Leaving for Europe in a couple of days, and wondering if anyone still wants to do a London/Ghent meet? And when is the Vienna meet again?
Oh, I also haven't bought my train ticket, a global pass for Europe, the price made me depressed. Is it significantly different if you buy it in Europe? And is there any way to get a non-furriner rate, or are they anal about checking credentials? :ph34r:
Quote from: Alcibiades on May 18, 2011, 11:40:58 AM
Leaving for Europe in a couple of days, and wondering if anyone still wants to do a London/Ghent meet? And when is the Vienna meet again?
Oh, I also haven't bought my train ticket, a global pass for Europe, the price made me depressed. Is it significantly different if you buy it in Europe? And is there any way to get a non-furriner rate, or are they anal about checking credentials? :ph34r:
Forget the global pass. Buy tickets as you need them. Unless you plan on being on a train every second day it'll be cheaper (though less convenient).
I think I mixed up the months. :Embarrass:
I'm going down in July.
Quote from: Barrister on May 18, 2011, 11:52:12 AM
Quote from: Alcibiades on May 18, 2011, 11:40:58 AM
Leaving for Europe in a couple of days, and wondering if anyone still wants to do a London/Ghent meet? And when is the Vienna meet again?
Oh, I also haven't bought my train ticket, a global pass for Europe, the price made me depressed. Is it significantly different if you buy it in Europe? And is there any way to get a non-furriner rate, or are they anal about checking credentials? :ph34r:
Forget the global pass. Buy tickets as you need them. Unless you plan on being on a train every second day it'll be cheaper (though less convenient).
This. Also, most countries have their particular offers which might be more convenient for you. For instance, in Italy you can buy the "Carta verde" (http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=1c3be6155d5ba110VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD (http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=1c3be6155d5ba110VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD))
I'm incapacitated with an achilles tendon problem atm :( , otherwise I would come down to London to have a few beers with you.
Have fun you ugly American!
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on May 18, 2011, 12:33:02 PM
I'm incapacitated with an achilles tendon problem atm :( , otherwise I would come down to London to have a few beers with you.
:rolleyes: a devastated ankle didn't stop me from limping through half of Istambul with you :P
Well, I'm visiting a lot of different cities. London, Paris, somewhere in belgium, amsterdam, cologne, berlin, dresden, prague, munich, Freiburg, Vienna, Athens, Venice, Rome, Florence, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, back to Paris > London.
I was under the impression I would need a global pass, especially as this will encompass 7 weeks?
I am in Paris in June.
What days? I think we'll just miss each other, though. I'll be there from May 23-26/27th. And then potentially around July 4th-5th.
Yup. I arrive the 30th of May and leave the 26th of June. Bah.
I'll be in the US next year.
I'll see you in London.
Not really. I just say that in all the meet-up threads to feel like I'm part of the gang. :(
When will you be in Venice?
L.
Quote from: Oexmelin on May 18, 2011, 01:45:59 PM
Yup. I arrive the 30th of May and leave the 26th of June. Bah.
I'll be in the US next year.
San Antonio?
Quote from: Valmy on May 18, 2011, 03:00:06 PM
Quote from: Oexmelin on May 18, 2011, 01:45:59 PM
Yup. I arrive the 30th of May and leave the 26th of June. Bah.
I'll be in the US next year.
San Antonio?
Why in god's name would anyone go to San Antonio?
No, Virginia. Though the conference circuit might take me in various places in the US.
I am also planning to go back to New Orleans for research next winter.
Quote from: katmai on May 18, 2011, 03:01:15 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 18, 2011, 03:00:06 PM
Quote from: Oexmelin on May 18, 2011, 01:45:59 PM
Yup. I arrive the 30th of May and leave the 26th of June. Bah.
I'll be in the US next year.
San Antonio?
Why in god's name would anyone go to San Antonio?
A market research conference was just held there.
Quote from: katmai on May 18, 2011, 03:01:15 PM
Why in god's name would anyone go to San Antonio?
In my case it was to meet Oex.
I'll be in Normandy in July. Meeting nobody.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 18, 2011, 04:50:13 PM
I'll be in Normandy in July. Meeting nobody.
Did you get a place there or are you still looking?
Quote from: citizen k on May 18, 2011, 05:13:12 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 18, 2011, 04:50:13 PM
I'll be in Normandy in July. Meeting nobody.
Did you get a place there or are you still looking?
Still looking.
Quote from: Valmy on May 18, 2011, 03:00:06 PM
Quote from: Oexmelin on May 18, 2011, 01:45:59 PM
Yup. I arrive the 30th of May and leave the 26th of June. Bah.
I'll be in the US next year.
