LL-L "Travels" 2007.05.21 (02) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L  -  21 May 2007 - Volume 02

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From: Pat Reynolds <pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Travels" 2007.05.20 (03) [E]

In message
<57c981290705201214r2800107dw4e5d2665e013a2d7 at mail.gmail.com>,
Lowlands-L List <lowlands.list at gmail.com> Roger writes
>I generally count on 1000 to 2000 USD per conference day (depending on
>sponsoring) plus up to 250 USD + taxes for lodging

I think your observations on the mix of networking and lectures is very
accurate.  But I am astonished by the costs!  The lodging costs are what
I expect - perhaps with another 100 USD if it is full board.  I find
most conferences I go to range from 20 USD to 400 USD per day ....
obviously archaeologists / heritage folk / local government officers
don't have the budgets that people in "the real world" do!

Occasionally I come across books of papers which originated in 'closed'
seminars - a dozen or more people who met and lived together for a few
days, everyone reading a paper at some point, but a lot of discussion
time between, too.  I am very envious of those who participate in such
happenings!

Cheers,

Pat

--
Pat Reynolds

It may look messy now ...
        ... but just you come back in 500 years time (T. Pratchett).

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From: Pat Reynolds <pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Travels" 2007.05.20 (03) [E]

In message
<57c981290705201214r2800107dw4e5d2665e013a2d7 at mail.gmail.com>,
Lowlands-L List <lowlands.list at gmail.com> i.e. Roger writes
>I can imagine this may be an issue for people who do not travel very
>much.

I don't think it matters what the scale is.  'This is my favourite cycle
ride' seems to me to be just as valid as 'an inter-continental journey.

I am trying to learn how to use Googlemaps to make something like this:
http://www.blogoklahoma.us/main.asp?xP=BlogLink&xM=1&xY=235

Best wishes,

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From: "Brooks, Mark" <mark.brooks at twc.state.tx.us>
Subject: LL-L "Travels" 2007.05.20 (03) [E]

Ron wrote: "I really favor the title "Lowlands Trekker" for the feature.
What does everyone else think about that?"

I like "Trekker."  Besides, my wife and I leave for a cruise to Alaska in a
couple of weeks, and I think trekking applies there.  Well, okay, sitting on
a cruise ship doesn't involve a lot of real trekking (mountain hiking, dog
sledding, rowing, etc.), but it seems like a nice metaphor.
Mark Brooks

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Travels" 2007.05.20 (05) [E]

Reinhard wrote:
>How about alliteration?
>The Lowlands Local

No no no, anything but that! There is a well-known BBC comedy series, "The
League of Gentlemen", where the question "Are you local?" comes up all the
time, and trust me, you don't want any mental connection with that. "Local",
in that case, stands for completely backward, inbred, and downright
homicidal...

Gabriele Kahn

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Travels

Thanks, "guys"!

Mark, I'm sure you'll love your Alaska cruise. At least I wish you and your
wife a wonderful time. Any view of the Alaskan coast is truly breathtaking.

Gabriele, I do know that TV show (though I don't like it much), but I
wouldn't have made such a mental connection.

Besides, I realize that "Local" was a bad idea.  After all, we will include
tips from people that have traveled to places and want to share something
about that.

So, folks, I suggest you start submitting stuff.  These can be blurbs as
short as two or three lines, no more than two or three pages if printed. (If
they are longer, just divide them into separate ones.)  If you have a photo
or two for your blurb, by all means send them along.

Everything goes to sassisch at yahoo.com or lowlands.list at gmail.com.

I assume for now we'll go with "The Lowlands Trekker".  I, too, like it a
lot, if I may say so myself.  It evokes all sorts of images, and it applies
to the Lowlands far and wide, not only to those in Europe.

So please use the subject line "LL-L Trekker".

You may use any language you prefer, though we'd eventually like at least a
summary in English, with which someone can help you should this be
necessary.

The topic range can be very wide as long as they remain within "Lowlands".
Topics may have anything to do with visiting places.  Off the top of my
head, here are some examples:

   - any must-visit place
   - any place good for certain types of visitors
   - places in which remarkable language varieties are used
   - anything about your home town or area
   - any site you recommend, no matter how small -- building, street,
   quarter, memorial, lake, garden, church, mosque, synagogue, temple,
   cemetery, museum, island, shop, restaurant ... anything
   - supposedly haunted places
   - special places for photographers, painters, musicians, etc.
   - advisable travel routes and modes of transport
   - customs and dos and don'ts in a country, area, city, village ...
   - local eating habits
   - what to wear and not to wear
   - what sorts of clothes to bring
   - special local foods and drinks
   - what to buy or not to buy
   - security precautions
   - places good or not so good for people with certain disabilities
   - what not to fall for (avoidable pitfalls)
   - costs
   - types of accommodation and eateries
   - how to make friends and enemies

And the list could go on and on and ...

I suggest sections or categories. One, for instance, could be entitled "What
are we looking at here?", "So what's this about?" or "What's the story
(behind this)?"  This could be a collection of blurbs about places that at
first glance don't seem out of the ordinary but actually have extraordinary
stories behind them. An example might be a certain street in Recife, Brazil,
in which brightly-colored façades and "Portuguesque" additions disguise
early colonial Dutch merchant houses. Another section might be called
something like "Not for the faint-hearted" or "Don't bring the kids," and it
could contain blurbs about red light districts or about torture chamber
museums, for instance. (I know that kids tend to love scary stuff, but in my
experience they can be traumatized when they realize the types of "justice"
their lovely ancestors tended to mete out.) And to balance this off, there
could be sections devoted to religious sites, places for contemplation or
meditations, or places most children love.

So use your experience and your imagination!

Regards/Ron
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