Forwarding >dsh and >>Nick's emails back to the team...
dsh wrote on Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 23:56:49 +0200: > Looks like most travels from Heidelberg to Stuttgart are without stops > in between, except the S-Bahn you have to take. You could always check > that by yourself using this site: > > -> https://www.bahn.de/i/view/USA/en/index.shtml > > Departure: Heidelberg Hbf > Destination: Flughafen/Airport Stuttgart, Leinfelden-Echterding > > Note: The Stuttgart central railway station doesn't equal to the one > that is directly located at the airport and thus you have to take the > S-Bahn which is another 30 mins travel. I suppose if you would be > heading to Frankfurt you would face a similar situation. So try using > bahn.de to plan your trip if you really intent to travel by train and > not by car. > > Cheers > Daniel > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:29 PM, Nick Burch <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Aug 2012, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > >> > >> dsh wrote on Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:33:57 +0200: > >>> > >>> Closest airports are probably Stuttgart (STR), Frankfurt (FRA) and > >>> Baden Airpark (FKB). STR is The latter isn't an international airport > >>> so you would have in transit transfers. According to google maps STR > >>> is the closest one to Sinsheim. In regards to closeness I wonder what > >>> it means to you... > >> > >> > >> If the meetup is Fri/Sat and I have a flight home at 10pm, I would need > >> to leave the meetup sufficiently early to catch the flight. The > >> distance to the airport directly affects this. > > > > > > With that in mind, I'd suggest you think about holding the meetup in > > Heidelberg. It's about 30 minutes on the train from Sinsheim, where the > > conference will be, and a direct train to Frankfurt airport (and I think > > Stuttgart too?) > > > > There are loads of hotels in Heidelberg, and some hostels, plus lots of > > restaurants / bars / cafes etc. It also has a number of universitites, so > > there's a chance we might be able to arrange some space for the meetup > > there, if that'd be of interest. (I think some people on the list have > > contacts with some of the Unis?) > > > > Nick
