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Jerzy Czopik 
Germany
Local time: 21:59
Member (2003)
Polish to German
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| Hotel reservation | Sep 1, 2005 |
IMPORTANT INFORAMTION
I just called Hotel System in Cracow.
For all of you, who emailed the hotel and asked for reservation - your emails have reached the hotel and will all be answered in the nearest future. The assistant couldn´t tell me exactly when, because as she said "September is a very busy month in Cracow", but we shall be patient and wait a bit.
Therefore may I suggest to wait at least until the e... See more IMPORTANT INFORAMTION
I just called Hotel System in Cracow.
For all of you, who emailed the hotel and asked for reservation - your emails have reached the hotel and will all be answered in the nearest future. The assistant couldn´t tell me exactly when, because as she said "September is a very busy month in Cracow", but we shall be patient and wait a bit.
Therefore may I suggest to wait at least until the end of next week?
If you don´t get any notification by then please either post here or in a separate thread I´m opening right now or contact me directly via my profile.
Thank you
Regards
Jerzy ▲ Collapse
| | | | Rafal Piotrowski
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:59
Member (2009)
English to Polish
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| Yiddish and the like | Sep 1, 2005 |
Dear Tuli,
The Jewish community in Cracow, like in the rest of Poland, is rather scarce; AFAIK, the Jewish Religious Community has only several hudred members (ca. 150 registered members, as of 2001), though, naturally, not every Cracow Jew is obliged to join the organisation
Most (or quite a fraction) of Jews in Cracow speak only Polish, only saying their prayers in Hebrew, without using the latter... See more Dear Tuli,
The Jewish community in Cracow, like in the rest of Poland, is rather scarce; AFAIK, the Jewish Religious Community has only several hudred members (ca. 150 registered members, as of 2001), though, naturally, not every Cracow Jew is obliged to join the organisation
Most (or quite a fraction) of Jews in Cracow speak only Polish, only saying their prayers in Hebrew, without using the latter language on an everyday basis. As for Yiddish: you should know that this language used to be widely spoken before WWII by Central European Jews, whereas the Sephardi (those inhabiting the West of Europe, especially Spain and Portugal, and whose rituals also vary from those followed by the Ashkenazi) would at that time use Ladino, a lingo based on Spanish. Only after the foundation of the State of Israel, it was officially decided that Hebrew should be restored, which was duly done, and now we are facing the third generation of those whose mother tongue is Modern Hebrew. (an interesting fact from history: the first sessions of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, were conducted in... Polish).
Thus, it would be rather dififcult to find a speaker of Yiddish in Krakow, though we should not exclude the possibility that some may have retained the ability to speak the language. When you have time to loiter around the charming streets of Kazimierz (which is not actually a shtetl, but simply a district of Krakow, being a separate Jewish settlement/quarter in the Middle Ages, later absorbed by the growing capital), try to visit one of its synagogues, or the Center for Jewish culture (http://www.judaica.pl/), where you'll be able to find much more data of your interest.
If you wish, you may also contact our much-valued Proz peer and a good friend of mine, Kris Nowicki, who will be able to tell you much more, as he is Jewish himself, and whom I cannot wait to see at the conference, if he finds time.
Best - R.P.
P.S. You may also find some info by clicking on the links on Krakow that I have quoted above.
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| | | | avantix
Netherlands
Local time: 21:59
German to Dutch
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In memoriam | 24 hours or 14 days? | Sep 2, 2005 |
Hi Rebecca,
You must be a lucky bird with your 24 hours! I've also filled in the special ProZ reservation form and after sending I received a message that I'll be contacted "within 14 days". This is even worse than the Russian HRS-systems!
Herman
Rebekka Gross wrote:
Hi,
This is probably the wrong forum but I'm not sure where else to ask this question
I went to the Hotel System web site to book a room for the conference and after filling in all the details got a message that I'd be contacted by a member of staff within 24 hours. When I didn't here from them, I sent an e-mail to the reservations e-mail address. That was yesterday morning. Still nothing. So I don't know if they have reserved the room I requested, whether I have to pay in advance or make a deposit or pay the whole amount on check-out.
Has anyone else had the same problem or was anyone more successful in making their booking?
Regards,
Rebekka
[Edited at 2005-09-01 08:58]
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| What on earth is this? | Sep 2, 2005 |
avantix wrote:
Hi Rebecca,
You must be a lucky bird with your 24 hours! I've also filled in the special ProZ reservation form and after sending I received a message that I'll be contacted "within 14 days". This is even worse than the Russian HRS-systems!
Sorry, what are the HRS-systems?
| | | | Magda Dziadosz
Poland
Local time: 21:59
Member (2004)
English to Polish
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TOPIC STARTER
Hi All,
I was contacted by the hotel yesterday and they confirmed that they do receive all bookings and will be sending confirmations within next days. The delay is actually related to the fact that they update their systems because of the opening of one more hotel.
I was assured that all bookings are processed correctly and they guarantee rooms availability and confirmation to each individual
Since there is still 3 months to go, please be patient. I am monitoring it.... See more Hi All,
I was contacted by the hotel yesterday and they confirmed that they do receive all bookings and will be sending confirmations within next days. The delay is actually related to the fact that they update their systems because of the opening of one more hotel.
I was assured that all bookings are processed correctly and they guarantee rooms availability and confirmation to each individual
Since there is still 3 months to go, please be patient. I am monitoring it.
