[Liverpool] Fwd: FOSDEM X: 6+7 February 2010

[Joanne Roberts]

2009/7/16 Tim Dobson <lists at tdobson.net>

> Richard Smedley wrote:
> > Hello Tim,
> >
> > Tip - stop f***ing up the planet with CO2 & never
> > fly again. There is *nowhere* in Europe not easily
> > reachable by train.
>
> Gah. Last year I was doing Krakow -> Brussels -> Manchester so it was
> definitely cheaper.. Obviously this was not actually the point you were
> trying to make.
>
> > I haven't been to FOSDEM for a couple of years, but
> > every time I have I've gone by Eurostar - costs
> > about GBP59 London to Bruxelles. From Liverpool it's
> > about 5 hours door-to-door (& no waiting at airport
> > check-in :).
>
> Yeah, I've just done an estimate based on if FOSDEM was sometime in
> November..
>
> It would be ~£30 each way on eurostar if booked in advance & from about
> £16 return from Manchester <-> London depending on time of day.
>
> For what it's worth;
> I love travelling by train > flying mainly because you can get so much
> more done - though IIRC last time I was on Eurostar en route to Lille
> there wasn't any power sockets which is a bit sucky even though I have
> an eeepc.
>
> I think at St. Pancreas they have a big bank of power sockets but really
> seriously it's megaannoying not having power on trains these days.
>
> Tim
>
>

I'll take flying over Eurostar anyday. Does this mean an early Valentines
trip to Belgium then? ;-)
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