Re: [9fans] Any Brits going to iwp9? ...

[hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com>]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Jonas A <jonas.amoson@home.se> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> This is my travelling plans from Sweden;
>
> Tuesday 28th: Train from Trollhättan to Copenhagen. Fly from there to
> Thessaloniki in Greece (changing flights in Frankfurt am Main).
>
> From Thessaloniki [???????????] (second largest city in Greece) I'll
> take the train
> to Larisa [???????] and from there the train to Volos [?????]. To
> figure this out,
> I had to use 1) Thomas Cook rail atlas over Europe 2) www.ose.gr and
> 3) google
> translate. As far as I have figured, OSE only show direct connexions,
> you have
> to _know_ where to change trains. But then, I don't understand greek.
>
> I have yet to decide if I am sleeping one night in Thessaloniki before
> I go to
> Volos, or if will try to catch a late train, giving me a whole day to
> relax in Volos,
> before the workshop begins.
>
> I am thinking of staying at Alexandros hotel instead of Park hotel, as
> the former
> seems to be a bit cheaper (I asked Park Hotel about the IWP9 discount,
> but it was EUR68 a night, and Alexandros was like EUR49). Have not
> booked yet.
>
> My flight back from Thessaloniki is on sunday 2th October before
> lunch, so I
> will take the train the day before. I have tried to avoid to tight
> margins, to minimise
> the risk of getting stuck somewhere. :-)
>
> /Jonas (this is by the way, my first post to this group)
>
>

How long does the train take from Saloniki to Volos? I couldn't find
anything about that, a lot of people here claim that it takes ages:)