Dutch Apolyton meeting: 22,23 or 24 nov HCC dagen Utrecht.

[CapTVK]

But Cybershy, if you're on vacation that weekend. Wouldn't that mean you have a free bed at home?

[Robert]

Originally posted by CapTVK
But Cybershy, if you're on vacation that weekend. Wouldn't that mean you have a free bed at home?

I'm not sure,
are you good in doing the laundry and the dishes and more cool house-cleaning stuff, PH?

Besides that do I wonder if PH would feel confortable in a house with that many bibles and all that
He can login to 'poly though, and say "God does not exist" with my poly account.

Thinking about it again: no, there's no spare bed left over if I'm away, no questions permitted. The beds are gone with us. #doitnow!#

[Mercator]

In principle, I'd probably have a place for you PH... But it's rather out of the way (near Amsterdam), and the way it looks now I probably won't be attending the meeting myself (and no interest in the HCC either), so that would be a bit silly.

3 weeks from now, eh?

Edit: spot the difference...

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
So no offers yet?

Sorry, Rich...my parents wouldn't like it.

[Dauphin]

Just checked the trains....7hrs to get to Utrecht.

I can get to Bruxelles in under 2hrs

[Zopperoni]

That's weird, SD. You can reach Utrecht from Brussels in under three hours.

[germanos]

Brussel-Utrecht is roughly 3 hours.

check out http://www.ns.nl/domestic/index.cgi

[Provost Harrison]

Well I haven't had any luck with accommodation yet

[Provost Harrison]

Thanks for the offer Mercator though anyway, it would be a bit daft

[Provost Harrison]

Actually I may have a better idea

[Provost Harrison]

Does anyone know a good site for checking rail times and fares on the mainland?

[Mercator]

Of course, I could decide at the last minute to go anyway, but I can't let you know at the last minute, I guess... Not to mention I'd have to ask my father first...

Is there an exact date yet, or is it still just somewhere that weekend?

How long before would you need to know?

[Mercator]

The site SD linked to the best one I know.
Here's the proper URL: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/que...protocol=http:

I don't think it has any pricing info though.

If it's only for Holland, this site's good: http://www.ns.nl/cgi-ns/nsbaliecgi?language=2

[Provost Harrison]

Well I need to let work know, which means I would have to know pretty soon

What I was thinking is I could then go to Amsterdam and stop somewhere overnight and then go home the following day, give me a chance to meet up with some of the other Apolytoners around there, and give me some company on the evening.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Zopperoni
That's weird, SD. You can reach Utrecht from Brussels in under three hours.

I checked again and it depends on what day and time. The optimal timetable has me leaving my house at 7:45(GMT) being in Bruxelles at 12:00(GMT+1) and being in Utrecht an 15:30(GMT+1) on Friday 22nd. (It seems to take 3hrs to get to Bruxelles from where I live, about the same time as it takes to get Birmingham)

The extra time comes from getting to my local station, changing trains at Bruxelles and Ashford. ~30mins each time makes a ~5hr journey 6½hrs, and then add an hour for the timezone change.