[Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

[Finne Boonen]

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 17:50, James Owen <jowen at wikimedia.org> wrote:

>
> On Jul 2, 2010, at 8:37 AM, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:
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> On 02/07/2010 11:09 AM, phoebe ayers wrote:
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> Hi guys,
>
>
> I am not on the official logistics team so I cannot tell you exactly where
>
> to go when you arrive. But I can give you a little bit of general gdansk
>
> travel information:
>
>
>
> Thanks, Phoebe, that's appreciated.  It's the first time I travel to a
> location where I do not speak any of the local languages so basic
> expectations are useful to have (how much to expect paying for a cab
> amongst them).
>
> How likely is it that people involved in trourism (cabbies, hotel staff,
> restaurants) speak basic English or French?  I'm generally fairly good
> at improvising enough of a pidgin to get by if I have a fair expectation
> that I have at least some vocabulary in common.
>
> -- Coren / Marc
>
>
> Marc,
>
> I visited Gdansk briefly in April before the Chapters Conference and found
> it an easy city to navigate.  For most everyone once you are in the city
> center walking will be your primary mode of transportation. For some of the
> dorms it might be a slightly longer walk (25 min or so) but the small and
> beautiful nature of Gdansk makes the walk feel much shorter.
>
> While visiting Gdansk I met with 9 hotels and went into several
> restaurants.  English is not as fluent in Gdansk as it would be in urban and
> western European cities, but I had no major problems communicating or
> getting the appropriate message across.  Hotel staff were mostly fluent in
> english and always willing to help. In restaurants I found a lower
> percentage of English speakers, likely around 50%, higher in the more
> tourist traveled areas and lower in more local restaurants.  The same was
> true for taxis so it might be useful to write down the address for the
> driver in advance of getting in a cab.  An additional suggestion for anyone
> who might need to go to a pharmacy is to speak with a staff person in your
> hotel before going into the pharmacy, have them write down the polish words
> for your symptoms or the medication you desire, over the counter drugs are
> sold through the pharmacist so you will need to clearly communicate your
> ailments.
>
> I look forward to seeing everyone next week, safe travels.
>
> Regards,
> James T. Owen
>
>
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Airwolf&me have updated the wiki with a bit of how-to-get-to-Gdansk info :)

http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Getting_to_Gda%C5%84sk#By_air

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