Glacetarium 2011

Summary

Destination: Reykjavik.
Dates: December 30 - January 13 (Tentative). We'll be back in time for the Mystery Hunt.

Description

The Acetarium Retreat 2011 is intended for the friends and inhabitants of the Acetarium to gather, relax and enjoy good company, often in geothermal pools, in Iceland. Participants are encouraged to bring their favorite books and games and project ideas -- there will be more time to think than you've ever imagined possible.

Useful Information

• Be aware of the huldufólk, the hidden people. Skepticism can appear rude.
• Tipping is considered rude.
• The flats will most likely have wireless Internet there.
• In case if there are more than 8 people, we should be able to accommodate. There is an apartment immediately next door to the 8 person flat we are considering that can hold 10. There are some hotels that seem to be comfortable and about the same price.
• Rent/hostel fees seem to be between $20-25 (US) per night.
• 1000ISK is about 5.5USD.
• Mystery Hunt will start at noon on 2011/01/14 (Friday).
• Apparently, New Year's Eve in Rekyjavik is http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/kiefer.s-iceland-fireworks-thrill crazy].

Useful links

• WikiTravel page for Reykjavik
• A popular tour route in Southern Iceland
• A more expensive man-made spa
• A cheap geothermal pool
• All the geothermal swimming pools in Iceland
• The town of Húsavík has Icelandic Phallological Museum.
• An official tour guide

Getting There

There seem to be two real options:

• Iceland Air which flies direct from Boston for $500 and up for a round trip ticket.
• Iceland Express which flies from Newark and can be as low at $300 for two one-way tickets.

Attendees

Please let us know if you want to come as soon as you find out!

Name	Arriving	Departing	Status
Mako	12/30	1/13	TICKETED / ROOM SETTLED
Mika	12/30	1/13	TICKETED / ROOM SETTLED
Seth	12/30	1/13	TICKETED / ROOM SETTLED
Daf	12/30	1/13	TICKETED / ROOM SETTLED
Christine	12/30	1/8	TICKETED / ROOM SETTLED
Avi	12/30	1/13	TICKETED / ROOM SETTLED
MollydB	12/31	1/13	TICKETED / ROOM SETTLED
Danny	12/30	1/13	TICKETED / ROOM SETTLED
Matt	12/30	1/11	TICKETED / ROOM SETTLED
Calyx	12/30	1/11	TICKETED / ROOM SETTLED
Erik	12/27	1/13	TICKETED / ROOM SETTLED
Hilary	12/27	1/1	TICKETED /

Possible attendees: Mad, Chris, Alan, Ines, Sj, Danjared, Julie, Alex, Bernie

Rooms

We have found one landlord with a good deal of space in Reykjavik. He's trying to give us a good deal and seems pretty flexible. Currently the rundown includes three places:

• Flat 73: Can hold between 6-8 people in two bedrooms with two living rooms, one of which has a couple beds in it. (DEPOSIT IS PUT DOWN)
• Flat 71: Immediately next to Flat 71. It can hold up to 8 people. But it's only available between the 3rd and the 11th.
• Guest house: Although it's about a 20 minute walk away, there is also a guest house we can use to hold overflow. He'll rent it for the same per-person price.

Please only add your name here after you have purchased your tickets.

Flat 73

We are reserving one apartment place that can hold a maximum 8 people from December 30th through January 13th. This includes a person sleeping on a couch in the living room so ideally we'll get two places and sleep 6 or 7 in this apartment. The cost is 1380GBP(about 2200USD) for the entire period which works around to around $20/night/person if the place has eight people sleeping in.

Slot	12/30	12/31	1/1	1/2	1/3	1/4	1/5	1/6	1/7	1/8	1/9	1/10	1/11	1/12	1/13
1	Mako	Mako	Mako	Mako	Mako	Mako	Mako	Mako	Mako	Mako	Mako	Mako	Mako	Mako	Mako
2	Mika	Mika	Mika	Mika	Mika	Mika	Mika	Mika	Mika	Mika	Mika	Mika	Mika	Mika	Mika
3	Seth	Seth	Seth	Seth	Seth	Seth	Seth	Seth	Seth	Seth	Seth	Seth	Seth	Seth	Seth
4	Avi	Avi	Avi	Avi	Avi	Avi	Avi	Avi	Avi	Avi	Avi	Avi	Avi	Avi	Avi
5	Christine	Christine	Christine	Christine	Christine	Christine	Christine	Christine	Christine
6	Daf	Daf	Daf	Daf	Daf	Daf	Daf	Daf	Daf	Daf	Daf	Daf	Daf	Daf	Daf
7		mollydb	mollydb	mollydb	mollydb	mollydb	mollydb	mollydb	mollydb	mollydb	mollydb	mollydb	mollydb	mollydb	mollydb
8(couch)	Danny	Danny	Danny	Danny	Danny

Flat 71

There is an apartment next door from the same landlord that can hold 10 people that will be available from the 3rd of January through the 13th. As soon as we get 4-5 people who've signed up for this, we'll put a deposit down to reserve the space for the whole period. Please sign up quickly so we can make sure we get it before someone else does! The price is 790GBP/wk and 120GBP/weekday and 160GBP/weekend. Since the house is not available until 1/3, the owner said that we can stay at his other guest house (20-25mins away) until the 3rd for the same price. Let Mika or Mako know if you want to rent the place.

There are hostels and are probably other apartments for people that want to come for period from December 30 through January 1st.

Folks can expect to pay between US $20-35 per night in shared apartment or hostel. Obviously, the bigger the place, the cheaper the per-person/per-night cost.

Please only add your name here after you have purchased your tickets.

Slot	1/3	1/4	1/5	1/6	1/7	1/8	1/9	1/10	1/11	1/12	1/13
1	Matt	Matt	Matt	Matt	Matt	Matt
2	Calyx	Calyx	Calyx	Calyx	Calyx	Calyx	Calyx	Calyx	Calyx	Calyx	Calyx
3	Erik	Erik	Erik	Erik	Erik	Erik	Erik	Erik	Erik	Erik	Erik
4	Danny	Danny	Danny	Danny	Danny	Danny	Danny	Danny	Danny	Danny	Danny
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Guest House Requests

If you need a room in the guest house, put requests down here. We'll try to aggregate these and get these to the landlord and will let you know:

• Hillary: 12/27 -> 1/1
• Erik: 12/27 -> /1/3