Re: Good time to arrive and leave WineConf?

[Misha Koshelev]

> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Misha Koshelev <misha680 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am looking to book tickets soon and was wondering if there are good times
> > to arrive and come back.
> > For example I like Paris and would not mind arriving on Thursday and leaving
> > perhaps Monday morning or late Sunday but I don't know when others plan to
> > arrive or leave. Do these sound like reasonable dates?
> >
> > I dont really know anyone in Paris so I don't want to be there all by
> > myself.
>
> I was somewhat foolishly hoping to rope a few people into renting
> bicycles and doing a day tour somewhere the day before Wineconf.
> Haven't thought it through yet, though.
>
> For what it's worth, the city has cheap bike rental stands all over,
> http://www.velib.paris.fr/
> though the bikes are said to be heavy, and you have to
> use a credit card *with a microchip* (US ones lack them)
> to rent there.
> - Dan

That sounds like it'd be fun. I'd be up.

Oh and minor technical note - AmEx has chips (I think its a special card).

Anyway I'm hoping to book soon (tomorrow or next day maybe?) but I
guess if people haven't
made plans yet I can wait...

Right now prices are reasonable so...

Thx
Misha

Good time to arrive and leave WineConf?

[Jakob Eriksson]

On 07/19/2010 02:14 AM, Misha Koshelev wrote:
> That sounds like it'd be fun. I'd be up.
> Oh and minor technical note - AmEx has chips (I think its a special card).

AmEx generally has medium to poor coverage in Europe. You get by, but it 
is not fun.

// Jakob