-- Announcement -- Treeleaf Sangha Winter Retreat 2011

[Myoku]

Re: -- Announcement -- Treeleaf Sangha Winter Retreat 2011

Hello,
Does one have to buy train tickets before entering the train or can I buy it from staff in the train ?
_()_
Peter

[Jinyu]

Re: -- Announcement -- Treeleaf Sangha Winter Retreat 2011

Hi Peter!
It is important to try to get a ticket before. If you can't, try to show (with your hand) to the 'ticket controller' that you need something and sit in the train he will come to you!
Sometimes, they ask to pay a bit more if you ask your ticket in the train IF you didn't try to contact the controller. But it is a very tiny line and a little train, and they usually are quite cool!

have a nice day,
gassho,
Jinyu

[Myoku]

Re: -- Announcement -- Treeleaf Sangha Winter Retreat 2011

Thank you Jinyu,
i feel well prepared for the journey, thanks for everything,
_()_
Peter

[Dokan]

Re: -- Announcement -- Treeleaf Sangha Winter Retreat 2011

Anyone else had any luck with hotels. Seems some don't accept arriving on the 30th/31st...and some are booked up. So far no luck on myside. Soen?

Thanks,

s

[Myoku]

Re: -- Announcement -- Treeleaf Sangha Winter Retreat 2011

When I travel for the company I usually book via booking.com
_()_
Peter

[Myozan Kodo]

Re: -- Announcement -- Treeleaf Sangha Winter Retreat 2011

Hi Shawn,
Booked up! Doh! Will look into booking later today and will get back to you. I thought it would be no problem. But I guess it's only a few weeks to Christmas!
Gassho
Soen

[Myoku]

Re: -- Announcement -- Treeleaf Sangha Winter Retreat 2011

I checked booking com for 30 and they showed me 104 hotels "near" Kortenberg,
here is one in brussels with a single room at 60 Euro

http://tinyurl.com/brux2qw

You can switch the language top right on the page. Their search engine
lets you choose price ranges. Hope this helps
_()_
peter

[Hans]

Re: -- Announcement -- Treeleaf Sangha Winter Retreat 2011

Hello,

in case you find nowhere to stay, please drop me an email and I'll ask my wife whether she has any friends in Brussels I might call in order to find a place.

All the best and Gassho,

Hans Chudo Mongen

[Tb]

Re: -- Announcement -- Treeleaf Sangha Winter Retreat 2011

Hi.

Can we make an group booking?
We are two from sweden coming and we haven't booked any either, not for the 26th or the 29-30th..

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Myozan Kodo]

Re: -- Announcement -- Treeleaf Sangha Winter Retreat 2011

Hi all,
I arrive on the 27th in the morning at about 11am. So, I'll hang about for the day. Does anyone want to meet for lunch and then make our way out for the retreat together?

Then when the retreat ends on the 30th I'm staying in the Aris Grand Place Hotel, Grasmarkt 78-80. It was Euro82 for the night. It's right near to the Grand Place in the centre. I found it on booking.com, as suggested, and took the plunge.

I'm flying home on the 31st early.

Gassho
Soen

"Aris Hotel is ideally set in the centre of Brussels. It offers sound-proofed rooms less than 100 metres from the Grand Place and only 300 metres from Brussel-Centraal Metro Station.

All of the rooms at Aris Grand Place Hotel are air-conditioned and feature a cable TV and a work desk. Each room also has an en suite bathroom with a bath or shower and a hairdryer.

The Manneken Pis Statue is a 5-minute walk from Aris. The Parc de Bruxelles and the BELvue Museum are just over a 10-minute walk from the hotel. The Magritte Museum is just over 5 minutes’ walk away.

Aris Grand Place has a 24-hour front desk and a spacious lobby with a seating area. There is a computer terminal in the business centre which guests can use."

[Govert]

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Hi Guys

Sorry to drop in so late, I moved back to Mortsel (Antwerpen) and I have internet again. I will attend as well; I have 3 zafu's and 1 zafuton I can take with me. If someone needs to be picked up somewhere please let me know.
I can sleep on a 'airmatress' I'll bring along with me. If you need anything else, let me know ( kitchen material, statue of buddha, incense, cloth rack for kimonos, ..)


Gassho

Ensho
(Joris)

[Dokan]

Re: -- Announcement -- Treeleaf Sangha Winter Retreat 2011

Hi all,
I arrive on the 27th in the morning at about 11am. So, I'll hang about for the day. Does anyone want to meet for lunch and then make our way out for the retreat together?

Definitely! My travel plans are:

• - Leave Dallas evening of 25th.
  - Get to Brussels on 26th afternoon.
  - Hopefully meet up with anyone else arriving early for dinner!
  - Meet Soen for lunch
  - Head to Abbey
  - Sit & Sew (26th-30th)
  - Head back to Brussels on the 30th
  - Tool around Brussels for a couple days (Anyone else around after the retreat?)
  - Fly back to Dallas on the 1st.

Then when the retreat ends on the 30th I'm staying in the Aris Grand Place Hotel, Grasmarkt 78-80. It was Euro82 for the night. It's right near to the Grand Place in the centre. I found it on booking.com, as suggested, and took the plunge.

I went ahead and booked it for my three nights as well. As there is no cancellation fees, should something change or someone else find a better deal I can always switch. But it's nice that it's so central and close to the train as well, making moving between airport hotel abbey hotel airport much easier.

Thanks Soen!


Gassho,

Shawn

[Hans]

Re: -- Announcement -- Treeleaf Sangha Winter Retreat 2011

Hello,

I'd love to meet you folks for lunch but will go directly to the abbey on the 27th morningish/noonish it seems. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

All the best and Gassho,

Hans Chudo Mongen

[Myozan Kodo]

Re: -- Announcement -- Treeleaf Sangha Winter Retreat 2011

Hi Hans,
Need a hand at the Abbey? I can go straight there to help set up. If you don't want or need help I will meet up for lunch first before heading out.
Gassho
Soen

[Taigu]

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Ensho,

So glad you are part of this...
I would like everybody to focus on rakusu sewing. Bring material and extra material to sew rakusus please.

I should be arriving on the 27th and after the actual retreat we will have a party in the city center of Bruxels.

gassho


Taigu