<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/7/16 Tim Dobson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@tdobson.net">lists@tdobson.net</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Richard Smedley wrote:<br>
> Hello Tim,<br>
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> Tip - stop f***ing up the planet with CO2 & never<br>
> fly again. There is *nowhere* in Europe not easily<br>
> reachable by train.<br>
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</div>Gah. Last year I was doing Krakow -> Brussels -> Manchester so it was<br>
definitely cheaper.. Obviously this was not actually the point you were<br>
trying to make.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> I haven't been to FOSDEM for a couple of years, but<br>
> every time I have I've gone by Eurostar - costs<br>
> about GBP59 London to Bruxelles. From Liverpool it's<br>
> about 5 hours door-to-door (& no waiting at airport<br>
> check-in :).<br>
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</div>Yeah, I've just done an estimate based on if FOSDEM was sometime in<br>
November..<br>
<br>
It would be ~£30 each way on eurostar if booked in advance & from about<br>
£16 return from Manchester <-> London depending on time of day.<br>
<br>
For what it's worth;<br>
I love travelling by train > flying mainly because you can get so much<br>
more done - though IIRC last time I was on Eurostar en route to Lille<br>
there wasn't any power sockets which is a bit sucky even though I have<br>
an eeepc.<br>
<br>
I think at St. Pancreas they have a big bank of power sockets but really<br>
seriously it's megaannoying not having power on trains these days.<br>
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Tim<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br>I'll take flying over Eurostar anyday. Does this mean an early Valentines trip to Belgium then? ;-)<br>