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Re: Visiting Berlin for 1000steine-Land, need help planning trip
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lugnet.events.1000steine-land
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Fri, 21 May 2004 01:54:40 GMT
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javanree@vanree[Spamcake].net
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> I'll be taking a week or two in June/July for 1000steine-Land 2004 in
> Berlin, and I'm wondering what is the best (most economical) way to do
> this. I live in Boston and would like to leave Boston approximately
> June 25 in the evening and return to Boston approximately July 12 in
> the morning.
>
> Friends here say I might find much better airfaires if I fly, say, KLM
> to Amsterdam and take the train to Berlin and back or ride with someone
> who is driving to the fest from Amsterdam, Frankfurt, or some other
> relatively nearby city.
Frankfurt-Berlin is a simple travel, dunno about pricing though.
Amsterdam - Berlin is a lot longer and less comfortable and not very cheap
either.
> I'll be at 1000steine-Land as a photographer, working on a large coffee-
> table art/book project I began over a year ago which is designed to expose
> the general public to the amazing things adult LEGO enthusiasts build and
> do. Ideally, I'd like to meet with German LEGO fans before and after the
> event, and if possible kind of float around nearby cities visiting people
> in any or all of the Netherlands, Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland,
> etc. I'll also be visiting the Netherlands later in the year for LEGO
> World and hope to make it to Denmark to visit Byggepladen perhaps in the
> same trip.
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> Is anyone here from the Netherlands driving to Berlin, and would you
> consider taking a passenger? Are there other economical alternatives
> besides Amsterdam? Is the train expensive from Amsterdam to Germany?
> Do I have to get a separate visa for each country I visit, or can I get
> a two-week EU visa? Where would be a good place for me to research all
> of this online?
Train for Amsterdam to Berlin would set you back around 100-150 Euro's for a
single trip. Dunno about visa, ask the Dutch&German embassies in the USA,
although I think a general EU should do (you won't have any customs offices
unless you travel by train inside the EU)
Alternatives : none that I know of in the Netherlands, Amsterdam is the only
international airport of significance.
Hope this helps a bit. If you need any more specific info regarding
traintravel in the netherlands or anything similair, feel free to email me.
And if you're in the Netherlands drop me a note, perhaps we can arrange a
get-together? Always nice to talk to LEGO fans from other countries.
--
Jan-Albert van Ree | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/
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