Past Meetings

All Carolinians and Virginians, Georgians, hell anywhere in the South: Pay heed! A VT meet is in the making. Apparently there haven't been many (if ANY!) VT meets in the NC area, so be a part of VT History! Come one - come all... bring guests and your great travel spirit!

We plan to have a leisurely meal on Saturday August 23rd around 1pm. It will be at The Federal (http://www.thefederal.net/menu/menu.html)

FEDERAL: 914 West Main Street Durham NC 27701 ph# 919.680.8611

Seems like it has about everything we could ask for: Reasonable enough prices & interesting menu plus a full bar.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

anybody in KL on Singapore National Day??

Hello,
I'll be in Bali from 8 to 11 Aug & will be meeting up with Winnie, It'll be nice if we can have more VT members to join in & make the circle bigger.
Cheers!
Ven

Hello everyone, I will be traveling around Osaka in mid July would love to have a VT on Sunday July 20th (Monday July 21st is a holiday).

Meet time will be 7pm. Lets do dinner and then a few drinks. Should be a really fun and relaxing time. Anyone who comes is welcome to bring friends. The more the merrier.

Not sure where to go, yet, but I give more information later.

Hope you can make it. Please feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions.

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

yet to be finalised but will be on the Asian side maybe at haci abdullahs
No 9/a 80070 Bayoglu / just of Istiklal caddesi time to be arranged but it will be early evening

Hi Friends. I am Ken from Manila. I will be traveling to Mumbai in April 2008. Id like to meet some VTers in Mumbai over a simple and light indian dinner. Any suggestion as to the time and place? I will be in India from April 15 to 30 to visit my sister in Mumbai.

Date: April 23
Place: SHIV SAGAR
Time: 5 pm

Email me for further inquiries and suggestions: subillagak@dls-csb.edu.ph

Thanks much.

Ken (Pinoy_traveler)

Hello guys! I'm coming to Manila next month and looking forward to see you. If you are interested for Intramuros walk let's do it together.

MAX's Intramuros
Date: April 19, 2008 at 2 p.m./Saturday

Best regards,
juliet

Hi!

We are planning a Osaka VT Meeting to welcome Anu and Niko from Finland (VT name = Huputiti).
If you are living or staying in/around Osaka, why don't you join us?
If you can join us, please subscribe here or email me(AyurinHiro), so that I can reserve seats at the restaurant :-)
See you soon!

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DATE : March 30 Sunday 2008

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MEETING TIME : 17:00 (5:00pm) in the evening

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MEETING PLACE : In front of STARBUCKS COFFEE(Tenmabashi Keihan City Mall branch)
How to get there
(1)Get off at Tenmabashi Station (Subway Tanimachi Line station No.T22)
subway map
(2)Then go out from "EXIT 2"
(3)Then you'll find STARBUCKS COFFEE(Tenmabashi Keihan City Mall branch).
(4)Please wait in front of it (outside)

In case we can't find each other, I will send my mobile phone number to the participants :-)

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PLAN :
17:00 Meet up
17:30 Cherry blossoms viewing in the evening
at "Kema Sakuranomiya" (near Tenmabashi station)
Like this...
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/355c4/#TL
19:30 Dinner together at an Izakaya restaurant(Japanese casual restaurant)

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COST
Dinner will cost about 2000 -- 3000 yen per person
(depends on what we drink & eat)

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COMING FRIENDS :
1.2.Anu and Niko(VT name = Huputiti) from Finland
3.4.5.Akihito (VT name = Akihito&Masako) and
__his wife Masako and his son Kyohei from Japan
6.7.8.My husband's co-worker Eiji and his wife Mariko and son Yuya from Japan
9.Takako (Ayurin's mother) from Japan
10.11.Ayurin (It's me!) (VT name = AyurinHiro) and
__my husband Hiroyuki from Japan

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See you soon!
Ayurin

Hi. I'm visiting Barcelona between the 27th and 30th of January and would like to meet other VT members for a drink? If you'd be around and like to come along that@d be great,
Venue: Cafe Opera Time : 8pm
Thanks
Beth x

Get into the Christmas spirit while we browse the traditional wooden chalets and twinkling stalls and soak up the unique bustling atmosphere.

