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#342974 - 28/02/2011 18:13 Re: So: Where will you be...
julf
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So... Do we have any dates?

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#342981 - 28/02/2011 20:33 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: julf]
Robotic
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June 11th?
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#343496 - 17/03/2011 21:06 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: Robotic]
LittleBlueThing
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4 months away then smile

Sounds like some people have been beavering away behind the scenes...
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#343511 - 18/03/2011 19:05 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: LittleBlueThing]
julf
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Unfortunately that weekend is already taken frown

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#343512 - 18/03/2011 19:17 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: julf]
andy
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Originally Posted By: julf
Unfortunately that weekend is already taken frown


Say it isn't so frown

Edit:

Which date are you looking at by the way, Rob updated it from June to 8/9/10/11 July.


Edited by andy (18/03/2011 19:21)
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#343516 - 18/03/2011 20:48 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: andy]
Robotic
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Originally Posted By: andy
Originally Posted By: julf
Unfortunately that weekend is already taken frown


Say it isn't so frown

Edit:

Which date are you looking at by the way, Rob updated it from June to 8/9/10/11 July.

Linked the actual announcement thread. grin
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#343520 - 18/03/2011 23:54 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: Robotic]
K447
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Loc: near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Originally Posted By: schofiel
The countdown begins ....
Date on the web site needs correcting.

http://theultimateempegmeet.info/


Edited by K447 (18/03/2011 23:55)

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#343570 - 20/03/2011 17:36 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: andy]
julf
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Originally Posted By: andy

Which date are you looking at by the way, Rob updated it from June to 8/9/10/11 July.


Unfortunately the updated date. Elaine's nephew from New Jersey is visiting us here in Amsterdam frown

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#343572 - 20/03/2011 17:46 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: julf]
andy
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Originally Posted By: julf

Elaine's nephew from New Jersey is visiting us here in Amsterdam frown

Sounds like someone who needs a weekend in Dorset.
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#343599 - 21/03/2011 12:52 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: andy]
julf
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Originally Posted By: andy

Sounds like someone who needs a weekend in Dorset.


Not sure I would subject a 16-year-old to that...

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#343602 - 21/03/2011 13:39 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: julf]
DWallach
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So... July then? I might be able to pull this off. How exactly does one get from London to Wareham? I see it's a 100 mile drive. Are there reasonable train connections?

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#343604 - 21/03/2011 13:43 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: DWallach]
andy
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It is just under 2.5 hours from London Waterloo by train, often with no changes.

http://traintimes.org.uk/london/wareham/10:45/2011-03-22

N.B. I haven't checked to see whether Wareham is the closest station to the hotel


Wareham is the closest, not much over a mile from the hotel.


Edited by andy (21/03/2011 13:46)
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#343605 - 21/03/2011 13:50 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: andy]
andy
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I'm pleased to say that Rob has picked a venue a mere 8 miles away from possibly the best pub in the world.

http://www.squareandcompasspub.co.uk/

Though if it is a sunny weekend there is no way to get any where near it, far too popular nowadays frown
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#343607 - 21/03/2011 13:53 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: andy]
Roger
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I'll be there. Still deciding whether to bring the kids (and, by implication, the wife).
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#343635 - 21/03/2011 20:56 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: Roger]
sein
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I really want to be there, but its one week before I'm flying out for my wedding!
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#343648 - 22/03/2011 01:23 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: sein]
mlord
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Hey, congrat's on getting hitched (soon)!
Where are the nuptials being held?

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#343654 - 22/03/2011 11:13 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: mlord]
sein
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Originally Posted By: mlord
Hey, congrat's on getting hitched (soon)!
Where are the nuptials being held?

Thanks Mark! My fiancée is from Calgary so most of the ceremonies and the wedding itself will be over there.
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#343655 - 22/03/2011 13:10 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: sein]
mlord
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Well, that's the second high-profile Brit I can recall from recent years that's found a suitable bride in Canada!

smile

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#343656 - 22/03/2011 15:00 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: K447]
julf
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Originally Posted By: K447
Originally Posted By: schofiel
The countdown begins ....
Date on the web site needs correcting.

http://theultimateempegmeet.info/


Umh... All I get from those links is a static logo (from a redirection to xs4all.nl)

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#343669 - 22/03/2011 19:59 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: andy]
pim
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Rob updated it from June to 8/9/10/11 July.


