European MW meet-up!

[banondraig]

hi all.

this is still in the planning phases, but mothwench and i would like to plan a get-together for all our european members sometime early in november. location is as yet undetermined as we don't know who is coming yet.

post any and all suggestions, comments, and me-too's here! :bigblue:

[Nantonos]

hi all.

this is still in the planning phases, but mothwench and i would like to plan a get-together for all our european members sometime early in november. location is as yet undetermined as we don't know who is coming yet.

post any and all suggestions, comments, and me-too's here! :bigblue:

Oh, cool. I will know more about my November availability in the next few days. For now all i know is that 30-31 is taken (probably in Boston). and i have a meetingsomewhere (literally, likely either the US or Europe ) sometime else in November, probably early to mid. So I wil try to steer it more towards mid....

[banondraig]

early or mid is ok, i'm putting in for leave at the end of nov so i can go see my family at thanksgiving though. any date through the teens should be fine. any suggestions for location?

[Nantonos]

early or mid is ok, i'm putting in for leave at the end of nov so i can go see my family at thanksgiving though. any date through the teens should be fine. any suggestions for location?

Well, somewhere near the Limes would suit me personally so I could visit museums in the area :)

[banondraig]

Well, somewhere near the Limes would suit me personally so I could visit museums in the area :)

the Limes??? i'm not sure i"ve heard of that before . . .

[mothwench]

it's a roman wall thingy. i've had a look on the net, there are quite a few museums all along the limes. the most interesting-looking one i've seen so far is the one at Aalen. wherever that is, i'll have to find out. then i'll phone em up tomorrow, just to make sure they have english language tours and explainations on the exponates.

[banondraig]

it's a roman wall thingy. i've had a look on the net, there are quite a few museums all along the limes. the most interesting-looking one i've seen so far is the one at Aalen. wherever that is, i'll have to find out. then i'll phone em up tomorrow, just to make sure they have english language tours and explainations on the exponates.

kewl. :bigredgri

[Nantonos]

the Limes??? i'm not sure i"ve heard of that before . . .

Oh, sorry. Defensive fortifications connecting the Rhine (north of Mainz, at the Moselle-Rhine junction) to the Danube.
http://www.limes-in-deutschland.de/
Map:
http://www.limes-in-deutschland.de/kastelle.html
High concentration of Epona findspots.
http://epona.net/distribution.html

[banondraig]

that's fairly convenient to both mothwench and myself. good stuff. :)

[banondraig]

i'm going to leave suggestions open for another week or two, though, just to see if anyone else wants to come. i haven't heard from Xentor, in particular, though he came to the last one.

[Xentor]

He organised the last one... :p

[Valentinius]

sounds interesting. To be honnest I'me not sure I'll be able to make it but I'll be interested to see how the planing goes on. from switzerland so not that far of thing is classes are on again in november. By the way what languages do you all speak? appart from english of course

[mothwench]

He organised the last one... :p

well, are you going to come to one you didn't organise? :fpartyman

valentinius, i myself speak german and spanish, what about you? :kooky:

[banondraig]

sounds interesting. To be honnest I'me not sure I'll be able to make it but I'll be interested to see how the planing goes on. from switzerland so not that far of thing is classes are on again in november. By the way what languages do you all speak? appart from english of course

some german, some spanish, neither especially well. it's been a long time since i studied spanish, and i use it so seldom here that when i try to think of things in spanish, i often come up with german words when i have to pause to think.

[mucgwyrt]

hi all.

this is still in the planning phases, but mothwench and i would like to plan a get-together for all our european members sometime early in november. location is as yet undetermined as we don't know who is coming yet.

post any and all suggestions, comments, and me-too's here! :bigblue:
For totally selfless reasons, I suggest Bristol, England. Or Bath.

:D

[Nantonos]

For totally selfless reasons, I suggest Bristol, England. Or Bath.

