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Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Saturday fun

Marguerite Knox — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:06:37 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Marguerite Knox
Post title: Saturday fun

Look forward to it Muriel : ) talk soon

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | to Eponine

MurielP (X) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:20:13 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: MurielP (X)
Post title: to Eponine

Hi, am arriving tomorrow and very interested by the spas on saturday, maybe we can talk tomorrow night.
See you all there.

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | a few things

Csaba Ban — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:28:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Csaba Ban
Post title: a few things

The restaurant has a seating capacity of about 130. I think now we are around that figure. This shouldn't be a problem, as not all of us will arrive at the same time, and many of us will just stand around the bar talking to each other.

A copy of the menu and the wine list will be on display in the hotel lobby from Friday morning.

If there's a large amount of people arriving at the same time, you should be patient with your orders.

cs.

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Not so used to over organize things

Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:54:53 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni
Post title: Not so used to over organize things

Hi all and juvera, I think you are right ad that's what I normally do when I get to places (and I do travell a lot). Besides in very few countries, when you try to (over) organize every thing you get the opposite. Besides, whenever I travel, my shcedule & plans change so often that by now I do not organize even such things such as taxi from the airport. This time I tried to do just because I thought probably many will arrive by saturday and by after noon, but will galdly follow your advice, dear juvera :))). In the evening, will be very glad to walk to the restaurant and back, I do it whenever I can and I am a good walker. So, hope a lot will join me to walk to to tha Grand Caffe the Saturday night. Thanks to all

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Walking tours

Csaba Ban — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:09:34 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Csaba Ban
Post title: Walking tours

ALL walking tours start at 9:30
If you open the individual walking tour sessions, you'll see a detailed itinerary. I'll also mark them on a map in the hotel lobby.
You can buy tickets for walking tours in the registration area.

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | WALKING TOURS

Ljiljana Krstic — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:07:04 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Ljiljana Krstic
Post title: WALKING TOURS

Eponine suggested sth that's a good idea for the very first meeting: walking tour
as I've seen: 1st at 10-11 am
2nd: 11-12am
CSABA: ARE THESE TWO WALKING TOURS THE SAME?
If no, we'll probably join both
If yes, it depends on various other factors which one we'll join -anyway, I'll leave a note at the reception or, better still, be around Csaba in the lobby

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Fabiana, taxi

juvera — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:04:40 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: juvera
Post title: Fabiana, taxi

If you are concerned to get in from the airport, it won't make much difference to pre-order a taxi or take one from the company running it at the airport.

If you were thinking of going to the Cafe Oktogon by taxi, you just ask the hotel concierge to call one for you. It may take 5-10 minutes to arrive, but no more. As the distance is about 2 km, they are not going to be able to fleece you.

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | address of hotel Benczúr

Rebekka Groß (X) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:39:06 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Rebekka Groß (X)
Post title: address of hotel Benczúr

Hi Everyone

There's a link to the conference website in the first post of the Accommodation thread. The address can be found here: [url removed]

I've also added it her for your convenience :)

Looking forward to meeting you all.

Rebekka

Hotel Benczúr ***
/AÉSZ Ltd./

H-1068 Budapest, Benczúr utca 35.
Telephone: (+36 1) 479-5650

(+36 1) 479-5662
Fax: (+36 1) 342-1558
E-mail: [email removed]

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Taxi

Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:19:35 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni
Post title: Taxi

Csaba, just wanted to let you know that is was pratically impossible to book online a cab at the City Taxi. After filling all the fields, the site requires a mandatory Hungarian contact/telephone number. Since I do not have a HUngarian telephone number I gave the one I found on the web site of the Hotel Benczur (by the way, can we include here or at the conference page at Venue tab the address of the hotel, as I didn't see it and I had to google it) but it kept telling me that it was not the correct telephone number. Will try to call them from here to book, as I imagine many cabs will be busy by that time of the 28th of April. Thanks :))

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Saturday events

Marguerite Knox — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:09:23 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Marguerite Knox
Post title: Saturday events

