From edi at agharta.de Sun Jan 13 20:26:28 2008 From: edi at agharta.de (Edi Weitz) Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:26:28 +0100 Subject: [eclm] Registration is now open Message-ID: Hi everybody, we've added information about prices to the ECLM website at http://weitz.de/eclm2008/ and you can register now. We're looking forward to seeing lots of registrations in the next days... :) Cheers, Edi. From sdeber at gmail.com Tue Jan 22 06:32:32 2008 From: sdeber at gmail.com (Lin Li) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:32:32 +0100 Subject: [eclm] Questions about ECLM Message-ID: Hi, everyone. My name is Li Lin. I have two questions: first, are these presentations in English or in some other European languages? Second, is there any hotel near the place of the meeting? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From edi at agharta.de Tue Jan 22 06:46:02 2008 From: edi at agharta.de (Edi Weitz) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:46:02 +0100 Subject: [eclm] Questions about ECLM In-Reply-To: (Lin Li's message of "Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:32:32 +0100") References: Message-ID: Hello, On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:32:32 +0100, "Lin Li" wrote: > Hi, everyone. My name is Li Lin. I have two questions: first, are > these presentations in English or in some other European languages? All presentations will be in English, and English is the language that's usually spoken amongst participants. I think it is fair to assume that everyone who attends will understand and speak English reasonably well. > Second, is there any hotel near the place of the meeting? Amsterdam has lots of hotels and there certainly are several near the meeting place. We're planning to provide some pointers, but for now you can probably help yourself with Google Maps or something similar. Cheers, Edi. From alemmens at xs4all.nl Thu Jan 31 12:38:31 2008 From: alemmens at xs4all.nl (Arthur Lemmens) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:38:31 +0100 Subject: [eclm] Hotels in Amsterdam Message-ID: Hi, I got exactly two replies to my question on the eurolisp list about your experiences with hotels in Amsterdam, so I also did some research on my own. The results are below. I'm sure that many people on this list would still appreciate recommendations (or unrecommendations) from those of you who actually staid in Amsterdam hotels. So if you have anything to add, please don't hesitate... Arthur * Hotel and map info From Nick Levine Nick says, quoting an email from 2005: > I've booked via lastminute.com into the Nadia (Raadhuisstraat 51, I > think near the Keizersgracht). It has decent reviews, isn't too > expensive, is reasonably close to both the station and Arthur's > most recent guess as to where we'll be meeting, and I think there's > a chance it won't be too noisy. ... Early bells but not too bad. But: eaten alive by mosquitos (this was also the case in the hotel I stayed at in 2004, so maybe there's no winning?) Some Googling turned up Nadia's URL: http://www.nadia.nl. Nick also mentions that: http://www.hot-maps.de/europe/netherlands/amsterdam/homede.html is a really useful online streetmap. * Hotel unrecommendation from Dave Fox Dave Fox says: During ECLM'05 I stayed at Hotel Ajax, on Rokin. It was quite cheap and really really terrible. Do not go there. I wouldn't be surprised if Dave's unrecommendation also applies to some other hotels on Rokin. It's a street close to Central Station with quite a few tourist traps. * From Edi Weitz Edi says: I was at the "NH Tropen" once. Not exactly in the city center, but that might be a bonus as it was pretty quiet. Everything was more or less in walking distance, though, and it wasn't too shabby or too expensive. But not really posh, either... http://www.nh-hotels.com/nh/en/hotels/the-netherlands/amsterdam/nh-tropen.html * Where I might stay Here's a list of some hotels (ordered by price) where I might stay myself if I didn't live here. All of this is based on hearsay, general knowledge of the city and a bit of browsing, so I could be wrong... - Asterisk: http://www.asteriskhotel.nl/index_en.htm Address: Den Texstraat 16. Two stars. Room prices: 45-165 EUR. About 30 minutes walking distance from Felix Meritis (but there's also a tram going to the Leidseplein, which is close to Felix Meritis). Quiet location (not in the center, but not very far from the center either). Often used by my wife's colleague at the University of Amsterdam for foreign guests. - De Filosoof: http://www.hoteldefilosoof.nl Adress: Anna van den Vondelstraat 6. Three stars. Room prices: ca. 100-200 EUR. About 30 minutes walking distance from Felix Meritis (but there's also a tram going to the Leidseplein). Quiet location. Supposed to be a nice hotel. - Amsterdam American Hotel: http://www.booking.com/hotel/nl/american.html If you can afford it (room prices around 200 EUR), the Amsterdam American Hotel is probably a good choice. Four stars, great location (5-10 minutes walk from Felix Meritis), charming building. - Intercontinental Amstel: http://www.hotels.nl/amsterdam/amstel/ If you really have too much money (room prices starting at something like 350 EUR), try the Amstel Hotel, which is often visited by celebrities from all over the world (including at least one well known Lisper and his wife...). * Do it yourself - Booking.com Booking.com will let you search for hotels near one of their 'landmarks'. The landmark closest to Felix Meritis is probably "Begijnhof". Try http://www.booking.com/searchresults.html?landmark=12813 - Google Maps You can also try searching Google Maps for "hotel near Felix Meritis, Amsterdam". That's http://maps.google.com/maps?q=hotel+near+Felix+Meritis,+Amsterdam for those of you who rather click than type. From antoniotti.marco at disco.unimib.it Thu Jan 31 16:19:24 2008 From: antoniotti.marco at disco.unimib.it (Marco Antoniotti) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:19:24 +0100 Subject: [eclm] ECLM Message-ID: Hi just a note. The