Mittens Benidorm 2006 - WED 16 AUG to WED 23 AUG

[m0ds]

Thats not good! They'll probably have loads of fun interactive things lined up for you in the early weeks! Either way - if you can come and I bring my 3 man tent there will be room for you I'm sure unless you particularly want to share with Chris "quest" Jones! Though I don't want you to miss the school's awesomeness, I do hope you don't lose out on your flight purchase & the fun at the end of it!

[Pumaman]

That's unheard of, to have the school term starting in August! Go and give them a slap for doing that to you.

Hope you do make it to mittens, and that it doesn't mean missing anything important.

[Pet Terry]

Hey dudes and dudettes, good news! I just got a reply from the school, saying that it's quite okay to be unpresent in the beginning, as long as I actively learn how all the stuff in school works, by myself afterwards. So I'll be in Spain unless something extraordinarysuperweirdohmygod happens.

* Petteri dances a bit.

[Nacho]

Weeeh! I want to be the first to express my joy of these news!!!Ã,  I wanted to annoy someone criticising Lordi!Ã, 

[magintz]

m0ds i'm happy going halves if need be

[Nacho]

I have news. I have 11 one-man tents. They are propaganda ones, weak and crappy, but will work for the hot summer spanish nights. If you have followed this thread, you'll know that the comfortability of now travelling with your tent, and the comfortability of sleeping alone has a price, aprox. 30 Euros. So... If you can afford that, don't worry for your roof. It waits for you in my home!

Updated distribution of people:

In a tent of 3:
M0ds, Magintz (Gary) and Petteri if comes. (Edit: "if" quoted form the previous post... PETTERI DOES COME!!! Weeeeh!!! \o/)
Quintaros, Radiant and Layabout


In a tent of 2:
Scotch, Mattglobe
Grundislav, Chrille
Farlander and Lorena
Adam and Becky
Goldmund and Dominika.
Sinitrena and Disco
CJ and Helm

Alone:
AGA

[Pet Terry]

In a tent of 3:
M0ds, Magintz (Gary) and Petteri if comes.

No if! Petteri comes.

[Matt Goble]

Hey Farlander,

Can you put us down for one of your extra-special one man tents?

Not Long Now...

[Quintaros]

I'm bringing a 3 man tent so I can accommodate 2 others.

[magintz]

yay \o/ that's one less thing to worry about.

Now just need to worry about the money.

[Pumaman]

Ok Barcelona crew, we've been spending Brittens diligently looking at the prices of rental cars, and it looks like the cost of the car rental is now going to be £163.93 per car + £42 "Disco tax", or £46 per person; this excludes fuel costs and any tolls along the way.

We're still just about happy to go with this but prices are now increasing so if anyone has any objections please say so within the next 24 hours, or we'll go ahead and book.
If the price rises much further though we may need to consider going back to public transport.

[AGA]

Okay, we've got another idea. Basically, 4 people can go with CJ (making 5...) in a rental car, and 3 can take the train/bus/whatever. This will save on Disco tax, and avoid Disco having to drive, with which he may not be entirely comfortable.

So who's willing to take the train? Disco is, so we need another two.

[Goldmund]

We're sleeping close  to/in Barcelona on the 15th and on the 16th we drive from there to Benidorm.
We can easily take 3 people with us from there - provided they don't have enormous baggage, as the car - although big - will be stuffed for a 3-week journey.

How about it? Who's willing to go with me and Dominika in my father-in-law's Toyota Avensis?

[Disco]

Yay, that could be fun and there would still be the attraction of independent travel to enjoy. If you don't mind I have a backpack and a (I guess) medium-sized duffel. I probably have the most luggage of the Mitteners as well, besides perhaps Magintz, as I am 6 1/2 weeks away from home.

[Goldmund]

I don't know what a duffel is, but I like the sound of it, so - cool!

Do you have a constant access to the net, Disco? We should arrange a meeting place & time soon, and leave phone contact (SMS, expensive for us abroad) for emergency...

[Nacho]

Please, this people who is travelling weeks before mittens, PM me with your cell phone numbers, ok? 

[Matt Goble]

Apologies for not posting sooner; things are manic at present & I managed to cook half my face off at the Farnborough Air Show over the weekend (Great photo's though  ).

I'm assuming there is still a call for volunteers to make their own way from Barcelona to Alicante?  Considering that I'm on a different flight from the rest of you, and need to be back at the airport a few hours before you, it's probably best if I throw myself on the proverbial transport sword!!

Nacho, I was wondering if you could just check my travel theory before I do bookings this week.

http://www.spanish-rail.co.uk/trains/long.html#Euromed
Looks like I can book tickets through a London office which will be quite handy - I'm guessing Barcelona to Alicante?

http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?cid=1045569607511&pagename=Estandar%2FPage%2FAeropuerto&SMO=1&SiteName=BCN&p=1045569607347&c=Page&MO=1
It appears there is a train which runs from the airport to the main railway station in the city every 30 minutes.  Is this correct, and would this be the correct station for the Euromed train, or will I need to make another connection?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Camping+Raco,+Benidorm,+Spain&ie=UTF8&ll=38.541771,-0.102181&spn=0.011966,0.020127&om=1
Where is the railway station in relation to the campsite?  Would you reccomend a taxi, or is there a decent bus service?

I can't think of anything else right now, but everyone feel free to jump on in!!

I think I might have found my tent from last year, in which case, I might bring that.  I will obviously give you plenty of warning so you don't bring a tent down for nothing!

Time to find the aftersun lotion...

[Layabout]

Glod, for the barcelona trip, i'll have my largish backpack. Thats it. No other rubbish. I think it should fit in your car. Apprantly I'm already assigned for a tent, so if the space is there, i would like to go with you. I am also an exceptional navigator. Not to blow my own pot noodle horn or anything...

[Goldmund]

So, it's Disco & Layra, we'll make a pretty multinational car!
I sense an In-Car Singing National Folk Competition!
As soon as Dominika turns down her Depeche Mode, that is.


edit: what time are you 2 guys in Barcelona? I guess we should schedule a meeting time/spot...

[Nacho]

I want to focus the info related to the tents in a different way... So, I am going to put here the OWNERS of the TENTS, and HOW many people the TENT might accommodate, in a COMFORTABLE manner. If there'sÃ,  a mistake, please, tell to me.

M0ds (3)
Quintaros (3)
Scotch (3)
Farlander (2)
Adam (2)
Goldmund (2)
Sinitrena (2)
CJ (2)
AGA (1)
Chrille (2)

I know I am being lame about this,Ã,  But I am seeing that maybe some of the guys travelling across continents might save bringing a tent, which I think should be a relief... but for that, I need the info.

Thanks.

PS: Mattglobe... Looking carefully to confirm your info, but; Euromed Barcelona-Alicante looks good. Tram to El Prat (Barcelona Airport) to the "Estació de França" confirmed. BUT my father tells me that the STATION of the EUROMED is "Estació de SANTS", not "França" (which is the end of the line)... Verify it (Anyway, transport from the airport to this station is confirmed, as well,as the line AIRPORT-Estació de França has a stop in "Sants"...)

From the train station in Alicante, you should go by BUS to Benidorm (Lorena arranged a map, about how going to the train station to the bus station, some posts above...) And then, my advise, is to take local bus to the campsite. Bus stops at the vicinity of the bus station and in the camping, so, no probs.

ULTRA detailed info, soon.