This is a picture of the Mayor's office just hours before we were to arrive for our civil ceremony.  Because of a thunderstorm the night before, we had to quickly make last minute changes in our plans (the aperitif on the river bank was a muddy impossibility)!   While Christophe's father and I whisked through town hoping to rent the local hall, I saw Xavier hanging hand-made tissue roses from the windows of  le Maire, and scattering laurel leaves on the ground for good luck.  With all we had to do, we were going to need it!