I’ll be heading to GUADEC this year thanks to the generous support the GNOME Foundation Travel Committee but that won’t be my first stop in my mega marathon travelling month of July.
- I will first be travelling to NY around the 8th for the God Street Wine reunion concerts and will be making a pit stop at the Long Island Linux Users Group to give a dry run of my GUADEC talk entitled “The Future is JavaScript” which will continue with my theme from last year of continuing to meld the GNOME Desktop with the web platform (this year focusing on what JavaScript brings to the table)
- I fly out of JFK Airport on the 17th for Lyon France where I am taking the week long Robert Ash cooking course at Rue du Lac in Macon, Burgundy
- The class ends on the 23rd and my Hotel is booked for the 25th in The Hague so I am not quite sure if I will stay in Lyon or start my way up. I know I have some GNOME friends living between Lyon and The Hague so I am offering to cook dinner for anyone who will let me crash at their place for a couple of days before GUADEC.
- And then there is the main event – GUADEC. My talk is on Wednesday the 28th at noon. It shouldn’t be missed.
- To relax a bit more, save money on airfare and because I love Germany, I am heading to Berlin for a couple of days before flying back to the US
If anyone is going to be in any of the areas I will be in and wants to hang out. Let me know and I’ll see if I can make time.
wow, all those single flights must costs a fortune, or is there a trick to that?
From my experience booking roundtrip is cheaper than one-way, but may cause problems with the airline.
any tips?
ahh, and “Bon voyage”
Comment by Mike — June 7, 2010 @ 1:32 pm
Hey Mike,
Nope it was actually about $100 cheaper. I use the multi-city option on American Airlines and fly out on the cheaper days. Plus all travel in-between will be done by train so it really is just flying into Europe from one city and then travelling out from another.
Once in Europe you can also get cheap (however very uncomfortable) flights through outfits like Ryan Air if you are looking for flights between European cities. I once got a one way flight from London to Pisa for 27 GBPs (around $41 at the time).
Comment by J5 — June 7, 2010 @ 1:48 pm
Hey!
Yeah, Berlin rocks! Drop me a mail if you want to hang out. Usually there are also some other fun people around like Lennart or the Openismus guys.
Johannes
Comment by Johannes — June 7, 2010 @ 3:17 pm