International Geomeeting

March, 21th 10:30 AM
Vilanova de Sau

Descripción en español

Catalan geocachers are pleased to announce and attempt  to make them know  to geocachers from the rest of Spain and nearest countries organizing a geocaching event based on a typical meal of the region, the calçotada.

What is a calçotada?
Where?
How to get to Vilanova de Sau?
Menu
Cost
Event registration
Sharing car journeys
Badge holder printout
Yearbook
Travel Bug room
Hang baggage
Walkie talkies

What is a calçotada?

The calçotada is one of the bests get-together gastronomic festivals in Catalonia organized by  family members, colleagues or friends roasting calçots and meat in charcoal, the meal is also  accompanied by red wine.

The calçot is a variety of scallion and it's lowered into the mouth in the traditional fashion after being peeled and dipped in a delicious sauce typically made from almonds, hazelnuts, garlic, red peppers, nyores and olive oil.

We are sincerely hoping a visit from cachers from around the World and share geoexperiences. We are currently working in provide solutions for having a cheap stay during the event, for example, we can take visitors from the airport to the hotel/youth hostel/camping or from the lodge to the event location with our cars, absolutely free. We will work on it so that nobody had to rent a car!

The vitamins from the calçots and the energy of the sauce reinforce the metabolism  the day after the meal, according to my experience, that could provide a 30 km walk of caching without becoming exhausted.

Where?

The calçotada will took place in a country house that serves lodging and activities for elementary school students, placed at Vilanova de Sau,surrounded by a forest.

It's a youth hotel with collective rooms (several beds per room). If you want to spend a night please contact us for booking a bed. There is also a camping next to the cache event location.

How to get to Vilanova de Sau?

The nearest airport is Girona-Costa Brava which it's actually a low-cost airport with also low-cost aerolines. Please, take a quick look at Internet and book a flight.

The Barcelona airport is just about 1 hour 30'' far from the event location.

The suggested AVE (TGV) train station is the Barcelona one.

The catalan geocachers shall be happy to wait and take you from/to the airport or train station by car. Please tell your arrival and departure dates.

Menu

You have two choices:

Cost

Event registration

Please log your "Will Attend" as soon as possible telling:

1.  How many kids from 2 and 12 will be in your geocaching team.
2.  How many people over 12 years old.
3. Chosen menu by each member.
4. Will you spend a night with us at the youth hotel?
5. Arrival and departure schedule and location (optional).
6. Will you need a journey or want to take a visitor with your car? (optional).

The registration will be closed  at Saturday 15th March, then no more participants will be allowed.

Sharing car journeys

If you are visitor, please don't waste money renting a car just for a couple of days. Local geocachers are glad to take you and your family from the airport to the hotel or from the hotel to the event location.

If you are looking for someone who'll drive you please contact me telling:

• How many geocachers you are.
• Departure location.
• Arrival location.
• Date and time.

If you want to take someone please contact me or post a note in the cache page telling:

• Car brand and colour (optional).
• Number of free seats.

The following tables are a list of available cars with its driver and the current number of free seats:

Available cars

Badge holder printout

Events caches are being more and more populated and we usually don't have enough time to recognize our fellow geocachers. Carrying the below name tag could help us to identify ourselves, even for newcomers.

Team: Signal Name: Joe

Fill this form for print a customized name tag printout (team, name and region map).

Yearbook

A Yearbook with profiles and data of interest from the event attendees will be provided in a PDF document before the event day. This book has two purposes:

1. To be a basic knowledge base for meet better the geocachers who will attend the event
2. It's also a good souvenir from the Calçotada Aplec 2009.

Signal
Member Since: 2001-12-12 Location: Washington, United States	Favourite Found Caches: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah	Geocaching Gear: blah blah blah blah
Hidden Caches: Waypoint Nickname Description GCXXXX Blah blah blah blah blah GCXXXX Blah blah blah blah blah GCXXXX Blah blah blah blah blah GCXXXX Blah blah blah blah blah GCXXXX Blah blah blah blah blah GCXXXX Blah blah blah blah blah GCXXXX Blah blah blah blah blah GCXXXX Blah blah blah blah blah	Countries Where I Had Been Caching:

If you want to be included in the Calçotada Aplec 2009 Yearbook send me an e-mail with:

• A link of your best image.
• A Top 10 of your favourite found caches.
• Your gadgets/gear/tools used for geocaching.
• A brief description of some of your hidden caches, if you want.
• A list of countries where you had been caching.

Travel Bugs room

Travel Bugs and Geocoins will gain special prominence in the Calçotada Aplec event, even will enjoy their own room in the country house.

A large world map poster will indicate the geographical goal of  each trackable (with specific destination) so that the most appropiate attendees could grab and help it  to achieve the objectives.

A version of this world map poster will be available on-line soon

Hang baggage

If you finally decide to fly by a Low-cost aeroline and you don't want to pay any extra fee, please note that only one item of cabin baggage per passenger (excluding infants) weighing up to 10kg with maximum dimensions of 55cm x 40cm x 20cm is permitted since November 2008.  And if you are planing a short trip don't bring any bag for check-in, it's unnecessary and also another extra cost.

The list below contains all the necessary items that I always need for a geocaching short trip and fits perfectly in a standard hand baggage:

ID card / Passport Money Credit cards European Health Insurance Card Driving license T-shirts Sweater Jacket Tracksuit trousers Trousers Trainers Underwear Pyjamas Belt Cellphone

Shampoo Toothbrush Toothpaste Deodorant Razor Medicines Backpack GPSr PDA Camera Rechargeable batteries Battery charger Travel Bugs Travel itinerary document Hotel reservation document

Walkie talkies

As the community stated and according to the geocaching.com FAQ tune your PMR transceivers in channel 2.