:D

Ooh but Bath is like 20 miles away from you, are you sure about travelling that far?
_whistle_

[banondraig]

well, the last one was less than that from me, so i'm willing to accomodate. of course that also applied to at least two if not three out of the four of us in attendance. i wouldn't mind Bath, is that close to Jaroson also? what about FairyGothMommy and FeatherGoblinGlimmer and anyone else i may be forgetting?

[mucgwyrt]

well, the last one was less than that from me, so i'm willing to accomodate. of course that also applied to at least two if not three out of the four of us in attendance. i wouldn't mind Bath, is that close to Jaroson also? what about FairyGothMommy and FeatherGoblinGlimmer and anyone else i may be forgetting?
Yeah, Fairygothmommy I think is about 2 hours away, maybe 3 in traffic... dont know about Jaroson.

[mucgwyrt]

Ooh but Bath is like 20 miles away from you, are you sure about travelling that far?
_whistle_
It would be difficult, but someone's got to make the sacrifices dont they?

[Jaroson]

Hey all. Sounds triffic. bath is about 3 hours from me, although just to throw more ideas in the pot, how about Glastonbury or Wales or Yorkshire (:D ) .

Aelfoak is also from Britain. He might be interested too.

[mucgwyrt]

Oooo Glastonbury would be nice, or Avebury has a FANTASTIC stone circle(s) which you can actually go right up to and touch :D AND a pub in the middle of one! :cheers:

[midnightreflections]

I might be interested depending on the where and when of it all :)

[mothwench]

Oh, sorry. Defensive fortifications connecting the Rhine (north of Mainz, at the Moselle-Rhine junction) to the Danube.
http://www.limes-in-deutschland.de/
Map:
http://www.limes-in-deutschland.de/kastelle.html
High concentration of Epona findspots.
http://epona.net/distribution.html


you know, i had a look-around, and i found two museums in smaller towns, one of them is closed from october through march. :confused: and the other one was i think a temporary exhibition, but they said most of their stuff is in the römisch-germanisches museum in cologne.
cologne would be cool for me, though. either that, or avebury sounds really cool! though i went there just last month, i'll happily go again!
macha, do you know the three old beeches at avebury? :elf:

[mucgwyrt]

dont ring a bell, but I haven't been since I learnt the difference between a beech and a lime kinda-thing ;)

[mothwench]

they're very hard to miss. wait, i might find a picture online. there were loads of offerings and stuff stuck in the roots, so someone's bound to have put a picture up.
yay! that didn't take long. ----> http://members.lycos.co.uk/earthwyse/sacredsites/avebeeches.html

[mucgwyrt]

they're very hard to miss. wait, i might find a picture online. there were loads of offerings and stuff stuck in the roots, so someone's bound to have put a picture up.
yay! that didn't take long. ----> http://members.lycos.co.uk/earthwyse/sacredsites/avebeeches.html
Ahh, yes, they look familiar :smile:

[teishabee]

Im interested. I was thinking about a meet-up in glastonbury. But bath is ace too.I have friends there

[mucgwyrt]

Im interested. I was thinking about a meet-up in glastonbury. But bath is ace too.I have friends there
So maybe even if the euro-mw can't make it to britain, we should arrange a glasto or bath or avebury meet?
I dont have the holiday left to make it to europe this year :(

[banondraig]

don't worry, it'll be on a weekend, probably on a saturday.

[Kaylara]

If you guys want to meet up at the end of December I'll be there visiting Xen for a few weeks. :)

[mothwench]

:spinner: cool! but xentor hasn't even said he'd come. :( what's up, xen?

[Xentor]

Sundays are out. I have concerts every weekend.

[mucgwyrt]

It would take me AGES to get to germany/france... most of a day :hairraise not sure I could make it there and back in a weekend... :dontknow:

[Nantonos]

It would take me AGES to get to germany/france... most of a day :hairraise not sure I could make it there and back in a weekend... :dontknow:

Easyjet from Bristol airport to Nice airport is 2 hours 5 minutes. To give an example. Easyjet quotes a web fare of about 85 quid one way, but it varies wildly.

