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The Hydra Meetups
The Hydra Meetup on June 10-12, 2011
Meetup video by Wijbe and Willy Lageveen -
300 photos from our meetup on Hydra
The Meetup 2011 Report (at the Leonard Cohen Forum), with links to other photo galleries
See you again on Hydra in June 2013!!!
The 2011 meetup on Hydra (June 10-12, 2011)
Participants:
Aaftink, Mary - Canada (ON)
Af - Ireland
Arjatsalo, Eija & Jarkko - Finland
Baron, Jeanne - Florida
Bartels, Anne - UK
Bennett, Carole - UK
Buczkowski, Mary & George - USA (OH)
Carrog, Eleri - UK
Costello, Joe - Ireland
Doupis, Nikolas - Greece
Demmler, Elisabeth - Germany
Daniela & Oliver - Germany
Devreux, Francoise & Aline - Belgium
Dolfino, Andrea & Marco - Italy
Dorr, Ciar�n - UK
Egle, Ute - Germany
Everatt, Dave - UK
Evie B - UK
Frauke & Nathalie - Germany
Forsyth, Ken - UK
Franz, Henning & Elke - Germany
Fredy & Gitta - Greece/Germany
Hanson, Audrey - Australia
Hiljanen, Sinikka - Finland
Houghton, Barry - UK
Hulsbergen, Rola & Berg, Christine - Holland
Jaensch, Juergen - Germany/Greece
Justyna & Michael - UK
Koutselini, Sophia - Greece
Krasuski, Krzysztof & friend - Poland
Lageveen, Willy & Wijbe - Holland
Lowe, Todd & friend - USA (TN)
Martonyi, Eva - Hungary
Massa, Maarten & Bats, Wenche - Belgium
Meijer, Miriam - Holland
Mentink, Lydia - Holland
Nedbalek, Dolores - Germany
Nicolaescu, Laura - UK/Romania
Nielsen, Marianne - Denmark
O'Mahony, Sheila & McSweeney, Helen & Hutchinson, Marian - Ireland
Olszewska, Anna - Poland/Italy
Parry, Carys - UK
Piepenbrock, Nellie - Holland
Podebradska, Vlasta - The Czech Republic
Porter, Anne - Canada (NFLD)
Pottier, Ingrid - Belgium
Pulverich, Kerstin - Germany
Remy, Judy & family member - France
Richter, Willi & Irmgard - Greece
Roupalioti, Stamatina - Greece
Sebban, Sam - France
Smale, Christine - UK
Szanto, Szilvia (gallina) - Hungary
Tengelsen, Henry - Norway
Tsimperis, Demetris - Greece
Vossen, Fred-Werner & Brigitte & Matina - Greece
White, Marsha - USA (CA)
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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
Book your flight to El.Venizelos, the Athens International Airport
You may use either train or bus to get from the airport to Piraeus.
- If you choose the train: At the airport, go out and follow signs "To Trains".
Buy a metro ticket to Piraeus (~7-8 euros per person)
Take Line 3 (Blue Line) to the terminal station MONASTIRAKI.
At that station, take Line 1 (Green Line), go to the terminal station PIRAEUS.
In Piraeus, use the main exit, and turn to left. Go some hundred meters until you are in the front of a very tall house, covered by a huge advertisement. Go over the street and you have found the Dolphins.
- If you are arriving in the small hours or for other reasons prefer the bus, then the Piraeus bus (X96) stop is right outside the arrivals entrance at the airport. This bus runs right through the night at about half hour intervals Buy your ~5 euro ticket at the kiosk and then validate it in the machine on the bus. This bus will take you straight to the harbour in an hour or an hour and a half depending on the time of day.
Take a Dolphin hydrofoil from Piraeus to Hydra. The
Dolphin schedule for Summer 2011 is not yet available. Book your tickets on-line at www.hellenicseaways.gr, if you want; however, no advance bookings necessary in the beginning of June.
The route is Piraeus - Hydra and it takes about 90 minutes. Online reservations with credit card.
Here are some hints to find online information about Hydra:
To get general and accommodation information, connect with www.hydra.com.gr.
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
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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
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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
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First photo © 2007 Jarkko Arjatsalo
Night view © 2000 Rauli Arjatsalo
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