Meetings and Events Calendar

PLEASE NOTE - Due to having to make advanced bookings and pay desposits, places for this trip have now been 'frozen'. We're unable to make any changes or additions from this point on.
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This trip takes in the Wetlands Region, Kakadu National Park, Western Arnhem Land, Garig Gunak, Barlu National Park, Pine Creek Goldfields Region and the (upper) Adelaide River Region.

Full details are on my Darwin travelogue page:

http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/917f5/#TL

Check my Darwin page for more information and/or email me through VT.

I will be in NY May 14-16. I wonder if anyone would be interested in going out for a coffee/drinks or salsa dancing?

We will be in Sevilla Spain on the evening of May 15th... and would love to meet other VT travelers... can anyone suggest a time and place to eat and dance the night away? Thanks,Melinda

Hi all
There is the good reason to organize the VT meeting here 'cause Michael, VTer #1, will visit Russia in May and will be in Moscow several days.
The exact place fo the meeting and the schedule of the day (walking around maybe...) will be placed later.

My hubby and I will be in Beijing for a week from 17th to 23rd May 2008.

We are hoping to meet VTers in Beijing or those who travel the same path during the same period. Need advice where we should meet up to chit chat & get to know the real you.

17th is the proposed date since it is Saturday. Any other dates in between should be fine. Drop me a line or two or more for ideas & suggestions.

See you!

- Zue & Haris -

hello VT friends,

I will be in London for three nights (I know very short), will visit a congress (have to work also).
It is always nice to meet local (non business) people and my experiences with VT are good. So,... who wants to meet and is willing to have dinner and a nice evening programm (open for ideas). I like pubs (not too high class, more the "student level"), live music, walking around in evening ....etcetera
Curious for replies,

Well, we will see what happens,
Greetings Paul
Leiden The Netherlands

Does anyone want to meet in Istanbul between May 18th and 25th 2008. Maybe sink a few beers and get some decent food.

Cheers

VT'er revontulet (Sibel) is visiting Denmark with 2 friends from Ankara. They're planning to be in Copenhagen Tuesday, and would like to meet some other VT'ers in town.

Let's meet at "Skipperkroen" in Nyhavn number 27 for a lunch at noon 12:00 (I've booked a table for 6, but we can change the number if more people is signing up)
Telephone: 3311 9906
Danish website:
www.skibberkroen-nyhavn.dk
Have a look at the menu here:
http://www.skipperkroen-nyhavn.dk/lunch.html

After lunch I suggest that we take a walk in the downtown area or jump on one of the harbour boat trips (takes aprox. 1 hour)

We hope to see some other VT'ers.
Ove

Hi friends , I would like to make VT meeting in Tunisia 20 may 2008 in sousse city you are going to enjoy / sand /sea / palms /.kind people /delicious food .
So do it

I will be in San Francisco Friday and Saturday, and would love to meet up with any local or travelling VTer?s!

I would suggest Calzones, at 430 Columbus Av.
Time: 8pm
http://www.calzonesf.com

Last time we had some great fun there, as you can see here:
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/878ab/#TL

If you have any other good suggestions please let me know and we readjust the meeting place.

Rumours have been running wild about a VT meeting to be held in Darwin in 2008. Started at the recent Perth meeting, these rumours are now spreading far and wide. So I thought I should set the record straight by making this announcement "THERE WILL BE A VT MEETING HELD IN DARWIN OVER THE WEEKEND 23/25 MAY 2008".

For a number of brave souls there will be an 'adventure' trip over a 9 day period PRECEEDING the meeting. That trip is titled "SURVIVOR VT DARWIN". It won't be a 5 star, fully serviced, luxury trip, more in the safari style. There's a separate notice being put up for the "Survivor" trip, please check it out and you'll need to register your name separately for both if you intend to attend both.

Details have yet to be ironed out but just putting up this notice now so people can have a think, decide, and plan ahead. Later there'll also be a climate guide, but expect hot weather.

The meeting over the weekend will follow the format of meeting up on the Friday evening at a local pub, Saturday excursions, Saturday evening restaurant. Sunday people doing their own thing, or group thing if they wish. And Sunday night a 'last supper'.

Those involved in the "SURVIVOR VT DARWIN" excursion will have all weekend to brag to the others about their escapades (provided they've survived, of course ;O))

NOTE: see my Darwin page for more details.

Hi!

We are planning to visit Sydney.
And would love to have a VT Meet there.

