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Will it be in English or French? And will it be under 21 friendly? I'll be visiting Paris at that time (I'm living in Madison, Wisconsin), and would love to stop by.

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I'm hoping to attend and my French is quite rustic (i.e. horrible), so that is at least one non-French speaker for you. As to the age thing: here in Europe, nobody will check your age when you enter a bar. If you look particularly young they might not let you order personally, but they would probably serve beer to a 12 year old if one of his parents would order it for him. I'm not sure how old you are, but I think the legal drinking age in most European countries is 16 (and 18 for strong liquor).

It's hard to tell. Sometimes, French people are very conservative about which language to use. But I'm sure every attendees will speak English fluently.

Do not hesitate to contact us before the event if you want more information.

And concerning the alcohol, no worries.

I think it will be in english as we have a few live-abroads (skylar or mrspeaker)

What do you mean by "under 21 friendly ?"

Probably refers to alcohol / admittance of underage people to the venue.

He's probably referring to the bizarre law in the US that means that people under 21 often cannot enter bars, let alone drink at them.

Needless the say, the French have no such weird rule.

Yes, that's why I was asking. Unless you're under 18, you can drink whatever you want and enter bars, in France.

Mais alors avec modération, n'est-ce pas.

I thought the limit was 16 actually. Under 16 is still fine as long as you have adult supervision. (IIRC…)

18 is for strong liquor, it is 16 for the rest (e.g. beer, wine).

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age

You are correct, I forgot the french are much more reasonable.

A group of 22 persons or more is no fun

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