Romantic weekend breaks for two in a French Castle

Romantic Weekend breaks for two.

If you’re planning an exciting weekend break
or a mini Castle break to France, look no further.

Romantic weekend Trips with the stunning
French countryside at Château d’Hattonchâtel.

France is not just for Easter breaks or for birthdays
but should be enjoyed to the maximum all year round.

Friday
·    Afternoon tea or coffee served with a selection of gateaux
.    Aperitif or champagne
·    Four Course Gourmet menu at the restaurant  “Lac de Madine”
·    Freshly brewed Coffee with mints, cognac or liquor
·    Stay overnight in the charming Tower room looking out over the valley.

Saturday
·    Hattonchâtel Château`s delicious morning breakfast
·    Afternoon tea or coffee with a selection of gateaux.
.    Aperitif or champagne
·    The Château’s superb 4 Course meal
·    Overnight stay in the charming Tower room looking out over the valley

Sunday
·    Hattonchâtel Château`s delicious morning breakfast

luxury Castle weekend breaks to France 2011

Price per person in a Tower room (Double Bedroom) from 375 €
Price per person in a luxury Suite (Double Bedroom) from 495 €

Take a luxury weekend break in France and enjoy the French food – the French cuisine when it is at its best. A peaceful strolls along the picturesque French Castle, the beautiful French countryside and stunning classic castle accommodation where each elegante and classic suite have a huge en-suite bathroom. A romantic and exciting weekend break for two or Spring breaks for two at the authentic and private castle is a weekend to remember!

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Stunning Castle weddings and honeymoons in France

Beautiful castle wedding venues in France

Last September my wife and I spent five nights in the romantic bridal suite and Honeymoon Suite at the Gothic-style castle in Hattonchâtel Château. We were going to get married in France and had chosen this exciting and private castle to celebrate our special wedding day.

Getting married again

We arrived in the small French village Hattonchâtel Friday morning and picked up the key at the house of the keeper of the castle. He and his wife just live next to it. It was the first time we were about to sleep in a real authentic castle, we never had this kind of experience before and, accordingly, were very excited.
The reason of our stay was our wedding celebration. Though we already got married in Toscana, Italy in May 2010 we decided to celebrate it a second time with family and friends who did not make the trip to Italy. But this time it was only a small and intimate wedding since we had invited only 29 wedding guests but we went through the whole wedding ceremony again – starting in the small church next to the Castle.

Renting the castle includes wedding exclusivity

We got the key from the keeper of the castle and our extraordinary time traveling adventure was about to begin. The castle is situated at the far end of the little village. We entered through the big iron door and stood inside the yard and garden with a wonderful view over the countryside and the lake named “Lac de Madine”. In addition you will see a large water basin right in front of you and beautiful flowers await you where ever you turn. By hiring the castle we had exclusivity the weekend where we were celebrating our wedding which was absolutely fabulously – we surely enjoyed the castle stay with our family and closest friends.

The castle wedding was held on the Saturday and it was the perfect wedding venue indeed and the wedding settings was just stunning. The staff was professional and very helpful and we were very happy for having decided to stay the first couple of days  after the wedding at the wedding castle as the beginning of our romantic honeymoon in France. After we had finished our Castle honeymoon we went to the French capital Paris and stayed at The hotel Ritz, they offered a special budget honeymoon package for newly wed couples.
We have stayed at many different hotels worldwide but never at an old romantic castle. It was an unforgettable experience. Unfortunately the castle stay was too short and that taken into account that we spent the rest of our honeymoon in Paris “The city of light”. Once you taste that lifestyle – staying in an authentic & historic Castle – you can really get used to it.

The Bridal- & Honeymoon suite is located in the upper tower at the end of a long corridor on the first floor. To the left on the ground floor there is a magnificent large dining room with a romantic fire place where sofas invite you to relax. To the right there are the breakfast and reading salons and the bibliotheca. On the stone walls there are rich tapestries and paintings – it was indeed going to be a fairy tale wedding.

