After having such a pleasant meeting in Stavanger, Norway, 
I've been invited by Per 'Pelle' to post herein the programme of the official 8er.org European 2011 meeting in Poland.
Participation is highly recommended, last but not least so that we - adding the costs of the Norway meeting to the costs of the Poland meeting - finally for the year 2011 are coming to an enjoyable meeting-cost-average. 
EUROPEAN 8er MEETING POLAND SEPTEMBER 02nd-04th, 2011:
The organizators claim the right to vary and/or change some points of the program because of the expected huge number of participants. Registration/reservation only by sending a PM (private message) to me or directly to member ‘kincek’ both herein via this forum. 23 reservations (cars) were taken on by me until today.
The event takes place in the castle of "Mierzecin" (formerly German 'Merenthin') near PL-66-520 Dobiegniew. The village is located ca. 240 km north-east of Berlin and ca. 130 km north-west of Poznan (Posen).
Further information in English and German language as well as beautiful pictures at: http://www.palacmierzecin.pl/
Friends from Scandinavia should look for a ferryboat connection preferably to Swinoujcie/Poland (former German Swinemünde) or to Sassnitz (Germany). Other ports far away may be Gdansk/Poland (Danzig), Gdynia/Poland (Gdingen) or Rostock-Warnemünde/Germany.
The official program starts Friday evening, September 2nd, 2011. Most guests from abroad and some Polish organizators will already arrive on Thursday afternoon, September 1st, 2011.
Exchange rate is about 4 Polish Zloty to 1 Euro. It is highly recommended to change money in Poland (cash automat, bank office, so called ‘Kantor’ legal acting exchange bureaus). Foreign Banks sell Zloty only at an inacceptably bad rate!
Prices of accommodation:
Palace: double rooms (135zł/for one person-one night),
single rooms (165zł/ for one person-one night)
farm houses: double rooms (120zł/ for one person-one night),
single room (145zł/ for one person-one night)
Accommodation and extra orders have to be paid individually.
Breakfast, car park and fitness centre are included in the hotel room price.
The latest news from Poland are as follows:
01.09 Thursday
Till 18:00 Arrival and accommodation
Check-in begins at 15:00!
Menu ordered items (food, drinks) have to be paid for individually.
02.09 Friday
8:00-10:00 Breakfast included in the hotel room price
Menu ordered items (food, drinks) have to be paid for individually.
Spending the day individually. Whoever is interested might join in with my friends Zbishek and Michael Tomaszkiewicz and me leading an excursion to Poznan (Posen), capital (ca. 600,000 residents) of the so-called province ‘Great-Poland’, one of the oldest cities in Poland, where the Polish kingdom was founded about 1,000 years ago.
Arrival of the other part of the group – Check-in begins at 15:00!
19:00-21:00 Dinner in the Palace Restaurant (3 conference rooms)
Menu:
Cucumber soup
Pork chop
Chicken breast ‘De Volaile’
Trout in almonds
Boiled potatoes
Cauliflower & broccoli in polish sauce
Fried cabbage
Old-Polish Salad with sausages and bean
Cake
Costs:
- Dinner 46zł per person
- Coffee or tea 5zł per person
- Juice 15zł per litre
21:00 - 23:00
BOWLING - 4 tracks for 2 hours, costs: 200zł for the whole time
03.09 Saturday
8:00-10:00 Breakfast, included in the hotel room price
10:00 - 18:00 Excursion to Wolsztyn (Wollstein) ca. 200 km
Sightseeing Europe’s last existing Steam Locomotive Depot with regular train services.
18:00- 19:00 Vineyard and wine bar of Mierzęcin. Wine tasting: 80zł per person
Wine originally grown in Poland is an extremely rare product.
19:00 - 3:00 Barbecue dinner
- One-way-dishes
- music
Menu
Żurek (soup from fermented rye flour)
Grilled sausages
Grilled neck meat
Grilled fish
Grilled chicken drumsticks
Old-Polish salad
Farmers salad
Lard, gherkins, bread, sauces
Costs:
- Dinner 70zł per person
- coffee or tea 5zł per person
- juice 15zł per litre
- water 3zł per litre
- pepsi 10zł per litre
Alcoholic beverages to be paid for individually (cash only).
- beer 8zł per 0,5 litre
- wine Consigna 55zł per 0,75 litre
- vodka Wyborowa 110zł per 0,7 litre
3:00 End of the party (there is a possibility to extend it)
04.09 Sunday
8:00 - 10:00 Breakfast included in the hotel room price
Check-out till 12:00!
There is a second possibility to go to Poznań to do some sightseeing. (Poznań Old Town, Cathedral) for those not in a hurry to drive home or to get to the ferry.
So: The total board NOT including alcoholic beverages will be 260zł per person.
Advance payment is 256Zł = 64Euro for one person – the rest of the payment is to be covered at the hotel.
Participants registering through me will receive a PM including bank account details for payments in Euro currency. Guests preferring a payment in Zloty directly to Poland are invited to send a PM to ‘KinceK’ who will communicate a Polish bank account to them.
Best regards:
Armin
never ends. I don't know why they don't produce "5.7" beer.
