Mittens 2014 Portugal - 19-26 July

[cat]

Welcome violetnotpurple! Are you a definite this time?

[violetnotpurple]

Thank you!

Is am for sure going on this adventure.

[Pumaman]

Wheeeee! Great - will you come alone or the two of you?

It'll just be me this year!

However I'm going to Benicassim festival which overlaps with the start of Mittens so I'll unfortunately arrive late, my flights are:
ARR: 22nd Jul 16:35
DEP: 26th Jul 16:10

[bicilotti]

It'll just be me this year!

However I'm going to Benicassim festival which overlaps with the start of Mittens so I'll unfortunately arrive late, my flights are:
ARR: 22nd Jul 16:35
DEP: 26th Jul 16:10

You are going for Paul Weller aren't you?

[AGA]

Knowing Chris as well as I do, I can only assume no one told him the acts who were playing.  Not a single late 90s girl group on that list...

[AprilSkies]

I've been to this festival a lot of times. It's great. I saw a lot of great bands such as Morrissey (smiths), Pixies, Depeche mode, and so on...
This year Paul Weller and M.I.A. are the best artists... You're lucky you can go, Chris.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Fuck, that villa view looks amazing.  Curse my Baracusian fear of planes.

[AGA]

Get your Team to drug your milk.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

I don't have a team....GET IT?

[Disco]

Yes, Yes. We GET IT. What you're basically saying is:

I like you. I like you a lot. But you don't want to get mixed up with a guy like me. I'm a loner. A rebel.


Arrivederci, baby!!

[LimpingFish]

Less than ten of the names on that poster are familiar to me. And I've probably only heard the music of...four of them?

I can't tell if that should make me happy or sad...

[AGA]

Happy.  Most of them aren't very good!

[DutchMarco]

Welcome, violetnotpurple! Oh, and of course, I would be delighted to attend this year! No clashes with saddening concerts/festivals for me ;-)

[Disco]

3 month warning!

"meu rhum é frio e jacuzzi é quente"

[Dualnames]

Tame Impala op though.

[DutchMarco]

I was going to convert the text from http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g189164-i1529-k6140832-Easy_transfer_from_Lisbon_airport_directly_to_Sintra-Sintra_Sintra_Municipality_Lisbon_Dist.html
to an epub, easier to take with me on my phone as I went from  Lisbon airport to Sintra, Note that this does not include the exact route to the mansion, only to the town of Sintra, I'm hoping to rectify that someday soon.
Anyway, books need covers right? So I thought I'd look for the image of a big blue cup for a cover (seemed appriopriate), when I entered that into Blekko, I got lots of different cups, including this one:

http://i01.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/669870991/Free-shipping-Bras-36C36D38C40C40D-cup-big-size-underwear-women-s-Lingerie-Blue-color-SELF.jpg

;-)

And for your reading pleasure here's the epub+odt (in a 7z):
https://www.dropbox.com/l/0g7JGFe6XLinbKPGSpQ8Ha?

[Disco]

Calling all non-definite potential Mittens attendees!

I've just been going over my emails with the property managers and am curious if our numbers have stabalised, or if there is anyone else that is still in for a late addition? If anyone would like to come forward and join in during the next couple weeks, I can give the owners at least a month notice about our final numbers.


As for arrivals, violetnotpurple and I will be landing in Lisboa on July 17 and have two nights at Good Morning Lisbon, so we will be able to greet everyone at the airport on the 19th

[MillsJROSS]

Look forward to seeing you there, Disco.

I understand we'll be getting there by taxi. Should we rent a car for the villa, though? Not sure how far from shopping etc... it is.

[cat]

We can get to the villa by public transport and there are supermarkets in walking distance. We could probably get a taxi to bring heavy shopping items (read: beer) back to the house, though...

[arj0n]

Tamara and I are renting a car already, so possible issues with shopping distance and or heavy shopping items are covered