Re: [78attendees] We'll meet again...

[Joe Touch <[e-mail]>]

Hi, all,

I too enjoyed visiting Maastricht, and like the idea of not always going 
to the same large places repeatedly, and don't mind a brief (2-hour or 
less) train ride after a flight.

That said, I would appreciate future locations be less 'pinned', i.e., 
where at least some alternatives (for lunch, [brewed] coffee, or just to 
take a break) were available within a reasonably brief walk.

This is less an issue with city size than with venue location within the 
city. IMO, Hiroshima, Stockholm, Anaheim, and Vancouver had this, but 
Maastricht and Dublin's venues (NOT the cities) made the week more 
difficult than it needed to be.

Joe

On 8/6/2010 8:09 AM, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
>
> Cities like Maastricht and Hiroshima offer the "all in one place"
> experience. Pretty much everything your would want to see/buy/eat
> could be gotten to by foot, a short cab ride or even the tram.
> This is also very much true for places like Oslo, Vancouver, and
> yes Amsterdam (apart from the separation of venue and hotels for
> an event as large as the IETF).
>
> This has a lot more to do with geography than it has to do with
> population density.
>
> Ole
>
> Ole J. Jacobsen
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