You'll find enticing gifts including decorative pottery and ceramics, handcrafted toys and decorations, jewellery and Christmas trees, plants and bulbs from Holland. Continental sausages, roasted almonds, crêpes as well as Bavarian beer and Glühwein provide the perfect alfresco snack.

We'll meet up at 3:00pm for a walk through the various markets around Manchester city centre and then progress onwards for a meal at one of Manchester's eateries.

I'm suggesting we meet outside the Starbuck's on the corner of Princess Street, opposite the Town Hall and walk through from there. It may be that we end up just going for drinks afterwards or a meal, whatever people fancy on the day. There's lots of food (and drink) choices in the markets so people may well fill themselves up as we wander around!

*** If you're coming from farther afield, feel free to contact me regarding pointers for accommodation ***

Hello All,
Trying to set up a VT Meet while I'm in Dubai. How is Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at the Capanna Nuova Restaurant in the Dubai Marine Beach Resort & Spa? Their web site states they open at 7pm, so how would 7:30pm be? Hope everyone can attend. It will be nice meet those who have helped plan my trip and also some new folks who may be traveling to Dubai at the same time. Thanks!!!
Connie, Buffalo NY

On November 3, come to Bridgeville, Delaware, to watch the Pumpkin Chunkin' contest. Bridgeville is sort of in the middle of nowhere, so about two hours?or less?from many of the Mid-Atlantic's somewhere spots: Baltimore, DC, and Philadelphia.

We'll meet at that fabulous Jimmy's Grille in Bridgeville, probably around noon. Better fried chicken, biscuits, and pies you'd be hard pressed to find, and then we'll carpool to the Pumpkin Chunkin' field.

Cost is $7 per person, and $2 per car for parking.

We can (and should) bring food and beverages, including beer, wine, whatever; folding chairs and blankets are helpful, too.

If anyone wants to travel in for this major fest, we'll have drinks and dinner in Baltimore the night before.

This link should explain all: http://www.punkinchunkin.com/main.htm

And, this is an outdoor festival in a cornfield in rural Delaware in November. You can probably do the math on this one, but dressing in layers would make sense. And, you probably can't go wrong with anything plaid, plaid and flannel, plaid, flannel and quilted, or made by Carhart.

C'mon, it's time to release your inner hillbilly!

More specifics will be forthcoming closer to the date.

And, about the photo, it's from the Rapa Scrapple factory in Bridgeville. Sort of a landmark (maybe the only one) for me as I drive through the town to the beach.

Hi everyone,

We will be meeting to welcome Al and Mary aka Al_Mary from the United States.

We will meet at the Restaurant Zeughauskeller at 7pm. Beforehand, I will pick up Al and Mary at their hotel around 6.30 pm.

After having dinner together, those who want can move to another place to have tea or coffee etc.

Please note:
Since I had to make a reservation at this busy restaurant, there are only the 8 seats for the members that signed up by last Sunday. So, if you want to meet us after dinner, when we move to café, please contact me.

Thanks and see you soon!

Sonja

Hey everyone, I will be in Tokyo on Friday October 12th and would like to meet up with lots of people in Shinjuku. I know there are lots of VTers in Tokyo, so lets get together for some drinks.

Time: 8pm

Where: We will meet on the east side of Shinjuku station. There is a huge parking area with lots of taxis and such. I will hang around and wait till about 8:15, so try to make it by then.

Place: TBA, but somewhere in Shinjuku. Let?s check out some bars in Hyakunincho (Little Korea), like $1,000,000 Lion, The Ghetto (1-1-10 Hyakunincho Shinjuki-ku www.theghettotokyo.com)

I heard about some other cool bars in Shinjuku too so i think we're going to hop around a bit.

