Slovenia 2000 Team Handbook  

Kranj, Slovenia, 29th February-6th March 2000

Where

Airport: Ljubljana International Airport, Brnik, Slovenia, located at Brnik, half-way between Ljubljana (the capital) and Kranj (the location of the tournament). International airport code "LJU".
Pool: Olympic Pool, Kranj, Slovenia. Tel.: +386 64 22 40 40. Turn up the road by the water tower.
Accommodation: University Halls of Residence, three per dorm.
Address: "Dijaški in Študentski dom, Kidriceva cesta 53, Kranj, Slovenija". Tel.: +386 64 225 560.
Information and reservations: Igor Detela, tel: +386 64 422 611.

What

Tournament: Fourth annual "Memorial Bostjana Mesareca" invitation tournament held to honour Bostjana Mesareca, a diving member of the Kranj club who lost consciousness and drowned while performing breath-holding exercises during a club session five years ago. CTDC is honoured to be able to help keep her memory going.
Party: The Masquerade, or "Pust" as it is known to the locals, is a four-hundred year old Slovenian tradition, whereby everyone dresses up in fancy dress for a whole week. And we mean a whole week! The locals wear fancy dress to go to work, do their shopping, walk the dog and the rest.
For the last two years the Pust was held in Kranj, the location of the tournament; this year it's in Jesenice, three quarters of an hour to the north-west of Kranj, and participants will be taken in two busloads from Kranj to Jesenice, the first immediately after the closing ceremony, and the second an hour later. The first time we went we didn't even know the Pust existed; now we're prepared!

Contacts

	Home	Work	Mobile	email
Martin Reed	+44 1494 727104	+44 1494 434313		martin@reedconsulting.com
Toby Ling			+44 7881 658034
Sarah White			+44 7979 367386
Aleš Viar	+386 64 803 015			alesv@g-kabel.si m.z.vicar@g-kabel.si
Igor Detela	+386 64 422 611		+386 40 267 611
Miro Peternelj	+386 61 265 429		+386 41 703 998	miro.peternelj@club.win-ini.si
Florjan/ Magda Resman (Skiing accommodation)	+386 64 742557

Expenses

Flight: £204.80, to be paid in advance.
Tournament fee is DM 100.- per team - approximately £4 per head. To be paid by team captains at the captains' meet.
Tournament dinner is DM 12.- per person - approximately £4 per head. There will be two separate menus, one for meat-eaters and one for vegetarians, and the price of DM 12 includes one drink, usually Union Pivo beer! To be paid by team captains at the captains' meet.
Accommodation: DM 25.- (approximately £9) per person per night, with breakfast. To be paid by team captains at the captains' meet.
Kitty: we normally run one just to make life simple. All fees and kitty to be sorted out on site.

Flight details

LGW: North Terminal, London Gatwick; LHR: Terminal 2, London Heathrow; LJU: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Travel Information

How to get from the airport to Kranj (about 10 km / 6 miles):
        by bus (every hour: 7,00 - 8,00 ....18,00 - 19,00 and the last at 20,00)
        by taxi (the price is about 30 DEM) (Tel: ++386 64 261 678)
        by Rent-a-car (ABC - Tel: ++386 64 261 604)

By car: From Ljubljana/airport to Kranj take the Highway and turn off at KRANJ VZHOD (which means Kranj East). From there you will cross the river Kokra; keep going (over the crossroads) until the road runs out: the študentski dom is right in front of you.

To get to the pool, cross the river Kokra, and continue less than 100 meters (on the left side you will see a Water-tower) and turn right. Continue some 500 meters up this road, and when you have driven beyond all the houses turn right, and after some 100 meters turn again right: the Swimming pool will be right in front of you.

Local Information

Telephone calls
You can make telephone calls either from post offices or from phone booths. Street phones take tokens or phonecards. Phonecards are sold in four values and only at post offices.
Tokens are sold at post offices, newspaper stands and newsagents in three values (A, B, C).
Dial 0044 + tel. number without leading zero, to make an international call to the UK from Slovenia.
Dial 00386 + tel. number without leading zero, to make an international call from the UK to Slovenia.

Important Telephone Numbers
113 -- Police, reporting of accidents and criminal acts
112 -- Emergency Information Center (fire brigade, ambulance)
95 -- Speaking clock
981 -- General information
988 -- Telephone directory enquiries
987 -- Road assistance / information
9700, 9701, 9702, 9703, 9704, 9705, 9706 -- Taxi
+386 64 222 700 -- Flight information: Ljubljana Airport
+386 61 131 81 55 -- Adria Airways, Kuzmiceva 7, 1000 Ljubljana, http://www.adria.si/index1.htm
+386 61 131 51 67 -- Railway information
+386 61 133 61 36 -- Bus information
+386 61 341 341 -- Road and traffic status
+386 64 261 604 -- ABC Rent-A-Car
+386 64 261 678 -- Alternative taxi number
+386 61 132 82 53 -- Mastercard / Access / Eurocard
+386 61 131 10 31 -- Visa
+386 61 133 20 24 -- American Express
+386 61 168 73 00 -- Diners Club

Working Hours
Banks: Mon-Fri: 8:30 - 12:00 and 14:00 - 16:30, Sat: 8:00 - 12:00
Post Offices: Mon-Fri: 8:00 - 18:00, Sat: 8:00 - 12:00
Shops: Mon-Fri: 7:30 - 19:00, Sat: 7:30 - 13:00
           Some shops are also open in the evening and on holidays and Sundays.

Skiing
The best skiing in the country is in Kranjska Gora in the north-west of the country. There is also a limited ski slope in Bled, which is a beautiful town in its own right. For both towns it is advisable to have own transport. Contact Magda ("Marda") Resman in Bled for accommodation.

Currency
The currency is the "Tolar" (SIT). Current exchange rate is approximately £1 = 320.56 SIT.

Credit Cards
In Slovenia Eurocheques and all major credit cards are accepted, including Mastercard, Visa, American Express and Diners Club.

Sales Tax
Foreigners are eligible for a refund of tax on the purchase of goods (except cigarettes and alcohol) amounting to more than 5,000 SIT and which are taken out of Slovenia.

Schedule

"Merchandise"

Costumes: We have now virtually run out of CTDC swimsuits, but still have a few left. If you've not got a TDC costume, please let Martin know what size you'd like (email: martin@reedconsulting.com), and we'll try to fulfil all requests from the remaining stock.
T-Shirts: We will be ordering 20 shirts - 8 XL, 7 L and 5 M. The price is £8.00 per shirt, for all sizes. We will have an appropriate logo to reflect our team theme in the Masquerade, and the shirt will have the usual commemorative blurb on the back. Wear them, swap them, honour them - they're achieving cult status everywhere.
Caps: if anybody needs any, please let me know.

Other

Language
The letter "J" is effectively not pronounced.

Important Words

Maps

Street map of Kranj. The upper (right) circle represents the pool; the lower (left) represents our accommdation

Slovenia

Europe, showing position of Slovenia

The Players

Georgina Ashley	Ben Coles	Marion Creser	Douglas Cuthill	Dave Deane
Toby Ling	Karen Palmer	Martin Reed	Tracey Spencer	Sarah White

Our Hosts

Igor Detela

Aleš Viar

Florjan Resman

Miro Peternelj

Aleksandra Dzaji

Internet Resources

International Identifier (email & web addresses)
The international country identifier for Slovenia is "si", so all email addresses and World Wide Web addresses end with ".si", e.g. miro.peternelj@club.win-ini.si and http://www.ijs.si.

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