meeting is not (yet) listed in the Agenda of the FelixMerits (http://www.felix.meritis.nl/en/agenda/april/) Cheers Marco -- Marco Antoniotti From alemmens at xs4all.nl Thu Jan 31 16:25:19 2008 From: alemmens at xs4all.nl (Arthur Lemmens) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:25:19 +0100 Subject: [eclm] ECLM In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Marco Antoniotti wrote: > just a note. The meeting is not (yet) listed in the Agenda of the > FelixMerits (http://www.felix.meritis.nl/en/agenda/april/) Thanks, I'll tell them. Arthur From arend.vanderveen at gmail.com Thu Jan 31 22:34:08 2008 From: arend.vanderveen at gmail.com (Arend P. van der Veen) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:34:08 -0500 Subject: [eclm] Hotels in Amsterdam In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <47A24CE0.4020505@gmail.com> Hi Arthur, I was wondering if you had any idea how convenient (or inconvenient) the following hotel is. Amsterdam Marriott Hotel Stadhouderskade 12 Amsterdam We usually stay in Marriots when we travel. Regards, Arend Arthur Lemmens wrote: > Hi, > > I got exactly two replies to my question on the eurolisp list about > your experiences with hotels in Amsterdam, so I also did some research > on my own. The results are below. > > I'm sure that many people on this list would still appreciate > recommendations (or unrecommendations) from those of you who actually > staid in Amsterdam hotels. So if you have anything to add, please > don't hesitate... > > Arthur > > > > * Hotel and map info From Nick Levine > > Nick says, quoting an email from 2005: > > > I've booked via lastminute.com into the Nadia (Raadhuisstraat 51, I > > think near the Keizersgracht). It has decent reviews, isn't too > > expensive, is reasonably close to both the station and Arthur's > > most recent guess as to where we'll be meeting, and I think there's > > a chance it won't be too noisy. ... > > Early bells but not too bad. > > But: eaten alive by mosquitos (this was also the case in the hotel I > stayed at in 2004, so maybe there's no winning?) > > Some Googling turned up Nadia's URL: http://www.nadia.nl. Nick also > mentions that: > > http://www.hot-maps.de/europe/netherlands/amsterdam/homede.html is > a really useful online streetmap. > > > > * Hotel unrecommendation from Dave Fox > > Dave Fox says: > > During ECLM'05 I stayed at Hotel Ajax, on Rokin. It was quite cheap > and really really terrible. Do not go there. > > I wouldn't be surprised if Dave's unrecommendation also applies to > some other hotels on Rokin. It's a street close to Central Station > with quite a few tourist traps. > > > * From Edi Weitz > > Edi says: > > I was at the "NH Tropen" once. Not exactly in the city center, but > that might be a bonus as it was pretty quiet. Everything was more or > less in walking distance, though, and it wasn't too shabby or too > expensive. But not really posh, either... > > http://www.nh-hotels.com/nh/en/hotels/the-netherlands/amsterdam/nh-tropen.html > > > * Where I might stay > > Here's a list of some hotels (ordered by price) where I might stay > myself if I didn't live here. All of this is based on hearsay, > general knowledge of the city and a bit of browsing, so I could be > wrong... > > > - Asterisk: http://www.asteriskhotel.nl/index_en.htm > > Address: Den Texstraat 16. > Two stars. Room prices: 45-165 EUR. > > About 30 minutes walking distance from Felix Meritis (but there's > also a tram going to the Leidseplein, which is close to Felix > Meritis). Quiet location (not in the center, but not very far from > the center either). Often used by my wife's colleague at the > University of Amsterdam for foreign guests. > > > - De Filosoof: http://www.hoteldefilosoof.nl > > Adress: Anna van den Vondelstraat 6. > Three stars. Room prices: ca. 100-200 EUR. > > About 30 minutes walking distance from Felix Meritis (but there's > also a tram going to the Leidseplein). Quiet location. Supposed to > be a nice hotel. > > > - Amsterdam American Hotel: http://www.booking.com/hotel/nl/american.html > > If you can afford it (room prices around 200 EUR), the Amsterdam > American Hotel is probably a good choice. Four stars, great > location (5-10 minutes walk from Felix Meritis), charming building. > > > - Intercontinental Amstel: http://www.hotels.nl/amsterdam/amstel/ > > If you really have too much money (room prices starting at something > like 350 EUR), try the Amstel Hotel, which is often visited by > celebrities from all over the world (including at least one well > known Lisper and his wife...). > > > * Do it yourself > > - Booking.com > > Booking.com will let you search for hotels near one of their > 'landmarks'. The landmark closest to Felix Meritis is probably > "Begijnhof". Try > > http://www.booking.com/searchresults.html?landmark=12813 > > > - Google Maps > > You can also try searching Google Maps for "hotel near Felix > Meritis, Amsterdam". That's > > http://maps.google.com/maps?q=hotel+near+Felix+Meritis,+Amsterdam > > for those of you who rather click than type. > > > _______________________________________________ > eclm mailing list > eclm at common-lisp.net > http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/eclm > From alemmens at xs4all.nl Thu Jan 31 23:19:52 2008 From: alemmens at xs4all.nl (Arthur Lemmens) Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:19:52 +0100 Subject: [eclm] Hotels in Amsterdam In-Reply-To: <47A24CE0.4020505@gmail.com> References: <47A24CE0.4020505@gmail.com> Message-ID: Arend van der Veen wrote: > I was wondering if you had any idea how convenient (or inconvenient) the > following hotel is. > > Amsterdam Marriott Hotel > Stadhouderskade 12 > Amsterdam The location is fine: a few minutes walking from the Leidseplein, and a few more minutes to Felix Meritis. It's also within walking distance of the Saturday evening boat cruise. But there's a lot of traffic on the Stadhouderskade near the Marriott, so I suppose it could be a bit noisy. If you like Marriott hotels, I think it wouldn't be a bad choice. Arthur