Re: [Debconf-discuss] Finding my way to Paris post-Debconf; requesting help+tips
Quoting Asheesh Laroia (asheesh@asheesh.org):
> I would love to visit the Debianites in Paris, get some work done on
> my laptop, and meet some parts of the logiciel libre community
> there. There are also a few people (like Elisa de Castro Guerra, who
> works on the translation of Floss Manuals into French, who I met at
> Libre Graphics Meeting 2011) who I would love a chance to catch up
> with.
>
> (Je peux parler un peu de français. De plus, j'aimerais passer
> quelque jours en France pendant que je le practique.)
C'est une excellente idée...
> So I thought I'd ask for the following things:
>
> * Does anyone have a place I can crash for a few days in Paris?
I usually advertise my own place as "Bubulle Hotel" always opened for
visiting Debianites, with an inconvenience : it lies in the Paris far
suburbs, with a 40 minutes train ride to reach the city center.
Still, I would certainly offer you to have a stay....except that I
will leave our house the day after I come back from Debconf (I come
back on Sunday July 31st and will just spend one night in our house in
Paris until Monday Aug. 1st).
I haven't yet planned with my wife what we'll be doing exactly so,
well, certainly the 31st-1st night would be OK for us/me to host
you. It's way less sure for other days.
>
> * Does anyone have particular suggestions for how to get to Paris
> from Banja Luka? (Actually, that's probably a plane flight, and I
> will shop at kayak.com. But maybe there's some awesome magic trick
> that's way cheaper (?).)
Zagreb->Paris via Easyjet is what a few of us will be doing. My own
Zagreb->flight leaves Zagreb at 20:55 on July 31st and lands in Paris
Zagreb->Charles de Gaulle at 23:00
I chose this one as the other EasyJet flight leaves at about noon,
which might be tricky to reach if leaving Banja Luka in early morning.
Air France also has a Zagreb->CDG daily flight. Now, so close to
Debconf, it is even likely that AirFrance is cheaper than Easyjet
(those lowcost airlines have high prices when booking late)
>
> * Does anyone have particular suggestions for ways to get to Berlin
> from Paris?
Many options:
- flying is the fastest and there are many options: regular airlines
such as Lufthansa and Air France, as well as some low cost airlines
(I'd recommend checking what EasyJet, Air Berlin and Germanwings have)
- there is a (not sure if faily) night train from Paris to Berlin
- a combination of trains with probably a first high speed train from
paris to Frankfurt or Cologne, then another one to Berlin. Probably a
full day train ride, and more expensive than low cost airlines, unfortunately.
>
> One day, I will have time to visit the south of France, but it seems
> that will have to be a future trip.
That would be way too ambitious to combine in your schedule, yes.
>
> (Having said that, if someone replies to me with some amazing
> logistics to make that work I will give it serious thought!)
>
> (-:,
>
> -- Asheesh.
>
> P.S. I figure this is on-topic enough for a "general discussion"
> list, but if it's bad to have sent it, please let me know and I will
> apologize and quiet down.
debconf-discuss is really active for 4-5 weeks in a year, so I would
say this is appropriate for the mailing list. And, except really
private stuff, I think the most of such discussions are richer when
done in a mailing list. In short, you're welcome, at least from my
POV.
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