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ProZ.com powwow: Friday night - First encounter

April 27, 2007, 6:30 pm
HungaryBudapestIn personEnglish
A powwow is planned for people who arrive in Budapest by Friday.

THE LOCATION OF FRIDAY'S DINNER IS NOW FINAL.

There will be a fold-out city map pinned on a message board in the hotel lobby, with the most important places of interest marked, including all dinner locations.
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LOCATION:

Birdland café

TIME: 18:30 till 01:00

This place is located just in front of the Music Academy, under a large statue of Franz Liszt, on the corner of Liszt Ferenc tér and Király utca.

1. How to get there:

A. From Oktogon

Go to Oktogon. Walk to the left from Hotel Benczúr till the end of Benczúr utca. Turn right at Bajza utca. Cross the main avenue (Andrássy út). Take the underground for three stops, to Oktogon. You might as well walk, you get there in 10 minutes.

Once you are at Oktogon, walk towards the city center. Just a hundred meters later you will find two elongated squares opposite each other. The one on your right hand is Liszt Ferenc tér, perhaps the liveliest spot in Budapest, with many open-air cafés. Walk past all cafés, until the far end of the square, next to a small parking lot. Birdland is right there, under a green Beck's sunshade.

B. On Király utca.

Alternatively, you can take another route as well, parallel to Andrássy út. As you walk to the left from Hotel Benczúr, go till the end of the street. Here, on Bajza utca, turn left. At the next intersection with the traffic lights, you will see a little church on your left. There's a trolley bus stop right there. You should take number 78.
Take this trolley bus until you cross Erzsébet körút - this is a wide boulevard with traffic jams and crowded yellow trams. Get off right after you cross this road. You will get off at another small church. Walk back one block, then turn left. Birdland will be there in the first building, under a green Beck's sunshade.

You might as well walk all the way. At the traffic light at Bajza utca (where you see the church on your left), turn right on Városligeti fasor. You will cross a small square called Lövölde tér, then continue straight ahead. From this point, the street is called Király utca. Walk ahead, past the main boulevard. You will soon see the Music Academy on your right. Birdland is right there, under a green Beck's sunshade.

The indoors area is reserved for us from 18:30. When you get there, the "code" is either "Proz.com" or "Bán Csaba".

The indoors area has 50 seats. As not all of us will eat at the same time, this should be no problem, even we turn out to be more than 70.

The decor of this restaurant is jazz theme, as its name suggests, but they are very strong in traditional Hungarian cuisine.


As on all powwows, everybody is expected to pay for their own consumption. Everybody is welcome - even if you do not attend the conference itself.

You will be requested to ask for a bill before you move to another table. A service charge is not included, but you are expected to give some tip, somewhere between 5 and 10%, by rounding up the value.

(E.g. 2820 will be 3000, 3380 will be 3600, etc.)

There will be live piano music between 8 and 11.


When you sign up, please enter at least the following information in your line: (1) if you bring any guests, if yes, how many, (2) if you plan to have a dinner. (E.g. "1 guest, yes - looking forward to this" or "No - only some booze then I go snooze", etc.)


This powwow is planned for April 27th, Friday evening, from 6 pm onwards.

Main conference page
Conference powwow page to indicate interest in the conference
April 30th (Monday) - Evening dinner and party
April 28th (Saturday) - Pre-conference large powwow


Event Organizers:

Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni

Csaba Ban

mariajorge

Philippe Carino




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: organizer : photos : report : host

