Information for 2008 VELB-ILCA-Conference 2008 Vienna
2008 VELB / ILCA Conference – Traveling, languages and other information
Florence, Venice and Rome
| Have you dreamed of visiting the eternal city? Or seeing Michelangelo’s David with your own eyes? Would you like to walk over the Rialto Bridge and swing in a gondola in Venice? These destinations are reachable within a day or with an overnight train. |
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Venice
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Oktoberfest
Munich Oktoberfest |
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The famous Oktoberfest in Munich is happening just at the time of the VELB / ILCA Conference: from September 20 to October 5, 2008 – and it’s just 5 hours by train from Vienna. The biggest fair and beer festival in the world welcomes you with its special atmosphere.
www.oktoberfest.de and www.muenchen.de
Munich offers many other possibilities: one day trips to the castles of Neuschwanstein, fancy sports stadiums, one of the largest technical museums (Deutsches Museum) …
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Berlin
| Center of recent East-West-history and a big cultural melting pot, there is a lot to see and to experience in Berlin. |
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Brandenburger Tor
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Fernsehturm |
Switzerland
Gornergrat |
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Maybe you’d like to get to know Switzerland with its magnificent landscape, high mountains and beautiful towns. A polyglot nation, it has four official languages within this one small country. Many Swiss speak at least three of them – and English. |
France
| You can even reach France within 14 hours by train or few hours by plane. Look at Picasso’s paintings in Paris or visit the largest European castle in Versailles reflecting the luxurious era of the kings that once lived there. Or perhaps you’d like to climb up the Eiffel tower or see the famous can-can dancers? |
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Eiffel Tower
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