Re: [78attendees] WARNING !!! Re: Maastricht to Brussels-Nat-Aero, Sat 07:09

Thank you very much, David.
I traveled with Warren and Sriram, we've done successfully.

B. R.
Tina
http://tinatsou.weebly.com/index.html

On Aug 1, 2010, at 9:05 AM, david.black@emc.com wrote:

> Hi Tina,
>
> I checked the Belgian train schedules for you.  Assuming the train  
> from
> Liege is on time, there are trains from Brussels Nord to the airport  
> at
> 17:59 and 18:15 - you do not need to spend 50min waiting at Brussels
> Nord.
>
> For when you're traveling on Sunday, it's not faster to change at  
> Leuven
> (Louvain).  At Liege, be sure to catch the 17:00 train to Louvain,
> Brussels (there's a 17:06 to Brussels that makes a lot more stops and
> takes much longer).
>
> Thanks,
> --David
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78attendees-bounces@ietf.org
> [mailto:78attendees-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Tina TSOU
>> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 5:10 PM
>> To: jordi.palet@consulintel.es
>> Cc: 78attendees@ietf.org
>> Subject: Re: [78attendees] WARNING !!! Re: Maastricht to
> Brussels-Nat-Aero, Sat 07:09
>>
>> The counter in Maastricht gave me the route for Sunday like this.
>> Maastricht			v16:09
>> Liege-Guillemins		a 16:42
>> 					v 17:00
>> Brussel-Nord		a 17:54
>> 					v 18:45
>> Brussel Nat. Luchthv   a 18:56
>>
>> Is it the route you took? Should I return my ticket and take taxi?  
>> How
>> much is it about taking taxi from Maastricht to Brussels?
>>
>>
>> B. R.
>> Tina
>> http://tinatsou.weebly.com/contact.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 30, 2010, at 9:57 PM, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
>>
>>> - Don't believe at all in the info about the trains that they
>>> provide in the
>>> web site.
>>>
>>> - Don't believe at all in the info the employees in the train
> stations
>>> provide
>>>
>>> I will suggest to relay only in the people that drive the trains
>>> itself,
>>> according to my today experience.
>>>
>>> I was flying out from Brussels to Madrid.
>>>
>>> I decided just in case to take an earlier train that actually
> needed.
>>>
>>> I was in the station 40 minutes before the train should leave. It
>>> was a
>>> direct express train from Maastricht to Brussels North and then only
>>> one
>>> change to the airport.
>>>
>>> Guess what ... IT WAS NOT TRUE. I needed to change the train 4
>>> times. In the
>>> first change in Liege for the info about the right itinerary, and
>>> after,
>>> asked for a complain form proving them that the web site was WRONG.
>>> They
>>> told me it is outdated and they know it for ages ...
>>>
>>> Well the worst is that the new itinerary was also INCORRECT ! I only
>>> discovered it asking to the train driver who provided me the right
>>> itinerary
>>> to all the way thru in order to be able to be in the airport 36
>>> minutes
>>> before my train departure.
>>>
>>> I was not lucky, and the check-in was already closed and was not
>>> able to get
>>> my bags thru (no problem with me because I had already my boarding
>>> pass), so
>>> needed to get my bags directly into the plane as a very special
> favor
>>> because I'm Platinum level in Iberia, throwing away some of the
>>> liquids in
>>> the security control, and when arrived to Madrid, discovered that my
>>> bag was
>>> lost in the way (a direct flight !).
>>>
>>> It seems that I will get it tomorrow, as local staff forgot to put
>>> it on the
>>> plane, even if I run across all the airport with the bag !
>>>
>>> Of course, I'm going to claim for injuries to the train system, even
>>> if I
>>> need to spend money in lawyers, but definitively, we should boycott
>>> any new
>>> meeting that need to use the Belgium/Netherlands train system.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry about this but, even if I was quite the last days with all
>>> the
>>> noise about the trains, and I was thinking that people was
>>> exaggerating, now
>>> I realize that the people was completely right, THEY HAVE THE WORST
>>> TRAIN
>>> SYSTEM IN THE WORLD.
>>>
>>> So please, IAOC/secretariat. For any NEXT MEETING make sure that the
>>> official web sites for transport are 9999% ACCURATE, 100% is not
>>> enough.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Jordi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Gregory Lebovitz <gregory.ietf@gmail.com>
>>> Reply-To: <gregory.ietf@gmail.com>
>>> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:44:19 -0700
>>> To: <78attendees@ietf.org>
>>> Subject: [78attendees] Maastricht to Brussels-Nat-Aero, Sat 07:09
>>>
>>> Hey all,
>>> I'm heading to the Brussels airport on Saturday morning, early. I've
>>> got a
>>> 07:09 train from Maastricht city center, with two transfers, that
>>> gets me
>>> into Bruxelles-Nat-Aero at 09:10, in time for my 11:00 flight.
>>>
>>> Anyone from NH want to share a cab to the train station, and make
> the
>>> journey together?
>>>
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