However, BA is more competitive right now - they are listing between 18 and 29 quid to Amsterdam for example (from Heathrow, though, not from Bristol), depending on the day. Need to add on the Bristol to London though (2 hours on the M4)

[mucgwyrt]

Not to mention the parking at heathrow *eep*

[Nantonos]

Not to mention the parking at heathrow *eep*

Or you could get a train from Bristol Temple Meads at, say, 08:10 on the Saturday arriving at Heathrow 10:25 which is fine for an 11:30 or later flight... no parking, train direct to the terminal. Just a thought.

[mucgwyrt]

That's a characteristically spanking idea, nantonos...

[banondraig]

ryan air is even cheaper than that. they fly direct to frankfurt. not sure from where in england, but they charge only about 20 . . . somethings. i forget what currency it is, now.

also, my roommate took a train from here to london, and it took her about 6 hrs, including an hour in customs.

[magick_faerie]

a meet up in britain would be ace!! let us know when and where, Im definatly coming!

blessings
fae

[banondraig]

for the november meetup, i doubt i'll be able to make it to england due to lack of a passport. shall we say saturday, oct 30, or saturday, nov 7, at the limes, and a uk meetup at some later date?

[Nantonos]

for the november meetup, i doubt i'll be able to make it to england due to lack of a passport. shall we say saturday, oct 30, or saturday, nov 7, at the limes, and a uk meetup at some later date?

Checks calendar. ... oh, since the original discussion the calendar has closed up - I am looking after the kids on weekend of 6th/7th (partner in uk for dr visit) and work has crowded out the 30th/31st and the 13/14th ... sorry. Press on without me, and ignore my location preferences.

[CzechWoods]

ryan air is even cheaper than that. they fly direct to frankfurt. not sure from where in england, but they charge only about 20 . . . somethings. i forget what currency it is, now.

also, my roommate took a train from here to london, and it took her about 6 hrs, including an hour in customs.

Namaste!

we are meeting ? in Germany ? Really ? Other but sundays ? Near Frankfurt ?

I AM IN !

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[Lost_Sole]

well i will say i will go. I am not sure what weekends I have classe.. one it is on one of them. I believe the 7th

[banondraig]

Namaste!

we are meeting ? in Germany ? Really ? Other but sundays ? Near Frankfurt ?

I AM IN !

PS: http://www.ryanair.com/
London-Stansted to Frankfurt-Hahn
Fares from £4.99

Booking Period: Fri 15 Oct - Midnight Thur 21 Oct
Travel Period: 03 Nov - 10 Feb 2005

Applicable Days: MIDWEEK 1200 Mon - 1200 Thur + Sat after 1200
(Booking outside the applicable days, supplement will vary from £10 to £35.)


Advance Purchase: 14 Days
Blackout Periods: 16 DEC'04 - 05 JAN'05

All Holidays, School Breaks and major sporting events are excluded from this offer

near frankfurt (am main, right?) is good by me. i live near to frankfurt myself. is 30 october or 7 november better for you? i'm leaning towards 30 october myself, what does everyone else think?

[Lost_Sole]

the 30th is good for me

[CzechWoods]

near frankfurt (am main, right?) is good by me. i live near to frankfurt myself. is 30 october or 7 november better for you? i'm leaning towards 30 october myself, what does everyone else think?