Hope to see you in Tokyo!

Mr. Sparkle

Hello all Bucuresti VTrs and visitors!

I'll have a business meeting for 3 days in Bucharest. I'll have one vacation day after it, and I'm really looking forward to see how the city has changed (my last -and only so far- visit was back on 1987!)

It would be perfect if we could organize a VT meeting on Friday 28 evening. If you live here and this date suits you, or in case you're visiting the city, please sign up. The more the better!!

We can meet at Galleron at 19:30:

http://www.grandcafegalleron.ro/index_en.html

See you!

Isa

Ill be visitng Istanbul from 24-27 September 2007 along with two of my colleagues. Hoping to meet VT Members from Istanbul to get an idea about the city and of course to meet as many as VT Members from all over the world.

DATE : 24 September 2007, MONDAY
EVENT : DINNER
TIME : 1930PM
LOCATION : RESTAURANT IN SULTANAHMET (any recommendation?)

All VT Members and friends are invited.

If you have any suggestion or recommendation please do not hesitate to email me at daryll@vtmail.com

DENIS

***If you are signing up to attend this meeting after June 1, please send me an email and let me know so that I can forward to you the information I have already sent out. Thanks!***

Come to the beautiful New Hampshire Seacoast this September 21-23 to see your VT friends and meet new VTers! Just 45 minutes north of Boston, Portsmouth, New Hampshire is a quaint New England seaside town with lots of history, great restaurants, museums, theatre and a working harbor offering day cruises, whale watches and deep sea fishing to visitors.

The city is also within an hour's drive of New Hampshire's Hampton Beach area and Portland, Maine.

How to Get There

Portsmouth is accessible via either Boston's Logan International Airport (BOS) or Manchester, New Hampshire's Manchester-Boston International Airport (MHT), each about 45 minutes away. Bus service to Portsmouth is available from both (www.cjtrailways.com). Portsmouth is also home to Pease International Tradeport, offering limited flights to and from Chicago and several Florida cities. The discount airline Skybus (www.skybus.com) also offers flights directly to Portsmouth (their Web site says "Boston", but it's Portsmouth.)

Where to Stay

Several hotels are available in Portsmouth, in a variety of brands and price ranges. There are three hotels and a few B&Bs in the immediate downtown area, within walking distance to all attractions, and several more hotels and B&B's a short distance away. I have a listing of low-cost and regular hotels, just email me and I'll send it your way!

Other Stuff You Might Need

Also below are some links that you may find helpful in getting to know the area better, or for finding answers to any questions you may have. If you can't find what you're looking for, please don't hesitate to email me.

http://www.portsmouthnh.com/visitors/transportation.html
http://www.portsmouthnh.com/index.cfm
http://www.chamberworks.net/portsmouthchamber/visitors/welcome.cfm
http://www.seacoastonline.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire

Local Weather Forecasts: http://www.wunderground.com/US/NH/Portsmouth.html

Our Meeting Itinerary!(NOTE THAT SOME INFO HAS CHANGED)

On Friday the 21st there will be a drop-in happy hour from 4:30-7 PM at the Portsmouth Brewery (www.portsmouthbrewery.com). Dinner on Friday night will now be at 7:30 PM at The Rosa (http://www.therosa.com) which is a great, casual Italian place with really good pizzas and lots of other fab stuff, even seafood. **Note** For anyone who is planning to drive to The Rosa, rather than walking, they have their own free parking lot across the street.

On Saturday those who are interested can take a narrated Historic Isles of Shoals/Portsmouth Harbor cruise. The boat sails at 1:25 PM and returns to port at 4:15 PM. The cost is $25 for adults. If more than 25 people decide to go we can get a group rate, so let me know if you're interested. However, you don't need a reservation to go, so if you're one of those last-minute decision makers you can still come. If you want to read more about the boat tours you can visit the Steamship Company's web site: (www.islesofshoals.com).

