Germany Meetings and Events

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?

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.

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

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!!!

Hey all you VTs, I am going to be in Berlin on Saturdayj, was actually going to London, but changed plans, anyway hope that there is somebody between 20-100 years outthere who like to drink and dance who happen to be or live in Berlin, (meinem deutshe sprache ist nicht so slecht) ;)

Was thinking of meeting e.g. in Alexanderplatz outside Starbucks around 9 pm..

Sonja (yumyum) will finally make it to Düsseldorf on 11 October and we wouldn't be called "The usual suspects" if we weren't using this as an excuse for a little VT meeting.

The meeting probably includes a little sightseeing part in the afternoon and as well as dinner and drinks in the evening.

If any other VTers happen to be around, we would be happy if you joined us. Please sign up, more details will follow!

See You!
Sabs

It's already a tradition and it's becoming more and more popular: the Glühwein-Meeting at Karlsruhes christmas-market. So let's get together for some hot cups of Glühwein (mulled wine) and a chat with a bunch of nice VTers.

As usual we will have an additional visit of a nearby christmas market on Saturday as well. And if there is good weather we could even have an excursion to the nearby Black Forest.

We will meet at 6 pm in front of the big church at the marketplace. After exploring some of the Glühwein stalls we will spend the rest of the night at the restaurant Multikulti next to Karlsruhes palace. I've reserved a table there at 8 pm.

And if you are not sure what to expect from a Glühwein-Meeting just have a look on the report of a previous one.