Definately october 30th

what time ?

where at ?

ps: talking bout intestine-ville, lmao! good one. i am living in "manhome". but i am motorized, so no problem with Frankfurt :)

CzechWoods

[CzechWoods]

Definately october 30th

what time ?

where at ?

ps: talking bout intestine-ville, lmao! good one. i am living in "manhome". but i am motorized, so no problem with Frankfurt :)

CzechWoods


Forgot to say!
Have to work on Nov. 7th - I am on a rock show, wooohoooooooo

[banondraig]

Definately october 30th

duly noted.
what time ?

probably early afternoon, to give everyone time to wake up, and also be early enough to hang out for a good while if everyone likes each other, and not be a wasted saturday evening in the unlikely event that they do not.

maybe 1 or 2 pm?
where at ?

any suggestions? we were thinking of the limes, near koeln (cologne). there is a link about the limes earlier in this thread, but it doesn't have to be there.


ps: talking bout intestine-ville, lmao! good one. i am living in "manhome". but i am motorized, so no problem with Frankfurt :)

CzechWoods

:hehehehe: thank you!

[CzechWoods]

duly noted.

maybe 1 or 2 pm?

any suggestions? we were thinking of the limes, near koeln (cologne). there is a link about the limes earlier in this thread, but it doesn't have to be there.

:hehehehe: thank you!

1-2 pm is fine with me :)

but cologne ?
with these fuel/gas prizes ?
cant we stay in the frankfurt area (whines) ?
pulueeeze ?

if it has to by mystical, i d suggest Odins Forrest *eg*
but Taunus is beautiful too.
my favourite would be Bad Vilbel
beautiful there ;)

CzechWoods

[Nantonos]

near frankfurt (am main, right?) is good by me. i live near to frankfurt myself. is 30 october or 7 november better for you? i'm leaning towards 30 october myself, what does everyone else think?
:foh: :sadeyes: :wah: :wah: :wah:
wants to go to Frankfurt am Main

Although its unlikely I can go - but here is a limes map and frankfurt is 58 on it
http://www.novaroma.de/nr/provincia/karten/limes2.htm

[CzechWoods]

:foh: :sadeyes: :wah: :wah: :wah:
wants to go to Frankfurt am Main

Although its unlikely I can go - but here is a limes map and frankfurt is 58 on it
http://www.novaroma.de/nr/provincia/karten/limes2.htm

Namaste,
Frankfurt am Main is fine with me

thanks for the link too...

but (just for the fun of it) my "hometown" where I grew up, Ladenburg is #63 on th map.
There is lots of Roman walls and a roman sun clock in Ladenburg, and a museum evn with some celtic stuff .... museums open sa. 11.-17.00h (but i havent been there since highschool, lol)
here s a link to the sight seeing stuff http://www.ladenburg.de/content/tk/rundgang/#anc_16

its a nice lil town , and of course I know some nice places there, though i dont live ther any more but still have bonds to ladenb.... ok, i stopp advertizing

so, interested in that less urban alternative or better Frankfurt ?


peace and sereinty
CzechWoods

[Nantonos]

Namaste,
Frankfurt am Main is fine with me
I was crying because I can't go to the meetup ... so don't let my preference influence things. Pick somewhere that suits other people.

Since this was first discussed in early September, prices for flights have shot up. I had a quick look on British Airways, Air France and Swissair and its €350-450 now - eek. Lufthansa is a little cheaper and has direct flights but its still 300.

but (just for the fun of it) my "hometown" where I grew up, Ladenburg is #63 on th map.
There is lots of Roman walls and a roman sun clock in Ladenburg, and a museum evn with some celtic stuff .... museums open sa. 11.-17.00h (but i havent been there since highschool, lol)
here s a link to the sight seeing stuff http://www.ladenburg.de/content/tk/rundgang/#anc_16

Now I want to go there, too...

[Nantonos]

here s a link to the sight seeing stuff http://www.ladenburg.de/content/tk/rundgang/#anc_16


Hexenturm? Doesn't that mean Witches Tower? :spinnysmi Whats that about?