If you don't have sea legs there are still a lot of fun things to do. Portsmouth is home to the beautiful Strawberry Banke Museum (www.strawberybanke.org) and the Albacore Park Maritime Museum (www.ussalbacore.org) as well as many, many unique shops, boutiques and historic homes. The city also has a theatre and a very cool independent book shop (www.riverrunbookstore.com).

Saturday night's drop-in happy hour will be at Poco's Bow St. Cantina (www.pocosbowstreetcantina.com) from (approximately) 4:30-7 PM. Dinner on Saturday will now be at The Oar House (http://www.portsmouthnh.com/oarhouse) at 7:30 PM. The Oar House serves traditional New England seafood (Lobsters!!) and also has NON-seafood items for all of you people who don't eat fish (or meat).

After dinner Saturday night those who are up for it can join us for some dancing at the Portsmouth Gaslight Company's nightclub (www.portsmouthgaslight.com/club.php). There is a small cover charge to get in. Note that if you are from outside the U.S. you MUST show your passport as ID to get into the club. People with out-of-state U.S. drivers licences can use those without a problem.

Sunday morning starting at 10:00 people will be meeting for a casual breakfast/brunch at Popovers on the Square (www.popoversonthesquare.com). This is a really nice, casual little bakery/cafe with tables outside. This will be sort of a drop-in event, as I'm not making reservations, so come when/if you can!

If you'd like to join the Misc. Forum discussion about this meeting go to this link: http://forum.virtualtourist.com/discussion-356056-2-1-Miscellaneous-0-0-World-discussion.html#answerID_2460781

My friend, Doug, (Doug_1970), is visiting Barcelona. He has done a lot of travelling to interesting places. Why not meet up for a drink and welcome him to this great city of Barcelona??

Date: Saturday, Sept 8, 2007
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: Cafe Zurich
Plaça Catalunya, 1
Phone : 93 317 91 53
Metro/Bus : Catalunya (L1, L3)

We'll be meeting near the Laima Clock and then heading over to Vecmeita ar kaki for drinks etc...

Time- 17 00

Firas and Carolina (VT-members dr.firas and piccolina) are finally coming to Stockholm and it would be very nice to have a VT-meeting while they are here. I guess most of us is working by that time so what do you think about meeting after work for a drink together with Firas and Carolina on the 14th of August? Anyone interested?

Lets meet at Flyt at 17.30. I have heard the weather will be sunny and warm on Tuesday so than Flyt is a nice place to sit outside in (if its raining we just have to move on to another place).
Flyt is situated in Old Town, by Kornhamnstorg.
www.flyt.se

Hello fellow VT Members!

Im organising a VT Meet in the heart of Soho Chinatown London, to meet our fellow VT members audrey118 and jameswtc for their short holiday in the city.

Date : 13 August 2007, Monday
Time : 0630PM
Event : Dinner & Drink
Location : C & R Restaurant (Malaysian Cuisine)
Directions : 3-4 Rupert Court, London, W1D 6DY for map please click http://www.london-eating.co.uk/maps/26440.asp

If you required further information please do not hesitate to contact me at daryll@vtmail.com

Hello VTers!

We really love to meet VTers there :-)
We'll arrive at Kuala Lumpur international airport at 21:00 on August 10 Friday.
That's why our meeting time(23:30) is soooo late! I hope you don't mind.

DATE : August 10 Friday night
TIME : 23:30 (Sorry... it's sooo late!)
MEETING PLACE : Lobby of Westin Kuala Lumpur
199, Jalan Bukit Bintang · Kuala Lumpur
Phone: (60)(3) 2731 8333
(If you have something to tell me, please leave your message...I'll be staying at this hotel under the name of Ayuri Yuasa)