Ljiljana - problem with your email so just to suggest that you leave me a note at hotel reception (Benczur)with your mobile number - otherwise if you arrive in time join us on the sightseeing walking tour on Sat am and we'll continue from there with spa, shopping etc. See you soon : )

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | spa

Ljiljana Krstic — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:02:14 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Ljiljana Krstic
Post title: spa

Hello, prozians and Eponine
2 of us from Serbia arrive on Saturday, early -shall have time for girls' usual fun: sightseeing and shopping, and are also interested in visiting one of those spas in Budapest -so will gladly join you, eponine-you may mail me directly to [email removed] so we arrange meeting in advance -and tell us more about spas
greetings from sunny Belgrade Ljiljana & Ema

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Oktogon: it's a no brainer

juvera — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:19:07 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: juvera
Post title: Oktogon: it's a no brainer

1. I am sure, you will find town centre maps in all the hotels.
2. From the Benczur, you head West, to Andrassy ut, turn left there, walk along Andrassy in southerly direction to Oktogon square. As you get nearer you will see yellow trams going accross. That's your clue to Oktogon square.
Nice walk, no rain, I promise.
I you are VERY late, ask the hotel for a taxi, 4-5 minutes ride.

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Greek power! :Pp

Evi Prokopi (X) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:28:24 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Evi Prokopi (X)
Post title: Greek power! :Pp

The girls from Greece and I arrive at 16.40, and this will make it a bit hard to catch up with you at the hotel, but I hope we will manage to arrive at Oktogon, on time! :))

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Saturday

Rebekka Groß (X) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:20:06 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Rebekka Groß (X)
Post title: Saturday

We'll join in, too. See you all on Saturday.

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Deal!

Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:57:16 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni
Post title: Deal!

Let's all meet then at 17:30 and leve after 5-10 min. Hope will not rain. See you all there :))

Fabiana

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | hotel lobby meeting Saturday

Marguerite Knox — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:45:52 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Marguerite Knox
Post title: hotel lobby meeting Saturday

great idea Fabiana to meet up in lobby on Sat. evening. I'll be spending the day sightseeing, shopping and trying out the spa - if any girls would like to join me let me know : ) See you all soon travel safely, all the best from Ireland

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | answers

Csaba Ban — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:40:49 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Csaba Ban
Post title: answers

For airport arrival info, please see the Venue tab.

It's an easy 15-minute walk from the hotel to Oktogon, so if there's a larger group, I'd recommend walking and skipping the metro.
Metro wagons on this line are quite small, so they're not suitable for very large groups.
Also, Andrássy út is a world heritage site (perhaps a bit overrated though), so you can really enjoy walking.

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Meet @....

Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:19:31 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni
Post title: Meet @....

My plane lands at 15:30 so Iguess will get to the hotel not earlier then 16:40 (by the way, how is traffic in Budapest? Is the airport very far from the town/hotel?). Csaba, do I understand you correct that we could either walk to the Grand Caffe, which would take 15 minutes, or walking to the Metro station and then the short trip by Metro and then 100 meters from the Oktagon Metro Station, which all together would take 15 minutes? Could you please very roughly tell us in both cases how long do we need to count so that we fix an approximate time to meet at the loby of the Hotel Benczùr and then leave from there? Is it reasonable to say: Let's meet at 17:25 at the loby and leave 17:35? Thanks Csaba and colleagues for tidying up this bit as well. Cheers from still chilly Kiev, Ukraine :))

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | An idea

Csaba Ban — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:56:41 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Csaba Ban
Post title: An idea

I think it's a good idea to form a group from the hotel. Please take into account that it takes about 15 minutes of walking to get there. The place is booked for us from 6 pm.

Many of you might be doing some sightseeing during the day. In this case it does not make much to come back to the hotel just to join this group.

Grand Café Oktogon is very centrally located, so you can easily get there after sightseeing.

If you come from downtown, you can easily walk to Oktogon, or take the underground (line 1) from Vörösmarty tér or Deák tér to Oktogon.