[CzechWoods]

Hexenturm? Doesn't that mean Witches Tower? :spinnysmi Whats that about?
Namaste,
you are absolutely right, ' Hexenturm ' does mean witches tower but because of southwest Germany being one of the worst regions during the Burning Times, I fear its no "nice happy place" and rather a dark spot in Ladenburgs colourful history. It is the tower where "heathens" were kept for starving :(
Oh well.

"Since this was first discussed in early September, prices for flights have shot up. I had a quick look on British Airways, Air France and Swissair and its €350-450 now - eek. Lufthansa is a little cheaper and has direct flights but its still 300."

regarding the flight, arent there alternative flights possible ? Raynair isnt the only one. If you give me your region, be it by PM, I maybe could look up for you - after all, nearby where I live is a small airport that has their own little cheapo-line, just two destinations but who knows , maybe we find a solution ?

last not least: where do i get a list of shortcuts for the smileys ?

I only know a few like :) :( and ;) for sure. I used a lot more on msn and other chats but do they work here too ?
tries: :o :P :)~ :)* hmmmmmmmmmmm :*) :*(
I got to get a LIST!

peace and smileyerity
CzechWoods

[CzechWoods]

I had a quick look on British Airways, Air France and Swissair and its €350-450 now - eek. Lufthansa is a little cheaper and has direct flights but its still 300.
Now I want to go there, too...

Just a quickie:
I searched for Nicce - Stuttgart /Germany an found the following:

nicce-stuttgart; 1 adult

65,00 € flight
36,07 € airport
101,07 € TOTAL
30.10.04 date
12:25 h depart
13:40 h arrival
DI4608 flight #

stuttgart-nicce
45,00 €
21,42 €
66,42 €
01.11.04
10:25 h
11:45 h
DI4607

so thats some 170 Euro. plus of course transfer from stuttgart to whereever we meet, unless we meet in stuttgart of course. lol
and you d need a hotel i guess :|

thats a bit cheaper than the main airlines, but still costy.

hope its a help though (tries and tries buhahahahahahaha)
CzechWoods

[Nantonos]

Namaste,
you are absolutely right, ' Hexenturm ' does mean witches tower but because of southwest Germany being one of the worst regions during the Burning Times, I fear its no "nice happy place" and rather a dark spot in Ladenburgs colourful history. It is the tower where "heathens" were kept for starving :(
Oh well.

Thanks for the explanation. _witchball :fprisoner

regarding the flight, arent there alternative flights possible ? Raynair isnt the only one.
Ryanair doesn't cover where I am, at least, not from there to Frankfurt. :sniffsnif

f you give me your region, be it by PM, I maybe could look up for you - after all, nearby where I live is a small airport that has their own little cheapo-line, just two destinations but who knows , maybe we find a solution ?
That would be great - although I doubt it. My location is (unusually for MW, I know) given on the left there - Antibes, Côte d'Azur, France. nearest airport is Nice (NCE). _vb_

last not least: where do i get a list of shortcuts for the smileys ?

When you hit the "reply w/quote" button it should give you a selection of smileys to the right of the window where you type. Also a link to more
http://www.mysticwicks.com/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0

[CzechWoods]

Thanks for the explanation. _witchball :fprisoner


Ryanair doesn't cover where I am, at least, not from there to Frankfurt. :sniffsnif


That would be great - although I doubt it. My location is (unusually for MW, I know) given on the left there - Antibes, Côte d'Azur, France. nearest airport is Nice (NCE). _vb_



When you hit the "reply w/quote" button it should give you a selection of smileys to the right of the window where you type. Also a link to more
http://www.mysticwicks.com/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0

aaah thanks for those great smileys!

here is what i found
on a quick search. nicce = nice , sorry misspeeled

Just a quickie:
I searched for Nicce - Stuttgart /Germany an found the following:

nicce-stuttgart; 1 adult

65,00 € flight
36,07 € airport
101,07 € TOTAL
30.10.04 date
12:25 h depart
13:40 h arrival
DI4608 flight #

stuttgart-nicce
45,00 €
21,42 €
66,42 €
01.11.04
10:25 h
11:45 h
DI4607

so thats some 170 Euro. plus of course transfer from stuttgart to whereever we meet, unless we meet in stuttgart of course. lol
and you d need a hotel i guess :|

thats a bit cheaper than the main airlines, but still costy.

