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

> 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

I absolutely agree with this opinion.

KIM, K.

On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 5:00 AM, Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> wrote:

> 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
>> Editor and Publisher,  The Internet Protocol Journal
>> Cisco Systems
>> Tel: +1 408-527-8972   Mobile: +1 415-370-4628
>> E-mail: ole@cisco.com  URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj
>>
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