EEE 2017 – Pre-Conference

EEE – Preconference 2017  – It is up to you!

Since we, -as experiential organizing team-,  and you – as experiential educators-, are all living in different places but in more or less the same State of Mind, we would like to take you to several places around the area of mysterous New Moresnet, with a choice of different starting points.

“BONVENO EN AMIKEJO – Welcome in the place of friendship”
New Moresnet – an EEE-state of mind

Option 1: Start in Köln/Germany

Starts when: Monday night, May 1st or Tuesday morning, May 2nd, 2017

Where: Homestay at EEE-members and friends. (details & adress will be provided later)

Places:  max. 15 places at host families

Costs: 120 €

Included: All meals, program-activities, accomodation and transfers from pre-conference location and/or airport are included.

Not included: transfer back to Köln-trainstation/airport for departure

Fly: Köln/Bonn (CGN), transfer to homestay will be arranged in consultation with host.

Train: Transfer from meeting point will be arranged in consultation with host.

Drive: Accomodation address in consultation with host

You will drive to/fly in to Köln either Monday evening or Tuesday morning. You will stay privately with 1 or 2 other participants with 6 different hosts in and around Köln, such as Valentin, Barbara Meyer & Bernd Kappeler, Silke Körner, Johannes Löhr and Bernd Rademächers.

The program includes sightseeing in Köln, dinner in a local brewery, ‘Gemütlichkeit’ at home and maybe a short visit of Aachen/Aix la Chapelle on our way to Lustin, Belgium to meet up with the other preconference guests.

In Lustin, we will spend 1-1,5 days in the countryside of the Belgian Ardennes in an Outward Bound guesthouse – host of the very first EEE-conference in 1997! – and enjoy outdoor activities such as climbing, ropes course, hiking.

On Friday May 5th, we’ll all travel via  mysterious ‘New Moresnet’ (see invitation/theme) to Much, Germany to start the Main Conference 2017 at 6pm.

Your local guide (in case of emergency or questions) is Bernd Rademächers in Köln: 0049 17 57 22 05 63 rademaechers@me.com

Option 2: Start in Amsterdam/Netherlands

Starts when: Monday night, May 1st or Tuesday morning, May 2nd, 2017

Where:  Camping De Badhoeve · Website Uitdammerdijk 10, 1026 CP Durgerdam (Amsterdam) · Directions

Places: max 12. in tents and (some) cabins.

Costs: 120 €

Included: All meals, program-activities, accomodation and transfers from preconference and/or airport/trainstation are included.

Not included: Transfer from the mainconference in Much, Germany back to Amsterdam for departure. Solutions to problems can be found.

Fly: Amsterdam/Schiphol (AMS), transfer will be arranged in consultation with host. Air-travellers may depart back home from Köln/Bonn Airport.

Train: Amsterdam Centraal (main station), transfer will be arranged in consultation with host.

Drive: Uitdammerdijk 10, 1026 CP Amsterdam · Directions

You will arrive mondaynight or tuesdaymorning in Amsterdam and stay for the night in tents and cabins on Ammy`s campground at Durgerdam, a nature (birds!) reserve with a view on the Amsterdam skyline. We’ll cook dinner together, enjoy the campfire or go out in the City.

The program includes Amsterdam sightseeing by bike or boat, Dinner at Blijburg-beach, free tourist-time, self-cooking, campfire, another biking trip, a transfer to the Experiential Education & Virtual Reality Center at Tilburg University (https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/nl/campus/experiencing-virtual-reality.htm), and a continuated transfer to Lustin, Belgium to meet up with the other preconference guests.

In Lustin, we will spend 1,5 days in the countryside of the Belgian Ardennes in an Outward Bound guesthouse – host of the very first EEE-conference in 1997! – and enjoy outdoor activities such as climbing, ropes course, hiking.

On Friday May 5th, we’ll all travel via mysterious ‘New Moresnet’ (see invitation/theme) to Much, Germany to start the Main Conference 2017 at 6pm.

Your local guide (in case of emergency or questions) is Ammy Kuiper in Amsterdam: 00316 5538 1048 ammykuiper@gmail.com

Option 3: – Start in Lustin/Belgium

Starts when: Wednesday afternoon, May 3rd , 2017

Where: Outward Bound Center Belgium, Rue Covis 19, 5170 Lustin, Belgium.

Places: 15 places

Costs: 80 €

Included: All meals, accomodation, activities and transfer from Airport/trainstation Brussels to Lustin (preconference) and later to Much, Germany (main-conference).

Not included: Transfer back from main conference to Belgium for departures.

There we will spend 1,5 days in the countryside of the Belgian Ardennes in an Outward Bound guesthouse – host of the very first EEE-conference in 1997!

The program will be organized by Luk Peeters and Dirk Devilder and offers outdoor activities such as climbing, ropes course, hiking and cooking.

The local guide is Luk : 0032 477 29 67 71, luk@lukpeeters.be

On Friday May 5th, we’ll all travel via mysterious ‘New Moresnet’ (see invitation/theme) to Much, Germany to start the Main Conference 2017 at 6pm.

Make up your mind and sign up now!

We are really eager and waiting impatiently to host YOU!

Pre-conference fee and payment procedure:

The fee for all preconferences is all inclusive.

 ! Payment procedure for the preconference:

When singing up online, please add your downpayment of 40 € to your conference fee payment. Downpayment is to cover some initial costs.