Re: [Debconf-discuss] Motorbike trip to Cáceres
Luca Capello, 2009-04-03 13:35:03 +0200 :
> Hi all!
>
> Some of you maybe remember that for DebConf7 I travelled from Genève
> to Edimburgh with my motorbike
[...]
> For this year DebConf I will do the same and there are already two
> differences WRT DebConf7
[...]
Third one: this time, I'll actually do it too :-)
> Zack and me have not yet finished to plan the trip and we still have
> two major open points:
>
> - dates
>
> We slightly agreed that a good option would be to arrive at Cáceres
> on Saturday, July 18th and then to leave at most on Friday, July
> 31th.
Hmm. I was "planning" to arrive in Cáceres on the 23rd myself, but
that could change. I don't have a precise work plan for Debcamp though,
and I fear I'd mostly hack on random stuff. I guess I could promise to
work on FusionForge's SCM plugins, but I hope to have them done in the
meantime.
> Since Zack needs to be in Italy on Sunday, Aug 2nd, the departure
> will be at most on Friday, July 31th.
That fits my plans quite fine.
> - route
>
> For the departure trip, depending on Zack's motorbike location
> (Bologna, Italy, or MarParis, France), we will meet either something
> near Marseille or Bordeau, respectively.
I suggest you make a stop in Montpellier. It's about the same
distance from Paris, and "only" an hour and a half from Marseille. Then
I can provide hosting for the night, or lunch, or cold beverages, or
whatever. This is not reserved to motorbike riders, by the way :-)
> Tre trip distance is around 2000km, which in no way can be completed
> in a single day. We have not discussed this in details, but a good
> option would be three stops somewhere on the road.
2000 km? I was counting about 1200 km from Montpellier, and it
shouldn't be much longer (if at all) from Bordeaux... did you plan on
following windy roads maybe? Anyway, starting from my home, my thoughts
were to stop for the night around Barcelona, then around Madrid.
> Again, given Zack's "obligations" for the return trip, we will head
> towards South France after DebConf9.
Again, I can propose a stopover if needed.
> Is anyone else interested?
I am.
On a side note, I'm happy to see that Navit has now entered Debian,
although I haven't managed to get it to display any kind of map yet,
either on my desktop PC or on my Freerunner. I sure hope this'll get
fixed before Debconf and we can get there by following OSM data ;-)
Roland.
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Roland Mas
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