[Twisted-Python] [OT] PyCon accomodation?
Hi all... I'm intending on going to PyCon (http://www.python.org/pycon/), but I'm not sure where I should stay for the week -- the places at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/PyConAccommodation sound very expensive to my Australian dollars :) Basically I'm looking to do this on the cheap; the airfare is expensive enough... ideally, I'd probably share a room in a budget hotel with someone. This has the bonus that they could help a clueless Aussie traveller find his way around ;) So, who's going to PyCon, and do they have any ideas on where I could stay? I'd probably be looking to stay from Sunday night 23rd (so I could attend the code sprint) through to Saturday the 29th, although I haven't thought this out in detail. -Andrew.
On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 09:31:29PM -0500, Itamar Shtull-Trauring wrote:
We're going to be camping out at Jean-Paul's mansion.
Yea, someone remind me to lock up the hounds that week, I'd hate for them to get you guys out there in your neat little tents. Jp -- "Minerals are inexhaustible and will never be depleted. A stream of investment creates additions to proved reserves, a very large in-ground inventory, constantly renewed as it is extracted... How much was in the ground at the start and how much will be left at the end are unknown and irrelevant." -- Morry Adelman, World Renowned Economist -- 12:00am up 19 days, 9:46, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.03, 0.00
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 01:22:19PM +1100, Andrew Bennetts wrote:
Well, I'm planning on staying all week at a cheapie motel-6 or super-8 or something. There's a chance Nafai'll room with me, and the more the merrier. No internet at those, though, afaik :-) -- Twisted | Christopher Armstrong: International Man of Twistery Radix | Release Manager, Twisted Project ---------+ http://twistedmatrix.com/users/radix.twistd/
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Yes, that's the plan. So count me in on this budget motel shopping spree. I guess I'll have to suffer through dialup at these places, as I have an ISP that is nationwide. But the idea is to be able to afford to go. My current plan is to fly out Monday afternoon/evening or Tuesday morning and leave Saturday morning. Keep me informed if I'm not on IRC! Nafai
On Saturday, Jan 4, 2003, at 22:24 America/New_York, Christopher Armstrong wrote:
Depending on how much you like subway transit (it's actually really clean there, but only runs until midnight-2am latest.. used to be midnight but I hear they've extended it slightly on weekends), you can pretty much stay anywhere near a metro station and make it to PyCon pretty easily.. Presumably, since it's at GWU, it's going to be really close to the Foggy Bottom stop on the orange/blue metro line.. which is quite accessible from the red line (or any other, but particularly the red and orange/blue). The metro system there is pretty quick, and cheap (non-rush hour it's no more than $2.20 USD each way.. not too much more otherwise). I really can't suggest accommodations, as I used to live in the area and have plenty of friends to crash with in those parts (and never had to use a hotel for any legitimate purpose), but it's relatively easy to get around without renting a car so long as you're within walking distance of a metro station. For those of you traveling from points north or south via Amtrak, the train stops at the Union Station stop (red line), with an easy transfer over to the orange/blue at Metro Center. http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/systemmap.cfm is the map of the metrorail system, where you could plot accessible hotels in the md/dc//va area. And as far as internet access goes, you're probably SOL.. Net cafes and net access at hotels aren't very popular down there from what I remember.. if you're lucky you'll meet some cute college guy/girl that goes to a school at GWU / GMU / etc. and will let you "plug in" to "the ethernet" in her dorm, but that's the best you'll be able to do :)
On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 09:31:29PM -0500, Itamar Shtull-Trauring wrote:
We're going to be camping out at Jean-Paul's mansion.
Yea, someone remind me to lock up the hounds that week, I'd hate for them to get you guys out there in your neat little tents. Jp -- "Minerals are inexhaustible and will never be depleted. A stream of investment creates additions to proved reserves, a very large in-ground inventory, constantly renewed as it is extracted... How much was in the ground at the start and how much will be left at the end are unknown and irrelevant." -- Morry Adelman, World Renowned Economist -- 12:00am up 19 days, 9:46, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.03, 0.00
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 01:22:19PM +1100, Andrew Bennetts wrote:
Well, I'm planning on staying all week at a cheapie motel-6 or super-8 or something. There's a chance Nafai'll room with me, and the more the merrier. No internet at those, though, afaik :-) -- Twisted | Christopher Armstrong: International Man of Twistery Radix | Release Manager, Twisted Project ---------+ http://twistedmatrix.com/users/radix.twistd/
<snip>
Yes, that's the plan. So count me in on this budget motel shopping spree. I guess I'll have to suffer through dialup at these places, as I have an ISP that is nationwide. But the idea is to be able to afford to go. My current plan is to fly out Monday afternoon/evening or Tuesday morning and leave Saturday morning. Keep me informed if I'm not on IRC! Nafai
On Saturday, Jan 4, 2003, at 22:24 America/New_York, Christopher Armstrong wrote:
Depending on how much you like subway transit (it's actually really clean there, but only runs until midnight-2am latest.. used to be midnight but I hear they've extended it slightly on weekends), you can pretty much stay anywhere near a metro station and make it to PyCon pretty easily.. Presumably, since it's at GWU, it's going to be really close to the Foggy Bottom stop on the orange/blue metro line.. which is quite accessible from the red line (or any other, but particularly the red and orange/blue). The metro system there is pretty quick, and cheap (non-rush hour it's no more than $2.20 USD each way.. not too much more otherwise). I really can't suggest accommodations, as I used to live in the area and have plenty of friends to crash with in those parts (and never had to use a hotel for any legitimate purpose), but it's relatively easy to get around without renting a car so long as you're within walking distance of a metro station. For those of you traveling from points north or south via Amtrak, the train stops at the Union Station stop (red line), with an easy transfer over to the orange/blue at Metro Center. http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/systemmap.cfm is the map of the metrorail system, where you could plot accessible hotels in the md/dc//va area. And as far as internet access goes, you're probably SOL.. Net cafes and net access at hotels aren't very popular down there from what I remember.. if you're lucky you'll meet some cute college guy/girl that goes to a school at GWU / GMU / etc. and will let you "plug in" to "the ethernet" in her dorm, but that's the best you'll be able to do :)
participants (7)
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Andrew Bennetts -
Bob Ippolito -
Christopher Armstrong -
Itamar Shtull-Trauring -
Jp Calderone -
Kevin Turner -
Travis B. Hartwell