black and white


• DVD with 700 - 800 photos

Price: from €1700 -2100 http://www.lesproductionsdelafabrik.com/

Time for Champagne cocktails

Bellini
4oz champagne
1oz fresh peach juice
one peach slice

Black Velvet
one part champagne
one part Guinness

Bone Crusher
4oz champagne
2oz gold rum
6oz Sprite or lemonadedash of grenadine

Bucks Fizz or Mimosa
two parts champagne
one part fresh orange juice Classic Champagne Cocktail
Sugar cube soaked in Angostura bitters
Fill glass with champagne

Champagne Cooler
1 ½ oz brandy
1oz Triple Sec
Fill glass with champagne

Champagne Cup
½ oz white Curacao
½ oz cognac
Fill glass with champagne

Champagne French 75
1 shot gin
1/2 shot lime juice
1 tsp sugar
Fill glass with champagne

Champagne Pick-me up
1oz cognac
3oz fresh orange juice
2 dashes grenadine
Fill glass with champagne

Champagne Punch
8 bottles of champagne
1 bottle of brandy
1 bottle of Jamaican rum
4 ½ oz cherry liqueur
4 ½ oz Curacao
2 1/3 oz lemon juice1oz sugar
4 ripe pineapples, skinned and chopped

Champagne Rita
1 cup champagne
4oz tequila
4oz limeade
½ oz Triple Sec

And check out this site for many more ideas Champagne Cocktail Recipes

Intro to Nice

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, this formerly Italian city was at the centre of all that was decadent and fashionable about the Côte d'Azur, located on the Mediterranean coast between the sea and mountains. The British flocked there to enjoy its year round warm climate and social activities. England's lasting legacy is the Promenade des Anglais. Today Nice is the fifth largest city in France and the capital of the Cote D'Azur.

The way to really get a feel for Nice, is to just wander around the streets of the old town, walk along the famous Promenade des Anglais, and then recover either on the beach or in one of the many bars, restaurants or cafes.

Nice is alive with markets, boutiques and restaurants making the city an active place. The most famous market in Nice is the flower market on the Cours Saleya in the old town (food market in the mornings too). A very large, traditional market can also be found most mornings along the Ave. Malaussena.

Famous Nice landmarks not be missed include:
- La Vieille Ville (the old town)
- Le port
- Le jardin Albert 1er
- La place Masséna (the centre of Nice)
- La promenade des Anglais
- Matisse Museum
- Cathedrale Orthodoxe Russe St. Nicolas
- Cathédrale de Sainte Réparate
- Neptune Beach

Jet Setters

If like us, you are fortunate to have friends scattered all around the world coming to your wedding, this might have an impact on your venue location decision.

For us, we decided that as the only international airport on the Riviera is Nice Airport , we wanted a venue a couple of hours drive away at the most, to make life easier for those coming from far away i.e. Australia, South Africa, North America etc To help your guests below is a list of who flies from where to Nice.

Coming from North America:
The only non stop flight to Nice is on Delta Airlines from New York JFK.
Air France flies from many US airports to Nice via Paris
British Airways flies via London
Lufthansa flies via Frankfurt
KLM flies via Amsterdam.
Emirates via Dubai

Coming from South Africa
Lufthansa flies via Frankfurt
KLM flies via Amsterdam.

Coming from Australia
Emirates via Dubai
Qantas via London
Air France via Singapore and Paris (unfortunately you also have to change airports in Paris)

Coming from Europe no-frills airlines:
EasyJet or Ryanair or from London
Air Berlin from Copenhagen, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, London, Milan, Munich, Vienna, Zurich,

Le Beauvallon in Sainte-Maxime

This very grand palace was built in 1914, a Parisian business man asked his architect friend to build him a palace hotel in the valley, looking over the bay of St Tropez.

Le Beauvallon has 70 bedrooms so can accommodate up to 140 guests, and up to 300 guests for dinning. You can hire the place exclusively or just for the number of guests you need.

For weddings it has either a grand ballroom, with painted murals, crystal chandeliers, and a large terrace for reception drinks. Or alternatively it has the most beautiful beach club that is right on the waters edge which was just stunning and defiantly my preferred option.