THE CONFERENCE TRIPS
BIOTRAC s.p.r.l.
Information for the WCM excursions on Wednesday
18 July 2007
All excursions will be leaded by a WCM-representative. However, for questions or
additional information, please contact Kurt Jordaens: kurt.jordaens@ua.ac.be
All trips start in front of the congress site at Campus Groenenborger of the University
of Antwerp. There will be three groups of buses waiting for you one for the Brugge
trip, one for the Bouillon trip and one for the Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe +
biking trip. Because the bus to Bouillon leaves very early, people that have hotel
accommodation in the city centre can get directly on the bus in the city centre at the
Roosevelt place (see specifications below for the Bouillon/Orval trip).
The three groups of buses will depart at different times; please make sure you are in
time for your trip! The WCM-representative for the trip will be waiting for you at the
bus and there will be signs guiding you to the correct bus.
Prices for the trips include the bus trip, guides, renting of the bikes (biking trip),
entrance to three museum and beer tasting (Brugge), entrance to the castle, monastery
and beer tasting (Bouillon) and visit to the visitor centre (Saeftinghe). However, food
and additional drinks are NOT INCLUDED! Below you will find specific information
for each trip. PARTICULARLY FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE TRIP TO
SAEFTINGHE THIS INFO MAY BE VERY IMPORTANT, AS WELL AS FOR
THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE BRUGGE TRIP THAT WANT TO HAVE DINNER
IN THE BREWERY!!!
Skyline of Antwerp, seen from the left bank of the river Scheldt
Field trip to `Het Verdronken Land Van Saeftinghe'
WCM-representative: Lobke Dillen
Departure: 9:30 am at Campus Groenenborger.
Start excursion: 10:30 am at the visitor centre `Saeftinghe'.
Duration of the guided walk: approximately 4 hours.
Afterwards we will have a drink on a nice terrace where for those that like it can have
a waffle or pancake.
Estimated time of arrival back at Campus Groenenborger: 18:00 pm
Important notes:
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This bus will also serve for the attendants of the Biking trip, who will be dropped
of in Doel.
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For safety reasons, children under the age of 10 are not allowed.
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Wear suitable clothes: the track is very muddy and you will have to cross several
ditches, etc. Hence, you will need clothes that may get dirty and knee-high boots
(or shoes that may get wet).
-We strongly encourage you to bring spare clothes! There is a limited space where
you can change clothes after the trip.
-July may be very warm and sunny (to our standards...), so do not forget to protect
yourself against sunburn (e.g. hat, sunglasses, sun milk).
-Nevertheless, the weather may be unpredictable and showers are possible as well, so
bring some protection against the rain!
-For those who are interested in birds, bring your binoculars!
-Lunch will be inside the nature reserve so the organisation will take care of food and
drinks. Of course, you can bring some snacks and drinks yourself.
-When returning from the trip to Antwerp, the people of the biking trip will be picked
up in Doel. There will be three stops when we arrive in Antwerp. A first stop will be
at `Berchem Church' where people that have hotel accommodation in the centre of
Antwerp can take the public transport (Tram 15 or busses 32, 190, 192, 195-197 and
297) to the city centre (which will take approximately 10 minutes). A second stop will
be at the MHC facility. A final stop will be at the Campus Groenenborger (TPC
facility).
Participants (alphabetically)
Antipushina, Zhana
Aravind, Ananthram
Borrero, Francisco
Callomon, Paul
Castelin, Magalie
Ceylan, Salih
Chase, Ronald
Colville, Barry
Davies, Mark
Dillen, Lobke
Falkner, Gerhard
Fazalova, Varvara
Fukuda, Hiroshi
Fryda, Jiri
Gittenberger, Edi
Gümüs, Burcin Askim
Haga, Takuma
Hartman, Joseph
Hayashi, Seiji
Hutchinson, John
Iwata, Yoko
Jelnes, Jens E.T.
Kano, Yasunori
Keuning, Rozemarijn
Lavaleye, Marc
Leal, Jose & Kimberley
Leonard, Janet
Lorion, Julie
Mazurova, Edita
Mclean, James
Mikovcova, Alena
Nakano, Tomoyuki
Nicolai, Annegret
Norris, Adrian
Nyilas, Istvan, Istvanne, & Katalin
Örstan, Aydin
Patti, Francesco Paolo
Pearce, Timothy
Peretolchina, Tatiana
Prié, Vincent
Puillandre, Nicolas
Reise, Heike
Simone, Luiz Ricardo
Solymos, Peter
Speiser, Daniel
Tatara, Yuki
Valdes, Angel
Vendetti, Jann
Voltzow, Janice
Wesselingh, Frank
Yildirim, Mehmet Zeki
A taster of 'Het Verdronken Land Van Saeftinghe':
Satellite view on Antwerp, its Harbour and 'Het Verdronken Land Van Saeftinghe'
(green zone in the upper left part of the photograph, just below the river meander)
Aerial view of 'Het Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe' (cf. green area in the upper left
corner of the previous photograph)
Be prepared for mud...
and mud...
