I'll be in Frankfurt, en route to and from South Africa

Paging our Europeans (long shot): by Huinesoron on 2017-02-24 11:41:00 UTC Reply

On the 12th and 13th of April, I will (probably) be travelling to Brussels for a pair of rather dull conferences. Because it's two days, I'll be staying overnight - which means I'll have the evening of the 12th free.

Do we have anyone who's close enough to Belgium that they feel like popping in for a micro-Gathering? I won't have transport, so I can't really go anywhere outside the city, but I'd be happy to wander around for an hour or three with any PPCers in the vicinity.

Hey, look, I said it was a long shot. Unless we have anyone living north of Paris or west of Frankfurt, the physically-closest PPCer might well be Scapegrace. But I had to ask, right?

hS

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I'll plead "East of Frankfurt". by Hieronymus Graubart on 2017-03-05 09:57:00 UTC Reply

Sorry. Although it's actually not very far east, I can't make it.

HG

Now what's really annoying... by Huinesoron on 2017-03-07 19:56:00 UTC Reply

... is that I got sent to Frankfurt itself a couple of years back (for about two hours; long story). Alas.

hS

Ironically, I'll be in Watford then. =] (nm) by Scapegrace on 2017-03-01 14:23:00 UTC Reply

Doubly ironically... by Huinesoron on 2017-03-01 15:38:00 UTC Reply

... I'm going to Watford this month, on a completely unrelated work trip.

It is the ssswings and the roundaboutsss, preciousss.

hS

I'll be in Frankfurt, en route to and from South Africa by Cat-on-the-Keyboard on 2017-02-27 06:49:00 UTC Reply

I can't find my itinerary, but I think it's March 27th and April 8th? I won't be able to go places on my own, since I'll be with a school group, but we'll go somewhere to eat and do a teeny bit of sightseeing, so if anyone wants to come hang out in a diner and stare at monuments while being glared at by suspicious high-school teachers, that would be so awesome.

And, of course, I'll be in Cape Town, South Africa between those two dates. Freedom of movement restricted again, but if anyone's in the vicinity I bet we could find a way to have a nice mini-Gathering.

I also might be going to Los Angeles/southern California a bit after that? Details are still being worked out.

--Key would love to hang out with any of you in Real Life

Frankfurt, you say? Alas, it won't work. by Hieronymus Graubart on 2017-03-05 10:06:00 UTC Reply

I'm too old to be gazed at by high-school teachers and high-school girls.

HG

We're nice, I swear! (nm) by Cat-on-the-Keyboard on 2017-03-06 22:22:00 UTC Reply

Too far from me, I'm afraid. (nm) by Sergio Turbo on 2017-02-24 22:10:00 UTC Reply
Sorry, but that won't be possible. by Hardric on 2017-02-24 19:53:00 UTC Reply

I live in the east-northeast of France, this backwater we call Champagne-Ardennes, and do have family near the north, but I'm, and will be, in the middle of a four monthes stage, meaning I cannot take the time of coming.
I think we had a Belgian guy around? by Desdendelle on 2017-02-24 11:47:00 UTC Reply

IIRC QuintusFabiusPictor is a Flemish Belgian? But I haven't seen him around for ages.