Dear all,
As you may know, the next 3,4,5 and 6 of July 2008, the WE2008 will be held in Girona.
Our association, El Baluard, has been chosen to organize this event.
For that reason, we have constructed a web site, www.elbaluard.net, where all the latest news will be posted. This page will be actualized weekly. We are translating all the web page in English and French (Be patient if some parts of the web page are not translated yet, we are working on it). In this web page there is a discussion list (there is a link) where you can place any request, question, doubt,... any thing you need. It's our pleasure to answer you ASAP all this information needed. No problem if the post is in English, French and/or Italian (of course Spanish and Catalan are welcomed...). We will try to translate all the questions and answers.
For the moment, in the web page you can find all this relevant information:
WE2008:
Other info concerning Girona and surrounding, Soldat de plom 2007 (our annual contest), a contact form (for personal issues), and others.
Before the end of March (I hope this week) we will put on the web site a link to a travel agency (we reached an agreement with them). They will manage all the reservations (hotels, organized trips, activities,...) So please, redirect all that questions directly to them.
During the next 15 months, we will come to different contest in Europe and US to present the WE2008 and to encourage people to discover Girona. On May we will be in Philadelphia, where we will answer all the doubts that the US friend will have, in person.
Let me say that we are preparing two auctions for the World Expo 2008, as extra source of income (one in USA and other one in Europe (places to decide)
We have asked to the painters and collectors to collaborate with this World Expo in Girona, giving as a present a figure, to be auctioned. We are really happy cos we have the confirmation from almost all the great artists that will give a figure, painted or originals de be auctioned! Even we already have some of them!
In our web page all these figures, kindly given by the modellers, will be shown as soon as we have them.
The auction rules, dates and figures to be auctioned, will be published during the coming months. Income obtained will result in a better march of the World-Expo and will benefit to our entire hobby.
If you think it would be nice to collaborate with this organization giving as a present one of the figures of your collection (It doesn’t matter your level; it’s not needed to be a great artist to collaborate, of course!), you can contact the organization.
Girona is a very well communicated city:
- Close to the French border (50km), and easy to reach by car from Europe.
- By plane, Girona has a big airport (18 km from Girona), communicated with almost all countries in Europe (Ryan Air South Mediterranean see)
- Close to Barcelona (100 km) and its international airport (direct flight to all over the world)
Girona and its surroundings are a tourist destiny of thousands of European and Spanish people. In 2004 visited our region more than 6 million people. The months of July and August are months of great tourist affluence, mainly because of the attractiveness of the Costa Brava.
Our receptor activity in 2006 was 8.200.000 trips (The Girona-Costa Brava Airport: 3.200.000 passengers)
Please, feel free to contact me for any thing you need ([email protected]; [email protected])
Regards,
Josep
As you may know, the next 3,4,5 and 6 of July 2008, the WE2008 will be held in Girona.
Our association, El Baluard, has been chosen to organize this event.
For that reason, we have constructed a web site, www.elbaluard.net, where all the latest news will be posted. This page will be actualized weekly. We are translating all the web page in English and French (Be patient if some parts of the web page are not translated yet, we are working on it). In this web page there is a discussion list (there is a link) where you can place any request, question, doubt,... any thing you need. It's our pleasure to answer you ASAP all this information needed. No problem if the post is in English, French and/or Italian (of course Spanish and Catalan are welcomed...). We will try to translate all the questions and answers.
For the moment, in the web page you can find all this relevant information:
WE2008:
- Rules for the Contest (historical, fantasy, junior and military vehicles)
- Juries (this weekend we are going to Reggio-Emilia where we will confirm almost all the italian Juries for the WE2008. We will present there the WE2008 to the Italian friends)
- Place where the event will take place
- Some info on the commercial fair
Other info concerning Girona and surrounding, Soldat de plom 2007 (our annual contest), a contact form (for personal issues), and others.
Before the end of March (I hope this week) we will put on the web site a link to a travel agency (we reached an agreement with them). They will manage all the reservations (hotels, organized trips, activities,...) So please, redirect all that questions directly to them.
During the next 15 months, we will come to different contest in Europe and US to present the WE2008 and to encourage people to discover Girona. On May we will be in Philadelphia, where we will answer all the doubts that the US friend will have, in person.
Let me say that we are preparing two auctions for the World Expo 2008, as extra source of income (one in USA and other one in Europe (places to decide)
We have asked to the painters and collectors to collaborate with this World Expo in Girona, giving as a present a figure, to be auctioned. We are really happy cos we have the confirmation from almost all the great artists that will give a figure, painted or originals de be auctioned! Even we already have some of them!
In our web page all these figures, kindly given by the modellers, will be shown as soon as we have them.
The auction rules, dates and figures to be auctioned, will be published during the coming months. Income obtained will result in a better march of the World-Expo and will benefit to our entire hobby.
If you think it would be nice to collaborate with this organization giving as a present one of the figures of your collection (It doesn’t matter your level; it’s not needed to be a great artist to collaborate, of course!), you can contact the organization.
Girona is a very well communicated city:
- Close to the French border (50km), and easy to reach by car from Europe.
- By plane, Girona has a big airport (18 km from Girona), communicated with almost all countries in Europe (Ryan Air South Mediterranean see)
- Close to Barcelona (100 km) and its international airport (direct flight to all over the world)
Girona and its surroundings are a tourist destiny of thousands of European and Spanish people. In 2004 visited our region more than 6 million people. The months of July and August are months of great tourist affluence, mainly because of the attractiveness of the Costa Brava.
Our receptor activity in 2006 was 8.200.000 trips (The Girona-Costa Brava Airport: 3.200.000 passengers)
Please, feel free to contact me for any thing you need ([email protected]; [email protected])
Regards,
Josep
