Is anyone here going to Europython and would like a roommate to help split the cost? I'll be there for all three days of the conference plus a few extra days for sprints. I figure I can move elsewhere if need be for the sprints.
It looks like the best choices are St. Genis (because it is about 20 minutes walk away) or Geneva (30 minutes by frequent bus, with more to do and places to eat). I did some research looking for places to stay. My biggest problem was my inability to read French, though most of the hotels on the CERN page at http://housing-service.web.cern.ch/housing-service/listhotel.html also have alternate pages in English. My second biggest is not knowing the geography. The Europython "Places to stay" page at http://www.europython.org/sections/accommodation says Nearby places (useful when consulting the hotels with special rates) include Meyrin, Satigny (in Switzerland) and St. Genis-Pouilly (in France). Figuring a lot of students have worked at CERN and written up their experiences, I found one with this comment in http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/swap/reureviews/cern.html CERN is about 30 minutes by bus from Geneva and a 20 minute walk or bike ride from entertainment in St. Genis, France. Summer students hung out most Tuesdays at a pub in St. Genis. The Europython wiki says the bus to Geneva "leaves four times an hour during most of a weekday." I don't know if most people will meet up for dinner and drinks somewhere close by CERN or in Geneva, making it harder to figure out where to stay. I'm thinking nearby.. at least those staying in the CERN hostel. Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
