Europe Meetings and Events

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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'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.

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?"

If there is anyone at this city at this day, please, let's drink some beers. I dont'know where to meet, but I think there are a lot of bars over there.

Anyone?

Come to Cyprus for fun !!!

Hot sun and beautiful Beaches everywhere !!!!

Send to me your interest of coming here in my country and i will arrange all for you, affordable beach hotels, nice restaurants and fun!!!

This is not the final meeting invitation, this is to see how many people will actually be interested to come and join this meeting in Cyprus and afterwards I will fix everything.

I will visit again France in June and start with two days in Paris. I want to meet members from France or travelers just visiting Paris. June 13th is Friday night so restaurants and bars might be crowded but we can always meet some place near a metro station and walk from there.

Please sign up below to attend this meeting and contact me on the VT email to give me an idea of place and time.

Looking forward to see you there! :)

PS: check out my itinerary trip in France on my VT Homepage, maybe we can meet on the way

Will be in Vienna June 19-24... any possibility of having a VT meeting??? look forward to hear from VT members living or happen to be in Vienna

Dear friends, I have been living in this beautiful city of Aix-en-Provence for the past 2 months and am here only till 26th June. Before I leave, I would love to attend a VT meeting with VT Members from This city and nearby cities as well as those visiting here. Would be glad to know from others so that we could fix exact time, venue and date.

Dear VT members,

since I'll be in Geneva for a week why we do not come together to meet eachother. Are there any VT members interested in such a meeting?
If yes, don't hesitate to let us know.
I don't know any place, so we are open for any advice.

See you there,
Highliner

Haha, I could not resist to post this as a meeting, as we could easily get together through VTmail.
But maybe someone else who is in the area would also like to join?

As Bernd, Andrea, Kathrin, Christine and Heinz did have so much to do with preparation of the big meet in Karlsruhe, they didn't have time and were probably too exhausted to join us on that Friday.

So in honour of their huge tasks which they managed so fantastic I thought I'd invite them to Speyer and we do a little past-meet trip through this lovely town.

We should meet at 10/10:30 in front of the cathedral and can most probably visit Dreifaltigkeitskirche (it should be open on Sundays after mass), the cathedral, the historical museum (remember, there is a fantastic Samurai exhibition running), Mikwe, Altpörtel and walk through the side alleys and the cute and picturesque Hasenpfuhl.

Looking forward to drag you through Speyer :-)
(I would be there soon anyhow - with or without meeting)

Ingrid

We have a guest from USA :
Carrie / VT-member cpiers47 is coming to Vienna and so we are having a VT-meeting at 07.00pm at
Schmankerlwirt
Salmgasse 23
1030 Wien

Telefon/Fax just in case that you get lost: (01) 961 94 64;
Email: info@zum-schmankerlwirt.at

how to get there :
http://www.zum-schmankerlwirt.at/content/beitrag/wegbeschreibung.html
Take U3 and get out at station Rochusmarkt. There you walk to the side of the market that is closest to the city-centre. Salmgasse starts at this end of Rochusmarkt.

I'll be in Helsinki from 27th evening to 29th morning, extending my stay after a business meeting

So if any VT'ers around would like to meet up for a drink, do let me know!!

Yes, it's time for another VT meeting! Marion (Mazzap) and her family will be visiting Malta yet again and so will Ian (Dick_33) and his partner. I'm not exactly sure about the venue just yet, but was thinking about Zeppi's in Balluta Bay, St Julians at 8pm....any suggestions are welcome.

Zeppi's restaurant has a small outdoor section with a nice view of Balluta Bay which is ideal for the summer months. The food is really good and reasonably priced.

Looking forward to seeing all my VT friends, those I've met and perhaps some new ones too. Do join us if you're visiting Malta! Write to me if you need transport!

CHANGE OF VENUE - FROM ZEPPI'S TO PICCOLO PADRE
Address: Piccolo Padre, 195 Main Street, St Julians
Tel 21344875
Time: 8pm

hello,

i am traveling sold to london on july 4- 14. it would be nice to meet other VT members!!

This is going to be a big party and anyone wishing to join me on this special day.... you are most welcome
If you sign up for this I will send you directions where the party will be!!!

Hi!

I am planning to visit Budapest on July 13 and 14.

If any VT around, I will be glad to share a coffee whilst we sightsee this wonderful city.

If anybody available to guide this spanish guy living in France, my e-mail address: gaizka.alberdi@gmail.com

Hi everybody!
We will be in Brugge 14-17 July. If anybody fancies a drink or a walk or a chat let us know. Also you can join us for a drink in beerhouse "'t Brugs Beertje" (Kemelstraat 5, B-8000; http://www.brugsbeertje.be/where.htm) on 14 July starting 19:00.
Fellow travellers or locals are welcome. :-)

Best regards,
Valya and Alexei

This is an extra VT meeting in July for my dear friends Mazzap and Ray_D, however, needless to say, everyone is welcome to attend...the more, the merrier! Perhaps those who missed out on 4th July meeting will be able to attend this one, on 14th July.

For the venue I've chosen the Irrera Restaurant. Not only is the food good but the restaurant has a spacious terrace with beautiful views of the Valletta Bastions. Having said this, I'm always open to suggestions, so drop me a line if you have any ideas.

Looking forward to meeting up again! Email me if you need transport.

Address of the restaurant:
Irrera, Ta' Xbiex Seafront, Ta' Xbiex (along the coast, between Gzira and Msida)
Tel: 21340018
Time: 7.30PM