San Antonio?
That being said, I might be tempted to make a stop at Austin to see the remnants of La Salle's ship.
Quote from: Pedrito on May 18, 2011, 02:17:40 PM
When will you be in Venice?
L.
Either June 18thish, or June 24th. Not sure yet on that one.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 18, 2011, 05:33:49 PM
Quote from: citizen k on May 18, 2011, 05:13:12 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 18, 2011, 04:50:13 PM
I'll be in Normandy in July. Meeting nobody.
Did you get a place there or are you still looking?
Still Gay.
Fixed that for you.
Any way, I'll try to weigh the costs of buying a global pass or point to point, it seems like point to point tickets are pretty pricey. :unsure:
Bang a Brit chickadee for us, man. Plant that fucking flag.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 18, 2011, 07:27:35 PM
Bang a Brit chickadee for us, man. Plant that fucking flag.
I'll do my damnedest on the fourth of July for you, I'll be back in London. :pirate
Quote from: Alcibiades on May 18, 2011, 07:29:46 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 18, 2011, 07:27:35 PM
Bang a Brit chickadee for us, man. Plant that fucking flag.
I'll do my damnedest on the fourth of July for you, I'll be back in London. :pirate
4th of July? Well, I just came.
How long over there alci?
If you can beat my score of
Irish, Norwegian, Dane, English & Canadian in 3 months in Australia I'll buy you a
Case of favorite beer
Quote from: Oexmelin on May 18, 2011, 03:07:12 PM
No, Virginia. Though the conference circuit might take me in various places in the US.
I am also planning to go back to New Orleans for research next winter.
Keep us posted; there are a fair number of Virginia languishites.
@grumbles we do?
Otto, hmbob and you, whom am I missing?
Quote from: grumbler on May 18, 2011, 07:40:04 PM
Quote from: Oexmelin on May 18, 2011, 03:07:12 PM
No, Virginia. Though the conference circuit might take me in various places in the US.
I am also planning to go back to New Orleans for research next winter.
Keep us posted; there are a fair number of Virginia languishites.
I sincerely doubt OttoVonB is going to host Oex.
Quote from: katmai on May 18, 2011, 07:39:14 PM
How long over there alci?
If you can beat my score of
Irish, Norwegian, Dane, English & Canadian in 3 months in Australia I'll buy you a
Case of favorite beer
Hah, will do. I'll be there for 'only' 7 weeks, though.
London, Ghent anyone?
London this Saturday May 21st - Monday May 23rd. Ghent around Friday the 27th some time for you Belgians, think a couple of you thought you may have been interested. :cheers:
Quote from: Alcibiades on May 19, 2011, 05:44:00 PM
London, Ghent anyone?
London this Saturday May 21st - Monday May 23rd. Ghent around Friday the 27th some time for you Belgians, think a couple of you thought you may have been interested. :cheers:
See you on the 22nd. :cheers:
Awesome, we'll be staying at the Phoenix Hostel a few hundred meters north of Hyde Park while in London. :cheers:
Quote from: Alcibiades on May 18, 2011, 07:25:24 PM
Quote from: Pedrito on May 18, 2011, 02:17:40 PM
When will you be in Venice?
L.
Either June 18thish, or June 24th. Not sure yet on that one.
Let me know, I live 40 kms from Venice. Happy to buy you one :)
L.
Quote from: Pedrito on May 20, 2011, 01:43:34 AM
Quote from: Alcibiades on May 18, 2011, 07:25:24 PM
Quote from: Pedrito on May 18, 2011, 02:17:40 PM
When will you be in Venice?
L.
Either June 18thish, or June 24th. Not sure yet on that one.
Let me know, I live 40 kms from Venice. Happy to buy you one :)
L.
Will do. :cheers:
You'll need the free drinks by then, the Euro buys far less than a dollar :(
Gah, bad timing for me. I'm busy this weekend and leaving for Brussels on Monday :( Maybe on your way back?
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on May 20, 2011, 02:52:53 AM
You'll need the free drinks by then, the Euro buys far less than a dollar :(
You're telling me. :weep:
Quote from: Brazen on May 20, 2011, 03:33:07 AM
Gah, bad timing for me. I'm busy this weekend and leaving for Brussels on Monday :( Maybe on your way back?
Yeah for sure, should be July 4th until early morning July 6th.
Quote from: Alcibiades on May 20, 2011, 04:40:18 AM
Yeah for sure, should be July 4th until early morning July 6th.
Don't want to cramp your style given Seedy's challenge :P
Do you know yet when you will be in Vienna?
Quote from: Brazen on May 20, 2011, 04:56:33 AM
Quote from: Alcibiades on May 20, 2011, 04:40:18 AM
Yeah for sure, should be July 4th until early morning July 6th.