BTW, it seems that more then 30 rooms are already taken - good to see growing number of participants!
Best,
Magda ▲ Collapse
| | | | avantix
Netherlands
Local time: 21:59
German to Dutch
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In memoriam
Yuri Smirnov wrote: avantix wrote:
Hi Rebecca,
You must be a lucky bird with your 24 hours! I've also filled in the special ProZ reservation form and after sending I received a message that I'll be contacted "within 14 days". This is even worse than the Russian HRS-systems! Sorry, what are the HRS-systems?
Hello Yuri. It's nothing special, I just meant Hotel Reservation Systems >
| | | | | flights from Rome (Fiumicino) and Milan (Malpensa) | Sep 3, 2005 |
In case you need some info for flights from Italy (Alitalia)
direct flights from Milano Malpensa (MXP) to Cracovia
dep. 24/11 ret. 27/11 fare 139 euro + 84.23 tax (boarding tax, fuel surcharge, security tax..bla bla.. )
or from Roma Fiumicino (FCO) to Cracovia via Malpensa
same dates > 129 euro + 103.71 tax
ticket to be bought within 7 days from reservation date, no change no refu... See more
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Robert Zawadzki (X)
Local time: 21:59
English to Polish
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| For those on a tight budget... | Sep 5, 2005 |
... I can spare a room. There is a small problem however: my place is monster-infested, a monster being my wife's 25 kg mongrel (quite similar to a Belgian Shepherd). Its fur is averywhere, so wearing black clothes is not a viable proposition.
There is also a wonderful, 12-years old girl, a bit absent-in-soul 15-years old boy (he prefers not to leave his room and his computer game in particular), my wife and me.
Contact me via e-mail if you are interested.
| | | | Ines R.
Spain
Local time: 21:59
Member
Spanish to German
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| flights from Girona /Spain to Poland www.wizzair.com | Sep 7, 2005 |
Jerzy Czopik wrote: There are direct flights from Chicago to Cracow, offered by the polish airline LOT www.lot.com. ThMy recent querry brought me to a rate of approximatls 700 US $ for a flight in November. The other idea would be to fly to London and then book a connecting flight www.easyjet.com for London Luton, www.centralwings.com or www.britishairways.com for London Gatwick or www.skyeurope.com for London Stansted. Other connections to Cracow outside of Europe may be foud on the homepage of the airport in Balice (link allready mntioned above). Before you go to your travel agent for quite, first check, which airport in Europe, convenient for you, is connected with Cracow or Katowice via a low cost carrier. This could save you a lot of money. But I mean London or perhaps Berlin or Amsterdam could be the most interesting of them. Regards Jerzy PS If you have specific questions about travelling to Cracow or comming around there, please post them here - we can try to adress them here as a way to inform other members too.
| | | | Dan Marasescu
Romania
Local time: 21:59
Member (2003)
English to Romanian
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| Accomodation thread? | Sep 8, 2005 |
Hi Magda,
I am very interested in finding out more about accomodation opportunities in Krakow. As I noticed that I'm not the only one, maybe we can start a new thread just for that. What do you think?
Best,
Dan
| | | | Tania Martins
Portugal
Local time: 20:59
Member
German to Portuguese
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SITE LOCALIZER | Who is going from Portugal? | Sep 8, 2005 |
Hi,
I'd really love to attend the conference, I'm still looking for flights and planning my work here, so I would like to know if there is somebody from Portugal who is also attending.
I hope to meet you all there...
Tania Vieira
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Rebekka Groß (X)
Local time: 20:59
English to German
| Hotel booking confirmed but I have more questions | Sep 13, 2005 |
Hi,
I've now received an email confirming my reservation of a room at the Hotel System, which also contains further information, i.e. times for check-in and check-out etc.
The email further states:
'Cancelation is required by 3 days before scheduledy arrival.
In case of no - show credit card serving as guarantee will be charged with one night room rate.'
Only, I never had the opportunity to leave a credit card number when booking the roo... See more Hi,
I've now received an email confirming my reservation of a room at the Hotel System, which also contains further information, i.e. times for check-in and check-out etc.
The email further states:
'Cancelation is required by 3 days before scheduledy arrival.
In case of no - show credit card serving as guarantee will be charged with one night room rate.'
Only, I never had the opportunity to leave a credit card number when booking the room. Magda, do you know anything about this, or could you find out?
Thanks very much,
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| | | | Magda Dziadosz
Poland
Local time: 21:59
Member (2004)
English to Polish
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TOPIC STARTER | Will find out | Sep 13, 2005 |
Rebekka Gross wrote:
In case of no - show credit card serving as guarantee will be charged with one night room rate.'
Only, I never had the opportunity to leave a credit card number when booking the room. Magda, do you know anything about this, or could you find out?
Hi Rebekka,
It sound to me as standard booking clause, but indeed it's strange that they didn't take your credit card number. I will check with hotel and post here, OK?
Magda
| | | | lim0nka
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:59
English to Polish
| the answer I've got | Sep 13, 2005 |
Rebekka Gross wrote:
Hi,
Only, I never had the opportunity to leave a credit card number when booking the room. Magda, do you know anything about this, or could you find out?
The room will be kept for you until 6.00 p.m. In case you want it to be a guaranteed reservation, you just need to give them your credit card no.
HTH,
Anetta
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