The original invitation to the 2011 Meetup on Hydra

Here is something for those who want to return to Hydra, or who missed the 2002 Event or 2005/2007/2009 Meetups there, or have severe withdrawal symptoms while waiting for the Summer 2012 Event in Madison, Wisconsin!

The 2011 meetup on Hydra has been fixed to the weekend June 11-12, plus extra days before and/or after according to everybody's own schedules. (Looks like many will take extra days before the weekend). We have to underline that this will not be any official gathering, just a meetup for people who want to spend some time on the beautiful island with like-minded Cohenites. This will mean that we do not have any pre-scheduled program nor registration. We will give some advice about the connections from Athens/Piraeus to Hydra and some addresses for booking your accommodation, but all arrangements are up to the travellers themselves.

Early June has been chosen again for several reasons. First of all, the tourist season has not yet begun - there are rooms available at all hotels, and the prices are lower than two weeks later. The weather is ideal, not yet hot but warm enough. The restaurants are not full, and serve the most delicious food.

One more time: this unofficial gathering is only for people who want to spend some time together on the beautiful island. There will be no registration, no participation fee, no program, no venue, no concerts. We will choose a good restaurant for every day for dinner, we take some Mythoses at Roloi Bar in the harbour, maybe do some walks in the Hydra city and into the country side, probably have a night of videos & music, and the traditional walk up to the monastery -- it will be more like a holiday! We hope that those who play guitar will take their instruments with them!

Some Travel Hints

You may also contact the hotels directly (after finding the links). In early June it will not be difficult to find a room, also in the budget category.



The Hydra Meetup (June 12-14, 2009)

Photo Gallery of the 2009 Meet-Up - 150 photos by Eija
Hydra photo show - by Willy & Wijbe

The 2009 meetup on Hydra (June 12-14, 2009) Participants: Arjatsalo, Eija & Jarkko - Finland Avadani, Iona & Voinea, Stefan - Romania Benedict, Paula & Vincent - UK Bennett, Carole - UK Bromfield, Michael Cohen, Doron - Japan Costello, Joe - Ireland Curran, Tony - Ireland Dolfino, Andrea & Marco - Italy Egle, Ute - Germany Everatt, Dave - UK Farebrother, Sue - UK Forsyth, Ken - UK Franz, Christoph - Germany Franz, Henning & Elke - Germany Goeschel, Frauke & Nathalie - Germany Harvey, Russel - UK Hendrickx, Marc - Belgium Hiljanen, Sinikka - Finland Hillyard, Pat & Nigel - UK Humphries, Margaret & John - UK Jaensch, Jurgen - Greece Janavara, Loukia & Mitropoulos, Dimitris - Greece Kler, Nick - USA Kolbl, Christian - Austria Koutselini, Sophia - Greece Lageveen, Willy & Wijbe - Holland Landuyt, Dirk - Belgium Laulan, Dominique - Switzerland Madder, Lizzie & Dawson, Peter - UK McCann, Paula - Ireland McGlynn, Mary-Ann & McClorey, Mary - Ireland Meijer, Miriam & Piepenbrock, Nellie - Holland Morris, Linda & John - UK Nedbalek, Dolores - Germany Nicolaescu, Laura - Romania O'Mahony, Sheila & McSweeney, Helen & Hutchinson, Marian - Ireland Olszewska, Anna - Poland/Italy Parry, Carys & Roberts, Bet - UK Pigozzi, Paola - Italy Pietrasz, Lech & Marta - Tennessee Porter, Anne & Lane, Ann Marie - Canada Porter, Kathy & O'Toole, Cynthia - Canada Pulverich, Kerstin - Germany Remy, Judy & Harrison, Ella - France van Ruth, Liesbeth - Holland Sebban, Sam - France Smale, Christine & Clements, Amber & O'Reilly, Kieran - UK Stapleton, Eric - Ireland Thomas, Sue - UK Tsimperis, Demetris - Greece (80)

The 2007 meetup on Hydra (June 8-10, 2007) See photos from the Meetup!!! Photos © 2007 Eija Arjatsalo, Wijbe & Willy Lageveen, Tom Bohan, Elizabeth Bacon-Smith, Martti M?ller, Margaret Humphries Meetup 2007 participants: Arjatsalo, Eija & Jarkko - Finland Bacon-Smith, Elizabeth - Florida Bohan, Tom - Maine Costello, Joe - Ireland Darbyshire, Andrew & Tim - Australia Egle, Ute - Germany Forsyth, Ken - UK Franz, Christoph - Germany Franz, Henning & Elke - Germany Gansbeke, Antoine & De Wispelaere, Monique - Belgium Goeschel, Frauke & Nathalie - Germany Hiljanen, Sinikka - Finland Humphries, Margaret & John - UK Jaensch, Juergen - Greece/Germany Koutselini, Sofia & friend Maria - Greece Lageveen, Willy & Wijbe - Holland Meijer, Miriam & Piepenbrock, Nellie - Holland Mitchell, Anne - Canada M�ller, Pirkko & Martti - Finland Nedbalek, Dolores - Germany Nicolaescu, Laura - Romania O'Mahony, Sheila & McSweeney, Helen & Hutchinson, Marian - Ireland Peter & family - Germany Pulverich, Kerstin - Germany Rekunen, Sirpa & friend Annemari - Finland Sak, Alicja, Anna & Kazimierz - Poland Sakic, Tom - Croatia Sebban, Sam - France Smith, Sherry - Switzerland Triesch, Sylvia & Volkmar - Germany Tsimperis, Demetris - Greece de Windt, Gerry & Henk; Baudoin, Monique & van der Steen, Henri - Holland (54)

The 2005 meetup on Hydra (June 10-12, 2005) See the 2005 photos! Participants of the 2005 meetup: Arjatsalo, Eija & Jarkko - Finland Bacon-Smith, Elizabeth - Florida Dolfino, Andrea & Marco - Italy Fagerstr?m, Mia - Finland Forsyth, Ken - UK Franz, Elke & Henning - Germany Harvey, Russell - UK Hiljanen, Sinikka - Finland Humphries, Margaret & John - UK Jenkins, Paula & Megan - UK Lageveen, Wybe & Willie - Holland McSweeney, Sheila & Helen - Ireland Meijer, Miriam & Piepenbrock, Nellie - Holland Mitchell, Anne - Canada Morris, Linda & John - UK M?ller, Pirkko & Martti - Finland Nedbalek, Dolores - Germany (27)

First photo © 2007 Jarkko Arjatsalo
Night view © 2000 Rauli Arjatsalo

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