Don't want to cramp your style given Seedy's challenge :P
Haha, well the offer still stands if you want. :P
Quote from: Syt on May 20, 2011, 04:58:50 AM
Do you know yet when you will be in Vienna?
It's looking to be between June 14th and 18thish I'd reckon. Hard to say definitively, but I feel pretty confident in saying I'll be there between (some of) those days.
Gorgeous weather today in London, better than any In the whole Midwest all spring it seems. Did a lot of walking today, pretty tired. Almost no sleep on the plane last night. Did some sight-seeing today, saw buckingham palace and Hyde park, ate some fish and chips at a pub downtown area? Was neat.
Plan on doing some more sightseeing tomorrow most of the day. Might do one of those tour bus things.
Alci, if there is decent weather tomorrow, try one of my favourite days out.
You go down to Westminster pier (nr the houses of Parliament) and catch a ferry to Greenwich. On arrival at Greenwich you can visit the old observatory, the Queen's House, the national Maritime museum and/or the Cutty Sark................then get drunk at one of the many good pubs there :cool:
Tricky, would you happen to know if Cutty Sark has any particular meaning?
Never thought about it till you asked Yi :D
Wikipedia has this to say :
"She was named after Cutty Sark (Scots: a short chemise or undergarment[6]), the nickname of the fictional character Nannie Dee in Robert Burns' 1791 poem Tam o' Shanter. She is also represented as Nannie Dee by the ship's figurehead, a stark white carving of a bare-breasted woman with long black hair holding a gray horse's tail in her hand. In the poem she wore a linen sark that she had been given as a child, which explains why it was cutty, or in other words far too short, for her. The erotic sight of her dancing in such a short undergarment caused Tam to cry out "Weel done, Cutty-sark", which subsequently became a well known catchphrase."
How very risque :perv:
Those Scots really know how to party.
I got to Speakers Corner by 1.30pm, but didn't manage to catch you guys' maybe around 4/6th July when the other Languishites are about.
Yeah, thought you said you'd be there around 1130 so we hung around a bit but we were gone by 12. Yeah, definitely would be cool to catch you guys around 4-5 July, fly out early early morning of the 6th.
In Paris now, the first 2 nights weren't very good, the hostel I stay at sucked, impossible to meet people and no wifi in conjunction with being very far away from anything, besides little Tehran. Not fun.
Tonight should be better, last night in Paris, seems like we have a pretty nice hostel for tonight. Already has free wifi, hah.
Tomorrow night is Amsterdam, have two nights booked already, but Saturday is completely full just about everywhere, so we're going to have to wing it somehow.
For Sunday Koln, be there until Wednesday and then on to Berlin. If any of you are around these places would love to meet you. :cheers:
P.S. None of you Belgians ever got back to me. <_<
Quote from: Alcibiades on May 21, 2011, 03:37:29 PM
ate some fish and chips at a pub downtown area? Was neat.
Oh yeah, I know the one :unsure:
Central London doesn't have a "downtown". Where were you? City? West End? Bloomsbury? Belgravia? Can you remember the pub name?
When Alci's back how about heading to the East End for a curry like we did with Berky to see the Other Side?
Quote from: Brazen on May 25, 2011, 07:43:18 AM
Quote from: Alcibiades on May 21, 2011, 03:37:29 PM
ate some fish and chips at a pub downtown area? Was neat.
Oh yeah, I know the one :unsure:
He's talking about the other one.
Quote from: Alcibiades on May 25, 2011, 05:36:37 AM
In Paris now, the first 2 nights weren't very good, the hostel I stay at sucked, impossible to meet people and no wifi in conjunction with being very far away from anything, besides little Tehran. Not fun.
Where was that? Little Tehran?
I had good experiences at the MIJE: http://www.mije.com/
The restaurant was near the 'new scotland yards' I believe, south of the london armory a bit.
The hostel in Paris was des olympiades or what not, off the 4 line in 'northern paris' right next to the simplon station, if that means anything to anyone.
Off to Amsterdam tonight, going to check out the catacombs before we head off at 1700.
Quote from: Alcibiades on May 26, 2011, 04:15:45 AM
The hostel in Paris was des olympiades or what not, off the 4 line in 'northern paris' right next to the simplon station, if that means anything to anyone.
The Simplon area used to be Little Serbia :D There's a Serbian church as a matter of fact.
Not exactly Little Tehran more like Casbah but then the bobo neighborhood of Montmartre is quite close but almost an enclave in that
arrondissement.
The hostels recommended by Oex are in much nicer areas indeed and not that expensive.