On Feb 17, 2011, at 5:58 AM, Jonathan Gallimore wrote: > I'd love to be there for the whole week. Annual leave shouldn't be a problem, > but I need to have a look at hotel prices and work out how much it'll cost, > and that might determine how long I can stay (the other factor being how long > my wife lets me go for!).
Bring Laura, that'll solve that last problem. Amelia will be there. This one looks pretty nice and has free internet and rooms for 55-65E for one person. Only slightly more for two people. http://www.hotel-ronsard.com/ Amelia also liked this one: http://www.hoteldeschateaux.fr/ We could probably get a discount booking together. > > Week commence 18th April should be ok for me. April 21st is actually my > birthday so it would be good to go for a beer with you all to celebrate if > possible. Wonderful!! -David > On 16/02/2011 21:24, David Blevins wrote: >> On Feb 16, 2011, at 12:31 AM, Jean-Louis MONTEIRO wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Yes, Da Vinci lived/died in Amboise. >>> There is a museum http://www.vinci-closluce.com/en/ >>> http://www.vinci-closluce.com/en/ , where we can spend time if you are >>> interested. >>> >>> The good news is that my house is very closed to that museum (1km). So, we >>> can have a barbecue together with all of you. There are also hotels very >>> closed. >> That sounds great. >> >>> Regarding my office, it's more or less 35 min by car from Amboise. I can >>> drive if you want. >>> And that's definitely easier for me to organize something here (room, net, >>> ...). >>> >>> Another good news for those coming from GB. >>> There are cheap and regular flights from London Stansted --> Tours (30 min >>> also from Amboise). >> Tours looks amazing. Prefect kind of place to hang around in the evening >> after hacking all day. >> >>> Do it sounds better for you? >> Excellent! >> >>> For the moment, I'm free from April 14th. So it can be during the week >>> and/or the weekend. >> I'm excited to hack for a whole week. The 2-3 days we got las time was just >> too short and then you have to wait a whole other year for it to come around >> again :) >> >> So I could do the whole week of the 18th for hacking. Would probably want >> to get there at least by the previous Sunday. Maybe stay for some of the >> weekend to sightsee. >> >> >> -David >> >
