ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS: All invited lecturers arriving at the airports Graz, Ljubljana and Klagenfurt (the latter only for Professor Seligman and Mr. Mejia) will be picked up by car as arranged by my personal e-mail communication, plus those few participants where such arrangement has been done as an exception. However, if something goes wrong please contact me on telephones and/or proceed as described below. For all other participants the following instructions will be very useful: By car: If you arrive by car please use the city map of Maribor. One copy has been sent to you by mail or air-mail. You can park at the parking place of Hotel OREL (although it is inside a pedestrian zone). For the students' residence at 'Dijaski Dom Drava' there is no problem to find a parking place there. For the sake of completeness I repeat the addresses of the residences. Please observe their NEW PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS (valid since 15 May 1999): Hotel OREL, Grajski trg 3, 2000 Maribor PHONE +(386) (62) 216 171 FAX +(386) (62) 218 497 Dijaski Dom DRAVA, Smetanova ulica 67, 2000 Maribor PHONE +(386) (62) 229 6370, 228 2650, 228 2651 (administration) +(386) (62) 229 6371 (reception) +(386) (41) 687 721 (GSM, mobile telephone) FAX +(386) (62) 228 2661 Their locations are clearly indicated on the city map that you will receive by mail or air-mail. By train: If you arrive by train in Maribor, please use the taxi from the railway station Maribor to your residence (it will cost you about 500.- SIT (= 5.- DM) for Hotel OREL, and about 700.- SIT (= 7.- DM) for Dijaski Dom Drava) By plane at Ljubljana Airport (130 Km from Maribor): The pick-up service will be organized for all invited lecturers. Otherwise: Please take the bus from Ljubljana Airport to the Ljubljana railway station, then a train to Maribor, and then taxi in Maribor. There is a train from Ljubljana to Maribor about every two hours. The departure times are 6:35, 7:40, 9:25, 12:50, 13:25 (only until 1 July), 16:00, 17:25, 20:25 and 22:35 (from 26 June). On your arrival in Maribor please use a taxi. In exceptional cases and only upon a request we can organize a pick-up service at the Airport Ljubljana for Maribor (a mini bus or by car) for other participants. By plane at Graz Airport (in Austria, 45 Km from Maribor): The pick-up service will be organized for all invited lecturers. Otherwise: Here the connections to Maribor are not so good: You can take the bus from Airport Graz to Graz railway station and then a train to Maribor. The direct trains for Maribor depart at 10:38 and 18:45. The trains for Spielfeld/Strass (the border railway station) have connections for Maribor only on working days (Mon-Fri): 14:08(Graz) - 14:53(Spielfeld); 15:25(Spielfeld) - 15:48(Maribor) and 5:58(Graz) - 7:01(Spielfeld); 7:10(Spielfeld) - 7:33(Maribor). In Maribor please use a taxi. By plane at Vienna Airport (Schwechat) (about 240 Km from Maribor): Take bus from the airport to the railway station Wien-Suedbahnhof. Then train to Maribor: The DIRECT trains from Vienna (Wien-Suedbahnhof) for Maribor are departing at: 07:58, arrive in Maribor 11:39 15:58, arrive in Maribor 19:48 The following trains go from Wien Suedbahnhof to Graz (change train) and to Spielfeld-Strass (the border station) BUT on Sat/Sun HAVE NO FURTHER CONNECTION FOR MARIBOR: At Spielfeld-Strass it would be necessary to take a taxi to Maribor (about 15 Km) or arrange a pick-up service!!! dep Wien 05:58 arr Graz 08:37, dep Graz 08:43 arr Spielfeld-Strass 09:29 dep Wien 09:58 arr Graz 12:35, dep Graz 13:08 arr Spielfeld-Strass 13:53 dep Wien 11:58 arr Graz 14:37, dep Graz 15:08 arr Spielfeld-Strass 15:53 dep Wien 19:58 arr Graz 22:37, dep Graz 22:43 arr Spielfeld-Strass 23:29 The following two trains depart from Vienna, but you have to change trains also at Bruck/Mur AND at Graz: dep Wien 12:58 arr Bruck/Mur 14:57 dep 15:04 arr Graz 15:40 dep 16:08 arr Spielfeld-Strass at 16:53 dep Wien 16:58 arr Bruck/Mur 18:57 dep 19:04 arr Graz 19:40 dep 20:08 arr Spielfeld-Strass at 20:53 The above trains run every day, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. On WORKDAYS (Mon-Fri) there are a few more trains to Spielfeld-Strass with connection to Maribor. Please see the above list under the section "By plane at Graz". **************************************** If you are in trouble and have any problems Please contact me/us at any address given below, in particular at the mobile telephone on which I/we shall be available 24 hours/day. Professor Dr. Marko Robnik --- Director of CAMTP --- Center for Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics University of Maribor Krekova 2 2000 Maribor Slovenia Tel +(386) (62) 213151 Fax +(386) (62) 213151 and 213541 e-mail robnik@uni-mb.si Tel (mobile) +(386) (609) 615000 Tel (home) +(386) (62) 218419