A bridal suite worthy of a princess

When we entered the bridal suite we were met with a bottle of Dom Pérignon Champagne on ice and a beautiful bouquet flowers and a basket of fresh fruits.
The Bridal suite itself consists of a beautiful bedroom with a fire place, nice tapestries, a wonderful wooden oak floor and a balcony. Furthermore, there is an adjacent salon with cozy armchairs and comfortable sofas. Finally there is an huge en-suite bathroom combing a modern state-of-the-art shower and a Victorian style bathtub. It is a perfect and peaceful place to relax and recover. The bed is very comfortable and inviting.

The Knights Hall – Le Grande Salle

The Knights Hall is steeped in French history, from its huge stone pillars to its imposing stone fireplace. Remnants of a forgotten era grace the walls from spears and shields to more unusual objects. The ambiance of the room is indescribable – you have to see it and more important you have to feel it! The Knights Hall is just next to the lawn with its classic fountain which is a perfect area for arrivals drinks and canapés.
The Hall was where we celebrated our wedding and had our wedding breakfast – later that night the stunning fireplace was lit, the fireplace has the mutable crackling sounds of burning wood and blinking light and the room was full of atmosphere which lifted the whole wedding party to another and new level. It was a very romantic Castle wedding and honeymoon location and the beautiful hide-away French Castle lived up fully to our wedding expectations.

Yours Sincerely
Eva & Patrick Christoph

The hot love affair between the danish tennis-star and celebrity Fetterlein has finished dramaticly

Sexy Fetterlein has finished his relationship to a beautiful lady – again

Single again – Tennis star Fetterlein & Charlotte Damberg has left each other

The handsome Frederik Fetterlein and Charlotte Damberg has just informed the press – separately, that they have gone from one another – and that they are singles from today. The very hot relationship lasted only for 8 months. It was agreed that Frederick should go to the south of Europe, Spain, where Charlotte currently is staying on holiday at the moment but that holiday or reunion has been canceled too.
Frederick’s desire for beautiful photo models and bright ladies were finally too much for Charlotte and she had to let Fred live his own life with disco,nightclubs, festivals and beautiful celebrities, who want a little more than just talking to the charming gentleman and former tennis star. It certainly was an expensive Christmas dinner and night out for the 40 years old star Fetterlein, who started the party at the nightclub Simons in Copenhagen with a black-haired beauty on his lap.

Love moves in mysterious ways

In the short time they were together in the hot love relationship they managed to move together, both in Copenhagen, Denmark, and in London, UK. They were also ring engaged and held a big party in Copenhagen to celebrate the big event. At the engagement party the celebrity Fetterlein gave Charlotte a beutiful diamond ring. She loves diamond rings – just like most beautiful or rich women does. And finally, the two celebrities had also arranged a beautiful and romantic castle wedding at Hattonchâtel Château in France, but now it’s all fallen into ruins.
The French hide away Castle is know from the television program “The Celebrities at the Castle”.

Charlotte certainly couldn’t stand the matter and pressure any longer – she only wanted to end the relationship with the womanizer and keep her dignity! Frederik does not know how to keep the fire Burning in a Relationship – he wants more and can’t stop himself from flirting with other women. He is the master of broken relationships.

It is not celebrity gossip!

We have spoken to one of the owners of the authentic French wedding Castle, Hattonchatel Château, the beautiful Norwegian businesswoman Anita Waage, who confirms that there is not going to be a romantic castle wedding for the Danish tennis celebrity Frederik Fetterlein this time.

Charlotte Damberg has confirmed towards the media and the press that the relationship has now finished. She has also changed her status on facebook to single again. Frederik’s status is still listed as “engaged”! Charlotte has gone to the south and sunny part of Tenerife or Gran Canaria on holiday, where she will recoup after the terrible Christmas week, where the two hot lovers relationship has been in question. Now we will see what the future will bring for the 2 singles!

news – news – news

Women will still have sex with attractive celebrity Fetterlein – but not Charlotte

Is Fetterlein flirting again with the a new woman …
Is Fetterlein single again?

