XI EU Fest - Berlin

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Hi chaps, can you RSVP this event if you are going please

I'll be there on saturday.

2 minutes ago, Olive said:

I'll be there on saturday.

Good good  

Still RSVP though by clicking the 'Going' button: 

Not going fellas. I just dropped a load of cash on an Alaska cruise in June. Was gone for two weeks. Can't take the time off for this and I need to recover financially lol. Have a great time guys.

I had no idea about the meaning of RSVP lol I had to google it to learn it was...French ...i feel stupid now

Ps:@codpiece you suck !

Oooo i cant wait

yep and smith is going

wheres the rest from the list

13 minutes ago, dadda2 said:

wheres the rest from the list

 

If I missed anyone off just tag them and get them to RSVP

When will people be arriving there?

I will probably take the first train from the Netherlands on Friday, which means I should be there just after 11 AM.

I have yet to decide whether I'm driving or flying. But I will be there on Thursday, which is the day the fun people said they would arrive, and I will get there either around 2PM ish (flying) or around 4 PM ish (driving).

It's only about 6 hours of driving according to Google Maps. That does sort of assume nobody burns down any buses on the A9 though

As for a Frenchist needling to learn about RSVP... I thought the SVP bit WAS French?! (I have no idea what the letters are for, if it's not).

Heck yes I'm going!

I will be there on Thursday, which is the day the fun people said they would arrive, Togther wiht my wife

Will try and book tomorrow / Friday. 

Booked. Arriving lunchtime 

I've fucking payed so I'm fucking going lmfao

Have people actually planned things to do?
Or are we "only" going to hang out?
Are there people that want to do specific things, or anything at all for that matter.

I heard from a friend who was there recently that the underground bunker tour is quick nice.

well im off to check out check point Charlie

12 hours ago, blackthijs0 said:

Have people actually planned things to do?
Or are we "only" going to hang out?
Are there people that want to do specific things, or anything at all for that matter.

I heard from a friend who was there recently that the underground bunker tour is quick nice.

Yes i wil look to some thinks liks Checkpoint Charlie

On 10-7-2017 at 7:56 PM, blackthijs0 said:

Have people actually planned things to do?
Or are we "only" going to hang out?
Are there people that want to do specific things, or anything at all for that matter.

I heard from a friend who was there recently that the underground bunker tour is quick nice.

There`s a crapload to do. Haven`t been to that bunker, so i`m in. Also Checkpoint Charlie and the Holocaust monument are things everybody wants i guess. 

There is also a boat tour we checked out. If i`m there, i wanna do things!

Whoohoo in going on a boat trip 

Last time I was in Berlin I also went to the plötzensee monument, it is slightly less known, but that made it more impressive for me.
 

2 hours ago, blackthijs0 said:

Last time I was in Berlin I also went to the plötzensee monument, it is slightly less known, but that made it more impressive for me.
 

Googled it... Sounds good!

We're deffo going to do some things. Arrive on Thursday, get talking and drinking, we'll do something non-booze-related Friday and Saturday afternoons. Evenings tend to be "go out for dinner, go visit some pubs and clubs". 

There do tend to be a few (British, cough cough) people who literally roll out of bed to shower, breakfast, and head into a pub at 11 AM. But not me. And not, if history is any guide, anyone who isn't British. Maybe it's just a British thing?

I'll ask my uncles for some tips. They go to Berlin every couple of months and in fact are there right now. They should be able to give some interesting suggestions.

Right. I managed to convince uncle dear to keep the list short.

Apart from the rather obvious https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexanderplatz these five suggestions came up:

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treptower_Park - Soviet war memorial and park. I guess not a lot of us will be familiar with former Soviet cultural stuff, might be more interesting than the usual stuff we see on our side of the former Wall. 

2 Kulturbrauerei http://www.kulturbrauerei.de/veranstaltungen/ seems to have a mishmash of various things going on at various times as well as a museum; might be interesting if we find something we like in the list of things. (which is very, very long)

3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernauer_Straße The Bernauer Straße crosses the old Wall and has become something of a museum walk. The weather should be good so a walk outside might be a good idea, esp for those of us with heads full of cobwebs from the previous evening's entertainment

4 The Mauerpark. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauerpark It's a park, lot of nice little restaurants, lots of nice places to go for a drink, various more and less musical entertainment options as well. This might be the perfect spot to go around early dinner time, have a wander round and then divide up into groups finding the restaurants we like. Since traditionally there's always a bit of a challenge to finding dining options everyone likes, having a pick and mix evening could be a nice way to alleviate the stress of finding a place to dine  

5. for those inclined to leaving the city fr a bit, Potsdam could be an option https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam it's got several nice parks to wander round in and enjoy the fresh air, plus there's a Dutch quarter. Not sure why anyone would want to see that, but it's there.