We'll arrive on May 23rd afternoon(or evening),
and then we'll be free on May 24th.

How about eating lunch or dinner together?

Hope to see you soon!

Hiya.

Bill (BillNJ) will spend the last day of his trip to Europe in Cologne on Saturday 24 May and we thought this was a great excuse for a meeting and a few drinks (to get in shape for Euromeet a week later in Karlsruhe).

The rough itinerary is as follows:

16:00 Meet at Spire Top Cross in front of Cologne Cathedral (downstairs from the main entrance to the cathedral). You can find a pic of it here: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/14849/b1ee/4/ It's the 5th tip on that page.

Then: Some sightseeing

19:00 Dinner at Peters Brauhaus (Mühlengasse 1, www.peters-brauhaus.de)

Afterwards: Dunno. We'll decide spontaneously.

As I had to sign a sheet for the dinner reservation (I booked a table for 10) and had to fax it to the pub I need to know a few days before the meeting who will be there for sure. I don't want to end up in trouble because we are less people that we thought. Thanks for letting me know asap.

See you soon in Cologne.
Sabs

Getting ready for Karlsruhe Euromeet2008, we will stop a couple of days to discover Berlin the previous weekend.

Lets join us for a couple of drinks!

At 20.00 We will be at Station "Unter den Linden"

Please feel welcome to give ideas of where to go after :-)

On the way to Karlsruhe Euromeet2008, I will stop a couple of days in Munich and I was thinking "Lets join us for a beer in its own land!"
Do you think the same way?

I had in mind one the oldest breweries -Hofbräuhaus- around 8pm.
But feel free to contribute with any other suggestion?

and ...hope to see you there :-)
Tschüss

I am going to the Philadelphia Air Force Week during May 26 - June 2 (http://www.airforceweekinphiladelphia.com). I already found VTer Benwrite who will be working at the Air Force events & just wondering if anyone else would like to meet in the evening for a drink.
Drop me an email if you are interested and we will decide the place & Time.

The Spanish team wants to make sure we arrive on time to the meeting ;-) If you want to join us for a couple of drinks, we will be from 20.00 at La Cage - American Sportsbar & Diner very close to Ludwigsplatz and Alpha hotel.

Blumenstr. 25
76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
0721 27070‎
www.lacage.info


As Germans organise the meeting we want to make sure we arrive on time, so we booked all 3 days in advance ;-)

(Just kidding hehehe)

Link to google map to locate this place :
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&q=la+Cage&near=karlsruhe,+Germany&ie=UTF8&ll=49.008094,8.403769&spn=0.013118,0.029011&z=15

Since I'll miss NYTim's Istanbul meeting by a few days, thought I'd offer up another one....

Between May 28th and June 5th.

Sightseeing, drinks, dinner are a few options.

For those arriving earlier, lets get toguether!

As many of you will arrive during the afternoon, lets get a central meeting point, so we can all meet along the evening.

As it is a bar and restaurant, feel free to come for dinner or just for some drinks :-) Nothing organised. Just a meeeting point! :-)

We will be from 20.00 at a Lehner´s in Ludwigsplatz

Karlstr. 21a
76133 Karlsruhe
Telefon: 0721 / 24 95 720
Fax: 0721/ 24 95 721
karlsruhe@lehners-wirtshaus.de
www.lehners-wirtshaus.de


Here you can find some reviews form over VT members

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Germany/Land_Baden_Wuerttemberg/Karlsruhe-48628/Restaurants-Karlsruhe-Lehners_Wirtshaus-BR-1.html

For a google map, copy and paste the following

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&q=Lehner's&near=karlsruhe,+Germany&ie=UTF8&ll=49.008699,8.395368&spn=0.003279,0.007253&z=17

I plan to be in Mandwa,Alibaug,near mumbai on the 30th by noon and will be staying over the night at the Bombay Sailing Association Club House.Mandwa is conveniently reachable by a ferry off Appolo Bunder, opposite the Taj Mahal Hotel , Bombay. Members of VT can catch up over a beer at the beach house. Any takers? As this is really at short notice I will appreciate a call to confirm on my cell 9822250978.

Back to the roots of VirtualTourist

4th European VT-meeting
Karlsruhe / Germany

May 30th to June 1st, 2008




After 3 Euromeetings in Southern Europe it's finally time to go up north. And what city would be more appropriate to host a VT-meeting than the place where this great website has been invented: Karlsruhe / Germany.