hope its a help though (tries and tries buhahahahahahaha)
CzechWoods

[banondraig]

let's say frankfurt, just to have a meeting place pinned down. whichever week it is, we will meet up in the front garden-type area of the hauptbahnhof at 1:30 p.m. final decision re: oct 30 or nov 7 should be no later than friday night, probably earlier than that.

[Lost_Sole]

sorry i just found out today, that i will have school both weekends so i am out.

[banondraig]

sorry i just found out today, that i will have school both weekends so i am out.

aww, flirk!

we'll have another one sometime. it's not like you're far away from at least three of us.

[CzechWoods]

sorry i just found out today, that i will have school both weekends so i am out.

awwww sorry to hear :(

so who is in by now ? just the two of us from intestine ville and manhome ?

being bad now, but how about nov 13th? :devil: :lilangel::foopsies:_inabox_ _whistle_

peace and serenity

[banondraig]

awwww sorry to hear :(

so who is in by now ? just the two of us from intestine ville and manhome ?

being bad now, but how about nov 13th? :devil: :lilangel::foopsies:_inabox_ _whistle_

peace and serenity

the 13th is a friday, so not very good for me. ;)

[CzechWoods]

the 13th is a friday, so not very good for me. ;)

really ? my calendars say Saturday (nov 13th):lookwhats

[CzechWoods]

sounds interesting. To be honnest I'me not sure I'll be able to make it but I'll be interested to see how the planing goes on. from switzerland so not that far of thing is classes are on again in november. By the way what languages do you all speak? appart from english of course

Namaste,

good question about the language thing. I speak German, Czech and French apart from English.

peace and serenity

[banondraig]

awwww sorry to hear :(

so who is in by now ? just the two of us from intestine ville and manhome ?

being bad now, but how about nov 13th? :devil: :lilangel::foopsies:_inabox_ _whistle_

peace and serenity

there will probably be another from intestine-ville.

how about one on oct 30, and another on nov 13? that would give our farther away people more time to plan, and those of us with other commitments might be able to go then also.

[CzechWoods]

there will probably be another from intestine-ville.

how about one on oct 30, and another on nov 13? that would give our farther away people more time to plan, and those of us with other commitments might be able to go then also.

sounds reasonable to me

peace and serenity

[CzechWoods]

let's say frankfurt, just to have a meeting place pinned down. whichever week it is, we will meet up in the front garden-type area of the hauptbahnhof at 1:30 p.m. final decision re: oct 30 or nov 7 should be no later than friday night, probably earlier than that.

ok coming saturday 1330 h.

but what garden like area ?
is it inside the hbf building ?

<<<< hasnt been inside rthe bahnhof for like AGES!

and how will i know you are you. will you have a sign or a banner ;) ?

[banondraig]

ok coming saturday 1330 h.

but what garden like area ?
is it inside the hbf building ?

<<<< hasnt been inside rthe bahnhof for like AGES!

and how will i know you are you. will you have a sign or a banner ;) ?

yes, inside the building there is a little courtyard, on the street level. there is a book shop and a florist there.

i will post my picture on the community photo albums. post back here if you can't find it, and bear in mind that my hair is not actually as dark as it looks in the pic. it's actually brown.

[banondraig]

ok, it won't let me sign on to post a pic there. i'll try to put one here.

