GerMittens 2013 - No Bandwidth Edition (aftermath)

[DoorKnobHandle]

Miez, I can't wait to meet you in person, it's going to be awesome. Hopefully Mark can make it too! Heck, we'd have a good couple of FoY people at Mittens then!

[m0ds]

Yep That'd be awesome, so let's see how things turn out.

Now to check, is anyone going on to gamescom?

[DoorKnobHandle]

Nah, I've been to Gamescom for the last 4-5 years, it's fun but I think I'll pass this time around. But please, Mark, make sure you can attend this Mittens! I wanna meet up with ya and have a beer or a dozen!

The more I look at the pictures of the place, the more excited I get! It's going to be so fun and awesome!

[Miez]

Yay, made my train reservation! Arriving 15:08 at Berlin HBF on the 10th.

[cat]

I'm so looking forward to this. I'm already preparing a special prize for the quiz

[tampie85]

Quiz?

[cat]

Yes, I don't know if there was one last year, but the two years before we had a quiz. Everyone brings a small price and the winners can choose the one they want.

[tampie85]

Oh cool! Good to know we have to bring a small price with us

[m0ds]

What day/time are people's TXL departures roughly please? AGA, Bici, Snarky. I guess its no problem to get to TXL from Berlin city center but this info is useful for me. Kinda

[Snarky]

Mine is Saturday 14:50. My recollection is that you take a bus to get to the airport (which some, i.e. me, find less pleasant than a metro or train line).

[bicilotti]

6:35 TXL quite unfortunately, so I presume I will have to take a Taxi.
edit: Saturday

[m0ds]

Very early..! Thanks for the info, and scanning older posts I see now AGA is leaving on the Sunday. Quite a mix of leaving days and times

[abstauber]

Yay, I just got the reservation confirmation for the Reichstag Dome: Tuesday 6th August 14:30.

@Snarky and Mods
Yep, there's an express bus to TXL from Berlin Alexanderplatz with a 10 minutes cycle. So it's more or less like in Dublin.
SXF is connected via train from Berlin Mainstation with a 30 min cycle.

[arj0n]

Yay, I just got the reservation confirmation for the Reichstag Dome: Tuesday 6th August 14:30.

Nice, thanx

[Esseb]

Yay, I just got the reservation confirmation for the Reichstag Dome: Tuesday 6th August 14:30.

That seems a bit early, unless I got my Mittens dates horribly wrong.

[tampie85]

Wow, sharp eyes. Totally didn't notice that, but it's indeed a bit early.
Typo or wrong date?

[abstauber]

Ah, sorry for the confusion. It's a typo, here's what they said as copy and paste.

Sehr geehrter Herr Abstauber,
gerne entspreche ich Ihrem Wunsch und bestätige Ihnen den kostenfreien Besuchstermin
am 13. August 2013 um 14:30 Uhr (planmäàŸiger Einlass) für die
von Ihnen angemeldeten insgesamt 17 Personen.

But I almost booked the youth hostel at a wrong date today

[Esseb]

Sehr gut.

[abstauber]

Ja, sehr gut und Glück gehabt.
Aaanyway I've just sent out the payment informations to those who haven't payed full.

Btw. Is anyone else coming by car? Because here's a little drawback: You need a green environmental badge to drive in Berlin downtown. Christina's car doesn't have one, so we're just bringing one car.

@Arjon and Tamara: I'm afraid you need this badge, if you plan to drive around in Berlin. So please visit this site to order one (or hope not to get caught )
http://www.milieuvignet-duitsland.nl/nl/milieuvignet.html

[arj0n]

I will look into this Dirk, thnx for the info.