When: Sunday, July 4th, 1:30PM-6PM Where: Parc du Lion, Wattrelos, next to the Climbing Pyramid Structure Cost Free (You may pay for your membership 2010-11 then) Contact and SIGN-UP Dawne or Julie

The club will provide soft beverages, games and crafts for children

Please bring your picnic, lawn chairs (and tables if you are so inclined), blankets, and anything you would like to share! Also, you are invited to bring your own sport equipment (frisbees, softball, football, etc.).

The city Parc du Lion in Wattrelos offers, among various amenities, a pedagogical farm, playground equipment, ponds, climbing pyramid, beautiful walkways, many trees and a large grass field at its center!!

Directions to Park

If coming from Lille, Marcq….take Boulevard with mini tunnels and tram to Roubaix.

Drive to Roubaix Centre Ville and its main street, Boulevard Gambetta.

On Boulevard Gambetta over the bridge, follow signs to Wattrelos. The road turns a bit. You will be on Grand Rue, then Rue Carnot (RN 350) and eventually you will see the modernish Hotel de Ville on your right. Drive slowly.Turn left on rue Gustave Delory. Parc du Lion is on your right.

Vital: do not park in the 1st parking lot, but in the 2nd smaller one down the street. Walk through the gates straight ahead where you will see an enormous lawn and the huge pyramid. We are right next to the pyramid.

AMERICAN CLUB OF LILLE HAPPY HOUR

Join your fellow ACL members and friends for festive, After Work ACL Happy Hour.

When: Friday, May 21
Time: 7:00PM

Place: Café Oz, 33 Place Louise de Bettignies, in the Vieux Lille

Contact: Nancy Hoffer or Jackie Elvehjem

AMERICAN CLUB OF LILLE CRAFT CLUB

CANCELLED-Come for an evening of craft in the new Craft Club. Bring your knitting, crocheting, quilting, sewing ongoing project, and if you don’t know how, we’ll share each others skills and start new projects. Come for an evening of discovery, laughter, and fun!

When: -CANCELLED-Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Time: 8:00PM

Place: Karen Matlock’s Home in the Vieux-Lille

Light refreshments will be served.

Reservation: Karen Matlock

BBQ & BOURLE GAME Friday, May 28, 2010, 7:00pm La Bourle 9 rue de la Paix 59100 WASQUEHAL Métro Ligne 2: Station Hôtel de Ville, Wasquehal

Come for an American BBQ, and a French Game of Bourle, a very old Northern France team game played with wooden wheels (similarities with pétanque and curling).

Thanks to our member Bruno Malfait, the Club will have again exclusive access to the La Bourloire St Nicolas.

The Club will provide meat/vegetables for the BBQ, beverages, and ustensils.
To keep the cost down, we ask you to bring desserts (fruits, brownies, chocolate chips cookies or pie).

RSVP by Monday May 24 Dawne Whatley

If you come by public transportation, we’ll organize a car ride back to Lille.