h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

map of Dusselvillage? it's a village, isn't it? ok ok ok ok .. so there is an airport .. so? Schiphol has its own airport and that's a hole in the ground and a cow

and I think the cow moved quite some time ago..

yes, it is a dorf

but what is a düssel

A river

well in a week from now we'll know all about it

a river? really?

when i was young (in another millenium) there was a german schlager called "wärst du doch in düsseldorf geblieben"

my sister soon changed that into "wärst du dussel doch im dorf geblieben"

Oh, we all changed it to this text. Wasn't Dorte (the singer) Danish?

yes, i think she was/is

She's not even that old.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorthe_Kollo

oh, i could never date anyone that young

I diodn't suggest you to date her.

oh all right then

but could you give me her phone number anyway

No.

Btw, I just remebered: one of her songs was 'Oh Pardon, sind sie der Graf von Luxemburg...'

Now we differenciated our grandparents so one were Oma and Opa Donn (cause that was where they lived), and the others, being local, were just Oma and Opa. And my sister understood that Dothe sang: Opa Donn, sind Sie der Graf von Luxemburg.

conny, girlfriend of mine, lived in luxembourg for several years

we used to refer to her as "conny de lux"

I'm in the process of booking - I've found a way of doing it for no more than the weekly shop would cost. As I shan't be there to do the weekly shop that weekend, I won't be out of pocket!

The hotel I've chosen is not far from RF's, but I've gone for a cheaper one. The reason I needed a map was to check where the hotel was in relation to everything else - I've made that mistake before! But Düsseldorf has a great interactive online map so I could get my bearings easily.

I arrive at 10.44 on the Saturday and leave at 11.17 the Sunday morning. Sho and B'El have my mobile number. I think Malabarista and Pierce adn possibly Remarkable Firefly are the only ones I haven't met yet, so recognition will be no problem!

Look forward to seeing you all!

ditto

Same here: Mala and Pierce are the 'big unknown variables'.

Hooray! I'm an unknown variable!

two unknown variables?

You'll need the Matrix to solve us!