[tei-council] council annual meeting

[M. J. Driscoll]

Copenhagen is one of the more expensive cities in Europe, 
I'm afraid, and a recent rise in the cost of public 
transport has not helped the matter; I believe we are now 
second only to Oslo. Relative to the general cost of 
living, however, hotels are not fantastically expensive, 
and certainly cheaper than, say, Chicago; one night in a 
decent hotel will set you back about $100 at the current 
rate of exchange (the dollar may of course be worth even 
less by April). We have complete facilities for meetings 
and so on here at the Institute, which would not cost 
anything, so the only real problem is accommodation, and of 
course, meals, which can, again, be rather expensive (but 
generally worth it, especially if someone else is paying). 
There's always shawarma, and of course the ubiquitous hot-
dog stands, for those willing to eat such things.

Getting here is easy enough. In fact, Copenhagen is quite 
centrally located, being almost exactly midway between 
Kyoto and San Francisco, going the one way, and Tromsø and 
Rome going the other. Direct flight are available from most 
European cites, and often at absurdly low prices with Ryan 
Air, Virgin, Snowflake etc. (my son once flew from Stansted 
for 10p + taxes). There are direct flights from the bigger 
American cities with SAS or, with a brief stop-over in 
Iceland, with Icelandair, who are usually slightly cheaper. 
Those of you who live in the sticks would probably have had 
to change anyway.

As far as dates are concerned I'm easy. Apart from five 
days in the middle of April (13th-17th) I'm here.

And as a final enticement, this year marks the 200th 
anniversary of the birth of H. C. (probably know to you as 
Hans Christian) Andersen, the ugly duckling man, so what 
better time to visit "Wonderful Copenhagen"?

Matthew