Hello Patty, Add one more. :-)
2007/6/18, Patty Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > One of the traditions that has sprouted with each Debconf is taking a day to > learn more about our hosting country and spend with other developers for > recreation and socialization. We've had many successful DayTrips and have > decided upon another trip that is bound to be equally as successful as > others have in the past. As wonderful and glorious as Edinburgh is in its > antiquity, it's not all of Scotland - and there's so much more to see that > it was difficult to decide how to fit enough of this beautiful country into > one day. > > The Isle of Bute [0] promises to offer most of what we wish to share of > Scotland, that we don't believe you'll find in other countries. You've come > several hundred to thousands of kilometers, and you deserve to see what this > country can show off! > > A very scenic train ride will get us to Glasgow, and another scenic train > ride will bring us to the port where we will catch a ferry to get to the > island. On the island, we'll see the southern tip of the Highlands, a > gorgeous coastal view and an old castle for us to visit as well as a small > town for shopping and eating pleasures. > > There are only 2 downsides. We have no sponsorship for this (yet, if someone > is willing to throw some sponsorship money at us for this trip, the entire > orga team and those who would enjoy the trip would be much appreciative), > which means all costs must come out of pocket. The cost is about 20 pounds. > I hope to get this cost down with an attempt at convincing travel people > that our group is large and thus perhaps earning a discount of sorts. It's > entire possible we can get the cost down if enough people are interested, so > I would like a headcount of people interested. Shoot an email back to me if > you're interested - and let me know what your cost prohibitions are. > > The other downside is the travel time is about 3 hours to reach the coast, > and 3 hours back. The scenery is amazing along the route, and thus, should > prove to be relaxing and offer time for off-line hacking (if you are so > inclined), perhaps a mysterious card game that cannot be named, or even just > relaxing/napping for awhile. This travel time does make it an entire day > trip, but it'll be well worth it. > > In summary: train trip to the west coast; ferry trip to Bute Isle; visit the > town, the castle and enjoy the scenery and each other. Cost is about 20 > pounds for travel. > > I'm very excited about this trip, and I hope you all are, too. Please let me > know if you are interested. > > Thanks, all! > Patty > > [0] http://www.visitbute.com/ > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Patty Langasek > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > At times, you may end up far away from home; you may not be > sure of where you belong, anymore. But home is always > there... because home is not a place. It's wherever your > passion takes you. > --- J. Michael Straczynski > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFGdcA8ZCXQoU80NlgRAs1SAJ4i/MNfFEHOFfjUMBE9zru6QlgUlQCgh1oe > S9qQD+W8iHZt3TADK0pGRBQ= > =nhgH > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Debconf-announce mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-announce > -- Héctor Orón _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
