Re: [EuroPython] Getting there not by air

2010-07-16 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
anatoly techtonik wrote: > Thanks for replies. I was able to plan the route using the link by Richard > http://plannerint.b-rail.be/bin/query.exe/en?L=b-rail > But there are no prices, unfortunately, and I've been told that the > trip will be expensive anyway. > > Going by train will take 31 hours

Re: [EuroPython] Getting there not by air

2010-07-16 Thread anatoly techtonik
Thanks for replies. I was able to plan the route using the link by Richard http://plannerint.b-rail.be/bin/query.exe/en?L=b-rail But there are no prices, unfortunately, and I've been told that the trip will be expensive anyway. Going by train will take 31 hours one way or about 3 days for a round

Re: [EuroPython] Question re: Conference Dinner

2010-07-16 Thread Richard Taylor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 16/07/2010 15:57, jenn wrote: > Hi guys > > Bit of a random question, but when is the dinner on the 21 July > expected to finish? Am one of the delegate's gf and was hoping to head > down and surprise him that evening :) > Probably about 10:30 bu

[EuroPython] Question re: Conference Dinner

2010-07-16 Thread jenn
Hi guys Bit of a random question, but when is the dinner on the 21 July expected to finish? Am one of the delegate's gf and was hoping to head down and surprise him that evening :) Ta Jennifer ___ EuroPython 2010 - Birmingham, 17-24 July 2010 - http://

Re: [EuroPython] Last call for Session Chairs

2010-07-16 Thread Massa, Harald Armin
Richard, I can do: Tuesday, Library Theather, Slot C: Python and Windows: equality? Tim Golden Python in the Browser Michael Foord Best wishes, HArald On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:57, Richard Taylor wrote: > Hi > > EuroPython tutorials start tomorrow and the main programme starts on Monday

[EuroPython] Last call for Session Chairs

2010-07-16 Thread Richard Taylor
Hi EuroPython tutorials start tomorrow and the main programme starts on Monday but we are still short of session chairs to cover all of the talk sessions. Being a session chair is easy and if you are going to the talk anyway it does not require any additional commitment. Please consider signing

Re: [EuroPython] Registration

2010-07-16 Thread Zeth
Yes of course. If you need a hotel room you need to book directly with the hotel website or phone line. On 16 July 2010 10:50, Ryan Lander wrote: > Hello, can I still register for europython through the website and pay the > £215 rate instead of the £225 on the door rate? > I only just managed to

[EuroPython] Registration

2010-07-16 Thread Ryan Lander
Hello, can I still register for europython through the website and pay the £215 rate instead of the £225 on the door rate? I only just managed to have my holidays green lighted! Thanks Ryan ___ EuroPython 2010 - Birmingham, 17-24 July 2010 - http://www

Re: [EuroPython] Getting there not by air

2010-07-16 Thread Albertas Agejevas
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 02:08:42AM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote: > I'd like to get to conference, but with round trip air flight from > Belarus the participation > price rises to a little bit more than 1500$ - too much for my budget. Two months ago Ryanair offered Kaunas-Birmingham return ticket

Re: [EuroPython] Getting there not by air

2010-07-16 Thread Nicholas Tollervey
Hi Anatoly, Why not try looking at travelling by coach..? They're cheap. Another alternative is to get to Poland and fly WAW->BHX a quick look at a price comparison site show there's prices starting from $314 for Saturday -> Saturday return (I used travelocity.com to search) Best of luck! Ni

Re: [EuroPython] Getting there not by air

2010-07-16 Thread Roger Whittaker
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:07:16AM +0200, Terry Jones wrote: > > I've only very rarely seen hitch hikers in the UK, so how successful it > > will be is another matter altogether. > > Just make a sign with "PYTHON" written on it in huge letters. Shouldn't be > a problem. In the other hand carry a

Re: [EuroPython] Getting there not by air

2010-07-16 Thread Charlie Clark
Am 16.07.2010, 01:08 Uhr, schrieb anatoly techtonik : Hi, I'd like to get to conference, but with round trip air flight from Belarus the participation price rises to a little bit more than 1500$ - too much for my budget. Can you point me to some railroad route planning sites to evaluate alternat

Re: [EuroPython] Getting there not by air

2010-07-16 Thread Terry Jones
> I've only very rarely seen hitch hikers in the UK, so how successful it > will be is another matter altogether. Just make a sign with "PYTHON" written on it in huge letters. Shouldn't be a problem. Terry ___ EuroPython 2010 - Birmingham, 17-24 July 20

Re: [EuroPython] Getting there not by air

2010-07-16 Thread Dougal Matthews
On 16 Jul 2010, at 09:05, Floris Bruynooghe wrote: > >> Hitchhiking is not illegal in the UK, but I don't know about the rest of >> Europe. > > AFAIK it's legal, but who knows. Pretty sure it is legal with some minor exceptions. What I can find online backs that up (i.e. http://en.wikipedia.or

Re: [EuroPython] Getting there not by air

2010-07-16 Thread Floris Bruynooghe
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 07:52:20AM +0100, Richard Taylor wrote: > You could try: > > http://plannerint.b-rail.be/bin/query.exe/en?L=b-rail > > I have not used it myself but it appears to offer what you need. The German rail website works much better for inter-europe rail travel in my experie

Re: [EuroPython] Meeting at Birmingham Airport

2010-07-16 Thread Georg Brandl
Am 15.07.2010 00:30, schrieb Stefan Schwarzer: > Hello everyone, > > Last year we had a nice small "pre-meeting" at the airport > before we took the train into the city. Maybe we can repeat > that this year? :-) > > According to my flight schedule, I'll be arriving on Friday > at 17:40 with fligh