If you come from the Buda Castle area (e.g. you finished the walking tour there and you stayed there for the rest of the afternoon), you have two options:
1. From Dísz tér in the Castle, take bus 16 to Deák tér and walk from there or take the underground to Oktogon.
2. You can easily walk downhill to Moszkva tér, the most important transport hub in Buda. From here, you should take tram 4 or 6 to Oktogon.

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Group from the Conference Hotel

dkalinic — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:35:10 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: dkalinic
Post title: Group from the Conference Hotel

Fabiana, I think the ideal is very good. When do we meet? I'll be coming by train from Zagreb at 2.35 p.m. Please count me in.

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Group from the Conference hotel

Emmanuelle Riffault — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:30:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Emmanuelle Riffault
Post title: Group from the Conference hotel

Fabiana's idea is very good ;o) I would join... well, the both of us would join the group.

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Group from the Conference hotel

Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:46:11 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni
Post title: Group from the Conference hotel

Hi folks, I was wondering if we can make a group of some of us that (might be) staying at the Conference hotel to leave together and get to the Grand Café Oktogon? Probably other folks not so far from the Conference hotel can also joing this group...Can we pin this info at the Reception area? Thanks a lot and see you soon, Fabiana

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | info

lenapires — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:56:08 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: lenapires
Post title: info

Hi Csaba,

If possible can you provide me with instructions how to get to the places directly from the Corinthia? It will be easier for me as I'm not staying in the Conference hotel and it might get confusing...

Thanks a lot.

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Oktogon, etc.

Csaba Ban — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:24:18 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Csaba Ban
Post title: Oktogon, etc.

Oktogon is a very central location in Budapest. It's a major crossroads at the intersection of the main boulevard and Andrássy út. Its name comes from its octagonal shape.
This is also a favourite meeting point, given the high concentration of cafés, bars and restaurants in this area.

Grand Café Oktogon is 100 meters from here, Birdland is at the far end of Liszt Ferenc tér (3 minutes from Oktogon). Platán is justaround the corner from the hotel, so it's next to the City Park.

Please read the relevant powwow pages or conference session pages for very detailed instructions on how to get to these places.

In the hotel lobby there will be a large city map pinned on a message board where all of these places will be clearly indicated.

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | restaurants again

Veronika Wagner — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:03:23 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Veronika Wagner
Post title: restaurants again

Hiya Helena. As I find, Csaba was really considerate when choosing restaurants. Actually, he is doing a professional job as an organiser (Thanks, Csaba.) All three places are quite close to the hotel. As Annette has remarked, Birdland and Grand Café Oktogon are an easy walk from Oktogon tube station, Platán is also just a few stops from there.

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | @ Anette and Veronika

Helena Diaz del Real — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:46:20 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Helena Diaz del Real
Post title: @ Anette and Veronika

Hello!
Thank you for your both comments!
@ Veronika: If I understood it right, on 27th: "Birdland Café", on 28th: "Oktogon", on
29th: Danuve Cruise and on 30th: at "Platan"

@Anette: Yes you are right. I will check the name of the subaway-station.

Thank you at both of you!

See you there,
Helena
30th:

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Oktogon = tube station

Anette Hilgendag — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:35:46 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Anette Hilgendag
Post title: Oktogon = tube station

Hola Helena!
Oktogon is just the name of the tube station you have to get out. From there you walk to the restaurants.
Hasta pronto!

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | to Helena

Veronika Wagner — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:26:17 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Veronika Wagner
Post title: to Helena

Hi, Helena. 30th is Platan, isn't it? Looking forward to see you. Cheers.

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Is it twice at "Oktogon"?

Helena Diaz del Real — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:16:25 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Helena Diaz del Real
Post title: Is it twice at "Oktogon"?

Hello!
Just a simple question:
Do we meet TWICE at "Oktogon"? (on Friday the 27th. AND on Monday, the 30th.)????
Thank you!
See you there,
Helena
Thank you for

Powwow: Budapest - Hungary | Finalized

Csaba Ban — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:23:15 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Poster: Csaba Ban
Post title: Finalized

Dear All, earlier today I finalized the details of our Saturday dinner. Please see this powwow page for all details.
Csaba