languish meet in Italy : 7 - 11 May

[Richard Hakluyt]

We should be in Venice sometime on the sunday, so if you wanted to meet up then sunday evening is the (only) time to do it 

Coolness.  Can you provide me with a phone number? I had the ones from Marty, Brazen and Syt from Brussels, but none of them will be present. In case I can get away, I'll give you a call.

Er.......we don't have phones that work on the Continent 

Hmmmm........I wonder if BB's phone works there?

[Barrister]

I am so certain our phone won't work there we're not even bringing it.

[The Larch]

We seem to hit a logistical bottleneck in the phone area. 

[Grey Fox]

If you have a GSM phone, it will work.

My phone worked in Cuba, ffs.

[Barrister]

We seem to hit a logistical bottleneck in the phone area. 

I'm the only one leaving on Tuesday.  You have until Thursday for the rest.  If you can get a phone nomber from Ank or RH (or even just send us your number and we'll call from a land line) we should be able to set something up.   

[Barrister]

Leaving work.

[Richard Hakluyt]

 

@the Larch : send us your phone number, we'll ring you up on one of those old-fashioned landline things 

[Siege]

Picture of a girl drinking from a grolla:



L.

What's up with the burn out?

[Pedrito]

It's a wooden mug filled with hot black coffee and liquors, so if one isn't able to drink from it without spilling some of the content, it will leave stains on the wood. Moreover, the hot alcohol releases vapours that are set on fire by the waiters, and flames come out of the side mouths.
That's the reason of the burnt wood.
L.

[The Larch]

@the Larch : send us your phone number, we'll ring you up on one of those old-fashioned landline things 

PM sent. 

Pedrito, will you be on Sunday as well? We can debate Italian politics and the velinopoli scandal while we're at it. 

[Pedrito]

Pedrito, will you be on Sunday as well? We can debate Italian politics and the velinopoli scandal while we're at it. 

In proper Languish manner, I will immediately hijack every attempt to discuss our clownesque politics during the whole weekend.
But I won't be there with you on Sunday,  I'll be going to Milan. 

L.

[The Larch]

Pedrito, will you be on Sunday as well? We can debate Italian politics and the velinopoli scandal while we're at it. 

In proper Languish manner, I will immediately hijack every attempt to discuss our clownesque politics during the whole weekend.
But I won't be there with you on Sunday,  I'll be going to Milan. 

L.

Pity then. Give them the background and I'll finish them off on sunday. 

[Tamas]

Alright, my GPS has been uploaded with a supposedly recent map of Austria and Italy, and it claims that the trip is only 622 kilometers. I am planning to leave around 8AM, so unless something unexpected happens, I should make it to Cortina by around 5PM.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Which pass are you using?

Looks like a fast route to me apart from the last hour or so, which will be on busy mountain roads, easy to get behind a slow-moving vehicle.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Just checking the details of mestre station, (I have a morbid fear that it is the same size as Waterloo station, ie our plan to meet-up will miscarry  )........

It seems it is of moderate size with only one bar/buffet. The "Buffet Cremonini".

http://www.grandistazioni.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=167472ceeae7b110VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD

So, pedrito, I guess that's where we will be, or smoking cigarettes outside the station entrance