- Sahi
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Castlefest 2011
Bummer, the prices for CF did already go up due to the VAT-rise. :(
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- Libra-in-a-roundabout-way
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Re: Castlefest 2011
I saw! Never mind though... still going to go...
Anyone else joining us? We'll be in a hotel, which I should probably start looking for now, actually...
*runs off*
*runs back*
Oh by the way it's three days and one night this year... which is probably a bit crazy, but hey, who cares....
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- Sahi
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Re: Castlefest 2011
Well we're just as crazy as they are, aren't we?
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- Magpie
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Re: Castlefest 2011
I hope I can come again. Five months to make up for the financial disaster that was this winter (unemployment and moving, not such a good combination), I do hope that'll be enough... Don't know yet if my best friend will come again... she was definitely planning to last year, but now with a new boyfriend and looking for a new job, I don't know.
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Re: Castlefest 2011
*crosses fingers for Magpie*
I've achieved ticketness and got my days off.... My manager looked at me quite funnily, think he thought I was a tad crazy when I said that these days weren't requested, but obligated... *evil grin*
I'm bouncing already.... can't wait...
Oh Sahi, got word back from R.... he's still in for the hotel, but do we want to go Thursday evening already or not???
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- Sahi
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Re: Castlefest 2011
I'm fine with that. I've already taken the 4th off anyway. :) Now I should book myself a ticket too...
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Re: Castlefest 2011
All right, barring an unexpected disaster that costs a lot of money, I'm coming!
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Re: Castlefest 2011
"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend you life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living, that is, to go on doing things you don't like doing... which is stupid." ~ Alan Watts
- Sahi
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Re: Castlefest 2011
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Re: Castlefest 2011
So, now that my brain is slowly beginning to work again (at home, anyway. At work, it's working less and less.), I should probably try and get this trip organized. Find out if my best friend is going to come again (and if not, give away her ticket - we bought them early, thinking we'd both go again, but now I'm not so sure). Figure out where I/we are going to stay. Train tickets (I still like trains so much better than planes...)
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Re: Castlefest 2011
Trains are much better than plains! (But also sometimes horribly more expensive...)
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Re: Castlefest 2011
Which is why I should get myself to the train station as soon as possible, so that hopefully I can still get cheap tickets. Are you two going on Thursday, too? (So I'll know when to come.) Also, are you going to stay in a hotel? It's probably a bit too late now to say I want to join you, since Libra mentioned looking for one back in March...
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Re: Castlefest 2011
Magpie wrote:Which is why I should get myself to the train station as soon as possible, so that hopefully I can still get cheap tickets. Are you two going on Thursday, too? (So I'll know when to come.) Also, are you going to stay in a hotel? It's probably a bit too late now to say I want to join you, since Libra mentioned looking for one back in March...
Darn... it's already booked now..... but we could of course sneak you in, if you bring something to lie on.... hehehehe.... no problem!!!
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Re: Castlefest 2011
I don't remember much extra space to lie in from last year...
And no, we're not going on Thursday, since that's only a concert, which adds rather a lot to the price of the ticket.
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Re: Castlefest 2011
True.... you'd run the risk of being stepped on when one of us would sleepily get out of bed... hahahaha
Defo not going to the concert.... ridiculous extra price....
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Re: Castlefest 2011
Yeah, I was a bit shocked when I looked at the price yesterday.
Still gotta talk to my best friend about whether or not she's going to come - if she does, I guess we can go camping again, but my tent is too big to put up by myself. Just sent her an e-mail (too tired for phone calls), so I should know soon.
The possibility of getting-stepped-on wouldn't bother me so much (it'd be a price I'd be willing to pay for spending more time with Smarchers ;) ) but I wouldn't want to get you in trouble for smuggling non-paying guests into your room.
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Re: Castlefest 2011
As expected, M. is not coming, as she's going on holiday with her bf. So if you know anyone who still needs a ticket, I have one to give away.
Now I need time and a couple of more-or-less working brain cells to find an affordable place to sleep...
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Re: Castlefest 2011
Of course we're always willing to help you put up your tent. Libra, do you think it's possible to ask the hotel if they have a 4-person bedroom? Cause it would be great if we'd all be in there together... (But maybe you'll need to confer with Magpie about the price first.)
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Re: Castlefest 2011
There's also the issue of transportation ... IIRC, my tent is pretty damn heavy.
But I'm once again too tired to deal with this tonight.
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Re: Castlefest 2011
There is no 4-bed room available I'm afraid.....
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- Sahi
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Re: Castlefest 2011
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Re: Castlefest 2011
So, I still don't know where I'm going to sleep, but I've talked to my boss to make sure I can get time off, and I've bought my train tickets.
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Re: Castlefest 2011
Still haven't made up my mind about where to sleep... buy a small, easy-to-carry tent and go camping again? I noticed Castlefest has its own campsite this year, which would mean I wouldn't have to think about how to get from sleeping place to Castlefest and back. On the other hand, if it rains, camping could be pretty miserable, and even a small tent is another thing to carry, and then of course I'll need a sleeping bag and a mat... The other option is staying at the youth hostel in Noordwijk (which only became an option because a friend offered to pay the reservation fee with her credit card, since I don't have one). That's some way away, of course, but I guess I could rent a bike... and hope, again, that it doesn't rain...
Oh, and Sahi, could I beg you for a bed from Thursday to Friday and/or Sunday to Monday? Since I decided I'd rather arrive a day earlier and leave a day later than miss a bit of Castlefest (and also, that's when I could get the cheapest trains).
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Re: Castlefest 2011
I'm sure whomever is driving us to the hotel and back will be able to let you off somewhere...
How much are you willing to spend?
I'll check again with the hotel tomorrow.... they seem to have reasonably priced single rooms as well.... but it all depends on what you can spend.....
Gah was about to offer you abed myself, until I realised, that I no longer have beds to offer then!!! Hahahaha
Last edited by Libra-in-a-roundabout-way (2011-06-21 13:18:07)
"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend you life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living, that is, to go on doing things you don't like doing... which is stupid." ~ Alan Watts
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Re: Castlefest 2011
Just spoke to the hotel, Ruben and Sahi and we're all agreed, I'm changing our booking of one three-person room to two two-person rooms..... so Magpie, you have a place to stay!!!
"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend you life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living, that is, to go on doing things you don't like doing... which is stupid." ~ Alan Watts
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