3rd Jul, 2008

Bremen, 27 & 28 September 2008

Be there!

It’s official, the Bremen will be the fourth city to be invaded by the Whiney Expat Bloggers in Germany for our annual Meet-Up.

Come one, come all!

Speak English the entire weekend!

Meet new people and see old pals again!

Enjoy the kind of camaraderie that people who have never lived outside of their country can’t understand!

We’ll even be doing some sightseeing!

**** UPDATED 20:48 – 26 August ****

Since TripHub has closed, I’ve established a YahooGroup for Meet-Up attendees (and prospective attendees). Please send a blank email to expatbloggers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com if you might be (or are definitely) going. To avoid spammers (of which there are many on YahooGroups), members do require approval. However, that’s just a safeguard to protect attendees from spam and everyone who is just even considering attending will be approved. YahooGroups has been around for years and I hope that we’ll be able to use this YahooGroup each year to make the planning of the Meet-Up easier.

Let’s plan it here to see if technology can help make it easier and also so that we don’t bore those who can’t attend (it says invitation required, but everyone who wants one will be sent one).

Bookmark this post – it’ll be the official interest/planning post.

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I’ll be looking into flights soon. No wait! I could probably cycle there if the weather’s right. :-)

By: ian in hamburg on July 4th, 2008
at 05:24

Alas, our house will be full of Oktoberfest guests that weekend. It’d probably be a little rude of me as a host to sneak off to Bremen…

Have fun, guys!

By: Jul on July 4th, 2008
at 14:46

Do we have a local host in Bremen yet?

I’m pretty sure I can make it, and I want to know if we have a designated “convention” hotel yet…

By: tqe / Adam on July 24th, 2008
at 20:10

Adam, Claire is our local host and will be doing recon soon. Hotel info will be on this website once we have it.

By: J on July 25th, 2008
at 07:21

[...] Click here for details [...]

By: Germany Doesn’t Suck » A reminder on August 11th, 2008
at 08:54

sparky and I will be there fo shor.

By: jen on August 11th, 2008
at 14:28

even though i’m neither an expat and most of you don’t really know me – can i still come?

By: kim on August 11th, 2008
at 17:33

Jen, Great!

Kim, of course you can.

By: J on August 11th, 2008
at 21:14

cool. will work on making the man come, too. and ideas what you’re gonna do yet?

By: kim on August 12th, 2008
at 13:52

i found this:

Bremer Seemeile
Erstmalig findet im September 2008 die Bremer Seemeile statt, ein maritimes Fest in der Bremer Innenstadt. Von der Schlachte bis in die Bremer Innenstadt dreht sich alles um Bremens maritime Traditionen. Es wird ein Blick in die maritime Gegenwart und Vergangenheit der Hansestadt geworfen.
27. bis 28. September 2008, Bremer City

By: kim on August 12th, 2008
at 13:57

Kim, not yet, but Claire is our local working on things. However, we’re open to any and all ideas you might have.

By: J on August 12th, 2008
at 21:13

[...] Hannover: just kind of meh. I definitely need more time there before I can form an opinion (I experienced the train station, the hotel, the Fest, the inside of a conference room, and nothing of the city itself). But after a few glimpses around, especially of the Fest itself, I found myself wondering: Where’s the tradition?. There seemed to be no connection to the past there, the way there is in Regensburg, Nuremberg, or Munich. I am sure there are various and sundry historical, political and cultural reasons for that, but we’ll need to compare Hannover with other Northern German cities to be sure. Next up: Bremen. [...]

By: back from Hannover | Regensblog on August 19th, 2008
at 05:23

You should probably stick the information about how to join the Yahoo! Group on this page!

By: tqe / Adam on August 26th, 2008
at 19:35

Thanks, Adam, I thought I had.

By: J on August 26th, 2008
at 20:49

[...] is booking up quickly due to it’s biggest event this year – The Whiney Expat Bloggers’ in Germany Meet-Up (and possibly minor events like the Bremen Marathon and a football game) so if you’re going, [...]

By: Germany Doesn’t Suck » Attention Meet-Upers on August 28th, 2008
at 20:47

Will be there. Looking forward to it.

By: headbang8 on August 30th, 2008
at 09:15

I’ve been waiting to see if we could make it this year (2008 has been the year of upheaval and uncertainty!) but it’s looking like we’ll have to pass on Bremen.

Have a blast everyone; I can’t wait to read all about it…

By: B. on September 9th, 2008
at 15:54

[...] I join my fellow expatriates in Bremen at the Fourth Annual Whiney Expatriate Blogger Meet-up the last weekend of the month, I’ll be on the road quite a bit: The following weekend, I will [...]

By: Homewrecker Vanquished! – That Queer Expatriate on September 12th, 2008
at 21:50

[...] learn more, check out Germany Doesn’t Suck’s Whiney Expatriate Blogger Meet-Up Page, and join the Yahoo! Group to get all the details–including the impressive list of expected [...]

By: Foreign Complainers to Unite in Bremen! – That Queer Expatriate on September 12th, 2008
at 21:55

[...] I head up to Bremen for the Fourth Annual Whiney Expatriate Blogger Meet-Up. It’s not too late to join in; if you’re interested you should check out Germany [...]

By: Toll Herbst – That Queer Expatriate on September 25th, 2008
at 13:13

[...] when to tell her?  You can’t say the timing right now is the greatest.  Here I am about to ride off west to spend the weekend with a bunch of bloggers in Bremen, and I leave her behind with this?   But then again, when is it ever a good [...]

By: How do you tell you wife you’ve been unfaithful? « Letters Home on September 25th, 2008
at 14:02

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