Meetup Gothenburg

July 25 - December 11, 2010. Meetups before and after the concerts
courage
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Meetup Gothenburg

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A quick round.
Shall we have a meetup in Gothenburg, before or after or both?
Give me a note, and I can try to book something
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courage wrote:A quick round.
Shall we have a meetup in Gothenburg, before or after or both?
Give me a note, and I can try to book something
That sounds like a great idea. Thanks for offering to do this. You can count on two of us, Marsha (friscogrl) and me. Perhaps dinner before the concert?

I don't know yet where we will be staying in Gothenburg. Any suggestions?

---Arlene
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Re: Meetup Gothenburg

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Oh, there is so many possibilites, depending how much you want to pay etc.
you can send me messages and I will try to help
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2008 - Got 12 Oct, Sto 15 Oct, CPH 17 Oct, Ham 31 Oct.
2009 - Cologne, Berlin,
2010 - Göteborg
2012 Copenhagen, Alborg, Göteborg
2013 Stockholm, Oslo - August
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courage wrote:Oh, there is so many possibilites, depending how much you want to pay etc.
you can send me messages and I will try to help
Thank you so much, courage. It is generous people like you, Amrei and Bob offering suggestions that make this forum so very special. I will send you a PM.

---Arlene
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Hi Arlene,

last time we were in Gothenburg, we stayed at a hotel, which we booked through the ferry company. (Stena Line) It was beautifully situated at the Harbour Front with a marvellous view, especially from their restaurant. I think it was Novotel, and it was not expensive. It is a bit far from the centre, though.
Last year Stena Line offered Scandic Hotel in the city to fair prices. When you book the ferry from Gothenburg to Frederikshavn to go to Odense ;-) ;-) you can book a package ...

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Amrei wrote:Hi Arlene...When you book the ferry from Gothenburg to Frederikshavn to go to Odense ;-) ;-) you can book a package ...
Amrei
Ah, Amrei, would that I could. But it is not feasible to go to the Odense concert. Not to worry though, a while back I drove through your beautiful country of Denmark and visited the wonderful city of Odense including the fantastic Hans Christian Andersen Museum. We stayed in B&B's the whole trip to avoid the pesky VAT tax. My friend was a better navigator, so I did most of the driving. We rented a gear shift car and that was an adventure in itself. I hadn't driven a gear shift car in many years. I was okay going forward, but kept forgetting the clutch in reverse. That grinding noise was chilling. After a while I only parked in places where I could pull forward. :lol:

Thanks for thinking of me with your travel tip.
---Arlene
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:lol: Haha, Arlene ... so you should have seen me in Singapore. Trying to change gear all the time I put the car in parking or even worse R condition - no nice sounds either ;-) :oops: :(
Even worse, they drive in the wrong side there and all instruments have changed place, so sweating me ordered the children to be totally quiet and only shout LEFT!!! when I drove in the right side (They feared so much for their life, that they obeyed immediately :o :o :shock: ). And then I always turned on the window-washer, when I wanted to turn on the yellow blink. NIGHTMARE .... but after a few hours I learned :roll: :razz:

Pity that you won´t come to Denmark, I would have loved to meet you ...

Have a look at this then: http://www.novotel.se/

And don´t book hotels in the Internet in Scandinavia. You get far better prices, when you call them and everybody speaks English.

Amrei
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2008: Århus 06.07.; Copenhagen 17.10.; Hamburg 31.10.
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Amrei, great stories about your adventures on the "wrong side". :lol: This isn't the thread for it, but one day I will have to tell you about almost getting killed by a double decker bus in London many years ago, when I was there "to see The Queen", or was it still "The King." :D

I love your signature line
2010: hopefully ... Hamburg, Berlin ...
I shall also await any such announcement ... hopefully. Who knows, we may actually get to meet each other in person...on the RIGHT side of the road. :D

---Arlene
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Anyone interested in meetup before /after the concert in Gothenburg, 12 August?
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2008 - Got 12 Oct, Sto 15 Oct, CPH 17 Oct, Ham 31 Oct.
2009 - Cologne, Berlin,
2010 - Göteborg
2012 Copenhagen, Alborg, Göteborg
2013 Stockholm, Oslo - August
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courage wrote:Anyone interested in meetup before /after the concert in Gothenburg, 12 August?
Yep. Count us in, Arlene and Marsha (friscogrl)

---Arlene
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Courage, my husband & I will be in Gothenburg & Odense, & we are definitely interested in meetups; I think before the concerts would work best for us, if that works for everyone else. We don't know where anything is in those cities, so I thank you for your willingness & your efforts in booking a place.

We will also be in Stockholm, but I think lots of people will be in Krakow at that time (by the time we got around to thinking about Krakow, it was already booked up; we weren't sure if we could do both Krakow & concerts anyway - maybe I should ask about meetup in Stockholm in a different thread, though?)

Editing: We will go to Gothenburg on 8/10; if others are going to be around, maybe a meetup the day before the concert (8/11) would be nice. . .
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Hi Courage

Delighted you are organising something. Kath & myself are in Gothenburg for 4 nights from the Monday and would love to join up. Delighted i might get to meet Arlene who's posts I have always found helpful and entertaining.
anytime will do for us.

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@Liamberney. Thank you for your very kind words.

Marsha (friscogrl) and I arrive in Gothenburg from Krakow on Tuesday, August 10 and will be staying for three nights. Perhaps we can touch base there even before the planned meet-up. I notice that Holydove will also arrive on the 10th.

And many thanks again to Courage for arranging the Gothenburg meet-up.

btw. Your web link (relax@thecottage...) under your profile does not connect.

---Arlene
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Hi Arlene

We're looking forward to the meet up and hope more people can make it (hoping Jarkko might be at this, but Helsinki is just a couple of days before). I have not had time to do any homework, literally just booked flights and the hotel (Scandic crown).

Thanks for pointing out the error on my web link - I shall edit when I work out how to do it!

Liam
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Re: Meetup Gothenburg

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I have booked a restaurant nearby for 17.00/17.30 (note changed)

so far I am counting on
we are 3
arlena and Mar (bridge15 and friscogirl
2 person holydon..
Kath and one mor (liamb..
(sorry for all misspellt - I wrote i down)
that makes 9

I have also booked a "bar" afterwards

Everything in near walking distance.

PM me - or if you email me, I can send the adresses.
19xx - Göteborg
2008 - Got 12 Oct, Sto 15 Oct, CPH 17 Oct, Ham 31 Oct.
2009 - Cologne, Berlin,
2010 - Göteborg
2012 Copenhagen, Alborg, Göteborg
2013 Stockholm, Oslo - August
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