Istanbul Travel Forum

I just returned from my first VT meeting in Karlsruhe and the experience was very positive. If you've been in the Miscellaneous forum we are already looking at Lisbon for May 2008, and possibly Krakow for around the same time of 2009.

In some of my conversations in Karlsruhe, many VT'ers showed interest for a meet in Istanbul. There is significant teamwork and coordination needed to hold a meeting to the same level as I experienced in Karlsruhe - but if a few people were interested - and I am thinking about October 2009 or 2010 - it would be good to initiate dialog (i.e. send an e-mail to Giampiero and start to post). There is the "mushy peas" meeting in early September, so perhaps mid-October would be good and would be past some of the summer crowd.

I thought of not doing this post - it's like inviting myself, but then I thought perhaps there are a couple of VT members in Istanbul that would actually enjoy this activity. If interested in hosting, check the Euromeet2008
member id to see the preparations done - and I speculate there needs to be some coordination with someone in VT.

we are already looking at Lisbon for May 2008 - Do you mean 2009 ? May 2008 has passed.

I was looking for a fall VT meet that would not interfere with the mushy peas. Ooops - yes, it was 2009, not 2008!

I will be in Istanbul in October 2008. I arrive Istanbul on 19 October in the morning and I have the rest of the day free. My Turkey tour starts the following day.