Most of you will know VT as a firm located in Los Angeles. But there have been times when VT was still an idea of two students of the University of Karlsruhe. They developed the software and together with an American entrepreneur they transformed it into a successful website with members all over the globe. So let's have a trip down memory lane and come to the place where it all started.

Besides being the cradle of VT, Karlsruhe offers a lot of possibilities for a nice vacation. Even though the city isn't known as a major tourist spot, it has some interesting sites and is also a perfect base for trips to places like Heidelberg, the Black Forest, the Alsace region with the picturesque city of Strasbourg and so on.

The weekend for the meeting has been carefully chosen. In order to keep airfares and rooms affordable we had to consider school vacations, possible trade fairs and in particular the European Football Championship in Switzerland and Austria. As the meeting is now only one week before the opening match at Basle, football fans can combine these two events.

You will find info about accommodation, transportation, sightseeing tips and answers to frequently asked questions on the Euromeet2008-homepage. So have a look at this site every now and then.

We are looking forward to seeing you all in Karlsruhe

Football (Soccer for the Americans) enthusiasts her is your chance!

We are a few football enthusiasts on virtual tourist that from time to time gets to debate football in the miscellaneous forum, as we now have a enormous well attended Euromeet2008, we thing it would be a great opportunity to show our own skills be on the forum. The ABC team has made arrangements with a local club for us to use there training field and changing facilities Saturday afternoon.

All are welcome to participate no matter skills, sex, age, physical condition. We need more then 22 players and referee and linesmen.

To make it a even and fun game for all my idea is to use a system where each player rate themselves from 1 to 5 as a footballer. And then use this rating draw teams with even strength.

Now we just need to know who will like to play?

I am going to be in Phuket on 1st-4th Jun and staying at Deevana Resort & Spa hotel in Patong Beach. Would like very much to meet up VT for a drinks there. C ya!!

I'm planning on being in Budapest June 1 and 2, and hope to sightsee and bicycle over to Zagreb. If any VTer has time and would like to get together I'd be happy to meet. Michael

I`ll be in Vienna with some friends between 28 may -3 june 2005. Anyone around to take a coffee or,better a beer?

For those of you who are still in the area and still have some energy left after the Euromeet, I'd like to offer another tour of Heidelberg on Monday.

First I'd like to show you a lesser known part of Heidelberg,
with the second castle of Heidelberg - outside only, we cannot go inside-,
the St Vitus church - here we can go inside -
and one of my favourite cafés - here we can definitely go inside.

Then back to the main street and walk up to the "real" castle.
Entrace fee for the court yard, big vat, terrace and pharmacy museum is 3 Euro. If you want to have a guided tour inside, it's another 4 Euro.

Meeting point: Bismarckplatz, in front of the Galeria Kaufhof, at the modern art sculpture

Meeting time: 11:00

There is a train (S-Bahn) from Karlsruhe at 9:28, arriving in Heidelberg at 10:12.
Then bus # 33 to Bismarckplatz or streetcar # 5 or #21.

Tickets for the S-Bahn are 9,90 Euro for a single.
For travel within Heidelberg a ticket-24 is 5 Euro - for one person - and ticket-24-plus 8.50 Euro - for up to five people.
These tickets have to be validated before you use them.

Another option is the Baden-Württemberg ticket, 18 Euro for one person and 27 Euro for up to five. This ticket is valid on the regional trains, S-Bahn, RE and RB, also within Heidelberg, from 9 am to 3 am the next morning ( So no need to get a ticket-24). You have to write down your names on this ticket. If you buy it on the counter, it's two Euro more.

Some Vters have already told me they're coming, I'm looking forward to showing you another Heidelberg.

MALAPASCUA ISLAND (north of Cebu, June 5-8, 2008), anyone?

Gillian from the UK is in town and would love to meet up for a few drinks & vt goss so if you have nothing planned this Friday after work, then how about extending our usual warm welcome to Gillian. Gillian and I would love to fill you all in on the Darwin meet story and gee did we have the best time!!
Also, anyone passing through is most welcome to join us. Just look for the noisy croud lol.
Meeting is after work on Friday from 5.30pm onwards at the Lucky Shag Pub on the water front at Barrack St Jetty. Please sign up below.
See you all there.
Cheers, Ann :o)

A meeting in Istanbul sounded nice....

So I think - "Why not see who's up for meeting out for a drink in Budapest when I'm there afterwards?"