Hi friends,
as some of you maybe know, Alberto Areta and me (CristĂłbal) we are organizing a Ei Users Meeting the last weekend on September 2006 here in Spain.
The plan is to meet us in a nice hotel (a big old stone house called “Palacio de Samaniego”) in a beautiful village called Samaniego in the center of the spanish region called “Rioja Alavesa”.
You can visit [this link](http://www.etereaestudios.com/fotos/palaciosamaniego_tmp/index.htm) to watch the pictures that Alberto and me taken some days ago there.
WHAT TO DO: well, here is located the center of some of the better wines in Spain with beautiful wine cellars to visit ;-) Apart from this, we can taste good dinning and make some small trips to know part of the beautiful atractions in this area: monasteries, archaeological ruins, villages, castles, crafts
And, of course, we can talk from time to time about some 3D application that maybe you know ;-)
WHEN EXACTLY: Friday 29, Saturday 30 (September) Sunday 1 (October)
HOW: well, if you are interested in coming you must make a reservation in the hotel by your own (there are a limited number of rooms). The nearest international airport is located in Bilbao. There is another airport in Vitoria.
Some info about the accomodation:
— 6 “extra” rooms.
Big bed (1,50 m)
Room cost: 88 euros if two persons sleep here / 52 euros if only one person
— 6 “standard” rooms
3 of them with medium size bed (1,35 m) and 3 of them with 2 individual beds, each.
Room cost: 64 euros if two persons / 52 euros if only one person
The breakfast IS NOT included (you must add 7 euros for each)
You must add too the 7% VAT
There is a very nice restaurant where we can taste different kinds of menus. There is too a big special room where we can meet together, play with our laptops and talk around Electric issues in an absolutely informal way (forget about “serious” meetings and presentations, no need of this). This room is included in the price, no extra charge.
The hotel staff is kindness and they have locked all the reservations only for us. If you want to come and meet us you must to make the accomodation reservation by your own before July 31.
You can call to the hotel staff (34) 945 60 91 51 (more info about international country codes [here](http://www.countrycallingcodes.com))
Anyway we think the best way could be use the email (recepcion@palaciosamaniego.com) because I am sure the staff can communicate with you using wrote english, better than talking ;-)
You must to inform them about the person who locked that dates: ALBERTO ARETA. Say them that you are friend of Alberto ;-)
When you make your reservation you must give them this information:
— Personal data (name, real address, passport or identity card number
)
— Email and telephone contact
— Give them a Valid Credit Card Number (don’t worry, they don’t charge until you are here: this is just in case that you don’t come here, only in that case the hotel could charge the first night). If you prefer not to give them your CreditCardNumber you can make a bank transfer for the first night. In case you are confused about this you can contact with the hotel staff directly using the email address.
— Check in and check out date.
We hope to see you in September :-)
Best regards.
MORE INFO:
[www.palaciosamaniego.com](http://www.palaciosamaniego.com)
[www.lariojaturismo.com](http://www.lariojaturismo.com)
[www.rioja-alavesa.net](http://www.rioja-alavesa.net)
[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rioja](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rioja)
[GOOGLE MAPS (Samaniego)](http://maps.google.es/maps?f=q&hl=es&q=Samaniego,+Alava,+Pa%C3%ADs+Vasco,+Espa%C3%B1a&ll=42.578872,-2.670708&spn=0.079254,0.195007&om=1)
I’d love to go. Here’s an idea… you should definitely set up a couple of Macs with iSight capabilities and allow a couple of folks to chime in. It would be great.
