GerMittens 2013 - No Bandwidth Edition (aftermath)

Started by abstauber, Thu 13/09/2012 15:06:40

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Layabout

I am Jean-Pierre.

Anian

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Just as a tiny bit of information (I know this is more of a meeting than a see Berlin tourist thing), if you want to visit Reichstag, you need to go their website and fill out the forms. And you need to do this at least 3 days earlier. You can decide the time you'll visit (it's in groups). I sort of suggest going at night, it looks awesomely lit up, but it looks great during the day as well. You get to go up in the dome and see Berlin from the roof of the building.
It's free and awesome, the only problem that it's scheduled.
I don't want the world, I just want your half

m0ds

Dates sounds good for me. Don't think I'll go on to Gamescom though as it would be after Mittens + other side of the country + RyanAir doesn't serve Bonn airport, etc. But dates and flight prices to Berlin look good this end. And thanks Anian, great info - sounds like it would be a real treat!

Taleweaver

Yeah, I think I'll take that trip too. I'll meet a few of you on AdventureX this year - if we get along well, I'll be on GerMittens too.

AGA

I appreciate it's a bit early now, but is there any reason we shouldn't book now?  Plenty of people seem interested (including CJ, by the way!), so why not book soon, just to guarantee no one else gets there before us?

neon

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Quote from: m0ds on Thu 08/11/2012 14:05:10
Dates sounds good for me. Don't think I'll go on to Gamescom though as it would be after Mittens + other side of the country + RyanAir doesn't serve Bonn airport, etc. But dates and flight prices to Berlin look good this end. And thanks Anian, great info - sounds like it would be a real treat!

Just checked. The direct ICE line (High Speed Train) does the Berlin-Cologne connection in under 5 hours. If you already book in May and use only the trains of this connection (what means no flexibility in using other trains, but as it's a direct connection you just have to catch the train) it's 29 Euro, what is 38 USD or 24 BP.

And if you want to fly, you can use Air Berlin for 49 Euro.

And we would be pretty glad to welcome as much as you as possible on our big yearly Adventure-Treff party on gamescom's Friday evening. No entry fee, you just have to pay for your drinks and the beach club we use is not really expensive. And it's worth every cent because a lot of interesting people from the adventure game scene are there every year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DlbfXwaRyk&feature=youtube_gdata&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ATYoutube+%28Adventure-Treff+Youtube%29

abstauber

Hey all (and happy new year btw)!

I've just tried to book the villa (this Sunday to be specific), but oh noes: that date has already been taken. So if it wasn't booked by anyone of you, I'm afraid we need to discuss the date once more.
The owner told me that the only free Friday to Friday spot is this one: 23.-30.08.2013 The price is 4000 â,¬ including bed sheets, linen, towels and electricity. We also need to pay 1,50â,¬ visitor's tax per day and person. So it'll be around 233 Euro in total for a group of 18.

Is this still okay for you?

cat

Oh no, too bad. I'd actually prefer an earlier date but I hope it will still be possible for me to come.

WHAM

Sweet bejezus! Looks really nice! I just got a pay raise so it looks like my participation is even more likely than before, too!
Wrongthinker and anticitizen one. Utterly untrustworthy. Pending removal to memory hole.

AGA

Not great for me and Jen.  She can only really do early - mid August.  Her mother's birthday's on August 22nd, so she doesn't want to miss that.

Ghost

Quote from: abstauber on Tue 15/01/2013 16:54:19
Is this still okay for you?

I got some leave that month, so especially with the date change I think I can make it. I could also bring a car, if that is still necessary.

abstauber

@AGA If it's just about the 22nd, I'll gladly pick Jen up from the Airport on the 23rd.
Just to be safe I'll ask the owner for dates in July as well, although it will be hard for me to switch holidays in that month.

AGA

There are other plans in motion at the moment, so please don't reorganise on our accounts.  Jen's happy for me to come on my own if it comes to it anyway.

m0ds

Dates no prob. Cost (190 gbp) a little bit high for me, but only cos I prefer the 150 gbp region... But how much is beer and public transport?

What about your second place? It's a thousand euros cheaper and we can get it a week earlier. It has a pool and a jacuzzi AND a sauna and loads of Boris bikes... It would however be Sat 10 to Sat 17 they don't seem to like Friday arrivals. 208 euro (170gbp...not a huge saving but available earlier at least) each for 18 people, still only 20 min from Berlin, modern facilities...

Gotta admit. I take one look at the location and enjoy its wonder and then 10 minutes later it's out of the question. Sure katharina looks nice but is it really worth the extra thousand euros for that 5 minutes of "wow this a beautiful place" ..? I was very pro that location but am more pro this one now I think :P The screenshot of the pool says "just jump in". How could I refuse?? Anyway it's an option if an earlier date is needed, I guess..!

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=del=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fewo-direkt.de%2Fferienwohnung-ferienhaus%2Fp768088

Kath seems quaint. After more reading I don't like it as much. Seems more expensive for less. More cluttered just for "authenticity as a hunting lodge". I think we need space tbh, not hundreds of tiny wooden rooms. Don't think I'd really want to be hold up there for a week though. Appears to be better suited for Winter vacation rather than Summer. It looks more like a museum than somewhere to have fun!! The open, modern nature (and space) of the second location is much more appealing to me now tbh. But I can see why AGSers might want a "period" style holiday venue that seems very German whilst in Germany. The 5 min wow factor thing :p I admit I was keen on villa Kath originally but perhaps after experiencing some German efficiency at AdvX and these comments about the dates, and actually reading the websites in more detail - the second location gets my vote now.

abstauber

The only problem with that other villa is that it's small: it fits only 14 people and about 22 are interested :( And from the interior I can almost tell you that the owner is not cool with overbooking it.

Villa Cat is just the biggest place around Berlin, except we ditch the whole Villa idea and rent two apartment floors (or that mill place)

m0ds

It says it's for 18 people? Same as villa Kath...? Maybe the translator isn't working right. It's also telling me about lovely wooden planks.

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per night (EUR) 650 â,¬
per week â,¬ 1,499 - â,¬ 2,999

    Bedroom 7
    Sleeping facilities for 18
    Bathrooms 7

abstauber

Awesome, how could I miss that?! I must have assumed that those 7 bedrooms would be double sleeps. I'll ask them right away.

edit: the 9th is already taken - Saturday to Saturday would still work out though.

@Ghost: would that also be possible for you?

m0ds

Gamescom is 4 days after too so it takes into account no clash and Jen's situation. Works out a week earlier for Cat too. As you say Sat to Sat seems to tick the right boxes still. possibly good for taking days off work too rather than eating into two working weeks (ie mon to mon). Of course, if that can kind of thing works out for all other interested parties too...

Not sure about the Malberg one in terms of price and avail, but it sleeps 2 less people. Anyway thanks for checking with them ab!

cat

Sat-Sat sounds good, as m0ds said, it's easier to take that time off from work. Also most houses are only rented Sat-Sat.

Oh, and please move me to the list of probable attendees :)

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