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January 04, 2010 11:23am
Subscribe [13]#16 / Jan 07, 2010 9:59am
If it were remotely possible… 😉
(Damn! He was faster than me!)
I’ll check around a bit and see what I can find - there’s a few nice places I know, but I’ve not been in Utrecht for few years now.
If anyone else wants to chime in on whether they’d come, please do!
#17 / Jan 07, 2010 10:00am
Sure you can, Mike! But don’t be Dutch and pay your part of the bill, okay? 😉
#18 / Jan 07, 2010 10:08am
Jim, http://www.cafe-olivier.be/ this is a great place where you can enjoy lots of good beer and food. It’s just outside “Hoog Caterijne”. Last get-together was on a Friday and started around 16:30
#19 / Jan 07, 2010 10:22am
Hey Robert. Yup - I know the venue. I know of it and have heard good things. We can try that one first, and the next time we meet I know the owners of an irish pub farther in, behind the post office, also very good.
Anyway, Cafe Oliver it is, and it seems the slight preference is during the evenings.
How does Friday 5 Feb at 18:00 (6pm for Mike) work for everyone?
#20 / Jan 07, 2010 10:24am
Anyway, Cafe Oliver it is
But be warned! I had an informal meeting there once, and it was quite noisy. Hard to have a conversation with more than 2 people.
#21 / Jan 07, 2010 10:42am
True!
#22 / Jan 07, 2010 10:49am
Okay - and it is a Friday night.
If we can commit to the date, I’ll see if I can find a quieter place in the interim (unless we’re fine with this for the first time).
Who’s in?
#23 / Jan 07, 2010 10:58am
Yeah, sounds good. i’m free the 5th.
#24 / Jan 07, 2010 11:20am
5th is fine by me.
#25 / Jan 07, 2010 11:28am
Tentative, the 5th being my dad’s birthday.
#26 / Jan 07, 2010 11:33am
Any February Friday is okay for me.
#27 / Jan 15, 2010 8:19pm
Any news Jim?
#28 / Jan 16, 2010 5:50am
Sorry, sorry - I’ve been chasing a new client around (e-commerce and reservation system, in 3 weeks… yeah, okay) but I’ll go down there today or tomorrow.
#29 / Jan 18, 2010 5:39am
Took a walk around yesterday and spoke to a few cafes, and the general consensus is:
1) They can’t tell what the crowd will be like - very dependent on the weather these days
2) Friday at 6 is still reasonably quiet, expect noise by 7:30-8
iii) But it’s a Friday.
Perhaps just to get things started, keeping it close to the station is a good idea. If it gets too noisy we can move to Stoombierbrouwerij Oudaen on the gracht or the King Arthur next to it - between the three, we’ll have some choice.
#30 / Feb 02, 2010 11:09am
A subtle reminder to all - This friday, 6pm, Cafe Oliver in Utrecht, next to the station.
Please put your hand up if you’re stopping by…
