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| Family Day 2004 | |||
| Preface |
| Dear Avenariae and Avenarii, dear friends, |
since over 40 years the Avenarius e.V. arranges a yearly family meeting for all Avenarius-members and their descendants. Over 130 families have connected themselves to this association to attend to their relation- and friendship as well as to their ancestry research.
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| All in all we are calculating with about 120 to 150 attendants and up to now have many registrations from Germany, the Netherlands and Russia. But the most exciting surprise will be, to see how many attendants will be there after the revision of the address files!
We are looking forward to the forthcoming family days, hoping to have aroused your interest. For further questions, just give us a call! We will give our best to inform you as well as possible. But now, we wish you a lot of fun reading the following details. Sincerely yours, Sabine and Joachim |
| program for friday, september 24th |
| After a more or less long journey it is going to be the cosiness that stands in the foreground of the upcoming weekend and especially of today’s evening. We will serve some small westphalian specialities and you will have the possibility for first ”small-talks“.
Traditional questions e.g., “who are you?“ , “in how far are we related to each other?“, ”do we know each other?“ etc. are initiatory topics of this always rich and cosy evening. We will also offer a hot / cold buffet (of westphalian specialities) to late-arriving travelers. |
| for our younger guests |
| There are numerous playing units in the garden of the house (e.g. goal-mouth shooting-wall) as well as a special playing room inside the house (where they can play e.g. tabletop football)
If there is enough interest/demand we will organise a cost-free child care for the youngest. The house also has a swimming bath, where the younger ones can amuse themselves. On friday evening there will also be a guided “night-walking-tour” (probably guided by a ranger) to the ”Externsteine”. |
| program for saturday, september 25th |
| associates meeting
Today there will be a meeting with news from the families and the association. New members will have the possibility to intro-duce themselves. day trip The exact excursion-program will be completed in depend-ence of the turnout and the first feed-backs of the attendants. There will probably be two or three alternative programs e.g.: |
in bad weather: westphalian evening / festive evening After an adventurous and informative day, it’s again the cosiness that stands in the foreground. We have rented a hotel where we can cope with all wishes and with its numerous rooms, there are several possibilities as for example dancing or talking at the fireplace in a free and easy atmosphere.´ The younger ones also have many alternatives to enjoy themselves this evening. On the one hand they could join the child care and on the other side the playing room with its toys or go to the swimming pool. And you can be sure that the westphalian character guarantees cosiness. |
| program for sunday, september 26th |
| As the evening is expected to last long we will let the family day come to an end the next morning with a cosy breakfast / brunch. For all the well - rested there will be the possibility to visit further attractions of the region. |
| costs of the program |
| With regards to the program costs we have chosen a model, which in particular offers a fixed calculation basis for families with children. We have integrated all alcohol-free, cold beverages (which are served in self-service) into an all-round price. Alcoholic and warm beverages are billed separately. |
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| In the proximity of approx. 500 metres are about 200 more beds in holiday flats, pensions and wellness hotels (see table below) although Holzhausen itself counts less than 1000 inhabitants.
For a better planning and especially to offer families with children the possibility to accommodate in our hired hotel, it would be a pleasure for us to deal with the hotel reservation. Please be so kind to give us a call, if you acquire an accommodation on your own. |
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| contact address |
| Dr. Joachim Avenarius und Sabine Göke
Elsa-Brandström-Weg 1 33102 Paderborn Germany fon.: +49 / (0) 52 51 / 48 08 33 fax: +49 / (0) 52 51 / 48 08 24 e-mail: avenarius@inav.de |