Your final destination on Thursday, August 25, is your hotel in Opava,
a small town near a larger city of Ostrava, both in the Czech Republic.
We assume that you will arrive to Ostrava. We will meet you in Ostrava,
at the airport, train station, or another place of your arrival in Ostrava
(or Opava), and drive you, free of charge, to your hotel in Opava. Your
hotel accommodation in Opava is free of charge for three nights, 25/26,
26/27, and 27/28 August.
There will be a free of charge dinner on Thursday evening. The short
scientific program will start at the Silesian University Physics
Department at 2 pm the next day, Friday August 26 and continue on Saturday
August 27 from 10 am till lunch at 1 pm. It will consist of a few informal
lectures and a lot of discussions. Details of the scientific program will
be decided at the first session on Friday. It may be that you will be asked
to give a short, informal lecture. After lunch on Saturday, a trip
to one or two Moravian castels near Opava will be organized (free of
charge). A small entrance fee to the castels should be paid by
participants.
On Sunday, 28 August, after lunch in Opava, you will be driven
to the Wojnowice Castle free of charge. We will arrange a university
minibus that takes 8 persons and two private cars that take 4 persons
each. The arrival to Wojnowice is expected around 6 pm, well before the
dinner at the Castle at 8pm.
Details of the Wojnowice Castle scientific and social program
are described at the
Wojnowice Workshop main page
For convenience we give below a short reminder of practical points.
Accommodation at the Castle is free of charge. Breakfasts, lunches and
dinners (with wine and drinks), refreshments during coffee breaks,
and liqueurs during "The QPOs Liqueur Sessions", will be provided
free of charge.
The Wojnowice Castle Workshop will end on Friday, September 2, at 1pm.
Immediately after that, you will go by a minibus and cars to Prague
(free of charge).
It is expected that the participants will arrive to Villa Lanna in Prague
around 8 pm. Accommodation at the Villa is free of charge. We assume that
you will stay there three nights, 02/03, 03/04, 04/05 September, and that
you leave on Monday, September 5. Breakfast is included, but it is not
possible to have other meals at the Villa.
We could help you to make your choice of what to see, where to go,
and where to eat in Prague. The only fixed point is a half-day scientific
session on Saturday, 10am - 2pm. Two 45 min lectures will be given, one
on QPOs observations by
Ron Remillard, one on QPOs theory by Shoji Kato. After the lectures a 45 min panel
discussion will be led by Jeff McClintock. The other people on the panel are:
Marek Abramowicz, Vladimir Karas, Shoji Kato, Yoshi Kato, Wlodek Kluzniak,
Ron Remillard, Zdenek Stuchlik. The session will take place in the
historical building of the Academy of Sciences downtown Prague.
Faculty and students will be invited from several physics and
astrophysics institutes in Prague (Charles University, Czech Academy
of Sciences, etc.)
HOW TO REACH OSTRAVA
Ostrava airport code is OSR. It is operated by Czech Airlines.
There are direct flights to Ostrava from Munich and Prague.
If you come to Europe through Prague, the easiest way is to take
a flight Prague-Ostrava as a continuation of your flight to Prague.
The flight takes one hour and costs about 50 EUR. There are five
flights Prague-Ostrava on 25 August:
OK0028 (dep 07:15), OK0022 (dep 09:15), OK0024 (dep 12:50),
OK0026 (dep 17:05), OK0020 (dep 21:55) We took this information from:
http://secure.booking.csa.cz/en/
WEATHER:
August and September are usually rather sunny, but there could be days
with rain or even storms. Have an umbrella, just in case.
INTERNET AND COMPUTERS
At the Wojnowice Castle, a rather limited access to the internet will
be provided (one PC with a slow modem connection for all of us). Do not
assume that you could download files, search the web, or frequently
check your email at the Castle.
INSURANCE
There is some by default (i.e. according to local and EU law) accident
insurance for your stay in hotels in Opava, Wojnowice and Prague, and
for travelling, but we suggest that you make your own judgement of
what coverage you need, and arrange a private travel insurance, if you
think, you need one.
ENTRY VISA
USA and EU citizens do not need entry visas to the Czech Republic and
Poland. Please check whether you need an entry visa.
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
The medical assistance is free of charge in emergency
for EU citizens. They should have their E111 card on them. In
all other cases medical assistance is not free, so please do
have a proper medical insurance from your own country or employer.
SPOUSES
In the information above, "free of charge" includes also the
accompanying spouses. There will be a social program for them
at the Wojnowice Castle that will include going to museums in
Wroclaw. Entrance fees, and other small fees connected to
that are not included, and should be paid privately.
CONTACT MOBILE PHONES AND ADDRESSES
Will be emailed to you early in August.