A week ago we started converting the basements of hostel8 into: sauna, pool room and multimedia room. We plan to finish work within two months, so the March 2009 visitors and above will enjoy the results. We will be the first hostel in Poznan to have it's own sauna :)
The giant Godzilla movies retrospective is about to take place in HOSTEL8 in December 2008 (02-05.12.2008). We plan to hold screening for friends, beginning 8 PM each day of the retrospective. The following movies will be shown:
the 50-ties:
Gojira (Godzilla), Godzilla - Gigantis The Fire Monster, Godzilla - King of The Monsters, Godzilla Raids Again, Rodan
the 60-ties:
Frankenstein Conquers The World, Destroy All Monsters, Ghidorah - The Three-Headed Monster, Godzilla vs Mothra, Godzilla vs The Sea Monster, King Kong Escapes, King Kong vs Godzilla, Monster from The Prehistoric Planet, War of Gargantuas
The screenings will be held in the cellars of Hostel8. The expected temperatures shall not exeed +5C, so be prepared for the chills. Hot drinks will be seved by Go-Chilla. Free admition, frinds only. To get your reservation, contact Hostel8 by e-mail.
Poland is ready for a conference on climate change, to be held in Poznan, western Poland, in December, Secretary General of the UN Convention on Climate Yvo de Boer has said. The conference is to cost some 90 million zloty and funds will be contributed by Poland's the National Environment Protection Fund as no money was assigned for the purpose in this year budget, Environment Minister Maciej Nowicki told a joint news conference with de Boer.
An information meeting of environment ministers from 42 countries will be held in Warsaw in October to work our draft position for the conference in Poznan.
Nowicki recalled that the conference in Poland is to prepare a global deal on actions for environment protection for 2009.
The minister stressed that UN experts assess that Poznan will host 8-10 thousand delegates at the conference that will last two weeks from December 1.
HOSTEL8 gets ready for the conference. We planted some shrubs in the yard :)
Father Jan Bereza is a benedictine, a member of The Polish Episcopate Comittee responsible for the dialog with unchristian religions and a good old friend. Last Monday he paid us a short visit and shared his opinion about the hostel renovation result (so far) with us. He liked it :) There is more - he promised to bless Hostel8 at the official opening.
In two weeks from now we are invited to revisit Father Jan Bereza in the Lubiń Closter. Looking forward to it :)
We offer a variety of options:
Steampunk Dorm - 6 beds, ensuite bathroom and shower (mixed dorm) for smokers
Submarine Dorm - 4 beds, shared bathroom and shower (female dorm) non-smoking
Flamingo Dorm - 6 beds, shared bathroom and shower (male dorm) non-smoking
Grass Dorm - 4 beds, shared bathroom and shower (mixed dorm) non-smoking
Double Trouble - 4 beds, shared bathroom and shower (mixed dorm) non-smoking
PRICE: 65 PLN per night/person
Steampunk Suite - 2 beds, ensuite bathroom wit tub (for couples) non-smoking
PRICE: 105 PLN per night/person
Today we finished work in the Steampunk Dorm. Commander Nora Cartridge is especially proud of the bathroom. We enclose a photo.
Two ancient Georgian states were the Kingdoms of Colchis and Iberia. The latter, one of the first countries in the world to adopt Christianity as an official religion early in the 4th century, subsequently provided a nucleus around which the unified Kingdom of Georgia was formed early in the 11th century. After a period of political, economic and cultural flourishing, this kingdom went into decline in the 13th century and eventually fragmented into several kingdoms and principalities in the 16th century. The three subsequent centuries of Ottoman and Persian hegemony were followed by a piecemeal absorption into the Russian Empire in the 19th century. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Georgia had a brief period of independence as a Democratic Republic (1918-1921), which was terminated by the Red Army invasion of Georgia. Georgia became part of the Soviet Union in 1922 and regained its independence in 1991. Early post-Soviet years were marked by a civil unrest and economic crisis. Georgia began to gradually stabilize in 1995, and achieved more effective functioning of state institutions following a bloodless change of power in the so-called Rose Revolution of 2003. However, Georgia continues to suffer from the unresolved secessionist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Relations with Russia remain tense over these issues as well as Georgia’s aspiration of NATO membership. Currently, Georgia is engaged in armed conflict with the state of Russia.
Hostel 8 has decided to send it's flag airship to Georgia to aid the Georgian Steampunk Comrades presently at war with Russia.
Poznan's latest accommodation with a difference where you can experience steampunk style elegance in the former home of Marta Grunt, of the Grunt watercloset empire. Built in 1895, this substantial house has been restored to its original in order to offer our guests not just budget accommodation but also a unique experience during their stay in Poznan.
