On Aug 27, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Nicholas Clark <n...@ccl4.org> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:33:55AM +0200, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote: >> It will be held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on 14/15 September 2013, at: >> >> 7P B2B Mobile & IT Services GmbH >> Solmsstr. 4 >> 60486 Frankfurt am Main >> http://goo.gl/maps/2T5j2 >> >> There are only 6 places left! > > Likely that information is now out of date. There may even be a waiting > list...
Nope, still 2 places available! So it's not too late to sign up still! >> Frankfurt is easily reachable by plane, train and car. > ut not from "Frankfurt" Hahn airport, which is 124km away... > > I sent this to the london.pm list last year. I believe that it was still > fairly useful then, but the ticket machines may have improved since then: > > Free advice that might be useful to anyone going to Frankfurt, or might > just be annoying: > > 1) If you have Euro small change, look it out and take it. > > When I was visiting in October 2011, it really wasn't obvious whether > any ticket machines at the airport would accept credit cards.* > > Machines with card slots often only take EC cards, which everyone in > Germany seems surprised don't exist outside of Germany. Meanwhile, > credit card penetration in Germany is low. > > In 2011 the machines at the main station *did* take credit cards, but > they seemed to be the exception. This is, of course, the wrong end to > put the credit-card enabled machines. D'oh! > > 2) Frankfurt has Apfelwein. It's often available in large jugs, from which > you refill a small glass, traditionally with a diamond pattern on it > > Generally it's more "Old Rosie" than "Aspells". So it can be a bit fun > drinking it in large quantities. > > Nicholas Clark > > * In 2008 we had massive fun in Mainz (the far end of the line from the > airport), trying to find a machine that would sell the right kind of > tickets and accept the size of banknote that the cash machine had just > dealt out. I forgot to blog about it at the time, but it was an epic farce > lasting something like 10 minutes. And no, the small value tickets we needed > were not available for sale using a credit card. Or from the human staff > at the long distance ticket window, who did have change. Thanks for the pointers! Liz
