Stuttgart Winefest

Anyone fancy getting together for a few glasses of vino? I know Yamyam is a connisseur of fine wine and I'm sure he would be more than willing to bring his expertise along and inform us of the nuances of a young Trollinger

might be a laugh if the weather stays nice??

Definitely up for it, Nicole, but September 3rd isn't ideal cos England are playing Wales that day. How's about the 10th?

Think I could manage one or two... purely for cultural reasons of course... my palate needs familarising with German plonk.

Should think yamyam will need me more than one or two glasses when he gets back

Definately up for a few vino´s!

10th would probably be better for me - have requested that weekend off work anyway in Sept - won´t know if I´m free tho til end of Aug when I get my Dienstplan - its an arse innit!?

I´ll just try and slot myself in with what dates you all decide!

10th is fine for me.

Some friends have decided to have their wedding party on the 3rd - I have already informed them I will be a bit tipsy after celebrating

Any room for a lonely expat left in your round ???

Stephen

The 10th is looking promising then Stephen everyone is welcome. We don't discriminate age color or sex,

I heard you can reserve a table, anyone know how to go about it???

Age: even over 30's welome ??
Colour: Which one is at the top of traffic lights ??
Sex: What is that ??

Stephen

I hope over 30's are welcome otherwise there will be no one there

- best see if you can reserve Clairey an extra big glass as well

I bloody hope so or else i'll have to stay home with my zimmer frame

@Clairey: Bad news for you I'm afraid -- they won't be serving drinks in anything over 0.25-litre glasses, so it looks like you'll have to bring your own 1-litre Krug!

judging by the enthuastic response to this thread it looks like everyone really needs a drink

No probs, I´ve got a couple at home that I nicked from the last Beer Fest , i´ll bring em along!!!

@ Loopy, - Oh God yeah - I´m always thirsty!!!

I noticed

*lookingforewardtomeetingyouguys*

But when, where, and how ??

Stephen

Stuttgart is too far for me but I'll be there in spirit...I'll be pickling myself in spirit

@Stephen, you're an eager beaver Now if you had read the other thread properly you would know that we have already surpassed ourselves with regards to organisation by agreeing on date this far in advance.

@ Hellie, get a cheapo flight from stanstead to stutti with germanwings ...

ops, didnt change my profile... :$ Not in UK anymore

@ loopy I read it all - *promise*
but when ( time )
Where ( meeting point )
how will I recognise anyone

I'm sure one of them will have a red rose between their cheeks...erm...I mean teeth

@ Hellie. Darmstadt is just around the corner
Only a few mins on the Train ... *nudge nudge wink wink ...*

Stephen

now I know you haven't read all of the other thread...

Got me !!

but reading was never my strongest subject...

Stephen

p.s. the 19 th is a monday, is that correct ??

it is, but we're meeting on the 10th (the Saturday)

Hmm, the 10th ?

If I come, I will have to bring my kid with me, as I don't want to loose out on precious Time that I have with him ... I do only have him on Weekends

Stephen

sure, yamyam brought yamazuki with him last time and I think there have been kids at other meet-ups

Any thoughts on time yet?

how about we put a pork pie and a bag of scrachins on top of the clock and meet up then

3 p.m.? Same meeting point as last time? Or are people wanting to make it more of an evening affair this time...? Only if anybody wants to bring their kids, the afternoon would be more appropriate. What do folks think?

3pm is fine with me


have you got Korsakoff Syndrome? I left at 10 and you were all still there...

I left at 10:05, honest. 'Cos like my dad always told me, if I'm not in bed by 10 o'clock,... I've got to go home.

and there I was thinking what a clean cut, upstanding, young man you were

3pm is good for me too

I'm 'over there' that weekend, so can't make it .. Think I'm going down this Saturday ( after the football in O'Reillys!) could be messy, Wine after beer and all that!

@JDee, bad planning or what!

wine is supposed to be ok after beer, it's the other way round that is supposed to cause problems!

First beer then wine is fine - a German proverb, apparently

Papperlapapp!

You go for it, John. Personally, I'll be hanging around at OR's to cheer on the Sweaties.

3pm is good, as I can come with my son.
But where exactly ?
Really looking foreward to meeting you guys !!!

Stephen

Seeing as most people will probably be arriving in Stuttgart at the Hauptbahnhof, I'd suggest meeting again at 3 p.m. at the bottom of the escalators at the bottom of Königstraße again. After the last time, it became apparent that it could be slightly confusing as to exactly which escalators are meant, so imagine you're standing on the Königstraße (big pedestrianised street full of shops), looking down it towards the Hauptbahnhof; right in front of you before the main road is a wide entrance going downwards with some wide steps going down on the left side, and two escalators (one up, one down) on the right side. The meeting place last time was at the bottom of these escalators.

Reg, what's Papperlapapp ??

@loopy yes, bad planning but I'm looking forward to the next one, whenever that is.

Balderdash, twaddle, tosh, bunkum, cobblers, piffle, poppycock, claptrap, bullshit , guff, pap, nonsense, bilge, garbage,... errm, you get my drift?

reggie: I couldn't have said it any better...

but I think that Rubbish should have been included in your list...

Stephen

Yamster will you be wearing your tweed suit and monocle to the wine fest???

I have to add that I don't particularly care for German wine, so if someone can recommend a very dry red then I'd appreciate it. That sweet white stuff takes the enamel off your teeth :doh:

Hi, just recently discovered this board.

I'm from Canada, and I've been living in Stuttgart for 5 years now.
It's always nice to meet some new people, and other native English speakers aren't always that easy to find! Can I come along to the next meet-up?

cheers,
Ana

Sure ana, why not. I will be a first timer aswell.

Looking foreward to meeting you !!

Stephen

I'm with you on that Nicole, not much of a white wine drinker but can drink the red stuff till the cows come home [img]http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/ernaehrung/food-smiley-006.gif[/img]

I'm not sure if there is much to choose from as far as German red wine goes... when I was living in Tübingen the only local one I found was a Trollinger and I think they are a bit hit and miss so I am open to suggestions as well...

@Ana, welcome on board - see you on Saturday

has any one told the first-timers about the initiation process yet?

@loopy, are you trying to say something ???

I thought we'd agreed that we were on dodgy legal ground the way we were doing it though...?