Slovenia 2003 Team Handbook  

Kranj, Slovenia, 13th-18th February 2003

Where

Airport: Klagenfurt Airport, Klagenfurt, Austria, just over the border from Slovenia. International airport code "KLU".
Pool: Olympic Pool, Kranj, Slovenia. Tel.: +386 64 22 40 40. Turn up the road by the water tower.
Accommodation: University Halls of Residence, 2/3 per dorm.
Address: "Dijaski in Studentski dom, Kidriceva cesta 53, Kranj, Slovenija". Tel.: +386 4 2010430.
Information and reservations: Grega Kernc, mobile: +386 41 812 399.

What

Tournament: Seventh 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: There will be a basic dinner at the pool, and then everyone is free to do their own thing around the (always lively) town. This year the tournament does NOT coincide with the "Pust", the four-hundred year old Slovenian tradition, whereby everyone dresses up in fancy dress for a whole week. And we mean a whole week! But I am sure we can make out own entertainment...

Contacts

Expenses

Flight: as booked individually.
Tournament fee is EUR ?? per team - approximately £? per head. To be paid by team captains at the captains' meet.
Tournament dinner is EUR ?? per person - approximately £?? per head. There will be two separate menus, one for meat-eaters and one for vegetarians, and the price of EUR ?? includes one drink, usually Union Pivo beer! To be paid by team captains at the captains' meet.
Accommodation: EUR ??.- (approximately £?) per person per night, with basic 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

STN: London Stansted; KLU: Klagenfurt, Austria; LJU: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Travel Information

How to get from Ljubljana 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 metres (on the left side you will see a Water-tower) and turn right. Continue some 500 metres up this road, and when you have driven beyond all the houses turn right, and after some 100 metres 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 Centre (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
Airport Ljubljana: ++386 4 2061981, +386 4 2061229
Rent a Car (Airport Ljubljana) +386 41 637792
Rent a car (Airport Ljubljana) +386 4 236 50 00 or ++386 80 22 33 AVIS Rent a car
British Airways (Airport Ljubljana) ++386 4 206 17 44
+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
Slovenia is more than 50% forested and has several ski resorts. The best skiing in Slovenia 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 = 350 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 need a new look! 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 10 shirts - 1 XL, 3 L, 5 M and 1 S. The price is £??.00 per shirt, for all sizes. We will have an appropriate logo to reflect what would have been 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

Garry Checksfield	Bill McEwan	Kim Moakes	Andy Paton
Martin Reed	Wendy Reed	Colin Waterhouse	Sara Waterhouse

Our Hosts

Igor Detela	Aleš Viar	Grega Kernc	Ljubo Krizanic	Miro Peternelj
Bostjan Kernc	Florjan Resman	Aleksandra Dzaji	Alen Pancic	Ivan Ursic Drolc

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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