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Bulletin #2

1. Arrival to the Seminar

The conference will be held near Yaroslavl city. The information about the hotel and the ways to reach it will be available at the website of Quarks soon. There will be bus transfer availiable for participants. Departure from Moscow to conference place is morning June 4; departure from the hotel back to Moscow is afternoon June 10. Time and place of departure will be confirmed soon. The trip lasts about 4..5 hours depending on traffic.

We recommend you to reserve some time and to plan your arrival to Moscow on June 3 or earlier, and correspondingly to departure on June 11 or later. The list of recommended hotels can be found below in this Bulletin.

The most convinient transport in Moscow is Metro; you can access the Circle line ("Kol’tsevaya line", brown color) by the Aeroexpress train from any international airport of Moscow. If you plan to reach Yaroslavl by yourself, there are following options:

2. Where to stay in Moscow

We recommend the following hotels for people coming to our institute:

If you prefer to stay closer to the downtown, we list below a few hotels  that combine reasonable prices with convenient locations: 

3. Money

Money exchange (US dollars and Euro) is possible in various banks in Moscow and Yaroslavl. 1 USD is equal to approximately 29.5 roubles, 1 Euro ~ 38.8 roubles. Though currencies other than US dollars and Euro can be exchanged in some banks, the rates are unfavourable. Despite there will be no currency exchange at the hotel, the hotel facilities accept credit cards. As the place of conference is outside Yaroslavl, we recommend to bring pocket money in roubles with you. The conference fee may be paid in Euro, dollars or roubles, according to exchange rates. For the conference fee payment we do not accept credit cards or travellers checks.

4. Weather

Usually the weather at the beginning of June is warm (+15 to +25 degrees Celsius) and sunny, but some cool (+10) and rainy days are still possible. It may be windy. You can find weather forecast for Yaroslavl at the Gismeteo website.

5. Social program

Social program of the Seminar includes excursion to Yaroslavl and the Tolgsky Monastery.

6. Trip assignments (for Russian Participants)

Trip assignments ("komandirovochnye udostoverenya") should be issued for INR RAS organization ("IYaI RAN").

7. Useful links

Yaroslavl on Google Maps: http://maps.google.ru/maps/place?ftid=0x0:0x0&q=57.634008,39.884491&hl=ru&cad=src:ppiwlink&ei=88yOT-L7FOmE4gTSqNjADQ&dtab=2

The map of Moscow Metro

The Aeroexpress

Weather in Yaroslavl