Now the tennis ex-star, Fetterlein, dating again with new woman and new adventures are under the horizon – on the very new years evening Fetterlein was sending sms-texts to a new woman without his girlfriend Charlotte’s knowledge. Charlotte is already very irritated by his behavior during a Christmas party at the nightclub Simons in Copenhagen. It is especially his Flirting with other girls during his extensive nightlife that mainly has corroded the relationship, according to 25 years old student Charlotte Damberg.
The celebrity Fetterlein admits that he has previously been extremely difficult keep in line when it concerns beautiful women – “there sure are so many wonderful women who want to have sex with me,” he said to the Star Lounge with a big smile. Disco, parties, beautiful women and sex belongs together after all!
“I’m very social-like and likes to go out and flirt a little, says Fetterlein who has not only got a lot of tempting inquiries from the night life at different nightclubs – hundreds of girls, writes to me every day and ask whether we should have sex – and some of the girls are even a little aggressive in their approach, “says Frederick Fetterlein who are approached over Facebook and also via his mobile phone.

Scandal follows – Winter wedding abroad canceled

After Christmas and New Year scandal, I expect it is quite natural that their romantic castle wedding in France at the castle Hattonchatel Château has been postponed or indeed canceled . “We were looking for a special wedding location in France because we wanted a stunning and beautiful castle wedding in France, but it’s better that we wait a little as the current situation isn’t very stabil,” says Fetterlein, and continues to the press, “It is no secret that there have been several problems in our relationship, although we do not have been i a relationship very long – only 8 month.” “We’ve gone too quickly, unfortunately, but we were so in love,” concludes the celebrity womanizer and ex-tennis player Frederik Fetterlein.
While Fetterlein  went to London to work and think about their future relationship during the next few weeks, Charlotte Damberg has gone the opposite way – She has taken on a package tour Holiday to Tenerife or Gran Canaria in the winter with her father and his girlfriend. In The Canary Islands where is currently about 25 degrees and sunshine all day long. The sexy Frederik Fetterlein does not believe that he is single and free and available on the open market yet.

Proper tablesettings & decorations for autumn weddings and winter weddings

Beautiful wedding settings for winter & autumn weddings

Winter is the time to relax and having a good time with candlelight and lots of warm colours. Below are the inspiration for winter wedding table settings and hence table decorations.

The golden colours are perfect – both for a autumn wedding and a winter wedding in the snow

The purple colour creates peace and tranquillity and would look gorgeous on your wedding table.

The red colour may appear slightly Christmas like, but is nice with e.g. gold, white and green.

Lots of white can lead me to Dr. Zhivago … It is the perfect table setting for a beautiful winter wedding.
This will give you lots of inspiration to design and create your own wedding decorations.

Orange is a great fall colour and it suites a castle wedding perfectly

Lots of light – candles and ordinary light – Plus a little pine cones. And Christmas balls – that will guarantee you the perfect wedding table.

Choose your anniversary or wedding location

This is just a few of the possibilities you have when you choose to have your perfect wedding at the Danish Manor House or an intimate wedding or anniversary at the French hide-away Castle. A both wedding locations you will have a free wedding planner at your service.

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Famous celebrity wedding at the French Castle Hattonchâtel Château

The tennis Celebrity Frederik Fetterlein chooses the authentic Castle Hattonchatel Chateau in the Lorraine region of France as his wedding venue and wedding destination for his forth-coming romantic Castle wedding.

This will not be the first time that Hattonchatel Chateau will have been in the spotlight and at the centre of the media´s attention. The fabulous venue played host to “The Celebrities at the Castle” broadcast on TV2 during June 2010 and will once again be under the scrutiny of the media´s eye when Frederik Fetterlein will marry 25-year-old girlfriend a CBS student, Charlotte Damberg in February 2011.

