Juuso Alasuutari wrote: fons, i have heard from a number of people who have to cut accommodation costs as much as possible to be able to attend. imho, it would be very unfortunate to lose many prospective attendants for lack of money... :( if the weather is as promised, i've heard from several people who would like to camp. is there a cheap campsite within easy walking distance of the LAC venues (or, even better, a patch of lawn on campus combined with a gym for sanitary facilities?) if so, some info on the lac page would be helpful.

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 04:13:47PM +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: Some quick info: Youth hostel: +/- 20min walking distance, they also rent bikes: <http://www.ostelloparma.it/en/> Camping Cittadella: Parma - Via Parco cittadella, 5 - 43100 Tel. +39(0)521961434 In the Cittadella park, +/- 15min walking distance. Opens in April. No website or e-mail as far as I could find out. Ciao, -- FA Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica Parma, Italia O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !

Hi LADers, out of the LAD loop for a while unfortunately and probably not able to attend LAC in Parma but as an italian I hope that I can give you a few useful advices about traveling in italy. There is an airport in Parma http://www.parma-airport.it/default.aspx but it does not offer many destinations, most notaly Ryanair (very cheap airline) lands in Parma (London - Parma). You are connected with Rome too (with Airalps, probably expensive I guess). Other major international airports not too far from Parma: Milano Malpensa - main hub in northern italy. http://www.sea-aeroportimilano.it/en/malpensa/index.phtml (there is shuttlebus which for a few euros brings you to/from the Milan railway station in 50min). 11-16EURO (I did look up the prices on the italian railways website). Bergamo Orio al Serio. http://www.sacbo.it/Airpor/portalProcess.jsp?languageID=2 several low cost airlines land in Bergamo, including Ryanair to major european destinations including Frankfurt and London. The airport is only a few km away from the Bergamo railway station connected by city bus, cost 2-3EURO I think. You can reach Parma from Bergamo by Train in about 2-3h, cost 10-17EURO Another possibility is to take the shuttle bus to Milan railway station and then the train (I believe the total travel time is similar 2.5-3h). Bologna airport http://www.bologna-airport.it/?LN=UK several international desitinations bus shuttle service (Terminal-Raiway Station) Ticket Fare: Euro 5 ticket may be purchased on the bus Airport-station travel time: about 20 minutes you can reach Parma from Bologna by train in about 1h, price 6-11EURO Venice airport: Venezia Marco Polo http://www.veniceairport.it/core/index.jsp?_requestid=134790&language=en the airport is a few km away from Venezia Mestre (the peninsular part of Venice), connected by shuttle bus in 20-30min, price a few euros from Venezia Mestre you can take the train to parma, travel time about 3h, cost 12-40 EURO (far from Parma but lots of international flights and good highspeed train connection to Bologna,Parma) Rome: 2 major airports: Roma Fiumicino and Roma Ciampino from Fiumicino there is a train to the main Rome railway station (Roma Termini) A light metro connects Ciampino railway station to Termini railway station with an average time of 15 minutes. (In think in both cases travel time is about 1h) about 4h, cost 51 EURO. To find out the exact train routes just use the italian railways website: (click on English on the top) http://www.ferroviedellostato.it here you can enter origin, destination city and date and you get all routes, prices and informations in case you need to take more than one train to reach the destiation. I hope this helps, cheers, Benno 2009/1/27 Ronald Stewart &lt;ronaldjstewart(a)gmail.com&gt;om>:

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 09:25:34PM +0200, benno.senoner wrote: Thanks for the info. I didn't know you were Italian ! -- FA Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica Parma, Italia O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:28:02PM +0000, Steve Harris wrote: Yes, none of London's airports are really close the centre, which can be a pain if you need to tranfer from one to the other. The Stansted Express (train) takes 45 minutes to Liverpool Street station - I used it last weekend. Ciao, -- FA Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica Parma, Italia O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !