European Polo Championships, Barcelona, 2nd-6th June 2011

Train journey takes about 15 hours from London with a change and stop off in Paris.
Costs about £100 return booked in advance on a sleeper. Trains in europe are AMAZING!
If anyone does want to train it i'll teach them GO.

Funniest journey I ever took was a minibus from the Albanian capital to the boarder, when we got to some mountain passes the driver hit the accelerator and said it was because of bandits/hijackings!

@mothergirl, we made some great friends back from a-dam, drugs in pants guy and funny jewish misanthrope.
@andy get a job as a waiter as you can get tips. I'll give you a fake ref if you need one.

4ndy - the next Kate Moss of Birmingham...

Hyper, you've sold me. Sounds like fun. I've only been on a sleeper once. £100 sounds optimistic, but if it's less than £150, I'd be down.

All night train party!

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European Polo Championships, Barcelona, 2nd-6th June 2011

booked flights tonight, so the family and I are going!!! Hope for through-in opportunities and to see some great polo.

^ Shit! I read at the end of the LOBP post that the dates aren't confirmed yet. Apparently they're waiting to hear back from the city officials about the location-hire. When I started the thread it sounded confirmed, but then someone asked and they clarified.

Sorry Lucas, I should have posted when I found out!

@Dan - you could always fly there without your bike and use a Bicing bike

Looks like good rearwards weight distribution...

and half the wheel is already 'disked'...

Angelo from Cambridge told me they have to employ people in vans to drive the bikes back up a massive hill, as they all collect at the bottom. Lazy Spaniards.

I took an epic skate trip to Barcelona a few years back, and June is a great time of year there. Those Championships will be phenomenal.

Angelo from Cambridge told me they have to employ people in vans to drive the bikes back up a massive hill, as they all collect at the bottom. Lazy tourists.

Ftfy

^ Shit! I read at the end of the LOBP post that the dates aren't confirmed yet. Apparently they're waiting to hear back from the city officials about the location-hire. When I started the thread it sounded confirmed, but then someone asked and they clarified.

Sorry Lucas, I should have posted when I found out!

No worries, we want to go to Barcelona, was the excuse we needed to get it done.

Phew. By the sound of things, it's likely to be this date anyway. Fingers crossed, sounds like we could have a fairly large Birmingham contingent

A quick search here http://www.raileurope.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=101#CloseOption0 shows Hyper may be right. £100 is bargainous, and you could time it to get it on the Thursday morning (I searched for March because the schedule doesn't exist for June).

That's based on a 4-bed sleeper, though.

If you guys do get the train, I want to come along as support. :)

All night train party!

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2. Hyper ?
   
3. Dank ?
   
4. Pista ?
   
   

Possible OYB days off logistical hurdle but probably not...

All night train party!

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2. Hyper ?
   
3. Danwentskiing
   
4. Pista ?
   
5. Mrswentskiing
   
   

Possible OYB days off logistical hurdle but probably not...

OYB days off could present a hurdle. Someone already has that weekend booked. May be flexible though.

Cash in hand? I'll get hannah to stand in. Sweeeeeeeet.

Anne-marie may come along - get Hannah to join too. Cheap train/sleeper tickets seem to be dependent on being a group of four. Two-bed carriages seem to be twice as much.

You can share with people you don't know usually, I'm ok with that... But if it's a polo wags trip you want I can go in a different carriage

OYB days off could present a hurdle. Someone already has that weekend booked. May be flexible though.

I'll concede to you if they're stretched, you're polo and I can go any weekend

Much obliged, but I really want a group trip. That would rule.

Wouldn't it just.....

Can't leave OYB in the shit though, wish BCN was a confirmed date, but yeah I'm there if I can but Dan has leave dibs due to being polo