Biking trip in the vicinity of Antwerp
WCM-representative: Kurt Jordaens
Departure at university campus: 9:30 am
Start biking trip: 10:00 am.
Duration of the biking tour: approximately 6 hours.
Estimated time of arrival back at the university: 18:00 pm
Important notes:
-You will take the same bus as the participants of the trip to `Het Verdronken Land
van Saeftinghe' (see above).
-July may be very warm and sunny (to our standards...), so do not forget to protect
yourself against sunburn (e.g. hat, sunglasses, sun milk). Nevertheless, the weather
may be unpredictable and showers are possible as well, so bring some protection
against the rain!
-Although the biking trail is about 60 km, you should not worry, it is easy to do;
moreover, there will be plenty of stops to have a rest, drinks and food.
-At noon, we will go to a place where we can have lunch and drinks. We will take
care of lunch and drinks. Evidently, during the trip we will stop at several places
where you can have a drink or snack as well.
-For those who are interested in birds, bring your binoculars!
-There will be three stops when we arrive back in Antwerp. A first stop will be at
`Berchem Church' where people that have hotel accommodation in the centre of
Antwerp can take the public transport (Tram 15 or busses 32, 190, 192, 195-197 and
297) to the city centre (which will take approximately 10 minutes). A second stop will
be at the MHC facility. A final stop will be at the Campus Groenenborger (TPC
facility).
List of participants (alphabetically):
Breugelmans, Karin
Buick, Devin
Burton-Kelly, Matthew
Haukeland, Solveig
Hershler, Robert
Hoffer, Jeroen
Morales-Gomez, Ana Adalia
Parker, Meaghan
Przeslawski, Rachel
Scholz, Henning
A taster of the biking trip:
Doel... hard contrasts between old traditions and....
And crossing the river by boat to Lillo...
Lillo... rural romance in the shadow of a harbour...
In daylight...
Or in a mystical night...
Old traditional village life...
Contrasts everywhere...
Visit to the Castle of Bouillon / Monastery of Orval
WCM-representative: Thierry Backeljau, Hilde Vrijders or Vanya Prévot
Departure at university campus: 7:30 am.
Start guided tour at the castle of Bouillon: 10:00 am.
Start of the falconry show: 11:30 am.
Afterwards you will go to a place where you can have lunch.
Start guided tour at the monastery of Orval (ruines and gardens): 14:30 pm, followed
by a drink (You should try the Orval!)
Departure in Orval: 17:30 pm.
Estimated time of arrival back at the university: 20:30 pm
Important notes:
-Because you leave early, people that have hotel accommodation in the city centre
should go to the Roosevelt Place where they can get directly on the bus for the trip (at
the place where you can take the congress bus in the morning on the other days). This
bus will leave at 7:15 am at the Roosevelt Place and will pass at Campus
Groenenborger where the attendants that have accommodation in the MHC and TPC
facilities can get on the bus. We will then leave for Bouillon at 7:30 am.
-There will be three stops when we arrive back in Antwerp. A first stop will be at
`Berchem Church' where people that have hotel accommodation in the centre of
Antwerp can take the public transport (Tram 15 or busses 32, 190, 192, 195-197 and
297) to the city centre (which will take approximately 10 minutes). A second stop will
be at the MHC facility. A final stop will be at the Campus Groenenborger (TPC
facility).
List of participants (alphabetically):
Alejandrino, Alvin
Anthes, Nils
Apte, Deepak
Bakhmet, Igor
Bieler, Rudiger
Caballer, Manuel
Clutts, Stephanie
Colgan, Dan & Janet
Coppolino, Marla
De Winter, Anton
Devlin, Leah and children
Egonmwan, Rosemary
Engelke, Sabine
Galindo, Lee Ann
Gaudenyi, Tivadar
Guevara-Munoz, Samira
Harasewych, Jerry
Harper, Liz
Herbert, Dai
Hornbach, Dan
Johnson, Nicholas
Kaluski, Tomasz
Kappes Heike
Kelly, Shannon
Kk, Idress Babu
Kronenberg, Gijs
Laffy, Patrick
Letendre, Julie
Mikkelsen, Paula
Norton, Peter
Nützel, Alexander
Pienkowska Joanna
Raso, Sayam
Robles, Laura
Santos, Sonia
Sprenger, Dennis
Stachnik, Magdalena
Steiner, Gerhard
Troncoso, Jesus
Trueblood, Lloyd
Valtentich-Scott + partner
Von Proschwitz, Ted
A taster of the Castle of Bouillon and the Monastery of Orval:
The Castle... and its 'ingredients'...
In Orval life is more peaceful....
and enjoy the good things....