Let's meet up at the lobby, and then move to outdoor eating place etc.(cafe or bar etc)
MEETING FRIENDS
1.Jenny(VT name = Restless-in-kl) from Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia
2.Kirby(VT name = Travelshoe) from Ipoh, Malaysia
3.Audrey(VT name = Audrey118) from Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia
4.Jen(VT name = jenniferchin from Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia
5.Terence(VT name = ecuriosity from Petaling Jaya. Malaysia
6.Hiroyuki (Ayurin's husband) from Osaka, Japan
7.Ayurin(VT name = AyurinHiro) from Osaka, Japan

Please subscribe by August 9th Thursday. Since we'll leave home on August 10 Friday morning.... and then we will not able to log in Virtual Tourist.
Ayurin, Osaka Japan

Where?
Oasis, an oldie but goodie. This place serves tasty Taiwanese sweet potato porridge since the 70's. It's just opposite the indoor stadium.

What to eat?
Sinful delights like braised pork knuckles/instestines and other innards that scare off an ang mo. Other delights include steamed fish with black bean sauce, meat with salted egg and chai poh egg.

Why?
They will tear this place down by Dec 07 to make way for water sports facilities.

When?
730pm, 28July, Friday. Meet outside the restaurant.

Other details
50 Stadium Boulevard, The Oasis.
Take MRT to City Hall, exit take 16 from Raffles Hotel there to Indoor stadium.
Email bpacker if you're generally confused.

Hi, everyone!

Our VT meet later is at Red Crab, Greenbelt, Makati, 7 pm. See you there.

kind regards,
nova

On July 14th I will be arriving in Kyoto and would love to have a great evening out with other VTers! Im thinking the following:

Meeting up around 6pm outside Hotel new Hankyu, Kyoto - This beer garden on the top of the hotel is apparently great to see a good night view of a well lit Kyoto tower and Kyoto station. From what I understood from the website it is open from 5.30 - 10pm. Cost around 2000-3900yen for drinks and food... Also it is close to Kyoto station which makes it a good spot for them coming to Kyoto from elsewhere.. :)
Address:
Shiokoji-dori, Shimogyou-ku, Kyoto (In front of Kyoto Station ).
Website:
http://www.hankyu-hotel.com/cgi-bin/cms/event_plan.cgi?hid=30kyotoshh&seq_no=241

Will update this posting closer to the date of the meeting! Also try to book before I get to Kyoto on the 14th so make sure to sign up before then!! :D

Also I am in Kyoto until July 19th so if anyone would like to meet up for some sightseeing, a daytrip somewhere, dinner or a drink some other day - pls send me an email! :)

Our VT friend Paolo and his family are coming to Osaka!
Welcome!

Let's meet up at 19:00 on July 8th Sunday,
at the lobby of "Hotel Granvia Osaka"
It is the nearest hotel from Osaka Station (Japan Railway).
Actually, it is in the same building.
http://www.granvia-osaka.jp/english/access/index.html

I'm planning to eat dinner at a casual restaurant.

Participants are...
1.Paolo(VT member "Pcleri") from Genoa Italy.
2.Paolo's wife Marina
3.Paolo's daughter Giulia
4.Eiji (VT member "Eiji")
5.Michiko (Eiji's wife)
6.Yoko (VT member "MINOSUKE")
7.AKiko (Eiji & Michiko's neighbor)
8.Ayurin (VT member "AyurinHiro")
9.Hiroyuki (Ayurin's husband)
10.Takako (Ayurin's mother)

Please be patient. I need to work on the details!

Just having another Toronto stopover, so why not go for the proven experience.

Meeting point: Lobby of the Royal York Hotel at Front Street; besides the top of the double spiral staircase (in the comfort chairs).

Meeting time: 7PM and we'll wait 15 minutes to round up.

Next stop at 7.30PM is the Le Papillon (www.lepapillon.ca) restaurant at 16 Church St. & Front St.

Transportation: Your own feet (sorry bicycles are off limit here).

I'll arrive at the airport at 15.50 and maybe Hans & Lori are still around.
Otherwise I grab the first taxi, rush to the hotel, take a bath and meet up with you.

PJ