[CzechWoods]

ok, it won't let me sign on to post a pic there. i'll try to put one here.

uhu, ok, so you will be standing on the bahnhof with a bottle at your mouth... jus so i can recognize you, wont you? :bouncysmi _firedevil :drinking: :muwaha:

there is a pic of me on my website; click on the banner bellow, enter through the american OR german flag, and scroll down (takes a bit to load) you will see how i look, heehee you can also go by the sound it makes when dozens of stone pendants, necklaces and gems in my pockets sort of ring, every step i make.
:dancy: :elf: :hehehehe: :colorful: :fpompoms

ok, i ll be looking out for a florist shop then :) :flowers:

[mothwench]

hey, me too! :boing:
whawazzat? sat 30 oct, 1:30 pm at the hbf in frankfurt? :steppy: so what are we going to do, is anything planned?

[banondraig]

hey, me too! :boing:
whawazzat? sat 30 oct, 1:30 pm at the hbf in frankfurt? :steppy: so what are we going to do, is anything planned?

:woot: she's back!

nothing planned yet, just winging it like last time. winging it is more fun. :bigredgri

[CzechWoods]

its today

hooray

cant wait

must go to bed

must try to sleep

or i look as a stoned sheep

am so excited

and cannot hde it ...

ok i am off to bed, see you in ffm bhf 1330 woooooooooooooo

[CzechWoods]

hey, me too! :boing:
whawazzat? sat 30 oct, 1:30 pm at the hbf in frankfurt? :steppy: so what are we going to do, is anything planned?



The MW European Southwest Germany Meeting in Frankfurt on October 30th

Wow, where can I start. It was an awesome experience (at least for me) and something I would like to do again. The meeting wasn't under a guiding star at first, but I feel we just turned it into a really good day.

But first things first. As always - when you have an appointment - all highways were so crowded that *I* arrived about half an hour too late. To my luck at least BANONDRAIG was punctual. I wasn't the only one not to arrive in time and some people who actually meant to come did not make it at all. Finally it was "just" three of us: banondraig, Mothwench and me.

We decided to go to a certain place in Frankfurt. Of course no-one of us knows Frankfurt and of course anyone you asked knew directions but obviously not ours. After having explored all the beauty from endless subway hallways, that strangely never lead to the subway trains we needed to take, we decided to walk there. We never lost our humour though, so it actually was not a problem. More a teaser.

We had been on our way about 5 minutes when we discovered there was a "magic plants exhibition" just two stations away from us; so we took the right subway (this time) and somehow even arrived at the palm-garden. OK, we had difficulties to find the entry, but once we have found it the exhibition was pretty. It was slightly confusing though, especially because the plants and their names did not quite match ….

A funny moment was in the park in front of the exhibition building, having a sign that read: stay on the paths. Did they mean our spiritual path? Was it Goddess talking t us ?

Other than that it was interesting, and not boring. Thsee people who made the decorations had certainly a good sense of humour; they used some stuffies of devils, spiders etc as decoration for the witchy section. (yeah and we all KNOW that ALL witches worship the devil, rrrright!)

After that we would visit another part of the exhibition, where you could buy all sorts of flowers, plants etc. We had some good laughs when we discovered a plant called Tic Tac (now I know where they grow those!) and even more seeing a plant's name was Yahou. OK, we did not find Google but I felt strangely home again, seeing the internet followed our path. This feeling got stronger when we discovered there was an exhibition guest book you could sign…. Yeah, like on a home page, just a real one.

After that we visited the actual palm garden building, and could feel a bit like Alice in Wonderland. You would see plants that you usually have in small sizes on your window sill? But they were gigantic in this building. A reverse angle world. We were the tiny parts, the plants were the giants. The palm garden also has a pond with a creek leading to it. Inside the pond, there were KOYs swimming. Most of them swam in our direction once we arrived at the "shore", making me feel WE AER IN THE ZOO, not them. Reverse angle again I guess. We had a great laugh, when Banondraig discovered one of the koys taking a shower with sheer delight in the water fall of the creek…. I could not get around noticing another koy watching the whole scene, which made me thinking of him as the voyeur. Bad me!!!!

