SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
ON
AUSTRIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE:

"Visions and Visionaries in
Literature and Film of Modern Austria"

18-20 October 2001

TRAVEL AND LODGING INFORMATION






TRAVEL INFORMATION

Easton, PA is located about 70 miles west of New York City on I-78 and Rt. 22, and 60 miles north of Philadelphia (Penna Turnpike, then Rt. 22). The nearest airports are Lehigh Valley International Airport (20 min), Philadelphia International Airport (90 min) and Newark International Airport (90 min). Transbridge Buslines (610-868-6001; 610-253-0110) services both Newark and Philadelphia.  Roundtrip fare is about U$ 30. Transbridge Buslines leaves JFK only at 3:35 pm. The bus departs from Terminal One and picks up at each terminal. (There are 5 terminals in all.) Ticket cost is $26.00 each way. Please book your flight so that you will arrive no later than 2:30 pm in order to catch the bus. If that is not possible, please inform Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger as soon as possible. The three hour ride from JFK airport into Easton is quite pleasant and leads through the center of Manhattan, providing a sightseeing tour on the side.  Those colleagues who will fly into Philadelphia will have to take Greyhound Buslines to travel to Easton.

Perhaps you want to consider using a rental car.  If you drive from Newark Airport to Easton, you will have to take I-78 West.  The drive lasts about 70 minutes.  If you drive from Philadelphia to Easton, you will need to travel towards the city, then past it on I-76, then take the Turnpike I-476 North to Exit 33 = Allentown (Toll about $2.00), then Route 22 East to Easton, take last exit in PA - turn left under the highway to Center Square, go straight thru the circle, through the traffic light, past Perkins Restaurant.  The Best Western Inn is across from the Exxon station.  The drive lasts about 90 minutes.
 
 

LODGING

Best Western in downtown Easton (about 15 min walking) offers a conference rate of U $ 59 (single or double): 610-253-9131.

Days Inn at 25th Street (about 5 miles) offers a conference rate of U$ 75: 610-253-0546.