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by Colman Fri May 11th, 2007 at 02:32:06 AM EST
Since there seems to be some confusion, there will be a meet-up in Paris - exact details to be provided by Jérôme closer to the date - on the 16th of June. Sam and I will be there, so will Jérôme.
Who else is coming?
Bumped ~ whataboutbob, and again ~ Colman, and again - afew
exact details to be provided by Jérôme closer to the date
This sounds exactly like a "Rave": is Jerome going to text the details on the day?
It'll make it difficult for "them" to get the surveillance in place..... ;-) "The future is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed" William Gibson
Well, if I can get ticks, it looks like I could get in at 11.25 and leave at 19.10. Is this enough time? When will the meeting occur? Will it be close to the railway station? Otherwise I would have to stay in a hotel and leave the next day. But then I would have to find a hotel. Bah. This is exactly why I hate travelling. It's so complicated!
My friend recommended the Houses - Paris: 90 euros/night (two night minimum). You need to email them (resa@thehouses-paris.com) to reserve. My friend's comments:
It's a simple, small, cute apartment with a kitchenette, about 30 meters squ., great, generous-sized shower (none of that tiny plastic shell stuff.) It is located in a ruelle/through-alley which is one of the secret gems of paris. It is really, really special. My Parisian friends were delighted and impressed, as the neighborhood has been until recently, traditionally immigrant and working class. There were so many Parisian 'tourists' making urban pilgrimages here to 'discover the countryside' in paris, even people leaving contact names on the building doors asking people to contact them if they wanted to sell. The problem is, it's about an 8 minute walk in any direction to one of 2 or 3 metro stops. No problem if you don't mind walking.
It is located in a ruelle/through-alley which is one of the secret gems of paris. It is really, really special. My Parisian friends were delighted and impressed, as the neighborhood has been until recently, traditionally immigrant and working class. There were so many Parisian 'tourists' making urban pilgrimages here to 'discover the countryside' in paris, even people leaving contact names on the building doors asking people to contact them if they wanted to sell.
The problem is, it's about an 8 minute walk in any direction to one of 2 or 3 metro stops. No problem if you don't mind walking.
Also, Homelidays (though a quick search indicates that most [if not all] offerings are by the week, rather than the night.)
Anyone know of any other such possibilities? Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.
I don't know why there are no direct trains at night to Switzerland, all night trains include changing in Karlsruhe.
I will if I get my passport in time. I have a passport to travel with, but not to get back into the US with. My US passport expired, and I went to renew it last week and learned that it can take up to 12 weeks to get it. I did the express deal but even there it looks like 4-6 weeks or so, so if I can get flights reasonably with a 2 week or less lead time, I'll be there, alse I'll be in August (which, incidentally, is a great time to be in Paris - many of the parigo are all gone!
Would like to risk it but my sis got detained a few years back for the better part of a day at JFK trying to enter the US with a non-US passport, it seems that the INS frowns on US citizens entering with non-US travel docs. And I bet it's even worse now, given we're still in the throes of the "Clash of Civilizations" 11 September rhetoric over here (and perhaps will so be for the foreseeable future...) The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill
I'd be tempted myself.
San Francisco is the only US city I have been to so far I could see myself living in.
I love VISITING New York and WORKING in Chicago, but living in either is a different matter.... "The future is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed" William Gibson
I'll be there on Friday, if anyone else is around for a Friday evening pre-meet?
We could meet up late afternoon-early evening and go for a Montmartre stroll (with others welcome). And perhaps, if you know a good place for dinner after 8 pm, we could set that up as a rendezvous for any others who'd like to join us. Maybe the place Rue Ordener you mentioned before? Or any other place you may think of.
LEP In Wales Jérôme Melanchthon nanne Metatone
Any others interested, add your names below.
I'm definitely coming as I'll be in France for most of June driving around. I'll be in the West and South West so if anybody want's to meet up at any point let me know. keep to the Fen Causeway
I know that competition is good, but, but, but... In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
Insinuations to the contrary will be met with a painful lawsuit from my IP lawyers, Scroo'em & Doo'em.
I have a book signing on the afternoon, and likely dinner plans.
NOTABLE PRESENCE !!
;)
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