Just when leaving the palm garden, a mystical kitty crossed our path. We wanted to get her into cuddling with us, but she ran away (guess she wasn't that much into witches ?). We also found out that Banondraig can speak duckish, but the ducks in Frankfurt obviously speak a different dialect. OK, trhats an insider joke here. I just have to tease those who did not make it ….

The day found a wonderful end in a café on the train station. We actually sat in front of the Man In Black, who strangely enough were green in Frankfurt. Someone should tell those people what M.I.B. stands for I guess.

All in all it was a lovely day, and I hope we will repeat it

- and coming back home after Samhain, today, I even discover,

I
Survived
2
GINGERWITCHES

Woooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

PS: Mothwench, Banondraig - I hope you two enjoyed the day just as much as I did. Was a great pleasure meting you 2 for me at least

[mucgwyrt]

I wanted to cooome :wah: *cry*

[banondraig]

yes, a wonderful meeting, indeed!

macha, i have a week to myself early in december. IF i can get my passport, maybe i can come visit. i have to get the passport first, though, and that requires a birth certificate, which i don't have handy.

[CzechWoods]

I wanted to cooome :wah: *cry*

awwwww

namaste macha
* :wah: with you* sniff, but you, sniff maybe :awwman: can sniff make it next time ?:rubhead:

know what, that :wah: breaks my heart
:noway: :sadeyes: :ggrief: :geez: :wah: :wah:
:wah: :wah: :wah: :wah:

[banondraig]

pics from my filled-up cameras have been turned in to the developer. soon i will find out if, and how many, of the meet-up pics were among that batch. i should be able to have them posted in the community photo albums this weekend.

[CzechWoods]

pics from my filled-up cameras have been turned in to the developer. soon i will find out if, and how many, of the meet-up pics were among that batch. i should be able to have them posted in the community photo albums this weekend.

_happydanc :spinner: :fpartyman :acheeer: _travolta_ :spinnysmi _handclapp
:fpraise: :yourock: :fpraise: :thewave:

[mucgwyrt]

Huuum I can't take any days off of work, and I'm busy the first weekend of December, but after that I'm freee! :D

[banondraig]

i just got my birth cert in the mail. now i have to get a passport appt. hopefully work will not be too mean about that, i have been missing a lot of work lately due to my feet being so screwy. however, it's the army's fault that they are this way, so they can dang well fix it.

[mucgwyrt]

Silly army. :spinner: :toofless:

[CzechWoods]

Silly army. :spinner: :toofless:

ummm, sorry to correct you, but the name is US Army not Silly Army. *giggles*

[banondraig]

ummm, sorry to correct you, but the name is US Army not Silly Army. *giggles*
you're both right. the u.s. army is in fact very silly. the problem is that most of the people in it don't know that.

[CzechWoods]

you're both right. the u.s. army is in fact very silly. the problem is that most of the people in it don't know that.

Youmean the US in army stands for Undescribable Silly Army ?
:D

well,you are the exception then :P

[banondraig]

Youmean the US in army stands for Undescribable Silly Army ?
:D

well,you are the exception then :P

thank you.

that's a good one, i like it. we also say, U-ncle S-am A-in't R-eleased M-e Y-et.

of course that's poor grammar, but that just makes it believable. :rolleyes:

[Lost_Sole]

yes my retared ass signed up... us army backwords

[banondraig]

yes my retared ass signed up... us army backwords

:wave: that, too!

[mucgwyrt]

thank you.

that's a good one, i like it. we also say, U-ncle S-am A-in't R-eleased M-e Y-et.

of course that's poor grammar, but that just makes it believable. :rolleyes:
:rotfl: I like that :D

[banondraig]

pix are now up in the community photo albums! unfortunately, the flash wasn't working really well. but you can sort of see some vague shapes of people, and if you squint hard enough, it is even possible to tell mothwench and myself apart.

[CzechWoods]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

:fpartyman