Old KIT thread

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Mon May 17, 2010 12:03 am

stormspell wrote:^^ Unfortunately it seems all hotels within walking distance are already booked by regular KIT-goers... Renting a car seems the only logical option. Luckily for me one of the buddies I'm going with does not drink, so he will be the chauffeur

What hotel are you guys staying at? I wouldn't mind paying for a lift to and from the event each day, but I'm definitely not renting a car as that's turned out to be a huge hassle in any of my travel experiences.

sovdat · Post by **sovdat** » Mon May 17, 2010 8:05 am

We're staying at the same hotels as allways - 50m from the venue and 0€ per night. The only bad thing there is that it's freezing during the night

As seen in the back:

Khnud · Post by **Khnud** » Mon May 17, 2010 10:31 am

Hah, I remember that umbrella. You lived 15 meters from us.

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Mon May 17, 2010 10:48 am

Avenger wrote:
stormspell wrote:^^ Unfortunately it seems all hotels within walking distance are already booked by regular KIT-goers... Renting a car seems the only logical option. Luckily for me one of the buddies I'm going with does not drink, so he will be the chauffeur
What hotel are you guys staying at? I wouldn't mind paying for a lift to and from the event each day, but I'm definitely not renting a car as that's turned out to be a huge hassle in any of my travel experiences.

We havent booked anything yet. One of my buddies tried several hotels closest to the venue and they were all booked, so we decided to rent a car and book a hotel when the time comes. I'm pretty sure there will be plenty of available hotels at driveable distance (10-15km hopefully).

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Mon May 17, 2010 11:00 am

sovdat wrote:We're staying at the same hotels as allways - 50m from the venue and 0€ per night. The only bad thing there is that it's freezing during the night

Haha, if I was 15-20 years younger (and 30-40 kilos lighter) I wouldn't have thought twice about grabbing a tent, but nowadays I definitely look for a decent bed and a shower in the morning... As Cohen the Barbarian once said "Hot water and soft toilet paper" ARE the most important things in life, after a certain point anyway

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Mon May 17, 2010 11:23 am

stormspell wrote:I'm pretty sure there will be plenty of available hotels at driveable distance (10-15km hopefully).

Yes, we usually find many available ones at that distance, even less than a month before the festival.

sovdat · Post by **sovdat** » Mon May 17, 2010 12:00 pm

stormspell wrote:
sovdat wrote:We're staying at the same hotels as allways - 50m from the venue and 0€ per night. The only bad thing there is that it's freezing during the night
Haha, if I was 15-20 years younger (and 30-40 kilos lighter) I wouldn't have thought twice about grabbing a tent, but nowadays I definitely look for a decent bed and a shower in the morning... As Cohen the Barbarian once said "Hot water and soft toilet paper" ARE the most important things in life, after a certain point anyway

The guy with umbrella in his hand is almost your age I believe

Khund: So you survived all that Katatonia and Voivod that was blasting out of one of our cars?

Sgt. Kuntz · Post by **Sgt. Kuntz** » Mon May 17, 2010 12:35 pm

If you have a driving vehicle i can recomand Bad Mergentheim, about 8km from Lauda/Königshofen. It's something like a spa town with lots of hotels and a beautiful town center. I was there the first time this year and i found a great steakehouse within two minutes after i arrived

Khnud · Post by **Khnud** » Mon May 17, 2010 12:45 pm

Sovdat: never heard a thing! The Germans just uphill from us were kind enough to constantly play Zeke on maximum volume. Nice blokes!

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Mon May 17, 2010 1:16 pm

Camping is out of the question for me.

Us prissy North Americans need our morning showers.

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Mon May 17, 2010 8:46 pm

ION BRITTON wrote:Yes, we usually find many available ones at that distance, even less than a month before the festival.

Great! Thanks for the info, appreciated.

Stormspell · Post by **Stormspell** » Mon May 17, 2010 8:49 pm

Sgt. Kuntz wrote:If you have a driving vehicle i can recomand Bad Mergentheim, about 8km from Lauda/Königshofen. It's something like a spa town with lots of hotels and a beautiful town center. I was there the first time this year and i found a great steakehouse within two minutes after i arrived

SPA hotel definitely sounds better than sovdat's offer (Katatonia, yuck!), thanks for the tip.

great_knuthulhu · Post by **great_knuthulhu** » Wed May 19, 2010 12:47 pm

Don't know if that's full yet, but we always stay at the Rebenhof in Beckstein, which is about a 40 minute walk (if you're slow, lazy or drunk) away from the festival site.

http://www.rebenhof.net/de/rebenhof/englisch.php

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Sun May 23, 2010 7:25 am

great_knuthulhu wrote:Don't know if that's full yet, but we always stay at the Rebenhof in Beckstein, which is about a 40 minute walk (if you're slow, lazy or drunk) away from the festival site.

http://www.rebenhof.net/de/rebenhof/englisch.php

Thanks a lot.

I'll be looking into this place for sure.

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Tue May 25, 2010 6:37 pm

I'm looking at DAMIEN THORNE's page at M-A right now and while I am reading that the band is active, the current singer is some guy named Martin DeBourge. And the question is: Won't they play with Justin Fate next year? That would be a major disappointment for me as they are the band I want to see the most..