Danish celebrity getting married in France – getting married for the second time

This will be the second celebrity wedding for the 40-year-old playboy and tennis star. Frederik was previously married to Czech fashion model Theresa Maxova whom he married in March 2000 in Rungsted church in Denmark. Together they have a son, now 10 years old, who resides with his mother in Monaco.
In addition Frederik Fetterlein had a relationship to singer Saseline Sørensen and they have a 2-year-old child.

The former tennis star Frederik said, “This time I am more nervous than before and this time my marriage will last forever” adding “This is the last time!”   “We both decided to have a small, intimate but very romantic wedding for maximum 125 wedding guests staying at Hattonchatel Chateau over the weekend for a 3 day duration, during which time the wedding ceremony will take place. Their wedding guests are to include immediate family, close friends and a few famous faces too!

It is going to be very interesting to see which of the tennis celebrities the wedding couple are going to invite to the romantic wedding. Is tennis star Andy Murray, Tim Henman, former tennis star Bjørn Borg, Rafael Nadal, Catarina Lindqvist, Stefan Bengt Edberg, Peter Lundgren, Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi or Roger Federer on the wedding list ? By now we know that former Swedish tennis champion Magnus Norman, Kenneth Cals, Caroline Wozniacky, boxer Brian Holm and playboy and reality star Sidney Lee are invited and have said yes to the special wedding invitation.

Beautiful wedding venue

The couple fell in love with the castle wedding venue and were pleasantly surprised to find that their exclusive and romantic castle wedding when calculated was indeed a very reasonable price and in fact worked out cheaper for them to marry abroad rather than stay in Denmark!  Frederik spoke with the owners of the Chateau and thanked them for their involvement and mainly for being able to accommodate them at such a short notice. Frederik commented that he felt that this would be like a Royal Wedding!

The owners advised the couple that the facilities at the Chateau are such, that each and every wedding is tailor-made. They are able to offer full wedding services, all arrangements and catering. Or, they could simply be given the key to the Chateau and have “carte blanche.” This then enables wedding couples the organization, wedding decoration etc. at the Chateau and its beautiful castle grounds, and its facilities to be theirs where they are able to design their own individual wedding and cuisine!

Change of the Danish wedding destination to a wedding location abroad

The Danish celebrities Frederik & Charlotte had considered holding their romantic wedding in medieval castles in Jutland or Funen. Alas, they derived at their many decisions of when, where and how under the invaluable help, guidance and supervision of their professional wedding planner, Christel Winther. It was Christel who suggested a castle wedding at Hattonchatel Chateau as their venue for their special wedding day – it is just the perfect wedding location, according to the wedding organizer.

According to the Danish newspapers, Christel Winther will be very much involved in assisting the beautiful lady Charlotte in choosing her beautiful white wedding dress and bridal bouquet. Christel will also undertake table planning and wedding menu choices, guest lists, wedding flowers and wedding decoration of the local chapel, which is situated within a few minutes stroll from the wedding Castle.

The wedding couple is said to be extremely happy and very exited about their destination wedding in France. They are very much looking forward to their own fairytale wedding in the romantic castle. The wedding castle with its magnificent ambiance and beautiful castle grounds and the stunning views will provide the bride & groom with picturesque wedding pictures and wedding memories for years to come!

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Important Steps in Planning your Perfect Wedding

The perfect wedding

What is the perfect wedding! Is it quite simple to explain because it is a wedding that is perfect for the bride and groom – the personal designed wedding, where the bride and groom emphasize their individual wishes in stead of leaning towards the old wedding traditions.

In the movies it looks very easy to get married and the planning like so. But getting married is not as easy as the movies want you to believe! And to get married abroad needs even more planning and organizing. Planning a romantic and perfect wedding is a tedious job. Several important details and considerations are taken into account for both the bride and groom.

The wedding budget

One of the primary tasks in the wedding preparations is the wedding budget. The question of how much money is available or how much money do you intent or want to spend and who is paying the bill for the romantic wedding are the important questions in setting the budget.

Here it is also important to take into consideration if the wedding is going to take place this year, next year or first in two years time. Prices for the wedding will change if you are planning to hold it several years down the road!

