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Vicky's Eurofurence Newcomer's Guide
meo:
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Thanks for this info. Hopefully Eurofurence 22 will be my very first furry con and i am looking forward to it. Anyway my question more is how easy is it to get by car to Estrel ? (planning to book there).
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Going to the Estrel by car shouldn't be a big problem as the Roadworks should be done by that time and the Estrel is right next to the Autobahn. Here is a quick Googlemaps example from Amsterdam towards Berlin https://goo.gl/maps/PDEHMqigKPA2 All you have to do is staying on the A2 till you are next to Potsdam which is right next to Berlin.
@Vicky: As there is a Shoping district in a walking distance to the Estrel i wouldn't recommend to buy food in advance but go there before the checkin. On Day -1 I met there more Furrys than normal customers already and noone is in hurry for some talk so you can slow down when you just arrived and have a Currywurst there or go to McD. By the Way I would advice an early Arrival if you have the money because it really is way more chilled to not being in a hurry with all the rest at the registration and check in.
meo:
the Map didn't work for me but i will send you the EF-Firsttimerguide that Dhary made for the german Furbase.de (or you have to wait for a rough translation since it is a lot of text).
meo:
Here is a PDF Version of Dharys FirsttimerPost
Dhary Montecore:
Hey again,
I regret that I fail to see the goal you're pursuing. There is, as you noticed, a very comprehensive guide available on the two biggest German furry forums and there is a full English translation of that guide available as well. There are even neatly layouted PDF files and for the very lazy there are versions for e-book readers.
Now this guide has been written with ten years of experience with this convention, countless hours of work went into it and it has been maintained and updated with the questions and experiences of over 80 Eurofurence attendees over the years.
I offered you to contribute if you think something's missing in it. I told you that all the work has been done so you don't need to go through all the hassle again. But right now I fail to see where you're going with this.
What you wrote here seems like a very limited translation of the German version of the guide, cramped down to parts of the essence if at all. To the people that worked for years to make this guide for the good of our community this might come across as disrespectful I'd say.
Now, if you want to contribute that's fine. If you believe that the guide is that bad that you need to re-write one from scratch, that's fine too. I'm just curious what it actually is you're trying to do here.
meo:
@Dhary: I don't think it was meant to be disrespectful but as she didn't got the already translated version she translated the german versions herself and shortens these so she can put these online without reposting all the long lines.
As I for an example couldn't find the translated one, would you please put a link to these here (I think i'm not the only one to like reading it and giving it to starters)