| International Conference
Physics of Neutron Stars – 2014
commemorating the 100th birthday of Yakov Borisovich
Zel'dovich
July 28 — August 1, 2014,
St. Petersburg, Russia
|
Cultural program
Dear participants of the conference!
Please, continue pre-registering for the conference cultural program and
pay for your participation in it by July 10, 2014. The payment can be made
via a credit card at www.icmtm.ru (select Culture program in the menu on
the left and then select the desired option). We are glad to confirm that
all 5 options are available and the price remains as announced.
During the conference we plan to organise a number of social and cultural
activities for participants and their accompanying persons. The activities
include guided tours of St.Petersburg and suburbs, Peterhof and Pushkin
(Tsarskoye Selo), guided visits to the famous museums (the Hermitage
museum and
the Catherine palace), a boat trip, hydrofoil rides and a restaurant dinner.
The dinner should not be confused with the conference banquet, which will be
free and will take place on a different day.
We are pleased to offer our guests ONE of the following 5 options:
- Excursion to Peterhof + 2 hydrofoil rides
+ tour of the Hermitage museum (2800 rubles)
- Option 1 + dinner in a restaurant (3900 rubles)
- Excursion to Pushkin + tour of the Catherine palace
+ boat trip along rivers and channels of St.Petersburg (1800 rubles)
- Option 3 + dinner in a restaurant (2900 rubles)
- Dinner in a restaurant (1100 rubles)
Please find detailed descriptions of these options at the end of the
announcement.
All events
will be held on July 30, 2014. The participation in the events has to be
pre-registered and prepaid by July 10, 2014.
If you wish to participate in any of these events, please:
- Send an e-mail to ns@astro.ioffe.ru with
the subject EXCURSION and the following information:
a) the option number (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5)
and
b) the number of persons (1 person, 2 persons, etc).
- Prepay your participation by July 10, 2014. Payment instructions
are given above.
Event description:
Option 1: Peterhof + Hermitage, 14:00 -- 20:30
- Meeting point: vicinity of the conference site (exact meeting point
will
be
specified at the conference)
- Bus transfer to the Hermitage quay.
- Hydrofoil ("Meteor") ride to Peterhof.
- Guided walk through the Peterhof park ( the park with fountains,
see http://www.peterhofmuseum.ru/ ).
- Hydrofoil ride to the Hermitage quay.
- Guided tour of the Hermitage museum ( http://www.hermitagemuseum.org )
Option 2 includes Option 1 + bus transfer to the restaurant + dinner
(21:00-24:00)
+ bus transfer to the Orbita hotel.
Option 3: Pushkin + rivers and channels of St.Petersburg, 14:00 -- 20:30
- Meeting point: vicinity of the conference site (exact meeting point
will
be
specified at the conference)
- Bus transfer to Pushkin ( http://eng.tzar.ru ).
- Guided tour of the Catherine palace and park.
- Bus transfer to St.Petersburg.
- Guided boat trip along St.Petersburg's rivers and channels.
Option 4 includes Option 3 + bus transfer to the restaurant + dinner
(21:00-23:00)
+ bus transfer to the Orbita hotel
Option 5: Dinner (21:00 -- 23:00).
With best regards,
LOC
PS: If you choose an option with the dinner,
please inform us in case you require a special diet.
Last update: July 1, 2014.