Darn! That's the North Sea Jazz weekend, for which I already have 3-day tickets ...

Pim

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#343676 - 22/03/2011 23:37 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: julf]
K447
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Originally Posted By: julf
Originally Posted By: K447
Originally Posted By: schofiel
The countdown begins ....
Date on the web site needs correcting.

http://theultimateempegmeet.info/


Umh... All I get from those links is a static logo (from a redirection to xs4all.nl)
Above the logo it says "June 11th, 2011: Where will YOU be? "

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#343702 - 23/03/2011 07:40 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: pim]
BartDG
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Originally Posted By: pim
Quote:
Rob updated it from June to 8/9/10/11 July.


Darn! That's the North Sea Jazz weekend, for which I already have 3-day tickets ...

Pim

If I recall correctly, it's not the first time that Jazz festival gets in the way of the Empeg meet for you!
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#343715 - 24/03/2011 00:56 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: BartDG]
DWallach
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Coincidence: I've been invited to a workshop in Germany that's July 10-15. This is fortuitous because it means my transatlantic flight can now be a business travel expense. It also means I may not be able to make all four days of the empeg meet, but some is certainly better than none.

(Non-trivial travel question: my post-empeg German destination would be Schloss Dagstuhl, which is vaguely near Wadern. From the U.S., you fly to Frankfurt and spend hours on a train. From London, it appears that I can fly to either Zweibrücken or Luxembourg. Anybody done anything like this?)

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#343722 - 24/03/2011 17:40 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: DWallach]
dr_dos
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Loc: Bendorf, Germany
Originally Posted By: DWallach
From London, it appears that I can fly to either Zweibrücken or Luxembourg. Anybody done anything like this?)


You can fly from London Stansted (STN) to Hahn (HHN) (which is just 70km away from Dagstuhl) via Ryan Air. Have a look at Ryan Air's website - you can get good deals on flights for as low as € 19,- or so at times. Be aware of their hidden costs though...

Cheers,

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#343723 - 24/03/2011 17:44 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: dr_dos]
peter
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Originally Posted By: dr_dos
Originally Posted By: DWallach
From London, it appears that I can fly to either Zweibrücken or Luxembourg. Anybody done anything like this?)
You can fly from London Stansted (STN) to Hahn (HHN) (which is just 70km away from Dagstuhl) via Ryan Air.
But you won't be at Stansted if you've just arrived from the US -- you'll be at LGW or LHR. It's not worth transferring between London airports -- especially not to/from Stansted -- just to shave a couple of hours off the train journey at the destination.

Peter

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#343724 - 24/03/2011 17:49 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: peter]
LittleBlueThing
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I thought he'd be in Wareham...
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#343726 - 24/03/2011 18:06 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: peter]
dr_dos
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Originally Posted By: peter
But you won't be at Stansted if you've just arrived from the US -- you'll be at LGW or LHR. It's not worth transferring between London airports


Well, I was under the impression he would be at the empeg meet after he arrived from the US and would travel to Germany after that. But still - he would have to get from STN to either LGW or LHR upon his return from Germany...

Peter

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#343727 - 24/03/2011 18:26 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: dr_dos]
LittleBlueThing
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or:
* US -> LHR/LGW
* empeg meet
* Stansted -> Hahn
* work event
* Frankfurt -> US

Not always do-able but worth investigating.
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#343732 - 24/03/2011 21:11 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: LittleBlueThing]
dr_dos
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Loc: Bendorf, Germany
Originally Posted By: LittleBlueThing
or:
* US -> LHR/LGW
* empeg meet
* Stansted -> Hahn
* work event
* Frankfurt -> US

Not always do-able but worth investigating.


Right, that would be the best solution.

Peter

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#343739 - 25/03/2011 00:03 Re: So: Where will you be... [Re: BartDG]
pim
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Originally Posted By: Archeon

If I recall correctly, it's not the first time that Jazz festival gets in the way of the Empeg meet for you!


That's right. But the last time, the Empeg Meet was in Amersfoort, and I managed to attend both events. That's going to be hard this time.

Pim

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