Interested members (67) / Confirmed: 23 / Tentative: 7
Name NoteWill Attend
Csaba Ban  \"Organizer\" \"Reporter\" probably with my wife / dinner  
Philippe Carino  \"Organizer\" \"Reporter\" Will try to be in if my plane does not reach Budapest too late. Philippe Carino. Cheers.  
mariajorge  \"Organizer\" \"Reporter\" \"Photographer\" Dinner, Please  y
Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni  \"Organizer\" \"Reporter\" Will not be able to attend, but will see you all tomorrow :))  n
Louis Mitler   ...  
Szymon Metkowski   ...  
Stanislaw Kulikowski   ...  
Ilona Kangro   ...  
Chun Un   ...  
Martine Brault   ...  
XRebekka Groß (X)   1 guest, somewhere where they still serve food aroun 9/9:30 pm would be great as our flight gets in at 7:30 pm  y
Magda Dziadosz   just me, dinner, please :)  
Özden Arıkan   Sorry, my plans changed. I'm flying on the 28th, so can't make it to the first encounter :-(  n
Jerzy Czopik  \"Reporter\" Maybe together with my better parts (2 of them)  m
Philippe Maillard   Just me / Yes  y
nordiste   2 / light diner please   y
Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart   Just realised this is Friday night, the day we arrive. Not sure what our plans are yet.  m
Petra Winter   Just me / yes  m
Lydia Molea   Just me / yes  m
Harald Ericsson   me + wife and baby/ yes dinner  
Parrot   Just me / with dinner  y
XPaula Israeli   paula israjlewicz  
Malgorzata (Maggie) Hickey   Just me /might grab something local (a meal)  
Marijke Mayer   we will be arriving on this day, so depends on the time and proximity.  m
Ines Lassnig   Just me / dinner  
Nicole Maina   Just me / dinner  y
Marguerite Knox   just me / dinner please, vegetarian option if possible  y
Giuliana Buscaglione   light dinner  y
XElizabeth Hill Barsanti (X)   Elizabeth Hill - light vegetarian dinner if possible  
Steve Yates   Just me, dinner  y
Anette Hilgendag   just me, dinner (and maybe some booze later as well)  
Tania Martins   Probably attending with 1 guest (dinner for both)  
MonikaB   Just me / dinner  m
Hervé du Verle   possibly, but depending on our arrival time at the hotel... (2 p.)  
Helena Diaz del Real   me alone / dinner yes please and loooots of fun!! ;o))  y
Bram Poldervaart   I will try to be there  
Nora Zilahy   e-spell will be there, cheers  
XAllisonK (X)   It'll be just me/assuming I get in on time I would love to join you for dinner as well!  y
Bojan Kicurovski   me+wife/yes  y
William [Bill] Gray   One hungry person attending, so dinner would be a yes, please!  y
XAgnieszka Hayward (X)  \"Photographer\" salads would be a much welcome option/ me +1/ have u considered the Fatal restaurant? Great food!  
Susan Starling   I'll try to come but my plane's not getting in til 22:35. Any chance of getting food after 11 p.m.?  m
Lorenzo Lilli   Just me/dinner (not 100% sure yet)  
lenapires   I will attend alone after all (dinner for one)  y
kyoko oyama  \"Reporter\" Just me/dinner/first meet  
Irina Nesterenko   I'll join you with pleasure. Only me, would love to try national cuisine -so, yes, dinner.   y
mihaelairimes   Mihaela Anca Irimes and Elena Loredana Iordanoiu / light dinner  y
Veronika Wagner   me with a friend, light dinner   y
Johanna von der Vring   Johanna von der Vring  
Laura Huttu   Just me / dinner if it is still served after 9PM (I will arrive that evening so I will join u at around that time)  y
juvera  \"Host\" Dinner. I clicked on the hosting icon, I hope I can be of some help.  y
Helga Humlova   will attend, if not too tired after 6 hours driving to Budapest...  
Judy Schoen   just me, light dinner  
Dr. Peter Szikinger   Just me, light dinner  
Terry Gilman   "me and Rüdiger," will eat, think we may not arrive until after 19:00  y
Tatiana Zhyvylo   Me + 1 guest / dinner  y
XDiana Cossato (X)   I'll be there and I might eat! :)  
Janet Ratziu   I'll try to be there for dinner  
nocciola   Me and maybe 1 guest for light dinner  y
Edward Potter   Sign me up. Dinner for me.  
Rosana Herrero   just me, dinner  
XMurielP (X)   Just me, light dinner  
Vittorio Preite   + 1 guest  
Xleff   Maybe. Me + 1, dinner  
XZsuzsanna Tóth (X)   I can only join around 9.00 PM (no dinner, no guest)  y
Marianne Vizkelety   I can join only for a short time (no dinner, no guest)  
Austra Muizniece   Just me, possibly dinner  




Postings about this event


Powwow: Budapest - Hungary
Csaba Ban
Csaba Ban  Identity Verified
Hungary
Local time: 04:05
Member (2002)
English to Hungarian
+ ...
Fatál Mar 27, 2007

Fatál is one of my favourites, but it's not really suitable for a large group, as they have secluded boxes.

 
Agnieszka Hayward (X)
Agnieszka Hayward (X)
Poland
Local time: 04:05
German to Polish
+ ...
Fatál Apr 7, 2007

Such a big group won't be able to communicate efficiently, even if we're all seated at one (huge!) tableicon_eek.gif)

But, I guess you are right. At least it would be nice to have eye contact with all the powwow attendants. See you all there! can't wait.


 
Giuliana Buscaglione
Giuliana Buscaglione  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 19:05
Member (2001)
German to Italian
+ ...
Which is the final place we meet? Café Eklektika? Apr 19, 2007

Hi Csaba, when you have a moment time, could you please post/confirm on each powwow page the name + address of the respective restaurant/café we'll meet? Thanks, I'd like to print the info before leaving.
Giuliana


 
Csaba Ban
Csaba Ban  Identity Verified
Hungary
Local time: 04:05
Member (2002)
English to Hungarian
+ ...
Finalized Apr 19, 2007

This afternoon I managed to finalize the venue for our first meeting. See all details on the powwow page.

 

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