GerMittens 2013 - No Bandwidth Edition (aftermath)

[Miez]

That Malberg villa is a bit small, but it looks AWESOME!

[DoorKnobHandle]

And it's super close to where I live haha (as opposed to being as far away from me as possible while still being in the borders of Germany pretty much) - so I'm all for the Malberg villa!

[WHAM]

Since I am a complete Mittens -noob, is the mittens always held at roughly the same time of the year and if not, is there any preliminary idea on the month it might take place on?

[abstauber]

The last two times it was in the late August, so it should be around that date again.

[LimpingFish]

Just in case it doesn't have to be Berlin, this place looks also pretty nice.
http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/p867149

Indeed. I'm really digging the whole villa scene!

[Matt Frith]

Just in case it doesn't have to be Berlin, this place looks also pretty nice.
http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/p867149

Wow, imagine demo night on that big screen!  Count me as interested for this mittens.  Hopefully I will be able to make it.  At this stage, I'm not too fussed about the location although Berlin could be interesting...

[Igor Hardy]

Sign me in as very interested. Berlin is really close (compared to, say, UK).

[Kastchey]

Mittens in Germany? Damn it's tempting... finally a trip I could afford!
I'll have to see if I can take a week off next summer.

[Anian]

I'm not gonna be joining, because I'm actually going to Berlin this Monday. On that note I'm gonna go off topic for a sec (you can PM me if you don't want to spoil the topic here), I'd have question for peeps that have been to Berlin - I found 2 different underground tickets & attraction discounts packages "Berlin Welcome Card" and "Berlin CityTour Card", both are 30e for 5 days, but does anybody have like a warning about which is better (maybe one of them has discounts for sucky places, I've experienced this in Munich)? Search produced that Welcome Card might be better, but I'm still not sure. Also where's like a good place to find tourist offices so I can buy them, because I'm not staying at a hotel?

Is Spandau citadel or Tehnic museum worth visiting? What's a MUST see that might be missed if just following the regular tours? Is the ZOO/Tiergarten worth visiting or walking through the park is not worth the time?
Is there some major reconstruction and it isn't worth going somewhere (I'm sure there is, I've been around south Europe and there's always something that's being renovated)?
What kind of a celebration is on October 3rd, it's supposed to be a party at Brandenburg gates, but is it like a not working holiday or something?

Also we plan on stopping in Potsdam and Dresden, anything else that might be a fun stop (especially if were coming from the south (Croatia) to Berlin)?

[Darth Mandarb]

Consider me (and Tarah) a very strong maybe! 

We are planning to be in Europe around Mittens time next year and are very interested!!  I can't give 100% guarantee yet but it's been too long since my last Mittens and I am eager to get back to Germany again as well!  The only thing that might be a problem (?) is we might only be able to be there for 2-4 days (depending on how much time we can mutually get off from jobs) because we're going to pack as much traveling as we can into our available time and one full week in one place may not work out for our itinerary!  But don't worry because we'd still pay our share of the cost!

[Andail]

I'm also a strong maybe. But I would prefer the first half, even the beginning of, August.

[Igor Hardy]

I fully support Andail in his call for the first half of August.

[AGA]

Any time in August works for me and Jen, but mid-late would be best.

[Igor Hardy]

Also, would be nice if the dates didn't get into conflict with Gamescom dates: 21-25.08.

Anyway, could you add me to the list, abstauber? I'm almost certain I'll be able to come.

[m0ds]

Good point Igor. I'd like to go to both so I'd settle for a date that's as close to that of Gamescom as possible so that I can go from one to the next. However, I'm more likely to prioritize Mittens because going to both could get expensive, so if Mittens dates are far apart from Gamescom or overlap, it's not a big deal for me personally. Igor, don't they do that meet and greet at Gamescom on only one day?

[Igor Hardy]

The first three days of Gamescom are the ones worth being at, culminating on Friday night's Adventure-Treff party. The first day is the trade visitors only day.

If it would be possible to go from Gamescom right to Germittens or vice versa, it would be great.

[abstauber]

Alright, let's make a little progress here.

How about 09.08.2013 to 16.08.2013 plus possible post mittens activity directly in Berlin (weekend at a youth hostel) ?
Is everyone happy with Villa Katharina?


PS:
In case you want to visit Gamescom in Cologne you just need to survive two more days until it starts and there's an excellent train connection between Berlin and Cologne.

[cat]

Since 15th of August is a public holiday here, this strongly increases the possibility of me attending!

[Monsieur OUXX]

I'd be interested.

abstauber: Don't forget to add the dates to the very first post.

[Taleweaver]

Berlin sounds interesting. Now if only I knew what "Mittens" was...