Wedding planner

Hiring a professional or even international wedding planner is practical for busy working couples that have less time to spare for the wedding planning or preparations or if you just want to be 100 percent sure that everything is going to plan. If the budget is tight which it is very often in these times of crises, there are also some professional wedding planners who work by the hour. An outsider’s perspective is beneficial to both the bride and the groom and often they will advice you or come with very good ideas. During their professional experience the wedding organizer also knows what is feasible and advisable.
Once the budget is set and agreed, the next step in planning your dream day is creating the timetable of schedules. The important factors to consider include honeymoon, work schedules, holidays and family occasions, and day of the week, because your wedding does not necessary have to be during the weekend.

The wedding ring

In the good old days, choosing the wedding ring and announcement to family, relatives and friends are coming next. For many bride and groom it takes quite some time to choose the wedding ring – it is very important for both. They have to look beautiful and at the same time they have to be practical. For many wedding couples the choice goes from a plain gold ring to a diamond ring – and everything in between.
The contemporary times suggest that couples choose the beautiful wedding ring together, so take your time and get started to look well before your special day.

Wedding proposal and announcement

Announcements may come formally or informally – it varies from country and to wedding traditions. Traditions though recommend that the groom’s mother take the initiative to communicate with the bride’s mother. Usually, a dinner is set up for the families of both parties to get acquainted. This will be helpful in the following days of the preparations. In some countries, newly engaged couples send an official announcement to local newspaper or magazine.

The wedding guests – the guest list

After making the coming wedding known to all, the second essential is the very important but difficult guest list. This list usually affects several aspects of the wedding – specially the budget and the size of the wedding party. Dividing the guest list into five categories will better sort out the list: a) bride’s list; b) the groom’s; c) couple’s common friends; d) groom’s parents’ list and; e) bride’s parents’ list. Alongside the list is the couple’s decision on special invitation card designs and packages. These details match the over-all tone of the wedding. Proofreading of the invitation cards is a very important task however tiresome it may be.

The wedding ceremony

The wedding ceremony and reception music, wedding flowers will set the mood of the wedding. Like the wedding invitation, these things should match together to express the style and theme of the wedding. The same with the wedding gowns, bridesmaids’ dresses, and the groom’s attire—they are usually decided based on the wedding theme.

The wedding photography

The wedding photographs and videos should not be forgotten for they will immortalize that one memorable and valuable once-in-a-lifetime moment. Many wedding planners suggest taking the formal shots a week before the wedding to avoid stress. Do never relay on your wedding guests taking all your beautiful wedding pictures with their own cameras – it normally goes wrong!
Set in the delightful surroundings, yet convenient for a local church, the castle grounds and sunken garden always provide a unique and picturesque backdrop for your wedding photographs, which are, of course the permanent reminder of a very special day.

Then when almost everything is done and decided, the next step is the rehearsal—reducing the risk of ceremony disappointments. Rehearsal parties immediately follow the rehearsal. This is a chance to mingle with family and friends.

The wedding ceremony

The ceremony site sets the tone of the wedding. Traditional weddings are celebrated in church; however, there are many non-traditional that have emerged since the 60’s and 70’s. Beach weddings, garden weddings or castle weddings are just a few example of the latter one. However the castle wedding you can combine with a traditional church ceremony.

The wedding location and reception

Last but not the least is the reception and catering. Included are the place, the food, and the traditional wedding cake. The location of the wedding is rather important. Is it going to be a local wedding or is it going to be a wedding abroad? More and more wedding couples are choosing a smaller intimate wedding abroad where they just invite their closest family and friends. To enhance the festivities they are holding the wedding over a weekend or even 3 to 5 days. One of the preferred wedding locations is a castle wedding where the bride and groom get exclusivity for their special day or days. In France you will find some pretty castles as if they were made for princesses and beautiful weddings and in addition you will find the weather better and more stable than in the UK or Scotland.

Other side events organized during the wedding planning are stud party and wedding shower. This is also one of the exciting parts in wedding traditions.

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