Category: Central Europe

With far-flung members across the continent, the Central European Chapter typically organizes two destination meetings each year. Typically, the Autumn (or Fall) Meeting is held in a German city and the Spring Meeting occurs in a European city outside of Germany. The weekend festivities usually begin with a Friday evening welcome dinner, continue with country…

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Twenty-three members from eight countries attended the Central Europe regional meeting in Prague this June. Coordinator Armin Schreiner thanks country hosts Šárka Kinclova and Jirka Prasil for their meticulous organization. They “Czech’d” all of the boxes. Member presentations included: Saudi Arabia 1977 (Joachim von zur Gathen), historic South Africa (Patrick Dewilde), São Tomé and Principe…

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The next meeting of the Central Europe TCC Chapter will be a full-weekend arrangement in a historic German monastery between the cities of Aachen and Cologne (in the Eifel mountains). It is a very scenic — and also secluded — place where everyone can enjoy a weekend of presentations and talks with other well-traveled people.…

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The Central Europe TCC Chapter has announced plans for a full-day meeting in Prague on Saturday, June 11, 2022, with most attendees probably arriving on Friday and staying at least until Monday, thus giving us the time for social activities and a sightseeing agenda on Sunday. The venue is not contracted as yet, but our…

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The Central Europe Chapter celebrated our 10th Anniversary with a meeting in Muenster on the weekend of Sept. 4-5. The meeting offered plenty of valuable input for everybody (given in the presentations and beyond) as well as it led to interesting discussions and decisions. Hoping for a similar success — proven by more than 20…

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The Muenster meeting previously scheduled for April 17, 2021, has been postponed until Sept. 4. Details will be provided in June. The meeting in Prague previously scheduled for Sept. 4 has been postponed until 2022, hopefully in the spring.

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The Central Europe TCC Chapter hosted a festive gathering during the weekend of Sept. 11-13 in in Nuremberg, Germany. Participants from five countries (seven when counting home countries) introduced themselves and explained their commitment to traveling as well as their personal experiences in the ”special year” 2020. During his opening remarks,  Armin Schreiner presented a…

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Dear Friends, The final program for our Nuremberg meeting is now ready! You may almost pack your travel cases ;-)))) Click to download the full program » Although the meeting is surely affected by the virus situation, and some members unfortunately had to cancel their trip — some are still struggling with Bavarian regulations —…

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Dear Fellow Travelers, In these weird times, after due consideration, we have sadly decided to cancel this year‘s TCC Spring Meeting in Prague, Czech Republic. In view of the COVID-19 crisis, the Czech Republic has decided for an extensive social lock-down in the country as well as a ban for people from several strongly affected…

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Dear Fellow Travelers, Finally, I am happy to spread a preliminary program for our annual spring meeting in Prague, CZ, on April 25, 2020. Interesting presentations and another travel trivia quiz by Reinhold! Our meeting hotel for Nuremberg on Sept. 12, 2020, was also booked, but I will send more detailed information on this AFTER…

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