Hi, I have shared this for IRC, but I'm told if it is not in the list it doesn't count. And also not everybody has the time to follow by IRC.
It has been said a few times that le camp have the same standars that a youth hostel, so I went to see how a swiss youth hostel looks like [1] and what possibilities they offered. I evaluated quickly one of them: http://www.youthhostel.ch/en/hostels/st-moritz If you look at the info provided in that page, the site looks nice, also look for Google images of saint moritz. There is a lake, a forest and also mountains. It is close to the nature with spectacular views. For me, it has the image of what is sold from Switzerland. The hostel provides 306 beds in rooms of 2 and 4 beds where people do not need to carry sleeping bags or similar to sleep. Some of the room provide WC/shower inside (that also are the expensiver ones). Rooms are big and they offer fourniture such as tables and chairs. (see photos) The place is also fully qualified for handicapped people, more info at: http://www.youthhostel.ch/en/hostels/st-moritz/handicap It provides plenty of common rooms we can use: 5 'day rooms', 2 games rooms and a big hall. The only issue with the rooms is we lack of a big auditorium, the biggest room is similar to the one we had in debconf8, this is balanced by the fact we can have plenty of small hacklabs that provide working in group easier and also impromptu BOFs. If you look at the sourrounding in Google Maps, you can see several hotels reachable by foot. The youth hostel is not in the middle of the town, but in the exterior part (close to the forest): https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Youth+Hostel+St.+Moritz+Bad,+Via+Surpunt,+Saint+Moritz,+Switzerland&aq=0&oq=youth+hostel+saint+moritz&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=47.028011,93.076172&vpsrc=6&t=h&ie=UTF8&hq=Youth+Hostel+St.+Moritz+Bad,+Via+Surpunt,+Saint+Moritz,+Switzerland&hnear=&radius=15000&ll=46.489972,9.841604&spn=0.02021,0.045447&z=15 With a supermarket (and other shops) 1.3km away http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Youth+Hostel+St.+Moritz+Bad,+Via+Surpunt+60,+7500+St.+Moritz,+Switzerland&daddr=Via+dal+Bagn+20,+St.+Moritz,+Switzerland&hl=en&geocode=FYhexQIdmz2WACEYoBTkfCpekinRe7YjxX2DRzEYoBTkfCpekg%3BFbJlxQId0BKWAClncT1P6H2DRzG13Ra-9z_juw&aq=1&oq=Via+Surpunt+60,+7500+St.+Moritz,&sll=46.48846,9.84036&sspn=0.009366,0.022724&vpsrc=0&dirflg=w&mra=ltm&ie=UTF8&t=m&z=16 The place is a very popular destination for winter sports but it is less popular in summer and therefore cheaper. With the group discount, we would get similar prices to le camp. Saint Moritz is easily reachable by train from Zurich (one change of train) and I'm told some parts of the trip are quite impressive. There is also an airport with regular flights to some cities for those who can afford going directly to the place. Other stuff that is very nice to have and we woudn't have in le camp: - They offer a laundry room - you can rent a bike directly in the hostel. - Day trip could be done hiking around - people with kids have a special "play area" in the hostel - people who want to leave later or arrive early, can just reserve rooms separately and do it You can read some reviews of the place at http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Youthhostel-St-Moritz/St-Moritz/11139/reviews >From people all over the world (this is people with very different >expectatives) More photos and reviews at http://www.booking.com/hotel/ch/jugendherberge-st-moritz.en.html?aid=311088 Another similar place I didn't took the time to research but looking similar is: http://www.youthhostel.ch/en/hostels/davos Ana [1] Full list at http://youthhostel.ch/en _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