Visit to Bruges (Dutch: Brugge)
WCM-representative: Wim De Belder
Departure at university campus: 9:00 am
Start two-hour guided tour: 10:30 am.
Afterwards you are free to visit Brugge on your own with the museum tickets; you
will have to be at the brewery at 17:00 pm.
Start of the tour in the brewery: 17:00 pm.
Estimated time of arrival back at the university: 21:45 pm
Important notes:
-There will be four guides waiting for you at the bus parking in Brugge.
-Each of the guides will take you on a two-hour guided tour that starts at 10:30 am. At
the end of the guided tour (12:30 pm) the guide will take you to one of the three
museums that you can visit.
-During the bus trip to Brugge, you will receive a ticket `MUSEA BRUGGE 18
July 2007' with the logo of the WCM congress. The guide will end his/her tour at one
of the three museums. You enter the museum where you can exchange your ticket
into an entrance ticket for the three museums.
-You will have the time to visit the museum but you will have to be at the Brewery
of De Halve Maan (Walplein 26) at 17:00 pm to visit the brewery and for the beer
tasting. Make sure to be there in time!
VERY IMPORTANT: After visiting the brewery and having a beer taste, you can have a
meal in the brewery or somewhere else in Brugge at a place of your own choice but make
sure to be at the bus at 20:30 pm!! The meal at the brewery is a `Breughelbuffet' a
typical Flemish buffet that includes a variety of foods such as tuna salad, salmon, bacon,
Belgian paté, several old Belgian cheeses, cold vegetables, potato salad and brown bread.
The price of the buffet is 15 per person to be pa id in the brewery. People that want to
have their meal at the brewery should send an email to kurt.jordaens@ua.ac.be
before July 5, otherwise you will have to look for a place yourself or have diner when
you get back in Antwerp (21:45 pm).
-Wim De Belder will take you to the busses at 20:30 pm and you will be at the
university campus again at approximately 21:45 pm. There will be three stops when
we arrive in Antwerp. A first stop will be at `Berchem Church' where people that
have hotel accommodation in the centre of Antwerp can take the public transport
(Tram 15 or busses 32, 190, 192, 195-197 and 297) to the city centre (which will take
approximately 10 minutes). A second stop will be at the MHC facility. A final stop
will be at the Campus Groenenborger (TPC facility).
List of participants (alphabetically):
Abbes, Intidhar
Abraszewska, Anna
Aldridge, David
Amano, Kazutaka
Amor Perez, José + Kirchner Colom, Carlos
Anderson, Frank
Bahamondes-Rojas, Ingrid
Bailey, Bill
Baoanan, Zenaida
Barry, Peter
Beu, Alan
Bodis, Erika
Bogan, Arthur
Bouchet, Philippe
Bretos, Marta
Cameron, Robert
Castilho, Rita
Clarke, Nickelia
Colomba, Mariastella + Gregorini, Armando
Dussart, Georges & Molly
Eernisse, Douglas
Elejalde, Arantza
Fearman, Jo-Anne & Andrew
Fedosov, Alexander
Feistel, Susanne
Fields, Angela
Fontanilla, Ian
Gallichan, Jennifer
Golding, Rosemary
Gomez, Bejamin + Martin, Conde
Gomez, Maria
Gosliner, Terrence & Bonnie
Haase, Martin
Herbert, Gregory
Hickman, Carole
Hill, Robert & Isaka
Holmes, Anna
Kantor, Yuri + Steyker, Tatyana
Killeen, Ian
Knigge, Thomas
Krylova, Elena
Kunze, Thomas
Labecka, Anna
Lindberg, David & Dixie
Lobo-da-Cunha, Alexandre & Isabel
Lopes-da-Cunha, Regina
Luque, Angel
Maltz, Thomas & accompanying person
Martinez-Orti, Alberto
Monsinjon, Tiphaine
Moore, Beth
Moorkens, Evelyn
Morton, Brian
Neves, Richard
Oliver, Graham
Orlandi Introini, Gisele
Piechocki, Andrzej
Pokryszko, Beata
Rawlings, Timothy
Reid, David
Robinson, David
Rosenberg, Gary
Rowson, Ben
Sahlmann, Bernd
Salvini-Plawen, Luitfried
Sartori, Andre
Schander, Christoffer
Seddon, Mary
Slapnik, Rajko + Valentincic, Janja
Sneli, Jon-Arne
Soroka, Marianna
Speimann, Erika
Strong, Ellen
Stworzewicz, Ewa
Sulikowska-Drozd, Anna
Tattersfield, Peter
Thiengo, Silvana
Turner, James
Uit de Weerd, Dennis
Valovirta, Ilmari & Helena
Wawrzyniak-Wydrowska, Brygida
Williams, Suzanne
Wood, Harriet
Zardoya, Rafael
Zieritz, Alexandra
A taster of Brugge:
