https://hitchwiki.org/en/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Garthelgard&feedformat=atomHitchwiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T04:39:26ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.32.3https://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Press&diff=78844Project 888/Press2015-03-04T08:51:13Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>{{888}}<br />
This is a press-release to promote the European Hitchhiking Event. Feel free to release and use the press-release for your local/ national context, to adapt it and/or to add information. You can distribute it to radio stations, tv, magazines, newspapers, etc. Please refer to the [[Talk:Project 888/Press|Talk Page]] for coordination and further ideas.<br />
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== English ==<br />
<br />
'''A hundred hitchhikers to take part in European Hitchhiking Week'''<br />
<br />
'''On the 8th of August and as long as a week before, over a hundred of hitchhikers will team up to hitchhike to Paris to promote the idea of hitchhiking. Participants are hitchhiking from as far as Armenia, Russia and Finland. Other places of departure include Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
This project shows that the hitchhiking community is still very much alive. Each year thousands of people hitchhike all over the world; and in many countries it is still a common way of getting around. This is the first hitchhiking event of this kind. The goal is to suggest that it could be a great human experience to pick up a hitchhiker, share their car and exchange stories. <br />
<br />
One of the participants established the goal of visiting all the European capitals before arriving in Paris on the 8th of August. An Australian couple in their late fifties, Marie France Gardiner and her husband, heard about this idea and they decided to also take part while touring Europe.<br />
<br />
''"I love hitchhiking! It is my favorite means of transportation because it is a great way to meet some nice people and exchange stories. It is great to see how helpful people can be. Sometimes they even bring you as far as your front door or they may invite you over for dinner"'', says Fabrice R., one of the event organizers who will be departing from Yerevan, Armenia.<br />
<br />
The European Hitchhiking Day also is the inspiration for a documentary. Five teams made up of a hitchhiker and a cameraman will be documenting what it is like to be a hitchhiker, filming their adventures from starting point all the way to Paris. Other participants will also be contributing to this project with photos, journals, short movies, radio-recordings and other art-forms, bringing together one joint expression of their love for hitchhiking.<br />
<br />
Journalists are also invited to join the European Hitchhiking Day. They can team up with experienced hitchhikers, attend prepatory meetings that take place all over Europe from the 3rd up until the 8th. They may also follow a hitchhiker and call one or several of them to receive live-updates and stories along the way.<br />
<br />
For more information on hitchhiking:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
<br />
Contact details<br />
<br />
== French ==<br />
<br />
TRANSLATION IN PROGRESS<br />
<br />
'''Une centaine d’autostoppeurs s'apprètent à participer à la semaine Européenne de l'autostop.'''<br />
<br />
'''Le 8 août 2008 et jusqu'à une semaine avant le début du projet, plus d'une centaine d’autostoppeurs feront équipe jusqu’à Paris dans le but de promouvoir le concept de l'autostop. Les participants partiront en autostop qu'ils soient d'Arménie, de Russie ou de Finlande. D’autres points de départ: Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelone, Genève, Rome, Athènes, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague..'''<br />
<br />
Ce projet montre que la communauté de l’autostop est toujours en pleine activité. Chaque année, des milliers de personnes voyagent dans le monde entier en stop et dans certains pays cette pratique demeure un moyen de transport répandu.<br />
<br />
La première édition de la semaine Européenne de l'autostop constituera le premier grand évènement dans l’histoire de l’autostop. Le but est de faire réaliser au public qu’il peut s’avérer être intéressant de prendre un autostoppeur, de partager leur voiture et d’échanger des anecdotes. Un des participants s’est même fixé le but de visiter toutes les capitales Européennes avant d’arriver à Paris le 8 août. Lorsqu’un couple quinquagénaire vivant en Australie entend parler de cette idée, ils décident aussitôt de participer à cette aventure lors de leur voyage en Europe.<br />
<br />
« J'adore faire de l'autostop! C'est mon moyen de locomotion préféré car c'est une manière efficace de rencontrer de bonnes personnes et d’échanger des histoires de vie. C'est formidable de s'apercevoir à quel point les gens peuvent avoir cet esprit d'entraide. Parfois, ils vous déposent même devant votre porte d’entrée ou vous invitent à dîner » affirme Fabrice R., un des organisateurs de l’évènement qui partira de Yerevan en Arménie.<br />
<br />
La semaine Européenne de l'autostop a également inspiré un documentaire. Cinq équipes d'autostoppeurs composées d'un autostoppeur et un caméraman chercheront à montrer ce que qu'être un autostoppeur représente et filmeront leurs aventures de leur point de départ jusqu'à Paris. D'autres participants apporteront également leur contribution au projet par le biais de photos, carnets de route, films, enregistrements radio ainsi que d'autres formes artistiques de manière à apporter ensemble l'expression de leur conviction pour l'autostop.<br />
<br />
Journalistes: libre à vous de suivre la journée Européenne de l'autostop. Vous pouvez rejoindre des autostoppeurs expérimentés, il y a des meetings préparatoires auxquels vous pouvez assister, vous pouvez suivre un autostoppeur qui voyagera de loin ou encore téléphoner à un groupe d'autostoppeurs pendant leur voyage.<br />
<br />
Pour plus d'informations sur la semaine Européenne de l’autostop (en anglais): <br />
<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Danish ==<br />
<br />
'''Hundredvis af blaffere deltager i Den europæiske Blafferuge'''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Den 8. August og op til en uge før vil over hundrede af blaffere blafre til Paris for at promovere det at blafre. De deltagende blafrer fra så fjerne steder som Armenien, Rusland og Finland. Andre startpunkter er; Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneve, Rom, Athen, Istanbul, Budapest og Prag.'''<br />
<br />
Dette projekt viser at blaffersamfundet stadig eksisterer i fuldt flor. Hvert år er der flere tusind over hele Verden, der blafre, og i mange lande er det den normale måde at rejse rundt på. Dette er den første blafferevent af sin slags – målet er at vise, at det kan være en stor menneskelig oplevelse at samle en blaffer op, at dele bil og livshistorier.<br />
<br />
En af deltagerne gjorde det til sit mål at besøge alle de europæiske hovedstader før ankomsten i Paris den 8. august.<br />
Andre: Et australsk par i slutningen af 50’erne; Marie France Gardiner og sin mand hørte om idéen og besluttede at tage del i den, mens de rejser rundt i Europa.<br />
<br />
”''Jeg elsker at blafre! Det er min favorit transportmåde, fordi det er en fed måde at møde flinke mennesker og dele historier på. Det er fedt, at se hvor hjælpsomme folk kan være. Sommetider bliver man kørt helt til fordøren, eller man bliver måske inviteret på middag''”, siger Fabrice R. Han er en af personerne bag eventen og vil selv rejse fra Jerevan i Armenien. <br />
<br />
Den europæiske Blafferdag har også inspireret til en dokumentarfilm. Fem hold, hvert bestående af en blaffer og en kameramand, vil dokumentere, hvordan det er at være blaffer ved at filme deres eventyr fra de forskellige startpunkter til målet i Paris. Andre deltagere bidrager med billeder, journaler, kortfilm, audiooptagelser og andre kunstformer for at lave en fælles erklæring om deres forkærlighed for det at blafre.<br />
<br />
Journalister er også inviteret til at deltage i Den europæiske Blafferdag. De kan danne hold med mere erfarne blaffere, deltage i de kommende møder, der vil finde sted overalt i Europa fra den 3. og frem til den 8. De kan også følge en blaffer eller ringe til en eller flere af dem for at lave rapporttager undervejs.<br />
<br />
Mere information fås på: http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
Kontakt:<br />
Martin Boserup<br />
+45 23441494<br />
mboserup(at)gmail.com<br />
<br />
== Dutch ==<br />
'''Honderd lifters participeren in de eerste Europese liftdag'''<br />
<br />
'''Op 8 augustus en de week daarvoor zullen meer dan honderd lifters naar Parijs liften om de idee van liften te promoten. Een aantal deelnemers komen van verre oorden zoals Armenie, Rusland en Finland. Andere vertrekplaatsen zijn ondermeer Utrecht, Brussel, Berlijn, Barcelona, Geneve, Rome, Athene, Istanbul, Budapest en Praag.'''<br />
<br />
Dit lift-evenement laat zien dat de liftgemeenschap nog altijd erg levend is. Duizenden mensen van over de hele wereld liften wereldwijd; in veel landen is het nog altijd een normale manier van reizen. Dit is het eerste liftevenement van deze omvang. Het doel is om te laten zien dat het een geweldige menselijke ervaring om lifters op te pikken, hun auto te delen en verhalen uit te wisselen.<br />
<br />
Een van de deelnemers heeft zichzelf tot doel gesteld om alle Europese hoofdsteden aan te doen alvorens in Parijs op 8 augustus aan te komen. Een Australisch echtpaar in hun vijftiger jaren, Marie France Gardiner en haar man, hoorden van de liftweek en hebben spontaan hun Europese reisplannen aangepast om aan dit evenement deel te nemen.<br />
<br />
''"Ik vind liften helemaal geweldig! Het is mijn favouriete manier van reizen omdat het een geweldige manier is om leuke mensen tegen te komen en verhalen uit te wisselen. Het is fantastisch om te zien hoe hulpvol mensen kunnen zijn. Soms brengen ze je tot aan de deur of nodigen ze je uit voor eten"'', zegt een van de initiatiefnemers, Fabrice R. uit Frankrijk die vanuit Armenie zal komen liften.<br />
<br />
De Europese liftdag is ook een inspiratiebron voor een documentaire. Vijf teams bestaande uit een lifter en een filmmaker zullen het liften documenteren. Andere deelnemers zullen ook bijdragen aan het project met foto's, journals, korte filmpjes, radio-opnamen en andere kunstuitingen, om daarmee een gezamenlijke expressie van hun liefde voor liften uit te drukken.<br />
<br />
Journalisten zijn ook uitgenodigd voor de Europese liftdag. Vanuit Nederland doen tien mensen mee. Zij organiseren een bijeenkomst in Utrecht op 7 augustus. Er bestaat de mogelijkheid om lifters telefonisch te volgen tijdens de liftdag zelf, of zelfs tijdens de week als lifters reeds onderweg zijn, om hun avonturen te horen en live-updates te krijgen over het liften.<br />
<br />
Voor meer informatie over liften:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org/<br />
Voor meer informatie over het evenement:<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
Contactinformatie:<br />
* Robin Liftari (Nederlands) +31(0)633635136 or robokow(at)gmail.com<br />
<br />
== German ==<br />
'''Hunderte Tramper zum europäischen Trampertag erwartet.'''<br />
<br />
'''Am 8. August und die Woche davor werden über hundert Tramper nach Paris trampen um die Idee des Trampens zu verbreiten. Die Tramper kommen aus ganz Europa und manche von ihnen von sehr weit. Armenien, Russland und Finnland sind auch vertreten. Andere Tramper kommen aus: London, Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
Das Projekt soll zeigen, dass trampen auch heute noch weit verbreitet ist und dass es eine sehr aktive Tramper-Gemeinschaft gibt. In vielen Ländern ist es immer noch ein übliches Fortbewegungsmittel und es trampen jährlich tausende Leute um die Welt. Dies ist einer der erstem großen Events dieser Art. Das Ziel ist für das Trampen zu werben, indem man Leuten zeigt, dass es ein tolles Erlebnis sein kann, einen Tramper mitzunehmen. Mit einem Tramper sein Auto zu teilen und dafür interessante Unterhaltungen zu fühern.<br />
<br />
''"Ich liebe das Trampen! Es ist meine liebste Art der Fortbewegung, denn es ist eine tolle Möglichkeit nette Leute kennenzulernen und interessante Geschichten auszutauschen. Es ist wunderbar, zu sehen wie hilfsbereit Menschen sein können. Manchmal wird man sogar bis zu seiner Haustür gefahren oder zum Essen eingeladen."'' Sagt Fabrice R., einer der Organisatoren, der von Armenien aus starten wird.<br />
<br />
Der Europäische Trampertag inspirierte zudem zu einer Dokumentation. Fünf Teams, bestehend aus jeweils einem Tramper und einem Kameramann, werden dokumentieren, wie es ist zu trampen, indem sie ihre Abenteuer von ihrem Ausgangspunkt aus bis nach Paris filmen werden. Andere Teilnehmer werden auch mit ihren Fotos, Tagebüchern, Kurzfilmen, Tonaufnahmen und anderen künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen zu diesem Projekt beitragen um ihre gemeinsame Begeisterung fürs Tampen zu zeigen.<br />
<br />
Journalisten sind ebenfalls zur Teilnahme am Europäischen Trampertag eingeladen. Sie können sich einem erfahrenen Tramper anschliessen. Dabei an den Vorbereitungstreffen teilnehmen, die vom 3. bis zum 8. August in ganz Europa statt finden werden. Sie können auch einem Tramper folgen, eventuell begleiten oder einen oder mehrere von ihnen anrufen um Live-Updates und Geschichten von unterwegs zu erfahren.<br />
<br />
Um mehr übers Trampen zu erfahren:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Italian ==</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Press&diff=78843Project 888/Press2015-03-04T08:50:52Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{888}}<br />
This is a press-release to promote the European Hitchhiking Event. Feel free to release and use the press-release for your local/ national context, to adapt it and/or to add information. You can distribute it to radio stations, tv, magazines, newspapers, etc. Please refer to the [[Talk:Project 888/Press|Talk Page]] for coordination and further ideas.<br />
<br />
== English ==<br />
<br />
'''A hundred hitchhikers to take part in European Hitchhiking Week'''<br />
<br />
'''On the 8th of August and as long as a week before, over a hundred of hitchhikers will team up to hitchhike to Paris to promote the idea of hitchhiking. Participants are hitchhiking from as far as Armenia, Russia and Finland. Other places of departure include Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
This project shows that the hitchhiking community is still very much alive. Each year thousands of people hitchhike all over the world; and in many countries it is still a common way of getting around. This is the first hitchhiking event of this kind. The goal is to suggest that it could be a great human experience to pick up a hitchhiker, share their car and exchange stories. <br />
<br />
One of the participants established the goal of visiting all the European capitals before arriving in Paris on the 8th of August. An Australian couple in their late fifties, Marie France Gardiner and her husband, heard about this idea and they decided to also take part while touring Europe.<br />
<br />
''"I love hitchhiking! It is my favorite means of transportation because it is a great way to meet some nice people and exchange stories. It is great to see how helpful people can be. Sometimes they even bring you as far as your front door or they may invite you over for dinner"'', says Fabrice R., one of the event organizers who will be departing from Yerevan, Armenia.<br />
<br />
The European Hitchhiking Day also is the inspiration for a documentary. Five teams made up of a hitchhiker and a cameraman will be documenting what it is like to be a hitchhiker, filming their adventures from starting point all the way to Paris. Other participants will also be contributing to this project with photos, journals, short movies, radio-recordings and other art-forms, bringing together one joint expression of their love for hitchhiking.<br />
<br />
Journalists are also invited to join the European Hitchhiking Day. They can team up with experienced hitchhikers, attend prepatory meetings that take place all over Europe from the 3rd up until the 8th. They may also follow a hitchhiker and call one or several of them to receive live-updates and stories along the way.<br />
<br />
For more information on hitchhiking:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
<br />
Contact details<br />
<br />
== French ==<br />
<br />
TRANSLATION IN PROGRESS<br />
<br />
'''Une centaine d’autostoppeurs s'apprètent à participer à la semaine Européenne de l'autostop.'''<br />
<br />
'''Le 8 août 2008 et jusqu'à une semaine avant le début du projet, plus d'une centaine d’autostoppeurs feront équipe jusqu’à Paris dans le but de promouvoir le concept de l'autostop. Les participants partiront en autostop qu'ils soient d'Arménie, de Russie ou de Finlande. D’autres points de départ: Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelone, Genève, Rome, Athènes, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague..'''<br />
<br />
Ce projet montre que la communauté de l’autostop est toujours en pleine activité. Chaque année, des milliers de personnes voyagent dans le monde entier en stop et dans certains pays cette pratique demeure un moyen de transport répandu.<br />
<br />
La première édition de la semaine Européenne de l'autostop constituera le premier grand évènement dans l’histoire de l’autostop. Le but est de faire réaliser au public qu’il peut s’avérer être intéressant de prendre un autostoppeur, de partager leur voiture et d’échanger des anecdotes. Un des participants s’est même fixé le but de visiter toutes les capitales Européennes avant d’arriver à Paris le 8 août. Lorsqu’un couple quinquagénaire vivant en Australie entend parler de cette idée, ils décident aussitôt de participer à cette aventure lors de leur voyage en Europe.<br />
<br />
« J'adore faire de l'autostop! C'est mon moyen de locomotion préféré car c'est une manière efficace de rencontrer de bonnes personnes et d’échanger des histoires de vie. C'est formidable de s'apercevoir à quel point les gens peuvent avoir cet esprit d'entraide. Parfois, ils vous déposent même devant votre porte d’entrée ou vous invitent à dîner » affirme Fabrice R., un des organisateurs de l’évènement qui partira de Yerevan en Arménie.<br />
<br />
La semaine Européenne de l'autostop a également inspiré un documentaire. Cinq équipes d'autostoppeurs composées d'un autostoppeur et un caméraman chercheront à montrer ce que qu'être un autostoppeur représente et filmeront leurs aventures de leur point de départ jusqu'à Paris. D'autres participants apporteront également leur contribution au projet par le biais de photos, carnets de route, films, enregistrements radio ainsi que d'autres formes artistiques de manière à apporter ensemble l'expression de leur conviction pour l'autostop.<br />
<br />
Journalistes: libre à vous de suivre la journée Européenne de l'autostop. Vous pouvez rejoindre des autostoppeurs expérimentés, il y a des meetings préparatoires auxquels vous pouvez assister, vous pouvez suivre un autostoppeur qui voyagera de loin ou encore téléphoner à un groupe d'autostoppeurs pendant leur voyage.<br />
<br />
<br />
Contact:<br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci<br />
Téléphone : +33 (0) 612871824<br />
Courriel : fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
Pour plus d'informations sur la semaine Européenne de l’autostop (en anglais): <br />
<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Danish ==<br />
<br />
'''Hundredvis af blaffere deltager i Den europæiske Blafferuge'''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Den 8. August og op til en uge før vil over hundrede af blaffere blafre til Paris for at promovere det at blafre. De deltagende blafrer fra så fjerne steder som Armenien, Rusland og Finland. Andre startpunkter er; Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneve, Rom, Athen, Istanbul, Budapest og Prag.'''<br />
<br />
Dette projekt viser at blaffersamfundet stadig eksisterer i fuldt flor. Hvert år er der flere tusind over hele Verden, der blafre, og i mange lande er det den normale måde at rejse rundt på. Dette er den første blafferevent af sin slags – målet er at vise, at det kan være en stor menneskelig oplevelse at samle en blaffer op, at dele bil og livshistorier.<br />
<br />
En af deltagerne gjorde det til sit mål at besøge alle de europæiske hovedstader før ankomsten i Paris den 8. august.<br />
Andre: Et australsk par i slutningen af 50’erne; Marie France Gardiner og sin mand hørte om idéen og besluttede at tage del i den, mens de rejser rundt i Europa.<br />
<br />
”''Jeg elsker at blafre! Det er min favorit transportmåde, fordi det er en fed måde at møde flinke mennesker og dele historier på. Det er fedt, at se hvor hjælpsomme folk kan være. Sommetider bliver man kørt helt til fordøren, eller man bliver måske inviteret på middag''”, siger Fabrice R. Han er en af personerne bag eventen og vil selv rejse fra Jerevan i Armenien. <br />
<br />
Den europæiske Blafferdag har også inspireret til en dokumentarfilm. Fem hold, hvert bestående af en blaffer og en kameramand, vil dokumentere, hvordan det er at være blaffer ved at filme deres eventyr fra de forskellige startpunkter til målet i Paris. Andre deltagere bidrager med billeder, journaler, kortfilm, audiooptagelser og andre kunstformer for at lave en fælles erklæring om deres forkærlighed for det at blafre.<br />
<br />
Journalister er også inviteret til at deltage i Den europæiske Blafferdag. De kan danne hold med mere erfarne blaffere, deltage i de kommende møder, der vil finde sted overalt i Europa fra den 3. og frem til den 8. De kan også følge en blaffer eller ringe til en eller flere af dem for at lave rapporttager undervejs.<br />
<br />
Mere information fås på: http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
Kontakt:<br />
Martin Boserup<br />
+45 23441494<br />
mboserup(at)gmail.com<br />
<br />
== Dutch ==<br />
'''Honderd lifters participeren in de eerste Europese liftdag'''<br />
<br />
'''Op 8 augustus en de week daarvoor zullen meer dan honderd lifters naar Parijs liften om de idee van liften te promoten. Een aantal deelnemers komen van verre oorden zoals Armenie, Rusland en Finland. Andere vertrekplaatsen zijn ondermeer Utrecht, Brussel, Berlijn, Barcelona, Geneve, Rome, Athene, Istanbul, Budapest en Praag.'''<br />
<br />
Dit lift-evenement laat zien dat de liftgemeenschap nog altijd erg levend is. Duizenden mensen van over de hele wereld liften wereldwijd; in veel landen is het nog altijd een normale manier van reizen. Dit is het eerste liftevenement van deze omvang. Het doel is om te laten zien dat het een geweldige menselijke ervaring om lifters op te pikken, hun auto te delen en verhalen uit te wisselen.<br />
<br />
Een van de deelnemers heeft zichzelf tot doel gesteld om alle Europese hoofdsteden aan te doen alvorens in Parijs op 8 augustus aan te komen. Een Australisch echtpaar in hun vijftiger jaren, Marie France Gardiner en haar man, hoorden van de liftweek en hebben spontaan hun Europese reisplannen aangepast om aan dit evenement deel te nemen.<br />
<br />
''"Ik vind liften helemaal geweldig! Het is mijn favouriete manier van reizen omdat het een geweldige manier is om leuke mensen tegen te komen en verhalen uit te wisselen. Het is fantastisch om te zien hoe hulpvol mensen kunnen zijn. Soms brengen ze je tot aan de deur of nodigen ze je uit voor eten"'', zegt een van de initiatiefnemers, Fabrice R. uit Frankrijk die vanuit Armenie zal komen liften.<br />
<br />
De Europese liftdag is ook een inspiratiebron voor een documentaire. Vijf teams bestaande uit een lifter en een filmmaker zullen het liften documenteren. Andere deelnemers zullen ook bijdragen aan het project met foto's, journals, korte filmpjes, radio-opnamen en andere kunstuitingen, om daarmee een gezamenlijke expressie van hun liefde voor liften uit te drukken.<br />
<br />
Journalisten zijn ook uitgenodigd voor de Europese liftdag. Vanuit Nederland doen tien mensen mee. Zij organiseren een bijeenkomst in Utrecht op 7 augustus. Er bestaat de mogelijkheid om lifters telefonisch te volgen tijdens de liftdag zelf, of zelfs tijdens de week als lifters reeds onderweg zijn, om hun avonturen te horen en live-updates te krijgen over het liften.<br />
<br />
Voor meer informatie over liften:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org/<br />
Voor meer informatie over het evenement:<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
Contactinformatie:<br />
* Robin Liftari (Nederlands) +31(0)633635136 or robokow(at)gmail.com<br />
<br />
== German ==<br />
'''Hunderte Tramper zum europäischen Trampertag erwartet.'''<br />
<br />
'''Am 8. August und die Woche davor werden über hundert Tramper nach Paris trampen um die Idee des Trampens zu verbreiten. Die Tramper kommen aus ganz Europa und manche von ihnen von sehr weit. Armenien, Russland und Finnland sind auch vertreten. Andere Tramper kommen aus: London, Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
Das Projekt soll zeigen, dass trampen auch heute noch weit verbreitet ist und dass es eine sehr aktive Tramper-Gemeinschaft gibt. In vielen Ländern ist es immer noch ein übliches Fortbewegungsmittel und es trampen jährlich tausende Leute um die Welt. Dies ist einer der erstem großen Events dieser Art. Das Ziel ist für das Trampen zu werben, indem man Leuten zeigt, dass es ein tolles Erlebnis sein kann, einen Tramper mitzunehmen. Mit einem Tramper sein Auto zu teilen und dafür interessante Unterhaltungen zu fühern.<br />
<br />
''"Ich liebe das Trampen! Es ist meine liebste Art der Fortbewegung, denn es ist eine tolle Möglichkeit nette Leute kennenzulernen und interessante Geschichten auszutauschen. Es ist wunderbar, zu sehen wie hilfsbereit Menschen sein können. Manchmal wird man sogar bis zu seiner Haustür gefahren oder zum Essen eingeladen."'' Sagt Fabrice R., einer der Organisatoren, der von Armenien aus starten wird.<br />
<br />
Der Europäische Trampertag inspirierte zudem zu einer Dokumentation. Fünf Teams, bestehend aus jeweils einem Tramper und einem Kameramann, werden dokumentieren, wie es ist zu trampen, indem sie ihre Abenteuer von ihrem Ausgangspunkt aus bis nach Paris filmen werden. Andere Teilnehmer werden auch mit ihren Fotos, Tagebüchern, Kurzfilmen, Tonaufnahmen und anderen künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen zu diesem Projekt beitragen um ihre gemeinsame Begeisterung fürs Tampen zu zeigen.<br />
<br />
Journalisten sind ebenfalls zur Teilnahme am Europäischen Trampertag eingeladen. Sie können sich einem erfahrenen Tramper anschliessen. Dabei an den Vorbereitungstreffen teilnehmen, die vom 3. bis zum 8. August in ganz Europa statt finden werden. Sie können auch einem Tramper folgen, eventuell begleiten oder einen oder mehrere von ihnen anrufen um Live-Updates und Geschichten von unterwegs zu erfahren.<br />
<br />
Um mehr übers Trampen zu erfahren:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Italian ==</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Press&diff=78842Project 888/Press2015-03-04T08:50:38Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{888}}<br />
This is a press-release to promote the European Hitchhiking Event. Feel free to release and use the press-release for your local/ national context, to adapt it and/or to add information. You can distribute it to radio stations, tv, magazines, newspapers, etc. Please refer to the [[Talk:Project 888/Press|Talk Page]] for coordination and further ideas.<br />
<br />
== English ==<br />
<br />
'''A hundred hitchhikers to take part in European Hitchhiking Week'''<br />
<br />
'''On the 8th of August and as long as a week before, over a hundred of hitchhikers will team up to hitchhike to Paris to promote the idea of hitchhiking. Participants are hitchhiking from as far as Armenia, Russia and Finland. Other places of departure include Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
This project shows that the hitchhiking community is still very much alive. Each year thousands of people hitchhike all over the world; and in many countries it is still a common way of getting around. This is the first hitchhiking event of this kind. The goal is to suggest that it could be a great human experience to pick up a hitchhiker, share their car and exchange stories. <br />
<br />
One of the participants established the goal of visiting all the European capitals before arriving in Paris on the 8th of August. An Australian couple in their late fifties, Marie France Gardiner and her husband, heard about this idea and they decided to also take part while touring Europe.<br />
<br />
''"I love hitchhiking! It is my favorite means of transportation because it is a great way to meet some nice people and exchange stories. It is great to see how helpful people can be. Sometimes they even bring you as far as your front door or they may invite you over for dinner"'', says Fabrice R., one of the event organizers who will be departing from Yerevan, Armenia.<br />
<br />
The European Hitchhiking Day also is the inspiration for a documentary. Five teams made up of a hitchhiker and a cameraman will be documenting what it is like to be a hitchhiker, filming their adventures from starting point all the way to Paris. Other participants will also be contributing to this project with photos, journals, short movies, radio-recordings and other art-forms, bringing together one joint expression of their love for hitchhiking.<br />
<br />
Journalists are also invited to join the European Hitchhiking Day. They can team up with experienced hitchhikers, attend prepatory meetings that take place all over Europe from the 3rd up until the 8th. They may also follow a hitchhiker and call one or several of them to receive live-updates and stories along the way.<br />
<br />
For more information on hitchhiking:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
<br />
Contact details<br />
<br />
== French ==<br />
<br />
TRANSLATION IN PROGRESS<br />
<br />
'''Une centaine d’autostoppeurs s'apprètent à participer à la semaine Européenne de l'autostop.'''<br />
<br />
'''Le 8 août 2008 et jusqu'à une semaine avant le début du projet, plus d'une centaine d’autostoppeurs feront équipe jusqu’à Paris dans le but de promouvoir le concept de l'autostop. Les participants partiront en autostop qu'ils soient d'Arménie, de Russie ou de Finlande. D’autres points de départ: Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelone, Genève, Rome, Athènes, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague..'''<br />
<br />
Ce projet montre que la communauté de l’autostop est toujours en pleine activité. Chaque année, des milliers de personnes voyagent dans le monde entier en stop et dans certains pays cette pratique demeure un moyen de transport répandu.<br />
<br />
La première édition de la semaine Européenne de l'autostop constituera le premier grand évènement dans l’histoire de l’autostop. Le but est de faire réaliser au public qu’il peut s’avérer être intéressant de prendre un autostoppeur, de partager leur voiture et d’échanger des anecdotes. Un des participants s’est même fixé le but de visiter toutes les capitales Européennes avant d’arriver à Paris le 8 août. Lorsqu’un couple quinquagénaire vivant en Australie entend parler de cette idée, ils décident aussitôt de participer à cette aventure lors de leur voyage en Europe.<br />
<br />
« J'adore faire de l'autostop! C'est mon moyen de locomotion préféré car c'est une manière efficace de rencontrer de bonnes personnes et d’échanger des histoires de vie. C'est formidable de s'apercevoir à quel point les gens peuvent avoir cet esprit d'entraide. Parfois, ils vous déposent même devant votre porte d’entrée ou vous invitent à dîner » affirme Fabrice R., un des organisateurs de l’évènement qui partira de Yerevan en Arménie.<br />
<br />
La semaine Européenne de l'autostop a également inspiré un documentaire. Cinq équipes d'autostoppeurs composées d'un autostoppeur et un caméraman chercheront à montrer ce que qu'être un autostoppeur représente et filmeront leurs aventures de leur point de départ jusqu'à Paris. D'autres participants apporteront également leur contribution au projet par le biais de photos, carnets de route, films, enregistrements radio ainsi que d'autres formes artistiques de manière à apporter ensemble l'expression de leur conviction pour l'autostop.<br />
<br />
Journalistes: libre à vous de suivre la journée Européenne de l'autostop. Vous pouvez rejoindre des autostoppeurs expérimentés, il y a des meetings préparatoires auxquels vous pouvez assister, vous pouvez suivre un autostoppeur qui voyagera de loin ou encore téléphoner à un groupe d'autostoppeurs pendant leur voyage.<br />
<br />
<br />
Contact:<br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci<br />
Téléphone : +33 (0) 612871824<br />
Courriel : fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
Pour plus d'informations sur la semaine Européenne de l’autostop (en anglais): <br />
<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Danish ==<br />
<br />
'''Hundredvis af blaffere deltager i Den europæiske Blafferuge'''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Den 8. August og op til en uge før vil over hundrede af blaffere blafre til Paris for at promovere det at blafre. De deltagende blafrer fra så fjerne steder som Armenien, Rusland og Finland. Andre startpunkter er; Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneve, Rom, Athen, Istanbul, Budapest og Prag.'''<br />
<br />
Dette projekt viser at blaffersamfundet stadig eksisterer i fuldt flor. Hvert år er der flere tusind over hele Verden, der blafre, og i mange lande er det den normale måde at rejse rundt på. Dette er den første blafferevent af sin slags – målet er at vise, at det kan være en stor menneskelig oplevelse at samle en blaffer op, at dele bil og livshistorier.<br />
<br />
En af deltagerne gjorde det til sit mål at besøge alle de europæiske hovedstader før ankomsten i Paris den 8. august.<br />
Andre: Et australsk par i slutningen af 50’erne; Marie France Gardiner og sin mand hørte om idéen og besluttede at tage del i den, mens de rejser rundt i Europa.<br />
<br />
”''Jeg elsker at blafre! Det er min favorit transportmåde, fordi det er en fed måde at møde flinke mennesker og dele historier på. Det er fedt, at se hvor hjælpsomme folk kan være. Sommetider bliver man kørt helt til fordøren, eller man bliver måske inviteret på middag''”, siger Fabrice R. Han er en af personerne bag eventen og vil selv rejse fra Jerevan i Armenien. <br />
<br />
Den europæiske Blafferdag har også inspireret til en dokumentarfilm. Fem hold, hvert bestående af en blaffer og en kameramand, vil dokumentere, hvordan det er at være blaffer ved at filme deres eventyr fra de forskellige startpunkter til målet i Paris. Andre deltagere bidrager med billeder, journaler, kortfilm, audiooptagelser og andre kunstformer for at lave en fælles erklæring om deres forkærlighed for det at blafre.<br />
<br />
Journalister er også inviteret til at deltage i Den europæiske Blafferdag. De kan danne hold med mere erfarne blaffere, deltage i de kommende møder, der vil finde sted overalt i Europa fra den 3. og frem til den 8. De kan også følge en blaffer eller ringe til en eller flere af dem for at lave rapporttager undervejs.<br />
<br />
Mere information fås på: http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
Kontakt:<br />
Martin Boserup<br />
+45 23441494<br />
mboserup(at)gmail.com<br />
<br />
== Dutch ==<br />
'''Honderd lifters participeren in de eerste Europese liftdag'''<br />
<br />
'''Op 8 augustus en de week daarvoor zullen meer dan honderd lifters naar Parijs liften om de idee van liften te promoten. Een aantal deelnemers komen van verre oorden zoals Armenie, Rusland en Finland. Andere vertrekplaatsen zijn ondermeer Utrecht, Brussel, Berlijn, Barcelona, Geneve, Rome, Athene, Istanbul, Budapest en Praag.'''<br />
<br />
Dit lift-evenement laat zien dat de liftgemeenschap nog altijd erg levend is. Duizenden mensen van over de hele wereld liften wereldwijd; in veel landen is het nog altijd een normale manier van reizen. Dit is het eerste liftevenement van deze omvang. Het doel is om te laten zien dat het een geweldige menselijke ervaring om lifters op te pikken, hun auto te delen en verhalen uit te wisselen.<br />
<br />
Een van de deelnemers heeft zichzelf tot doel gesteld om alle Europese hoofdsteden aan te doen alvorens in Parijs op 8 augustus aan te komen. Een Australisch echtpaar in hun vijftiger jaren, Marie France Gardiner en haar man, hoorden van de liftweek en hebben spontaan hun Europese reisplannen aangepast om aan dit evenement deel te nemen.<br />
<br />
''"Ik vind liften helemaal geweldig! Het is mijn favouriete manier van reizen omdat het een geweldige manier is om leuke mensen tegen te komen en verhalen uit te wisselen. Het is fantastisch om te zien hoe hulpvol mensen kunnen zijn. Soms brengen ze je tot aan de deur of nodigen ze je uit voor eten"'', zegt een van de initiatiefnemers, Fabrice R. uit Frankrijk die vanuit Armenie zal komen liften.<br />
<br />
De Europese liftdag is ook een inspiratiebron voor een documentaire. Vijf teams bestaande uit een lifter en een filmmaker zullen het liften documenteren. Andere deelnemers zullen ook bijdragen aan het project met foto's, journals, korte filmpjes, radio-opnamen en andere kunstuitingen, om daarmee een gezamenlijke expressie van hun liefde voor liften uit te drukken.<br />
<br />
Journalisten zijn ook uitgenodigd voor de Europese liftdag. Vanuit Nederland doen tien mensen mee. Zij organiseren een bijeenkomst in Utrecht op 7 augustus. Er bestaat de mogelijkheid om lifters telefonisch te volgen tijdens de liftdag zelf, of zelfs tijdens de week als lifters reeds onderweg zijn, om hun avonturen te horen en live-updates te krijgen over het liften.<br />
<br />
Voor meer informatie over liften:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org/<br />
Voor meer informatie over het evenement:<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
Contactinformatie:<br />
* Robin Liftari (Nederlands) +31(0)633635136 or robokow(at)gmail.com<br />
* Fabrice Renucci (Frans) +33(0)612871824 or fabrice.renucci(at)hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
== German ==<br />
'''Hunderte Tramper zum europäischen Trampertag erwartet.'''<br />
<br />
'''Am 8. August und die Woche davor werden über hundert Tramper nach Paris trampen um die Idee des Trampens zu verbreiten. Die Tramper kommen aus ganz Europa und manche von ihnen von sehr weit. Armenien, Russland und Finnland sind auch vertreten. Andere Tramper kommen aus: London, Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
Das Projekt soll zeigen, dass trampen auch heute noch weit verbreitet ist und dass es eine sehr aktive Tramper-Gemeinschaft gibt. In vielen Ländern ist es immer noch ein übliches Fortbewegungsmittel und es trampen jährlich tausende Leute um die Welt. Dies ist einer der erstem großen Events dieser Art. Das Ziel ist für das Trampen zu werben, indem man Leuten zeigt, dass es ein tolles Erlebnis sein kann, einen Tramper mitzunehmen. Mit einem Tramper sein Auto zu teilen und dafür interessante Unterhaltungen zu fühern.<br />
<br />
''"Ich liebe das Trampen! Es ist meine liebste Art der Fortbewegung, denn es ist eine tolle Möglichkeit nette Leute kennenzulernen und interessante Geschichten auszutauschen. Es ist wunderbar, zu sehen wie hilfsbereit Menschen sein können. Manchmal wird man sogar bis zu seiner Haustür gefahren oder zum Essen eingeladen."'' Sagt Fabrice R., einer der Organisatoren, der von Armenien aus starten wird.<br />
<br />
Der Europäische Trampertag inspirierte zudem zu einer Dokumentation. Fünf Teams, bestehend aus jeweils einem Tramper und einem Kameramann, werden dokumentieren, wie es ist zu trampen, indem sie ihre Abenteuer von ihrem Ausgangspunkt aus bis nach Paris filmen werden. Andere Teilnehmer werden auch mit ihren Fotos, Tagebüchern, Kurzfilmen, Tonaufnahmen und anderen künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen zu diesem Projekt beitragen um ihre gemeinsame Begeisterung fürs Tampen zu zeigen.<br />
<br />
Journalisten sind ebenfalls zur Teilnahme am Europäischen Trampertag eingeladen. Sie können sich einem erfahrenen Tramper anschliessen. Dabei an den Vorbereitungstreffen teilnehmen, die vom 3. bis zum 8. August in ganz Europa statt finden werden. Sie können auch einem Tramper folgen, eventuell begleiten oder einen oder mehrere von ihnen anrufen um Live-Updates und Geschichten von unterwegs zu erfahren.<br />
<br />
Um mehr übers Trampen zu erfahren:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Italian ==</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Press&diff=78769Project 888/Press2015-02-09T00:30:18Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{888}}<br />
This is a press-release to promote the European Hitchhiking Event. Feel free to release and use the press-release for your local/ national context, to adapt it and/or to add information. You can distribute it to radio stations, tv, magazines, newspapers, etc. Please refer to the [[Talk:Project 888/Press|Talk Page]] for coordination and further ideas.<br />
<br />
== English ==<br />
<br />
'''A hundred hitchhikers to take part in European Hitchhiking Week'''<br />
<br />
'''On the 8th of August and as long as a week before, over a hundred of hitchhikers will team up to hitchhike to Paris to promote the idea of hitchhiking. Participants are hitchhiking from as far as Armenia, Russia and Finland. Other places of departure include Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
This project shows that the hitchhiking community is still very much alive. Each year thousands of people hitchhike all over the world; and in many countries it is still a common way of getting around. This is the first hitchhiking event of this kind. The goal is to suggest that it could be a great human experience to pick up a hitchhiker, share their car and exchange stories. <br />
<br />
One of the participants established the goal of visiting all the European capitals before arriving in Paris on the 8th of August. An Australian couple in their late fifties, Marie France Gardiner and her husband, heard about this idea and they decided to also take part while touring Europe.<br />
<br />
''"I love hitchhiking! It is my favorite means of transportation because it is a great way to meet some nice people and exchange stories. It is great to see how helpful people can be. Sometimes they even bring you as far as your front door or they may invite you over for dinner"'', says Fabrice R., one of the event organizers who will be departing from Yerevan, Armenia.<br />
<br />
The European Hitchhiking Day also is the inspiration for a documentary. Five teams made up of a hitchhiker and a cameraman will be documenting what it is like to be a hitchhiker, filming their adventures from starting point all the way to Paris. Other participants will also be contributing to this project with photos, journals, short movies, radio-recordings and other art-forms, bringing together one joint expression of their love for hitchhiking.<br />
<br />
Journalists are also invited to join the European Hitchhiking Day. They can team up with experienced hitchhikers, attend prepatory meetings that take place all over Europe from the 3rd up until the 8th. They may also follow a hitchhiker and call one or several of them to receive live-updates and stories along the way.<br />
<br />
For more information on hitchhiking:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
<br />
Contact details<br />
<br />
== French ==<br />
<br />
TRANSLATION IN PROGRESS<br />
<br />
'''Une centaine d’autostoppeurs s'apprètent à participer à la semaine Européenne de l'autostop.'''<br />
<br />
'''Le 8 août 2008 et jusqu'à une semaine avant le début du projet, plus d'une centaine d’autostoppeurs feront équipe jusqu’à Paris dans le but de promouvoir le concept de l'autostop. Les participants partiront en autostop qu'ils soient d'Arménie, de Russie ou de Finlande. D’autres points de départ: Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelone, Genève, Rome, Athènes, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague..'''<br />
<br />
Ce projet montre que la communauté de l’autostop est toujours en pleine activité. Chaque année, des milliers de personnes voyagent dans le monde entier en stop et dans certains pays cette pratique demeure un moyen de transport répandu.<br />
<br />
La première édition de la semaine Européenne de l'autostop constituera le premier grand évènement dans l’histoire de l’autostop. Le but est de faire réaliser au public qu’il peut s’avérer être intéressant de prendre un autostoppeur, de partager leur voiture et d’échanger des anecdotes. Un des participants s’est même fixé le but de visiter toutes les capitales Européennes avant d’arriver à Paris le 8 août. Lorsqu’un couple quinquagénaire vivant en Australie entend parler de cette idée, ils décident aussitôt de participer à cette aventure lors de leur voyage en Europe.<br />
<br />
« J'adore faire de l'autostop! C'est mon moyen de locomotion préféré car c'est une manière efficace de rencontrer de bonnes personnes et d’échanger des histoires de vie. C'est formidable de s'apercevoir à quel point les gens peuvent avoir cet esprit d'entraide. Parfois, ils vous déposent même devant votre porte d’entrée ou vous invitent à dîner » affirme Fabrice R., un des organisateurs de l’évènement qui partira de Yerevan en Arménie.<br />
<br />
La semaine Européenne de l'autostop a également inspiré un documentaire. Cinq équipes d'autostoppeurs composées d'un autostoppeur et un caméraman chercheront à montrer ce que qu'être un autostoppeur représente et filmeront leurs aventures de leur point de départ jusqu'à Paris. D'autres participants apporteront également leur contribution au projet par le biais de photos, carnets de route, films, enregistrements radio ainsi que d'autres formes artistiques de manière à apporter ensemble l'expression de leur conviction pour l'autostop.<br />
<br />
Journalistes: libre à vous de suivre la journée Européenne de l'autostop. Vous pouvez rejoindre des autostoppeurs expérimentés, il y a des meetings préparatoires auxquels vous pouvez assister, vous pouvez suivre un autostoppeur qui voyagera de loin ou encore téléphoner à un groupe d'autostoppeurs pendant leur voyage.<br />
<br />
<br />
Contact:<br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci<br />
Téléphone : +33 (0) 612871824<br />
Courriel : fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
Pour plus d'informations sur la semaine Européenne de l’autostop (en anglais): <br />
<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Danish ==<br />
<br />
'''Hundredvis af blaffere deltager i Den europæiske Blafferuge'''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Den 8. August og op til en uge før vil over hundrede af blaffere blafre til Paris for at promovere det at blafre. De deltagende blafrer fra så fjerne steder som Armenien, Rusland og Finland. Andre startpunkter er; Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneve, Rom, Athen, Istanbul, Budapest og Prag.'''<br />
<br />
Dette projekt viser at blaffersamfundet stadig eksisterer i fuldt flor. Hvert år er der flere tusind over hele Verden, der blafre, og i mange lande er det den normale måde at rejse rundt på. Dette er den første blafferevent af sin slags – målet er at vise, at det kan være en stor menneskelig oplevelse at samle en blaffer op, at dele bil og livshistorier.<br />
<br />
En af deltagerne gjorde det til sit mål at besøge alle de europæiske hovedstader før ankomsten i Paris den 8. august.<br />
Andre: Et australsk par i slutningen af 50’erne; Marie France Gardiner og sin mand hørte om idéen og besluttede at tage del i den, mens de rejser rundt i Europa.<br />
<br />
”''Jeg elsker at blafre! Det er min favorit transportmåde, fordi det er en fed måde at møde flinke mennesker og dele historier på. Det er fedt, at se hvor hjælpsomme folk kan være. Sommetider bliver man kørt helt til fordøren, eller man bliver måske inviteret på middag''”, siger Fabrice R. Han er en af personerne bag eventen og vil selv rejse fra Jerevan i Armenien. <br />
<br />
Den europæiske Blafferdag har også inspireret til en dokumentarfilm. Fem hold, hvert bestående af en blaffer og en kameramand, vil dokumentere, hvordan det er at være blaffer ved at filme deres eventyr fra de forskellige startpunkter til målet i Paris. Andre deltagere bidrager med billeder, journaler, kortfilm, audiooptagelser og andre kunstformer for at lave en fælles erklæring om deres forkærlighed for det at blafre.<br />
<br />
Journalister er også inviteret til at deltage i Den europæiske Blafferdag. De kan danne hold med mere erfarne blaffere, deltage i de kommende møder, der vil finde sted overalt i Europa fra den 3. og frem til den 8. De kan også følge en blaffer eller ringe til en eller flere af dem for at lave rapporttager undervejs.<br />
<br />
Mere information fås på: http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
Kontakt:<br />
Martin Boserup<br />
+45 23441494<br />
mboserup(at)gmail.com<br />
<br />
== Dutch ==<br />
'''Honderd lifters participeren in de eerste Europese liftdag'''<br />
<br />
'''Op 8 augustus en de week daarvoor zullen meer dan honderd lifters naar Parijs liften om de idee van liften te promoten. Een aantal deelnemers komen van verre oorden zoals Armenie, Rusland en Finland. Andere vertrekplaatsen zijn ondermeer Utrecht, Brussel, Berlijn, Barcelona, Geneve, Rome, Athene, Istanbul, Budapest en Praag.'''<br />
<br />
Dit lift-evenement laat zien dat de liftgemeenschap nog altijd erg levend is. Duizenden mensen van over de hele wereld liften wereldwijd; in veel landen is het nog altijd een normale manier van reizen. Dit is het eerste liftevenement van deze omvang. Het doel is om te laten zien dat het een geweldige menselijke ervaring om lifters op te pikken, hun auto te delen en verhalen uit te wisselen.<br />
<br />
Een van de deelnemers heeft zichzelf tot doel gesteld om alle Europese hoofdsteden aan te doen alvorens in Parijs op 8 augustus aan te komen. Een Australisch echtpaar in hun vijftiger jaren, Marie France Gardiner en haar man, hoorden van de liftweek en hebben spontaan hun Europese reisplannen aangepast om aan dit evenement deel te nemen.<br />
<br />
''"Ik vind liften helemaal geweldig! Het is mijn favouriete manier van reizen omdat het een geweldige manier is om leuke mensen tegen te komen en verhalen uit te wisselen. Het is fantastisch om te zien hoe hulpvol mensen kunnen zijn. Soms brengen ze je tot aan de deur of nodigen ze je uit voor eten"'', zegt een van de initiatiefnemers, Fabrice R. uit Frankrijk die vanuit Armenie zal komen liften.<br />
<br />
De Europese liftdag is ook een inspiratiebron voor een documentaire. Vijf teams bestaande uit een lifter en een filmmaker zullen het liften documenteren. Andere deelnemers zullen ook bijdragen aan het project met foto's, journals, korte filmpjes, radio-opnamen en andere kunstuitingen, om daarmee een gezamenlijke expressie van hun liefde voor liften uit te drukken.<br />
<br />
Journalisten zijn ook uitgenodigd voor de Europese liftdag. Vanuit Nederland doen tien mensen mee. Zij organiseren een bijeenkomst in Utrecht op 7 augustus. Er bestaat de mogelijkheid om lifters telefonisch te volgen tijdens de liftdag zelf, of zelfs tijdens de week als lifters reeds onderweg zijn, om hun avonturen te horen en live-updates te krijgen over het liften.<br />
<br />
Voor meer informatie over liften:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org/<br />
Voor meer informatie over het evenement:<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
Contactinformatie:<br />
* Robin Liftari (Nederlands) +31(0)633635136 or robokow(at)gmail.com<br />
* Fabrice Renucci (Frans) +33(0)612871824 or fabrice.renucci(at)hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
== German ==<br />
'''Hunderte Tramper zum europäischen Trampertag erwartet.'''<br />
<br />
'''Am 8. August und die Woche davor werden über hundert Tramper nach Paris trampen um die Idee des Trampens zu verbreiten. Die Tramper kommen aus ganz Europa und manche von ihnen von sehr weit. Armenien, Russland und Finnland sind auch vertreten. Andere Tramper kommen aus: London, Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
Das Projekt soll zeigen, dass trampen auch heute noch weit verbreitet ist und dass es eine sehr aktive Tramper-Gemeinschaft gibt. In vielen Ländern ist es immer noch ein übliches Fortbewegungsmittel und es trampen jährlich tausende Leute um die Welt. Dies ist einer der erstem großen Events dieser Art. Das Ziel ist für das Trampen zu werben, indem man Leuten zeigt, dass es ein tolles Erlebnis sein kann, einen Tramper mitzunehmen. Mit einem Tramper sein Auto zu teilen und dafür interessante Unterhaltungen zu fühern.<br />
<br />
''"Ich liebe das Trampen! Es ist meine liebste Art der Fortbewegung, denn es ist eine tolle Möglichkeit nette Leute kennenzulernen und interessante Geschichten auszutauschen. Es ist wunderbar, zu sehen wie hilfsbereit Menschen sein können. Manchmal wird man sogar bis zu seiner Haustür gefahren oder zum Essen eingeladen."'' Sagt Fabrice R., einer der Organisatoren, der von Armenien aus starten wird.<br />
<br />
Der Europäische Trampertag inspirierte zudem zu einer Dokumentation. Fünf Teams, bestehend aus jeweils einem Tramper und einem Kameramann, werden dokumentieren, wie es ist zu trampen, indem sie ihre Abenteuer von ihrem Ausgangspunkt aus bis nach Paris filmen werden. Andere Teilnehmer werden auch mit ihren Fotos, Tagebüchern, Kurzfilmen, Tonaufnahmen und anderen künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen zu diesem Projekt beitragen um ihre gemeinsame Begeisterung fürs Tampen zu zeigen.<br />
<br />
Journalisten sind ebenfalls zur Teilnahme am Europäischen Trampertag eingeladen. Sie können sich einem erfahrenen Tramper anschliessen. Dabei an den Vorbereitungstreffen teilnehmen, die vom 3. bis zum 8. August in ganz Europa statt finden werden. Sie können auch einem Tramper folgen, eventuell begleiten oder einen oder mehrere von ihnen anrufen um Live-Updates und Geschichten von unterwegs zu erfahren.<br />
<br />
<br />
Kontaktadresse:<br />
Fabrice Renucci Tel: +33(0)612871824 <br />
Mail: fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
<br />
Um mehr übers Trampen zu erfahren:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Italian ==</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Press&diff=78768Project 888/Press2015-02-09T00:30:04Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{888}}<br />
This is a press-release to promote the European Hitchhiking Event. Feel free to release and use the press-release for your local/ national context, to adapt it and/or to add information. You can distribute it to radio stations, tv, magazines, newspapers, etc. Please refer to the [[Talk:Project 888/Press|Talk Page]] for coordination and further ideas.<br />
<br />
== English ==<br />
<br />
'''A hundred hitchhikers to take part in European Hitchhiking Week'''<br />
<br />
'''On the 8th of August and as long as a week before, over a hundred of hitchhikers will team up to hitchhike to Paris to promote the idea of hitchhiking. Participants are hitchhiking from as far as Armenia, Russia and Finland. Other places of departure include Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
This project shows that the hitchhiking community is still very much alive. Each year thousands of people hitchhike all over the world; and in many countries it is still a common way of getting around. This is the first hitchhiking event of this kind. The goal is to suggest that it could be a great human experience to pick up a hitchhiker, share their car and exchange stories. <br />
<br />
One of the participants established the goal of visiting all the European capitals before arriving in Paris on the 8th of August. An Australian couple in their late fifties, Marie France Gardiner and her husband, heard about this idea and they decided to also take part while touring Europe.<br />
<br />
''"I love hitchhiking! It is my favorite means of transportation because it is a great way to meet some nice people and exchange stories. It is great to see how helpful people can be. Sometimes they even bring you as far as your front door or they may invite you over for dinner"'', says Fabrice R., one of the event organizers who will be departing from Yerevan, Armenia.<br />
<br />
The European Hitchhiking Day also is the inspiration for a documentary. Five teams made up of a hitchhiker and a cameraman will be documenting what it is like to be a hitchhiker, filming their adventures from starting point all the way to Paris. Other participants will also be contributing to this project with photos, journals, short movies, radio-recordings and other art-forms, bringing together one joint expression of their love for hitchhiking.<br />
<br />
Journalists are also invited to join the European Hitchhiking Day. They can team up with experienced hitchhikers, attend prepatory meetings that take place all over Europe from the 3rd up until the 8th. They may also follow a hitchhiker and call one or several of them to receive live-updates and stories along the way.<br />
<br />
For more information on hitchhiking:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
<br />
Contact details<br />
<br />
== French ==<br />
<br />
TRANSLATION IN PROGRESS<br />
<br />
'''Une centaine d’autostoppeurs s'apprètent à participer à la semaine Européenne de l'autostop.'''<br />
<br />
'''Le 8 août 2008 et jusqu'à une semaine avant le début du projet, plus d'une centaine d’autostoppeurs feront équipe jusqu’à Paris dans le but de promouvoir le concept de l'autostop. Les participants partiront en autostop qu'ils soient d'Arménie, de Russie ou de Finlande. D’autres points de départ: Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelone, Genève, Rome, Athènes, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague..'''<br />
<br />
Ce projet montre que la communauté de l’autostop est toujours en pleine activité. Chaque année, des milliers de personnes voyagent dans le monde entier en stop et dans certains pays cette pratique demeure un moyen de transport répandu.<br />
<br />
La première édition de la semaine Européenne de l'autostop constituera le premier grand évènement dans l’histoire de l’autostop. Le but est de faire réaliser au public qu’il peut s’avérer être intéressant de prendre un autostoppeur, de partager leur voiture et d’échanger des anecdotes. Un des participants s’est même fixé le but de visiter toutes les capitales Européennes avant d’arriver à Paris le 8 août. Lorsqu’un couple quinquagénaire vivant en Australie entend parler de cette idée, ils décident aussitôt de participer à cette aventure lors de leur voyage en Europe.<br />
<br />
« J'adore faire de l'autostop! C'est mon moyen de locomotion préféré car c'est une manière efficace de rencontrer de bonnes personnes et d’échanger des histoires de vie. C'est formidable de s'apercevoir à quel point les gens peuvent avoir cet esprit d'entraide. Parfois, ils vous déposent même devant votre porte d’entrée ou vous invitent à dîner » affirme Fabrice R., un des organisateurs de l’évènement qui partira de Yerevan en Arménie.<br />
<br />
La semaine Européenne de l'autostop a également inspiré un documentaire. Cinq équipes d'autostoppeurs composées d'un autostoppeur et un caméraman chercheront à montrer ce que qu'être un autostoppeur représente et filmeront leurs aventures de leur point de départ jusqu'à Paris. D'autres participants apporteront également leur contribution au projet par le biais de photos, carnets de route, films, enregistrements radio ainsi que d'autres formes artistiques de manière à apporter ensemble l'expression de leur conviction pour l'autostop.<br />
<br />
Journalistes: libre à vous de suivre la journée Européenne de l'autostop. Vous pouvez rejoindre des autostoppeurs expérimentés, il y a des meetings préparatoires auxquels vous pouvez assister, vous pouvez suivre un autostoppeur qui voyagera de loin ou encore téléphoner à un groupe d'autostoppeurs pendant leur voyage.<br />
<br />
<br />
Contact:<br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci<br />
Téléphone : +33 (0) 612871824<br />
Courriel : fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
Pour plus d'informations sur la semaine Européenne de l’autostop (en anglais): <br />
<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Danish ==<br />
<br />
'''Hundredvis af blaffere deltager i Den europæiske Blafferuge'''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Den 8. August og op til en uge før vil over hundrede af blaffere blafre til Paris for at promovere det at blafre. De deltagende blafrer fra så fjerne steder som Armenien, Rusland og Finland. Andre startpunkter er; Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneve, Rom, Athen, Istanbul, Budapest og Prag.'''<br />
<br />
Dette projekt viser at blaffersamfundet stadig eksisterer i fuldt flor. Hvert år er der flere tusind over hele Verden, der blafre, og i mange lande er det den normale måde at rejse rundt på. Dette er den første blafferevent af sin slags – målet er at vise, at det kan være en stor menneskelig oplevelse at samle en blaffer op, at dele bil og livshistorier.<br />
<br />
En af deltagerne gjorde det til sit mål at besøge alle de europæiske hovedstader før ankomsten i Paris den 8. august.<br />
Andre: Et australsk par i slutningen af 50’erne; Marie France Gardiner og sin mand hørte om idéen og besluttede at tage del i den, mens de rejser rundt i Europa.<br />
<br />
”''Jeg elsker at blafre! Det er min favorit transportmåde, fordi det er en fed måde at møde flinke mennesker og dele historier på. Det er fedt, at se hvor hjælpsomme folk kan være. Sommetider bliver man kørt helt til fordøren, eller man bliver måske inviteret på middag''”, siger Fabrice R. Han er en af personerne bag eventen og vil selv rejse fra Jerevan i Armenien. <br />
<br />
Den europæiske Blafferdag har også inspireret til en dokumentarfilm. Fem hold, hvert bestående af en blaffer og en kameramand, vil dokumentere, hvordan det er at være blaffer ved at filme deres eventyr fra de forskellige startpunkter til målet i Paris. Andre deltagere bidrager med billeder, journaler, kortfilm, audiooptagelser og andre kunstformer for at lave en fælles erklæring om deres forkærlighed for det at blafre.<br />
<br />
Journalister er også inviteret til at deltage i Den europæiske Blafferdag. De kan danne hold med mere erfarne blaffere, deltage i de kommende møder, der vil finde sted overalt i Europa fra den 3. og frem til den 8. De kan også følge en blaffer eller ringe til en eller flere af dem for at lave rapporttager undervejs.<br />
<br />
Mere information fås på: http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
Kontakt:<br />
Martin Boserup<br />
+45 23441494<br />
mboserup(at)gmail.com<br />
<br />
== Dutch ==<br />
'''Honderd lifters participeren in de eerste Europese liftdag'''<br />
<br />
'''Op 8 augustus en de week daarvoor zullen meer dan honderd lifters naar Parijs liften om de idee van liften te promoten. Een aantal deelnemers komen van verre oorden zoals Armenie, Rusland en Finland. Andere vertrekplaatsen zijn ondermeer Utrecht, Brussel, Berlijn, Barcelona, Geneve, Rome, Athene, Istanbul, Budapest en Praag.'''<br />
<br />
Dit lift-evenement laat zien dat de liftgemeenschap nog altijd erg levend is. Duizenden mensen van over de hele wereld liften wereldwijd; in veel landen is het nog altijd een normale manier van reizen. Dit is het eerste liftevenement van deze omvang. Het doel is om te laten zien dat het een geweldige menselijke ervaring om lifters op te pikken, hun auto te delen en verhalen uit te wisselen.<br />
<br />
Een van de deelnemers heeft zichzelf tot doel gesteld om alle Europese hoofdsteden aan te doen alvorens in Parijs op 8 augustus aan te komen. Een Australisch echtpaar in hun vijftiger jaren, Marie France Gardiner en haar man, hoorden van de liftweek en hebben spontaan hun Europese reisplannen aangepast om aan dit evenement deel te nemen.<br />
<br />
''"Ik vind liften helemaal geweldig! Het is mijn favouriete manier van reizen omdat het een geweldige manier is om leuke mensen tegen te komen en verhalen uit te wisselen. Het is fantastisch om te zien hoe hulpvol mensen kunnen zijn. Soms brengen ze je tot aan de deur of nodigen ze je uit voor eten"'', zegt een van de initiatiefnemers, Fabrice R. uit Frankrijk die vanuit Armenie zal komen liften.<br />
<br />
De Europese liftdag is ook een inspiratiebron voor een documentaire. Vijf teams bestaande uit een lifter en een filmmaker zullen het liften documenteren. Andere deelnemers zullen ook bijdragen aan het project met foto's, journals, korte filmpjes, radio-opnamen en andere kunstuitingen, om daarmee een gezamenlijke expressie van hun liefde voor liften uit te drukken.<br />
<br />
Journalisten zijn ook uitgenodigd voor de Europese liftdag. Vanuit Nederland doen tien mensen mee. Zij organiseren een bijeenkomst in Utrecht op 7 augustus. Er bestaat de mogelijkheid om lifters telefonisch te volgen tijdens de liftdag zelf, of zelfs tijdens de week als lifters reeds onderweg zijn, om hun avonturen te horen en live-updates te krijgen over het liften.<br />
<br />
Voor meer informatie over liften:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org/<br />
Voor meer informatie over het evenement:<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
Contactinformatie:<br />
* Robin Liftari (Nederlands) +31(0)633635136 or robokow(at)gmail.com<br />
* Fabrice Renucci (Frans) +33(0)612871824 or fabrice.renucci(at)hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
== German ==<br />
'''Hunderte Tramper zum europäischen Trampertag erwartet.'''<br />
<br />
'''Am 8. August und die Woche davor werden über hundert Tramper nach Paris trampen um die Idee des Trampens zu verbreiten. Die Tramper kommen aus ganz Europa und manche von ihnen von sehr weit. Armenien, Russland und Finnland sind auch vertreten. Andere Tramper kommen aus: London, Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
Das Projekt soll zeigen, dass trampen auch heute noch weit verbreitet ist und dass es eine sehr aktive Tramper-Gemeinschaft gibt. In vielen Ländern ist es immer noch ein übliches Fortbewegungsmittel und es trampen jährlich tausende Leute um die Welt. Dies ist einer der erstem großen Events dieser Art. Das Ziel ist für das Trampen zu werben, indem man Leuten zeigt, dass es ein tolles Erlebnis sein kann, einen Tramper mitzunehmen. Mit einem Tramper sein Auto zu teilen und dafür interessante Unterhaltungen zu fühern.<br />
<br />
''"Ich liebe das Trampen! Es ist meine liebste Art der Fortbewegung, denn es ist eine tolle Möglichkeit nette Leute kennenzulernen und interessante Geschichten auszutauschen. Es ist wunderbar, zu sehen wie hilfsbereit Menschen sein können. Manchmal wird man sogar bis zu seiner Haustür gefahren oder zum Essen eingeladen."'' Sagt Fabrice Renucci, einer der Organisatoren, der von Armenien aus starten wird.<br />
<br />
Der Europäische Trampertag inspirierte zudem zu einer Dokumentation. Fünf Teams, bestehend aus jeweils einem Tramper und einem Kameramann, werden dokumentieren, wie es ist zu trampen, indem sie ihre Abenteuer von ihrem Ausgangspunkt aus bis nach Paris filmen werden. Andere Teilnehmer werden auch mit ihren Fotos, Tagebüchern, Kurzfilmen, Tonaufnahmen und anderen künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen zu diesem Projekt beitragen um ihre gemeinsame Begeisterung fürs Tampen zu zeigen.<br />
<br />
Journalisten sind ebenfalls zur Teilnahme am Europäischen Trampertag eingeladen. Sie können sich einem erfahrenen Tramper anschliessen. Dabei an den Vorbereitungstreffen teilnehmen, die vom 3. bis zum 8. August in ganz Europa statt finden werden. Sie können auch einem Tramper folgen, eventuell begleiten oder einen oder mehrere von ihnen anrufen um Live-Updates und Geschichten von unterwegs zu erfahren.<br />
<br />
<br />
Kontaktadresse:<br />
Fabrice Renucci Tel: +33(0)612871824 <br />
Mail: fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
<br />
Um mehr übers Trampen zu erfahren:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Italian ==</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Press&diff=78767Project 888/Press2015-02-09T00:29:48Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{888}}<br />
This is a press-release to promote the European Hitchhiking Event. Feel free to release and use the press-release for your local/ national context, to adapt it and/or to add information. You can distribute it to radio stations, tv, magazines, newspapers, etc. Please refer to the [[Talk:Project 888/Press|Talk Page]] for coordination and further ideas.<br />
<br />
== English ==<br />
<br />
'''A hundred hitchhikers to take part in European Hitchhiking Week'''<br />
<br />
'''On the 8th of August and as long as a week before, over a hundred of hitchhikers will team up to hitchhike to Paris to promote the idea of hitchhiking. Participants are hitchhiking from as far as Armenia, Russia and Finland. Other places of departure include Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
This project shows that the hitchhiking community is still very much alive. Each year thousands of people hitchhike all over the world; and in many countries it is still a common way of getting around. This is the first hitchhiking event of this kind. The goal is to suggest that it could be a great human experience to pick up a hitchhiker, share their car and exchange stories. <br />
<br />
One of the participants established the goal of visiting all the European capitals before arriving in Paris on the 8th of August. An Australian couple in their late fifties, Marie France Gardiner and her husband, heard about this idea and they decided to also take part while touring Europe.<br />
<br />
''"I love hitchhiking! It is my favorite means of transportation because it is a great way to meet some nice people and exchange stories. It is great to see how helpful people can be. Sometimes they even bring you as far as your front door or they may invite you over for dinner"'', says Fabrice R., one of the event organizers who will be departing from Yerevan, Armenia.<br />
<br />
The European Hitchhiking Day also is the inspiration for a documentary. Five teams made up of a hitchhiker and a cameraman will be documenting what it is like to be a hitchhiker, filming their adventures from starting point all the way to Paris. Other participants will also be contributing to this project with photos, journals, short movies, radio-recordings and other art-forms, bringing together one joint expression of their love for hitchhiking.<br />
<br />
Journalists are also invited to join the European Hitchhiking Day. They can team up with experienced hitchhikers, attend prepatory meetings that take place all over Europe from the 3rd up until the 8th. They may also follow a hitchhiker and call one or several of them to receive live-updates and stories along the way.<br />
<br />
For more information on hitchhiking:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
<br />
Contact details<br />
<br />
== French ==<br />
<br />
TRANSLATION IN PROGRESS<br />
<br />
'''Une centaine d’autostoppeurs s'apprètent à participer à la semaine Européenne de l'autostop.'''<br />
<br />
'''Le 8 août 2008 et jusqu'à une semaine avant le début du projet, plus d'une centaine d’autostoppeurs feront équipe jusqu’à Paris dans le but de promouvoir le concept de l'autostop. Les participants partiront en autostop qu'ils soient d'Arménie, de Russie ou de Finlande. D’autres points de départ: Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelone, Genève, Rome, Athènes, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague..'''<br />
<br />
Ce projet montre que la communauté de l’autostop est toujours en pleine activité. Chaque année, des milliers de personnes voyagent dans le monde entier en stop et dans certains pays cette pratique demeure un moyen de transport répandu.<br />
<br />
La première édition de la semaine Européenne de l'autostop constituera le premier grand évènement dans l’histoire de l’autostop. Le but est de faire réaliser au public qu’il peut s’avérer être intéressant de prendre un autostoppeur, de partager leur voiture et d’échanger des anecdotes. Un des participants s’est même fixé le but de visiter toutes les capitales Européennes avant d’arriver à Paris le 8 août. Lorsqu’un couple quinquagénaire vivant en Australie entend parler de cette idée, ils décident aussitôt de participer à cette aventure lors de leur voyage en Europe.<br />
<br />
« J'adore faire de l'autostop! C'est mon moyen de locomotion préféré car c'est une manière efficace de rencontrer de bonnes personnes et d’échanger des histoires de vie. C'est formidable de s'apercevoir à quel point les gens peuvent avoir cet esprit d'entraide. Parfois, ils vous déposent même devant votre porte d’entrée ou vous invitent à dîner » affirme Fabrice R., un des organisateurs de l’évènement qui partira de Yerevan en Arménie.<br />
<br />
La semaine Européenne de l'autostop a également inspiré un documentaire. Cinq équipes d'autostoppeurs composées d'un autostoppeur et un caméraman chercheront à montrer ce que qu'être un autostoppeur représente et filmeront leurs aventures de leur point de départ jusqu'à Paris. D'autres participants apporteront également leur contribution au projet par le biais de photos, carnets de route, films, enregistrements radio ainsi que d'autres formes artistiques de manière à apporter ensemble l'expression de leur conviction pour l'autostop.<br />
<br />
Journalistes: libre à vous de suivre la journée Européenne de l'autostop. Vous pouvez rejoindre des autostoppeurs expérimentés, il y a des meetings préparatoires auxquels vous pouvez assister, vous pouvez suivre un autostoppeur qui voyagera de loin ou encore téléphoner à un groupe d'autostoppeurs pendant leur voyage.<br />
<br />
<br />
Contact:<br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci<br />
Téléphone : +33 (0) 612871824<br />
Courriel : fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
Pour plus d'informations sur la semaine Européenne de l’autostop (en anglais): <br />
<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Danish ==<br />
<br />
'''Hundredvis af blaffere deltager i Den europæiske Blafferuge'''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Den 8. August og op til en uge før vil over hundrede af blaffere blafre til Paris for at promovere det at blafre. De deltagende blafrer fra så fjerne steder som Armenien, Rusland og Finland. Andre startpunkter er; Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneve, Rom, Athen, Istanbul, Budapest og Prag.'''<br />
<br />
Dette projekt viser at blaffersamfundet stadig eksisterer i fuldt flor. Hvert år er der flere tusind over hele Verden, der blafre, og i mange lande er det den normale måde at rejse rundt på. Dette er den første blafferevent af sin slags – målet er at vise, at det kan være en stor menneskelig oplevelse at samle en blaffer op, at dele bil og livshistorier.<br />
<br />
En af deltagerne gjorde det til sit mål at besøge alle de europæiske hovedstader før ankomsten i Paris den 8. august.<br />
Andre: Et australsk par i slutningen af 50’erne; Marie France Gardiner og sin mand hørte om idéen og besluttede at tage del i den, mens de rejser rundt i Europa.<br />
<br />
”''Jeg elsker at blafre! Det er min favorit transportmåde, fordi det er en fed måde at møde flinke mennesker og dele historier på. Det er fedt, at se hvor hjælpsomme folk kan være. Sommetider bliver man kørt helt til fordøren, eller man bliver måske inviteret på middag''”, siger Fabrice R. Han er en af personerne bag eventen og vil selv rejse fra Jerevan i Armenien. <br />
<br />
Den europæiske Blafferdag har også inspireret til en dokumentarfilm. Fem hold, hvert bestående af en blaffer og en kameramand, vil dokumentere, hvordan det er at være blaffer ved at filme deres eventyr fra de forskellige startpunkter til målet i Paris. Andre deltagere bidrager med billeder, journaler, kortfilm, audiooptagelser og andre kunstformer for at lave en fælles erklæring om deres forkærlighed for det at blafre.<br />
<br />
Journalister er også inviteret til at deltage i Den europæiske Blafferdag. De kan danne hold med mere erfarne blaffere, deltage i de kommende møder, der vil finde sted overalt i Europa fra den 3. og frem til den 8. De kan også følge en blaffer eller ringe til en eller flere af dem for at lave rapporttager undervejs.<br />
<br />
Mere information fås på: http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
Kontakt:<br />
Martin Boserup<br />
+45 23441494<br />
mboserup(at)gmail.com<br />
<br />
== Dutch ==<br />
'''Honderd lifters participeren in de eerste Europese liftdag'''<br />
<br />
'''Op 8 augustus en de week daarvoor zullen meer dan honderd lifters naar Parijs liften om de idee van liften te promoten. Een aantal deelnemers komen van verre oorden zoals Armenie, Rusland en Finland. Andere vertrekplaatsen zijn ondermeer Utrecht, Brussel, Berlijn, Barcelona, Geneve, Rome, Athene, Istanbul, Budapest en Praag.'''<br />
<br />
Dit lift-evenement laat zien dat de liftgemeenschap nog altijd erg levend is. Duizenden mensen van over de hele wereld liften wereldwijd; in veel landen is het nog altijd een normale manier van reizen. Dit is het eerste liftevenement van deze omvang. Het doel is om te laten zien dat het een geweldige menselijke ervaring om lifters op te pikken, hun auto te delen en verhalen uit te wisselen.<br />
<br />
Een van de deelnemers heeft zichzelf tot doel gesteld om alle Europese hoofdsteden aan te doen alvorens in Parijs op 8 augustus aan te komen. Een Australisch echtpaar in hun vijftiger jaren, Marie France Gardiner en haar man, hoorden van de liftweek en hebben spontaan hun Europese reisplannen aangepast om aan dit evenement deel te nemen.<br />
<br />
''"Ik vind liften helemaal geweldig! Het is mijn favouriete manier van reizen omdat het een geweldige manier is om leuke mensen tegen te komen en verhalen uit te wisselen. Het is fantastisch om te zien hoe hulpvol mensen kunnen zijn. Soms brengen ze je tot aan de deur of nodigen ze je uit voor eten"'', zegt een van de initiatiefnemers, Fabrice Renucci uit Frankrijk die vanuit Armenie zal komen liften.<br />
<br />
De Europese liftdag is ook een inspiratiebron voor een documentaire. Vijf teams bestaande uit een lifter en een filmmaker zullen het liften documenteren. Andere deelnemers zullen ook bijdragen aan het project met foto's, journals, korte filmpjes, radio-opnamen en andere kunstuitingen, om daarmee een gezamenlijke expressie van hun liefde voor liften uit te drukken.<br />
<br />
Journalisten zijn ook uitgenodigd voor de Europese liftdag. Vanuit Nederland doen tien mensen mee. Zij organiseren een bijeenkomst in Utrecht op 7 augustus. Er bestaat de mogelijkheid om lifters telefonisch te volgen tijdens de liftdag zelf, of zelfs tijdens de week als lifters reeds onderweg zijn, om hun avonturen te horen en live-updates te krijgen over het liften.<br />
<br />
Voor meer informatie over liften:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org/<br />
Voor meer informatie over het evenement:<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
Contactinformatie:<br />
* Robin Liftari (Nederlands) +31(0)633635136 or robokow(at)gmail.com<br />
* Fabrice Renucci (Frans) +33(0)612871824 or fabrice.renucci(at)hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
== German ==<br />
'''Hunderte Tramper zum europäischen Trampertag erwartet.'''<br />
<br />
'''Am 8. August und die Woche davor werden über hundert Tramper nach Paris trampen um die Idee des Trampens zu verbreiten. Die Tramper kommen aus ganz Europa und manche von ihnen von sehr weit. Armenien, Russland und Finnland sind auch vertreten. Andere Tramper kommen aus: London, Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
Das Projekt soll zeigen, dass trampen auch heute noch weit verbreitet ist und dass es eine sehr aktive Tramper-Gemeinschaft gibt. In vielen Ländern ist es immer noch ein übliches Fortbewegungsmittel und es trampen jährlich tausende Leute um die Welt. Dies ist einer der erstem großen Events dieser Art. Das Ziel ist für das Trampen zu werben, indem man Leuten zeigt, dass es ein tolles Erlebnis sein kann, einen Tramper mitzunehmen. Mit einem Tramper sein Auto zu teilen und dafür interessante Unterhaltungen zu fühern.<br />
<br />
''"Ich liebe das Trampen! Es ist meine liebste Art der Fortbewegung, denn es ist eine tolle Möglichkeit nette Leute kennenzulernen und interessante Geschichten auszutauschen. Es ist wunderbar, zu sehen wie hilfsbereit Menschen sein können. Manchmal wird man sogar bis zu seiner Haustür gefahren oder zum Essen eingeladen."'' Sagt Fabrice Renucci, einer der Organisatoren, der von Armenien aus starten wird.<br />
<br />
Der Europäische Trampertag inspirierte zudem zu einer Dokumentation. Fünf Teams, bestehend aus jeweils einem Tramper und einem Kameramann, werden dokumentieren, wie es ist zu trampen, indem sie ihre Abenteuer von ihrem Ausgangspunkt aus bis nach Paris filmen werden. Andere Teilnehmer werden auch mit ihren Fotos, Tagebüchern, Kurzfilmen, Tonaufnahmen und anderen künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen zu diesem Projekt beitragen um ihre gemeinsame Begeisterung fürs Tampen zu zeigen.<br />
<br />
Journalisten sind ebenfalls zur Teilnahme am Europäischen Trampertag eingeladen. Sie können sich einem erfahrenen Tramper anschliessen. Dabei an den Vorbereitungstreffen teilnehmen, die vom 3. bis zum 8. August in ganz Europa statt finden werden. Sie können auch einem Tramper folgen, eventuell begleiten oder einen oder mehrere von ihnen anrufen um Live-Updates und Geschichten von unterwegs zu erfahren.<br />
<br />
<br />
Kontaktadresse:<br />
Fabrice Renucci Tel: +33(0)612871824 <br />
Mail: fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
<br />
Um mehr übers Trampen zu erfahren:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Italian ==</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Press&diff=78766Project 888/Press2015-02-09T00:29:31Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{888}}<br />
This is a press-release to promote the European Hitchhiking Event. Feel free to release and use the press-release for your local/ national context, to adapt it and/or to add information. You can distribute it to radio stations, tv, magazines, newspapers, etc. Please refer to the [[Talk:Project 888/Press|Talk Page]] for coordination and further ideas.<br />
<br />
== English ==<br />
<br />
'''A hundred hitchhikers to take part in European Hitchhiking Week'''<br />
<br />
'''On the 8th of August and as long as a week before, over a hundred of hitchhikers will team up to hitchhike to Paris to promote the idea of hitchhiking. Participants are hitchhiking from as far as Armenia, Russia and Finland. Other places of departure include Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
This project shows that the hitchhiking community is still very much alive. Each year thousands of people hitchhike all over the world; and in many countries it is still a common way of getting around. This is the first hitchhiking event of this kind. The goal is to suggest that it could be a great human experience to pick up a hitchhiker, share their car and exchange stories. <br />
<br />
One of the participants established the goal of visiting all the European capitals before arriving in Paris on the 8th of August. An Australian couple in their late fifties, Marie France Gardiner and her husband, heard about this idea and they decided to also take part while touring Europe.<br />
<br />
''"I love hitchhiking! It is my favorite means of transportation because it is a great way to meet some nice people and exchange stories. It is great to see how helpful people can be. Sometimes they even bring you as far as your front door or they may invite you over for dinner"'', says Fabrice R., one of the event organizers who will be departing from Yerevan, Armenia.<br />
<br />
The European Hitchhiking Day also is the inspiration for a documentary. Five teams made up of a hitchhiker and a cameraman will be documenting what it is like to be a hitchhiker, filming their adventures from starting point all the way to Paris. Other participants will also be contributing to this project with photos, journals, short movies, radio-recordings and other art-forms, bringing together one joint expression of their love for hitchhiking.<br />
<br />
Journalists are also invited to join the European Hitchhiking Day. They can team up with experienced hitchhikers, attend prepatory meetings that take place all over Europe from the 3rd up until the 8th. They may also follow a hitchhiker and call one or several of them to receive live-updates and stories along the way.<br />
<br />
For more information on hitchhiking:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
<br />
Contact details<br />
<br />
== French ==<br />
<br />
TRANSLATION IN PROGRESS<br />
<br />
'''Une centaine d’autostoppeurs s'apprètent à participer à la semaine Européenne de l'autostop.'''<br />
<br />
'''Le 8 août 2008 et jusqu'à une semaine avant le début du projet, plus d'une centaine d’autostoppeurs feront équipe jusqu’à Paris dans le but de promouvoir le concept de l'autostop. Les participants partiront en autostop qu'ils soient d'Arménie, de Russie ou de Finlande. D’autres points de départ: Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelone, Genève, Rome, Athènes, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague..'''<br />
<br />
Ce projet montre que la communauté de l’autostop est toujours en pleine activité. Chaque année, des milliers de personnes voyagent dans le monde entier en stop et dans certains pays cette pratique demeure un moyen de transport répandu.<br />
<br />
La première édition de la semaine Européenne de l'autostop constituera le premier grand évènement dans l’histoire de l’autostop. Le but est de faire réaliser au public qu’il peut s’avérer être intéressant de prendre un autostoppeur, de partager leur voiture et d’échanger des anecdotes. Un des participants s’est même fixé le but de visiter toutes les capitales Européennes avant d’arriver à Paris le 8 août. Lorsqu’un couple quinquagénaire vivant en Australie entend parler de cette idée, ils décident aussitôt de participer à cette aventure lors de leur voyage en Europe.<br />
<br />
« J'adore faire de l'autostop! C'est mon moyen de locomotion préféré car c'est une manière efficace de rencontrer de bonnes personnes et d’échanger des histoires de vie. C'est formidable de s'apercevoir à quel point les gens peuvent avoir cet esprit d'entraide. Parfois, ils vous déposent même devant votre porte d’entrée ou vous invitent à dîner » affirme Fabrice R., un des organisateurs de l’évènement qui partira de Yerevan en Arménie.<br />
<br />
La semaine Européenne de l'autostop a également inspiré un documentaire. Cinq équipes d'autostoppeurs composées d'un autostoppeur et un caméraman chercheront à montrer ce que qu'être un autostoppeur représente et filmeront leurs aventures de leur point de départ jusqu'à Paris. D'autres participants apporteront également leur contribution au projet par le biais de photos, carnets de route, films, enregistrements radio ainsi que d'autres formes artistiques de manière à apporter ensemble l'expression de leur conviction pour l'autostop.<br />
<br />
Journalistes: libre à vous de suivre la journée Européenne de l'autostop. Vous pouvez rejoindre des autostoppeurs expérimentés, il y a des meetings préparatoires auxquels vous pouvez assister, vous pouvez suivre un autostoppeur qui voyagera de loin ou encore téléphoner à un groupe d'autostoppeurs pendant leur voyage.<br />
<br />
<br />
Contact:<br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci<br />
Téléphone : +33 (0) 612871824<br />
Courriel : fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
Pour plus d'informations sur la semaine Européenne de l’autostop (en anglais): <br />
<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Danish ==<br />
<br />
'''Hundredvis af blaffere deltager i Den europæiske Blafferuge'''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Den 8. August og op til en uge før vil over hundrede af blaffere blafre til Paris for at promovere det at blafre. De deltagende blafrer fra så fjerne steder som Armenien, Rusland og Finland. Andre startpunkter er; Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneve, Rom, Athen, Istanbul, Budapest og Prag.'''<br />
<br />
Dette projekt viser at blaffersamfundet stadig eksisterer i fuldt flor. Hvert år er der flere tusind over hele Verden, der blafre, og i mange lande er det den normale måde at rejse rundt på. Dette er den første blafferevent af sin slags – målet er at vise, at det kan være en stor menneskelig oplevelse at samle en blaffer op, at dele bil og livshistorier.<br />
<br />
En af deltagerne gjorde det til sit mål at besøge alle de europæiske hovedstader før ankomsten i Paris den 8. august.<br />
Andre: Et australsk par i slutningen af 50’erne; Marie France Gardiner og sin mand hørte om idéen og besluttede at tage del i den, mens de rejser rundt i Europa.<br />
<br />
”''Jeg elsker at blafre! Det er min favorit transportmåde, fordi det er en fed måde at møde flinke mennesker og dele historier på. Det er fedt, at se hvor hjælpsomme folk kan være. Sommetider bliver man kørt helt til fordøren, eller man bliver måske inviteret på middag''”, siger Fabrice Renucci. Han er en af personerne bag eventen og vil selv rejse fra Jerevan i Armenien. <br />
<br />
Den europæiske Blafferdag har også inspireret til en dokumentarfilm. Fem hold, hvert bestående af en blaffer og en kameramand, vil dokumentere, hvordan det er at være blaffer ved at filme deres eventyr fra de forskellige startpunkter til målet i Paris. Andre deltagere bidrager med billeder, journaler, kortfilm, audiooptagelser og andre kunstformer for at lave en fælles erklæring om deres forkærlighed for det at blafre.<br />
<br />
Journalister er også inviteret til at deltage i Den europæiske Blafferdag. De kan danne hold med mere erfarne blaffere, deltage i de kommende møder, der vil finde sted overalt i Europa fra den 3. og frem til den 8. De kan også følge en blaffer eller ringe til en eller flere af dem for at lave rapporttager undervejs.<br />
<br />
Mere information fås på: http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
Kontakt:<br />
Martin Boserup<br />
+45 23441494<br />
mboserup(at)gmail.com<br />
<br />
== Dutch ==<br />
'''Honderd lifters participeren in de eerste Europese liftdag'''<br />
<br />
'''Op 8 augustus en de week daarvoor zullen meer dan honderd lifters naar Parijs liften om de idee van liften te promoten. Een aantal deelnemers komen van verre oorden zoals Armenie, Rusland en Finland. Andere vertrekplaatsen zijn ondermeer Utrecht, Brussel, Berlijn, Barcelona, Geneve, Rome, Athene, Istanbul, Budapest en Praag.'''<br />
<br />
Dit lift-evenement laat zien dat de liftgemeenschap nog altijd erg levend is. Duizenden mensen van over de hele wereld liften wereldwijd; in veel landen is het nog altijd een normale manier van reizen. Dit is het eerste liftevenement van deze omvang. Het doel is om te laten zien dat het een geweldige menselijke ervaring om lifters op te pikken, hun auto te delen en verhalen uit te wisselen.<br />
<br />
Een van de deelnemers heeft zichzelf tot doel gesteld om alle Europese hoofdsteden aan te doen alvorens in Parijs op 8 augustus aan te komen. Een Australisch echtpaar in hun vijftiger jaren, Marie France Gardiner en haar man, hoorden van de liftweek en hebben spontaan hun Europese reisplannen aangepast om aan dit evenement deel te nemen.<br />
<br />
''"Ik vind liften helemaal geweldig! Het is mijn favouriete manier van reizen omdat het een geweldige manier is om leuke mensen tegen te komen en verhalen uit te wisselen. Het is fantastisch om te zien hoe hulpvol mensen kunnen zijn. Soms brengen ze je tot aan de deur of nodigen ze je uit voor eten"'', zegt een van de initiatiefnemers, Fabrice Renucci uit Frankrijk die vanuit Armenie zal komen liften.<br />
<br />
De Europese liftdag is ook een inspiratiebron voor een documentaire. Vijf teams bestaande uit een lifter en een filmmaker zullen het liften documenteren. Andere deelnemers zullen ook bijdragen aan het project met foto's, journals, korte filmpjes, radio-opnamen en andere kunstuitingen, om daarmee een gezamenlijke expressie van hun liefde voor liften uit te drukken.<br />
<br />
Journalisten zijn ook uitgenodigd voor de Europese liftdag. Vanuit Nederland doen tien mensen mee. Zij organiseren een bijeenkomst in Utrecht op 7 augustus. Er bestaat de mogelijkheid om lifters telefonisch te volgen tijdens de liftdag zelf, of zelfs tijdens de week als lifters reeds onderweg zijn, om hun avonturen te horen en live-updates te krijgen over het liften.<br />
<br />
Voor meer informatie over liften:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org/<br />
Voor meer informatie over het evenement:<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
Contactinformatie:<br />
* Robin Liftari (Nederlands) +31(0)633635136 or robokow(at)gmail.com<br />
* Fabrice Renucci (Frans) +33(0)612871824 or fabrice.renucci(at)hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
== German ==<br />
'''Hunderte Tramper zum europäischen Trampertag erwartet.'''<br />
<br />
'''Am 8. August und die Woche davor werden über hundert Tramper nach Paris trampen um die Idee des Trampens zu verbreiten. Die Tramper kommen aus ganz Europa und manche von ihnen von sehr weit. Armenien, Russland und Finnland sind auch vertreten. Andere Tramper kommen aus: London, Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
Das Projekt soll zeigen, dass trampen auch heute noch weit verbreitet ist und dass es eine sehr aktive Tramper-Gemeinschaft gibt. In vielen Ländern ist es immer noch ein übliches Fortbewegungsmittel und es trampen jährlich tausende Leute um die Welt. Dies ist einer der erstem großen Events dieser Art. Das Ziel ist für das Trampen zu werben, indem man Leuten zeigt, dass es ein tolles Erlebnis sein kann, einen Tramper mitzunehmen. Mit einem Tramper sein Auto zu teilen und dafür interessante Unterhaltungen zu fühern.<br />
<br />
''"Ich liebe das Trampen! Es ist meine liebste Art der Fortbewegung, denn es ist eine tolle Möglichkeit nette Leute kennenzulernen und interessante Geschichten auszutauschen. Es ist wunderbar, zu sehen wie hilfsbereit Menschen sein können. Manchmal wird man sogar bis zu seiner Haustür gefahren oder zum Essen eingeladen."'' Sagt Fabrice Renucci, einer der Organisatoren, der von Armenien aus starten wird.<br />
<br />
Der Europäische Trampertag inspirierte zudem zu einer Dokumentation. Fünf Teams, bestehend aus jeweils einem Tramper und einem Kameramann, werden dokumentieren, wie es ist zu trampen, indem sie ihre Abenteuer von ihrem Ausgangspunkt aus bis nach Paris filmen werden. Andere Teilnehmer werden auch mit ihren Fotos, Tagebüchern, Kurzfilmen, Tonaufnahmen und anderen künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen zu diesem Projekt beitragen um ihre gemeinsame Begeisterung fürs Tampen zu zeigen.<br />
<br />
Journalisten sind ebenfalls zur Teilnahme am Europäischen Trampertag eingeladen. Sie können sich einem erfahrenen Tramper anschliessen. Dabei an den Vorbereitungstreffen teilnehmen, die vom 3. bis zum 8. August in ganz Europa statt finden werden. Sie können auch einem Tramper folgen, eventuell begleiten oder einen oder mehrere von ihnen anrufen um Live-Updates und Geschichten von unterwegs zu erfahren.<br />
<br />
<br />
Kontaktadresse:<br />
Fabrice Renucci Tel: +33(0)612871824 <br />
Mail: fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
<br />
Um mehr übers Trampen zu erfahren:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Italian ==</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Press&diff=78765Project 888/Press2015-02-09T00:29:10Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{888}}<br />
This is a press-release to promote the European Hitchhiking Event. Feel free to release and use the press-release for your local/ national context, to adapt it and/or to add information. You can distribute it to radio stations, tv, magazines, newspapers, etc. Please refer to the [[Talk:Project 888/Press|Talk Page]] for coordination and further ideas.<br />
<br />
== English ==<br />
<br />
'''A hundred hitchhikers to take part in European Hitchhiking Week'''<br />
<br />
'''On the 8th of August and as long as a week before, over a hundred of hitchhikers will team up to hitchhike to Paris to promote the idea of hitchhiking. Participants are hitchhiking from as far as Armenia, Russia and Finland. Other places of departure include Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
<br />
This project shows that the hitchhiking community is still very much alive. Each year thousands of people hitchhike all over the world; and in many countries it is still a common way of getting around. This is the first hitchhiking event of this kind. The goal is to suggest that it could be a great human experience to pick up a hitchhiker, share their car and exchange stories. <br />
<br />
One of the participants established the goal of visiting all the European capitals before arriving in Paris on the 8th of August. An Australian couple in their late fifties, Marie France Gardiner and her husband, heard about this idea and they decided to also take part while touring Europe.<br />
<br />
''"I love hitchhiking! It is my favorite means of transportation because it is a great way to meet some nice people and exchange stories. It is great to see how helpful people can be. Sometimes they even bring you as far as your front door or they may invite you over for dinner"'', says Fabrice R., one of the event organizers who will be departing from Yerevan, Armenia.<br />
<br />
The European Hitchhiking Day also is the inspiration for a documentary. Five teams made up of a hitchhiker and a cameraman will be documenting what it is like to be a hitchhiker, filming their adventures from starting point all the way to Paris. Other participants will also be contributing to this project with photos, journals, short movies, radio-recordings and other art-forms, bringing together one joint expression of their love for hitchhiking.<br />
<br />
Journalists are also invited to join the European Hitchhiking Day. They can team up with experienced hitchhikers, attend prepatory meetings that take place all over Europe from the 3rd up until the 8th. They may also follow a hitchhiker and call one or several of them to receive live-updates and stories along the way.<br />
<br />
For more information on hitchhiking:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
<br />
Contact details<br />
<br />
== French ==<br />
<br />
TRANSLATION IN PROGRESS<br />
<br />
'''Une centaine d’autostoppeurs s'apprètent à participer à la semaine Européenne de l'autostop.'''<br />
<br />
'''Le 8 août 2008 et jusqu'à une semaine avant le début du projet, plus d'une centaine d’autostoppeurs feront équipe jusqu’à Paris dans le but de promouvoir le concept de l'autostop. Les participants partiront en autostop qu'ils soient d'Arménie, de Russie ou de Finlande. D’autres points de départ: Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelone, Genève, Rome, Athènes, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague..'''<br />
<br />
Ce projet montre que la communauté de l’autostop est toujours en pleine activité. Chaque année, des milliers de personnes voyagent dans le monde entier en stop et dans certains pays cette pratique demeure un moyen de transport répandu.<br />
<br />
La première édition de la semaine Européenne de l'autostop constituera le premier grand évènement dans l’histoire de l’autostop. Le but est de faire réaliser au public qu’il peut s’avérer être intéressant de prendre un autostoppeur, de partager leur voiture et d’échanger des anecdotes. Un des participants s’est même fixé le but de visiter toutes les capitales Européennes avant d’arriver à Paris le 8 août. Lorsqu’un couple quinquagénaire vivant en Australie entend parler de cette idée, ils décident aussitôt de participer à cette aventure lors de leur voyage en Europe.<br />
<br />
« J'adore faire de l'autostop! C'est mon moyen de locomotion préféré car c'est une manière efficace de rencontrer de bonnes personnes et d’échanger des histoires de vie. C'est formidable de s'apercevoir à quel point les gens peuvent avoir cet esprit d'entraide. Parfois, ils vous déposent même devant votre porte d’entrée ou vous invitent à dîner » affirme Fabrice Renucci, un des organisateurs de l’évènement qui partira de Yerevan en Arménie.<br />
<br />
La semaine Européenne de l'autostop a également inspiré un documentaire. Cinq équipes d'autostoppeurs composées d'un autostoppeur et un caméraman chercheront à montrer ce que qu'être un autostoppeur représente et filmeront leurs aventures de leur point de départ jusqu'à Paris. D'autres participants apporteront également leur contribution au projet par le biais de photos, carnets de route, films, enregistrements radio ainsi que d'autres formes artistiques de manière à apporter ensemble l'expression de leur conviction pour l'autostop.<br />
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Journalistes: libre à vous de suivre la journée Européenne de l'autostop. Vous pouvez rejoindre des autostoppeurs expérimentés, il y a des meetings préparatoires auxquels vous pouvez assister, vous pouvez suivre un autostoppeur qui voyagera de loin ou encore téléphoner à un groupe d'autostoppeurs pendant leur voyage.<br />
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Contact:<br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci<br />
Téléphone : +33 (0) 612871824<br />
Courriel : fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr<br />
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Pour plus d'informations sur la semaine Européenne de l’autostop (en anglais): <br />
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http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
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== Danish ==<br />
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'''Hundredvis af blaffere deltager i Den europæiske Blafferuge'''<br />
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'''Den 8. August og op til en uge før vil over hundrede af blaffere blafre til Paris for at promovere det at blafre. De deltagende blafrer fra så fjerne steder som Armenien, Rusland og Finland. Andre startpunkter er; Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneve, Rom, Athen, Istanbul, Budapest og Prag.'''<br />
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Dette projekt viser at blaffersamfundet stadig eksisterer i fuldt flor. Hvert år er der flere tusind over hele Verden, der blafre, og i mange lande er det den normale måde at rejse rundt på. Dette er den første blafferevent af sin slags – målet er at vise, at det kan være en stor menneskelig oplevelse at samle en blaffer op, at dele bil og livshistorier.<br />
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En af deltagerne gjorde det til sit mål at besøge alle de europæiske hovedstader før ankomsten i Paris den 8. august.<br />
Andre: Et australsk par i slutningen af 50’erne; Marie France Gardiner og sin mand hørte om idéen og besluttede at tage del i den, mens de rejser rundt i Europa.<br />
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”''Jeg elsker at blafre! Det er min favorit transportmåde, fordi det er en fed måde at møde flinke mennesker og dele historier på. Det er fedt, at se hvor hjælpsomme folk kan være. Sommetider bliver man kørt helt til fordøren, eller man bliver måske inviteret på middag''”, siger Fabrice Renucci. Han er en af personerne bag eventen og vil selv rejse fra Jerevan i Armenien. <br />
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Den europæiske Blafferdag har også inspireret til en dokumentarfilm. Fem hold, hvert bestående af en blaffer og en kameramand, vil dokumentere, hvordan det er at være blaffer ved at filme deres eventyr fra de forskellige startpunkter til målet i Paris. Andre deltagere bidrager med billeder, journaler, kortfilm, audiooptagelser og andre kunstformer for at lave en fælles erklæring om deres forkærlighed for det at blafre.<br />
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Journalister er også inviteret til at deltage i Den europæiske Blafferdag. De kan danne hold med mere erfarne blaffere, deltage i de kommende møder, der vil finde sted overalt i Europa fra den 3. og frem til den 8. De kan også følge en blaffer eller ringe til en eller flere af dem for at lave rapporttager undervejs.<br />
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Mere information fås på: http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
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Kontakt:<br />
Martin Boserup<br />
+45 23441494<br />
mboserup(at)gmail.com<br />
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== Dutch ==<br />
'''Honderd lifters participeren in de eerste Europese liftdag'''<br />
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'''Op 8 augustus en de week daarvoor zullen meer dan honderd lifters naar Parijs liften om de idee van liften te promoten. Een aantal deelnemers komen van verre oorden zoals Armenie, Rusland en Finland. Andere vertrekplaatsen zijn ondermeer Utrecht, Brussel, Berlijn, Barcelona, Geneve, Rome, Athene, Istanbul, Budapest en Praag.'''<br />
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Dit lift-evenement laat zien dat de liftgemeenschap nog altijd erg levend is. Duizenden mensen van over de hele wereld liften wereldwijd; in veel landen is het nog altijd een normale manier van reizen. Dit is het eerste liftevenement van deze omvang. Het doel is om te laten zien dat het een geweldige menselijke ervaring om lifters op te pikken, hun auto te delen en verhalen uit te wisselen.<br />
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Een van de deelnemers heeft zichzelf tot doel gesteld om alle Europese hoofdsteden aan te doen alvorens in Parijs op 8 augustus aan te komen. Een Australisch echtpaar in hun vijftiger jaren, Marie France Gardiner en haar man, hoorden van de liftweek en hebben spontaan hun Europese reisplannen aangepast om aan dit evenement deel te nemen.<br />
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''"Ik vind liften helemaal geweldig! Het is mijn favouriete manier van reizen omdat het een geweldige manier is om leuke mensen tegen te komen en verhalen uit te wisselen. Het is fantastisch om te zien hoe hulpvol mensen kunnen zijn. Soms brengen ze je tot aan de deur of nodigen ze je uit voor eten"'', zegt een van de initiatiefnemers, Fabrice Renucci uit Frankrijk die vanuit Armenie zal komen liften.<br />
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De Europese liftdag is ook een inspiratiebron voor een documentaire. Vijf teams bestaande uit een lifter en een filmmaker zullen het liften documenteren. Andere deelnemers zullen ook bijdragen aan het project met foto's, journals, korte filmpjes, radio-opnamen en andere kunstuitingen, om daarmee een gezamenlijke expressie van hun liefde voor liften uit te drukken.<br />
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Journalisten zijn ook uitgenodigd voor de Europese liftdag. Vanuit Nederland doen tien mensen mee. Zij organiseren een bijeenkomst in Utrecht op 7 augustus. Er bestaat de mogelijkheid om lifters telefonisch te volgen tijdens de liftdag zelf, of zelfs tijdens de week als lifters reeds onderweg zijn, om hun avonturen te horen en live-updates te krijgen over het liften.<br />
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Voor meer informatie over liften:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org/<br />
Voor meer informatie over het evenement:<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
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Contactinformatie:<br />
* Robin Liftari (Nederlands) +31(0)633635136 or robokow(at)gmail.com<br />
* Fabrice Renucci (Frans) +33(0)612871824 or fabrice.renucci(at)hotmail.fr<br />
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== German ==<br />
'''Hunderte Tramper zum europäischen Trampertag erwartet.'''<br />
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'''Am 8. August und die Woche davor werden über hundert Tramper nach Paris trampen um die Idee des Trampens zu verbreiten. Die Tramper kommen aus ganz Europa und manche von ihnen von sehr weit. Armenien, Russland und Finnland sind auch vertreten. Andere Tramper kommen aus: London, Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''<br />
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Das Projekt soll zeigen, dass trampen auch heute noch weit verbreitet ist und dass es eine sehr aktive Tramper-Gemeinschaft gibt. In vielen Ländern ist es immer noch ein übliches Fortbewegungsmittel und es trampen jährlich tausende Leute um die Welt. Dies ist einer der erstem großen Events dieser Art. Das Ziel ist für das Trampen zu werben, indem man Leuten zeigt, dass es ein tolles Erlebnis sein kann, einen Tramper mitzunehmen. Mit einem Tramper sein Auto zu teilen und dafür interessante Unterhaltungen zu fühern.<br />
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''"Ich liebe das Trampen! Es ist meine liebste Art der Fortbewegung, denn es ist eine tolle Möglichkeit nette Leute kennenzulernen und interessante Geschichten auszutauschen. Es ist wunderbar, zu sehen wie hilfsbereit Menschen sein können. Manchmal wird man sogar bis zu seiner Haustür gefahren oder zum Essen eingeladen."'' Sagt Fabrice Renucci, einer der Organisatoren, der von Armenien aus starten wird.<br />
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Der Europäische Trampertag inspirierte zudem zu einer Dokumentation. Fünf Teams, bestehend aus jeweils einem Tramper und einem Kameramann, werden dokumentieren, wie es ist zu trampen, indem sie ihre Abenteuer von ihrem Ausgangspunkt aus bis nach Paris filmen werden. Andere Teilnehmer werden auch mit ihren Fotos, Tagebüchern, Kurzfilmen, Tonaufnahmen und anderen künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen zu diesem Projekt beitragen um ihre gemeinsame Begeisterung fürs Tampen zu zeigen.<br />
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Journalisten sind ebenfalls zur Teilnahme am Europäischen Trampertag eingeladen. Sie können sich einem erfahrenen Tramper anschliessen. Dabei an den Vorbereitungstreffen teilnehmen, die vom 3. bis zum 8. August in ganz Europa statt finden werden. Sie können auch einem Tramper folgen, eventuell begleiten oder einen oder mehrere von ihnen anrufen um Live-Updates und Geschichten von unterwegs zu erfahren.<br />
<br />
<br />
Kontaktadresse:<br />
Fabrice Renucci Tel: +33(0)612871824 <br />
Mail: fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr<br />
<br />
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Um mehr übers Trampen zu erfahren:<br />
http://hitchwiki.org<br />
http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
<br />
== Italian ==</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Template:News&diff=39890Template:News2010-03-01T13:56:10Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>'''1 March 2010''' - 40 days left to submit your travel documentaries to the [http://www.roadjunkyfilms.com Road Junky Travel Film Festival]. Make sure to be in Berlin May 28-30. This will be the biggest travellers' gathering ever organized before. Activities include workshops, discussions, conferences, films, live music, marketplace...join our community on [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=232816196284&ref=ts Facebook]. Check out our [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sikT6fH8Jyc trailer]<br />
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'''28 December 2009''' - The organization of the third edition of the '''European hitchhiking festival, [[6810|6-8-10]]''', started. The whole hitchhiking community is asked to give a voice to designate a meeting place for 2010. All relevant information can be found on the [[6810]] article.<br />
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<!--'''07 December 2009''' - Check out [http://www.randomroads.org Random Roads], a magazine about hitchhiking and the culture of nomadic traveling. A first pdf-version will be ready soon. Contribute your stories and help building it up!<br />
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'''20 December 2009''' - Citizens of [[Serbia]], [[Macedonia]] and [[Montenegro]] can now travel visa-free to all countries that have signed the [[Schengen Agreement]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8151518.stm Read more from BBC].<br />
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'''11 December 2009''' - We now offer a [[Help:Contents|hitchwiki tutorial]] for all fellow hitchhikers out there who are new to hitchwiki and want to share their knowledge with us, but don't know how. Check it out and get some insights in the world of editing articles and adding hitchhiking spots on hitchwiki!<br />
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'''9 December 2009''' - Emil from [[Finland]], age 19 was lost during his trip in Poland. Please check his photo from [http://haveyouseenthisboy.blogspot.com/ website] or [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=194259723583 facebook-group].<br />
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'''22 December 2009''' - The [http://www.roadjunkyfilms.com Road Junky Travel Film Festival] invites [http://www.hitchwiki.org Hitchwiki] to give a talk. Users are invited to submit their travel videos and to join our community on [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=232816196284&ref=ts Facebook]. Check out our [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sikT6fH8Jyc trailer]<br />
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'''20 December 2009''' - Citizens of [[Serbia]], [[Macedonia]] and [[Montenegro]] can now travel visa-free to all countries that have signed the [[Schengen Agreement]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8151518.stm Read more from BBC].<br />
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'''11 December 2009''' - We now offer a [[Help:Contents|hitchwiki tutorial]] for all fellow hitchhikers out there who are new to hitchwiki and want to share their knowledge with us, but don't know how. Check it out and get some insights in the world of editing articles and adding hitchhiking spots on hitchwiki!<br />
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'''9 December 2009''' - Emil from [[Finland]], age 19 was lost during his trip in Poland. Please check his photo from [http://haveyouseenthisboy.blogspot.com/ website] or [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=194259723583 facebook-group].<br />
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'''29 November 2009''' - The movie about the [[Viva con Agua]] hitchhiking race is out! It includes English subtitles & 23 minutes of pure hitchhiking! [http://vimeo.com/7858456 Watch the race here]. The editors worked hard to finish the movie and do appreciate feedback in any direction!<br />
<br />
'''24 November 2009''' - [[User:G J della Mer|G J della Mer]] started a '''[[:tr:|Turkish Hitchwiki]]'''. Now we have 11 languages<br />
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'''27 October 2009''' - You can now use [http://guaka.org/2009/10/26/hitchwiki-everywhere/#comments Hitchwiki everywhere] without internet, through [http://aarddict.org/ Aarddict].<br />
<br />
'''21 July 2009''' - We had some technical difficulties the last days/weeks due to a broken hard drive. Everything should work again now. (We have also set up a [http://mirror.hitchwiki.org/en/ read-only mirror] you can use in case the main server is down.)<br />
<br />
'''13 July 2009''' - At '''[http://m.hitchwiki.org/ m.hitchwiki.org]''' we've set up a hitchwiki version for mobile phones.<br />
<br />
'''10 July 2009''' - [[User:Strzkrzysiek|Strzkrzysiek]] started a '''[[:pl:|Polish Hitchwiki]]'''. Now we have 10 languages :)<br />
<br />
'''9 July 2009''' - Thanks to [[User:Mipplor|Mipplor]], we now have a '''[[:zh:|Chinese Hitchwiki]]'''. If you speak Chinese, please help us letting it grow. And if you know someone who speaks Chinese, spread the word.<br />
<br />
'''1 July 2009''' - Hitchwiki switched its license to ''[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons (CC-BY-SA)]''. This means that: 1. it simplifies the distribution of the Hitchwiki's content where only an attribution is required (+ all derivated works require the application of the same CC-BY-SA license); 2. Hitchwiki will be licensed under the same license as other wikis (Wikipedia, Wikitravel, Wikivoyage), sites (OpenStreetMap) and images (Flickr's CC), a strong bond with which helped immensively in building up the content of Hitchwiki.<br />
<br />
'''21 June 2009''' - It is now possible to follow all the cool hitchhiking stories from around the world via [http://twitter.com/HitchingPlanet Twitter]. Thanks to [[User:alex|alex]]! <br />
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<div><!--'''07 December 2009''' - Check out [http://www.randomroads.org Random Roads], a magazine about hitchhiking and the culture of nomadic traveling. A first pdf-version will be ready soon. Contribute your stories and help building it up!<br />
--><br />
'''22 December 2009''' - The [http://www.roadjunkyfilms.com Road Junky Travel Film Festival] invites [http://www.hitchwiki.org Hitchwiki] to give a talk. Users are invited to submit their travel videos and to join our community on [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=232816196284&ref=ts Facebook]<br />
<br />
'''20 December 2009''' - Citizens of [[Serbia]], [[Macedonia]] and [[Montenegro]] can now travel visa-free to all countries that have signed the [[Schengen Agreement]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8151518.stm Read more from BBC].<br />
<br />
'''11 December 2009''' - We now offer a [[Help:Contents|hitchwiki tutorial]] for all fellow hitchhikers out there who are new to hitchwiki and want to share their knowledge with us, but don't know how. Check it out and get some insights in the world of editing articles and adding hitchhiking spots on hitchwiki!<br />
<br />
'''9 December 2009''' - Emil from [[Finland]], age 19 was lost during his trip in Poland. Please check his photo from [http://haveyouseenthisboy.blogspot.com/ website] or [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=194259723583 facebook-group].<br />
<br />
'''29 November 2009''' - The movie about the [[Viva con Agua]] hitchhiking race is out! It includes English subtitles & 23 minutes of pure hitchhiking! [http://vimeo.com/7858456 Watch the race here]. The editors worked hard to finish the movie and do appreciate feedback in any direction!<br />
<br />
'''24 November 2009''' - [[User:G J della Mer|G J della Mer]] started a '''[[:tr:|Turkish Hitchwiki]]'''. Now we have 11 languages<br />
<br />
'''27 October 2009''' - You can now use [http://guaka.org/2009/10/26/hitchwiki-everywhere/#comments Hitchwiki everywhere] without internet, through [http://aarddict.org/ Aarddict].<br />
<br />
'''21 July 2009''' - We had some technical difficulties the last days/weeks due to a broken hard drive. Everything should work again now. (We have also set up a [http://mirror.hitchwiki.org/en/ read-only mirror] you can use in case the main server is down.)<br />
<br />
'''13 July 2009''' - At '''[http://m.hitchwiki.org/ m.hitchwiki.org]''' we've set up a hitchwiki version for mobile phones.<br />
<br />
'''10 July 2009''' - [[User:Strzkrzysiek|Strzkrzysiek]] started a '''[[:pl:|Polish Hitchwiki]]'''. Now we have 10 languages :)<br />
<br />
'''9 July 2009''' - Thanks to [[User:Mipplor|Mipplor]], we now have a '''[[:zh:|Chinese Hitchwiki]]'''. If you speak Chinese, please help us letting it grow. And if you know someone who speaks Chinese, spread the word.<br />
<br />
'''1 July 2009''' - Hitchwiki switched its license to ''[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons (CC-BY-SA)]''. This means that: 1. it simplifies the distribution of the Hitchwiki's content where only an attribution is required (+ all derivated works require the application of the same CC-BY-SA license); 2. Hitchwiki will be licensed under the same license as other wikis (Wikipedia, Wikitravel, Wikivoyage), sites (OpenStreetMap) and images (Flickr's CC), a strong bond with which helped immensively in building up the content of Hitchwiki.<br />
<br />
'''21 June 2009''' - It is now possible to follow all the cool hitchhiking stories from around the world via [http://twitter.com/HitchingPlanet Twitter]. Thanks to [[User:alex|alex]]! <br />
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<div>==About Me==<br />
<br />
[[Image:tokyohitch.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> [[Lille]] [[Tokyo]] :direct ride, May 2008]]<br />
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[[Image:momointokyo.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> The Tokyo Project and Momo, May 2008]]<br />
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[[Image:ludopascalandme.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> Pascal,Ludovic and me May 2008]]<br />
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Garthelgard, Fabrice Renucci, was born in [[Toulon]], [[France]] but lived in the [[United States]], [[Australia]] and [[Russia]]. <br />
<br />
He directs and produces documentary films, owns an independent tour guide business and works as a journalist. He is working towards maintaining a sustainable nomadic lifestyle driven by hitchhiking, travelling, cultural exchange, skills sharing and language learning while working on his laptop.<br />
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==Hitchhiking philosophy==<br />
<br />
===On-ramps===<br />
<br />
Garthelgard believes in eye contact and either sticking out your thumb, holding a sign with your destination or a joke sign<br />
<br />
===Gas stations===<br />
<br />
Gas stations is Garthelgard's favorite hitchhiking spot because he gets to talk to a lot of different people.<br />
He believes in an active attitude consisting in striking up a conversation with drivers.<br />
In Europe, Garthelgard beleives in the use of a funny ice-breaker: he flashes his Tokyo sign at drivers and asks them "Excuse me, are you going to Tokyo today".<br />
The ice breaker is essential in order to break the whole "I don't-know-you-why-should-I-take-you-for-all-i-know-you-could-be-a-criminal" pattern.<br />
For Garthelgard, the second step consists in explaining his project ( who he is, where he is from, where he left, who took him before, why is he going to his destination, what he does for a living, why does he hitchhike) in order to reassure people and break the common stereotype of the hitchhiker<br />
<br />
==Why hitchhiking?==<br />
<br />
"It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont.<br />
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Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me.<br />
I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to:<br />
*understand the effects of society on people<br />
*understand the impact of the media on people<br />
*understand the true nature of human beings<br />
*see the best coming out of people<br />
*share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal<br />
*to maintain a positive thinking<br />
*to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure<br />
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I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. <br />
I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living.<br />
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==Hitchhiking experience==<br />
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[[Europe]]: [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], [[Kosovo]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Macedonia]], [[Netherlands]], [[Poland]], [[Serbia]], [[Spain]], [[Sweden]].<br />
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[[Asia]]: [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]].<br />
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==Statistics==<br />
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<b>28721km</b><br />
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==Current Location==<br />
<br />
Berlin, Germany<br />
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==Contact==<br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci<br />
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Email: renucci.fabrice@gmail.com<br />
Skype: fabrice.renucci<br />
Cell: +33678627985<br />
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[[Category:Hitchhikers]]<br />
[[Category:Hitchhikers in Denmark]]</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Garthelgard&diff=36776User:Garthelgard2009-08-25T18:01:59Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>==About Me==<br />
<br />
[[Image:tokyohitch.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> [[Lille]] [[Tokyo]] :direct ride, May 2008]]<br />
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[[Image:momointokyo.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> The Tokyo Project and Momo, May 2008]]<br />
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[[Image:ludopascalandme.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> Pascal,Ludovic and me May 2008]]<br />
<br />
Garthelgard, Fabrice Renucci, was born in [[Toulon]], [[France]] but lived in the [[United States]], [[Australia]] and [[Russia]]. <br />
<br />
He directs and produces documentary films, owns an independent tour guide business and works as a journalist. He is working towards maintaining a sustainable nomadic lifestyle driven by hitchhiking, travelling, cultural exchange, skills sharing and language learning while working on his laptop.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking philosophy==<br />
<br />
===On-ramps===<br />
<br />
Garthelgard believes in eye contact and either sticking out your thumb, holding a sign with your destination or a joke sign<br />
<br />
===Gas stations===<br />
<br />
Gas stations is Garthelgard's favorite hitchhiking spot because he gets to talk to a lot of different people.<br />
He believes in an active attitude consisting in striking up a conversation with drivers.<br />
In Europe, Garthelgard beleives in the use of a funny ice-breaker: he flashes his Tokyo sign at drivers and asks them "Excuse me, are you going to Tokyo today".<br />
The ice breaker is essential in order to break the whole "I don't-know-you-why-should-I-take-you-for-all-i-know-you-could-be-a-criminal" pattern.<br />
For Garthelgard, the second step consists in explaining his project ( who he is, where he is from, where he left, who took him before, why is he going to his destination, what he does for a living, why does he hitchhike) in order to reassure people and break the common stereotype of the hitchhiker<br />
<br />
==Why hitchhiking?==<br />
<br />
"It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont.<br />
<br />
Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me.<br />
I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to:<br />
*understand the effects of society on people<br />
*understand the impact of the media on people<br />
*understand the true nature of human beings<br />
*see the best coming out of people<br />
*share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal<br />
*to maintain a positive thinking<br />
*to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure<br />
<br />
I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. <br />
I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking experience==<br />
<br />
[[Europe]]: [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], [[Kosovo]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Macedonia]], [[Netherlands]], [[Poland]], [[Serbia]], [[Spain]], [[Sweden]].<br />
<br />
[[Asia]]: [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]].<br />
<br />
==Statistics==<br />
<br />
<b>26321km</b><br />
<br />
==Current Location==<br />
<br />
Berlin, Germany<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci<br />
<br />
Email: renucci.fabrice@gmail.com<br />
Skype: fabrice.renucci<br />
Cell: +33678627985<br />
<br />
[[Category:Hitchhikers]]<br />
[[Category:Hitchhikers in Denmark]]</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Kaunas&diff=25876Kaunas2008-10-07T12:24:14Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Kaunas''' is a city in [[Lithuania]].<br />
<br />
==Hitching Out==<br />
<map lat='54.895564790773385' lng='23.87744873046875' zoom='10' view='0' float='right'/><br />
==East towards Vilnius==<br />
When going to [[Vilnius]] you take a bus to the highway. There is a bus stop (look below) on the highway where it's possible to get rides, but it might also be a good idea to not deal with the hitchhiking competition and place yourself at the entrance of the highway.<br />
<br />
Quite far away from [[Vilnius]] there is a huge ''hypermarket'' next to the highway with a free bus to the centre.<br />
<br />
===South towards [[Poland]] ===<br />
*The best way to get to [[Poland]] is to take mini bus 105 from the train station and to get off right after Garliava when you will see a gas station. The HH conditions are fantastic: there is plenty of space for cars to stop in front of that gas station and cars are not driving that fast. You might want to have a PL sign in hand. You can ask your driver to let you off right at border. If you walk back towards Lithuania from the border and make a left, you will get to a very large parking where loads of trucks are parked there. You may be able to get a ride to close to any country in Western Europe.<br />
[[Image:Kns_to_vln.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Along the road towards [[Vilnius]]]]<br />
<br />
*Alternatively get a bus from the centre to IX Fortas (I think its bus 23 or 35 buses), this is the main road where the motorway to Vilnius joins up with the E67 (Via Baltica north and south) - with a PL sign you should easily get a lift from a truck to the border (or further). Be aware that the border is now virtually non-existant, except for an occasional random check, so try to get a ride to at least [[Suwalki]] or [[Augustow]]. <br />
<br />
===West towards [[Klaipeda]], North towards [[Latvia]]===<br />
<br />
*Heading for [[Latvia]] you want to get on the [[Klaipeda]] road (the A1) and then turn onto the via Baltica (the A8). You can accept rides going to the split (20km) and then hitch past the split. From the split it should not take you more than 10min to get a ride. Whatever you do, try not to get dropped off on the [[Panevezis]] ring. [[Garthelgard]] got stuck there for more than 4 hours. There is a great gas station past the [[Panevezis]] ring and after the roads merge or a lot of space on the side of the road.<br />
<br />
===Overnight===<br />
Kaunas is a horrible place to be stuck in overnight, and there are only a couple of youth hostels, both of which close early, and are rather tricky to find. If you DO happen to get stuck here, then go the Best Western, but instead of going in, turn left. There's an alleyway on the right which leads to a place which rents out apartments. It's open late, and if you explain the situation, then you might be lucky enough to get yourself a bit of a deal on a room that would otherwise have been empty. You'll have to use all of your powers of persuasion though!<br />
<br />
[[Category:Lithuania]]<br />
[[Category:E85]]<br />
[[Category:E67]]<br />
__NOTOC__</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Lille&diff=25875Lille2008-10-07T12:13:00Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Lille''' is in Northern [[France]] on the border with [[Belgium]].<br />
<br />
==Hitching Out==<br />
Getting out of Lille is quite difficult, but not impossible.<br />
<br />
===A22/E17 North towards [[Antwerp]]===<br />
<map lat='50.62420185009975' lng='2.995147705078125' zoom='10' view='0' float='right'/><br />
<br />
You can avoid getting stuck in Lille by getting out at the last gas station on the A1. "Aire de repos de Carvin" is quite a big station, good for hitching, and it's 15km due south from the centre.<br />
<br />
Otherwise, take the tramline T to Chateau Rouge. As you get out, you'll see the motorway directly in front of you. The spot is the motorway sliproad. When I was there there wasn't a lot of traffic, but there is an additional lane which allows drivers to safely pull in and pick you up.<br />
<br />
===A1 South towards [[Paris]]===<br />
<br />
The best way to get to Paris is to take the metro to "Porte d'Arras". From there walk in the direction of the motorway, cross the bridge and then make a left and you will see an accelarating lane going onto the ring. You may want to aim for the direct ride to Paris and have a "Paris" sign but you can also play it safe and have an "Aire de Phallampin" sign which is the first gas station on the A1 going to Paris. [User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]] has hitchhiked from this spot more than twenty times and has never waited more than 30 minutes.<br />
<br />
===A22/E17 South towards [[Paris]]===<br />
Take the tramline line T to Chateau Rouge. As you get out, you'll see the motorway directly in front of you. The spot is the motorway sliproad - you'll see it signposted 'Paris'. <br />
<br />
When I was there there wasn't a lot of traffic, but there is an additional lane which allows drivers to safely pull in and pick you up. The problem is that not all the cars taking this route are going to be heading south - make a sign and be patient. [[User:International Bob|International Bob]] stopped a number of cars here, and got onto the A1 within an hour.<br />
<br />
==Sleep==<br />
Lille is expensive and is not very comfortable for the outdoor person. You probably won't have much of a problem with the police, but the drunks take being lunatics very seriously and they don't ever seem to pass out and leave you alone. As a result, you'll be met with all sorts of unwanted babeling conversation and one even tried to strangle [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]<small><sup>[[User talk:Zac Stewart|talk]]</sup></small> with a belt. Gare Lille Flandres is especially unhospitable.<br />
<br />
[[Category:France]]<br />
[[Category:Nord-Pas de Calais]]<br />
[[Category:E42]]<br />
__NOTOC__<br />
{{IsIn|Nord-Pas de Calais}}</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Lille&diff=25874Lille2008-10-07T12:12:20Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Lille''' is in Northern [[France]] on the border with [[Belgium]].<br />
<br />
==Hitching Out==<br />
Getting out of Lille is quite difficult, but not impossible.<br />
<br />
===A22/E17 North towards [[Antwerp]]===<br />
<map lat='50.62420185009975' lng='2.995147705078125' zoom='10' view='0' float='right'/><br />
<br />
You can avoid getting stuck in Lille by getting out at the last gas station on the A1. "Aire de repos de Carvin" is quite a big station, good for hitching, and it's 15km due south from the centre.<br />
<br />
Otherwise, take the tramline T to Chateau Rouge. As you get out, you'll see the motorway directly in front of you. The spot is the motorway sliproad. When I was there there wasn't a lot of traffic, but there is an additional lane which allows drivers to safely pull in and pick you up.<br />
<br />
===A1 South towards [[Paris]]===<br />
<br />
The best way to get to Paris is to take the metro to "Porte d'Arras". From there walk in the direction of the motorway, cross the bridge and then make a left and you will see an accelarating lane going onto the ring. You may want to aim for the direct ride to Paris and have a "Paris" sign but you can also play it safe and have an "Aire de Phallampin" sign which is the first gas station on the A1 going to Paris. [[User talk:Garthelgard|talk]] has hitchhiked from this spot more than twenty times and has never waited more than 30 minutes.<br />
<br />
===A22/E17 South towards [[Paris]]===<br />
Take the tramline line T to Chateau Rouge. As you get out, you'll see the motorway directly in front of you. The spot is the motorway sliproad - you'll see it signposted 'Paris'. <br />
<br />
When I was there there wasn't a lot of traffic, but there is an additional lane which allows drivers to safely pull in and pick you up. The problem is that not all the cars taking this route are going to be heading south - make a sign and be patient. [[User:International Bob|International Bob]] stopped a number of cars here, and got onto the A1 within an hour.<br />
<br />
==Sleep==<br />
Lille is expensive and is not very comfortable for the outdoor person. You probably won't have much of a problem with the police, but the drunks take being lunatics very seriously and they don't ever seem to pass out and leave you alone. As a result, you'll be met with all sorts of unwanted babeling conversation and one even tried to strangle [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]<small><sup>[[User talk:Zac Stewart|talk]]</sup></small> with a belt. Gare Lille Flandres is especially unhospitable.<br />
<br />
[[Category:France]]<br />
[[Category:Nord-Pas de Calais]]<br />
[[Category:E42]]<br />
__NOTOC__<br />
{{IsIn|Nord-Pas de Calais}}</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Garthelgard&diff=25857User:Garthelgard2008-10-06T19:11:04Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>==About Me==<br />
<br />
[[Image:tokyohitch.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> [[Lille]] [[Tokyo]] :direct ride, May 2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:momointokyo.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> The Tokyo Project and Momo, May 2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:ludopascalandme.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> Pascal,Ludovic and me May 2008]]<br />
<br />
Garthelgard, Fabrice Renucci, was born in [[Toulon]], [[France]] but lived in the [[United States]] and in [[Australia]]. <br />
<br />
He directs documentary films (see [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/?title=888_PROJECT#The_Documentary_Project Hitchhiking documentary] and owns an independent tour guide business. He is working towards maintaining a sustainable nomadic lifestyle driven by hitchhiking, travelling with a mission, documentary filmmaking, cultural exchange, skills sharing and language learning while working on his laptop. <br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking philosophy==<br />
<br />
===On-ramps===<br />
<br />
Garthelgard believes in eye contact and either sticking out your thumb, holding a sign with your destination or a joke sign<br />
<br />
===Gas stations===<br />
<br />
Gas stations is Garthelgard's favorite hitchhiking spot because he gets to talk to a lot of different people.<br />
He believes in an active attitude consisting in striking up a conversation with drivers.<br />
In Europe, Garthelgard beleives in the use of a funny ice-breaker: he flashes his Tokyo sign at drivers and asks them "Excuse me, are you going to Tokyo today".<br />
The ice breaker is essential in order to break the whole "I don't-know-you-why-should-I-take-you-for-all-i-know-you-could-be-a-criminal" pattern.<br />
For Garthelgard, the second step consists in explaining his project ( who he is, where he is from, where he left, who took him before, why is he going to his destination, what he does for a living, why does he hitchhike) in order to reassure people and break the common stereotype of the hitchhiker<br />
<br />
==Why hitchhiking?==<br />
<br />
"It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont.<br />
<br />
Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me.<br />
I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to:<br />
*understand the effects of society on people<br />
*understand the impact of the media on people<br />
*understand the true nature of human beings<br />
*see the best coming out of people<br />
*share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal<br />
*to maintain a positive thinking<br />
*to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure<br />
<br />
I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. <br />
I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking experience==<br />
<br />
[[Europe]]: [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], [[Kosovo]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Macedonia]], [[Netherlands]], [[Poland]], [[Serbia]], [[Sweden]].<br />
<br />
[[Asia]]: [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]].<br />
<br />
==Statistics==<br />
<br />
<b>18583km</b><br />
<br />
==Current Location==<br />
<br />
Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
<br />
==Contact==<br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci<br />
<br />
Email: renucci.fabrice@gmail.com<br />
Skype: fabrice.renucci<br />
<br />
[[Category:Hitchhikers]]</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=789/Ideas&diff=25856789/Ideas2008-10-06T18:46:56Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{789}}<br />
<br />
What ideas do you have for [[789]], the upcoming second European Hitchhiking Week/ Event/ Gathering? Click [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=888/Evalutation&action=edit edit] and share your thoughts. If you [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup&returnto=Main_Page create a profile], you can sign your messages by clicking on the second icon from the right.<br />
<br />
== Postcards ==<br />
As an answer to what some might say: 'no one takes hitchhikers any more' or 'no more hitchhikers', it might be a good idea, proposes [[User:Mirto|Mirto]], to collect the addresses of your drivers and to send them a (common?) postcard after the event. Like many people who hitched to [[789]] send a card to at least one driver with link to result page - so drivers can also feel how important it is and that they participated in this and that THEY actually made it happen. <br />
<br />
> You might then develop simple forms with a 789 symbol, address of organisation, slogan or something like this, that all the drivers can fill out. That's certainly more trustworthy than a shabby piece of paper to write out those private data. It's a nice idea which may encourage especially those drivers to pick up hitchhikers more often, if they have the possibility. Encourage the hitchhikers to collec the addresses and let the hitchhikers pay for the postage and print costs at 789. --[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 11:34, 15 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
:Photogallery with portraits of many many drivers ?? <br />
<br />
Or, we make a list of all of drivers names so to make huge, global list with all of them - so we would just SEE/Show to the world how many helpful people are around here.<br />
<br />
Moreover, About 30 people on the 888 project have slept in [[User:Terrehappy|Misha]] mum's house !<br />
Lena was thinking about everybody send her some postcards from their countries. <br />
The address is : Anne Marie Bouffier - 24 rue des écoles - 94140 Alfoville - France<br />
<br />
==Sentence : 789, The Road is Mine==<br />
<br />
I'm not so agree with that sentence, what about you ?!<br />
: Why not? I think it's not bad. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 23:02, 4 September 2008 (CEST)<br />
: I love it. What is your alternative slogan? I might maybe like it even more :) [[User:Mirto|Mirto]]<br />
<br />
:I like it. Any alternatives? [[User:guaka|guaka]]<small><sup>[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]</sup></small> 22:59, 5 September 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:I don't like it because HHing is mostly about sharing and so we may want to replace it with "ours": The road is ours. [User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]] 20,40 6 October 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
== Magazine ==<br />
[[Robino]] wants to put some effort together to set up a hitchhikers magazine, to be distributed at this event. There is already some work done for a [[Hitchhiking Zine]], so we could take that idea some steps up.<br />
<br />
:I'm interested in helping setting up this zine :) [[User:platschi|platschi]]<small><sup>[http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/platschi site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]</sup></small> 09:14, 14 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
== Movie Project ==<br />
<br />
* The documentary project is currently being edited in Copenhagen. [User:Garthelgard]] 20:40 6 October 2008 (CEST)<br />
It can be very cool to explain hitchhiking by an other view, like don't make a documentary but a fiction. [[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]] 09:17, 25 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
* If you agree with that just put some ideas about shorts movies or contrasted views here :<br />
<br />
: Initiatik quest where the people have to search their ways to find themselves<br />
: Comparaison between the driver who think about sex and the others who are fighting against this kind of help<br />
: Why hitchhiking have a bad reputation, the por-nography and violence about hitchhike, see some bad example here [http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=0psb2oKEfUc The Hitcher 1986 Trailer][http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=B0BI-OEFFRc&feature=related Interview of Sarah Bush][http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=FfB62Fhyffg&feature=related The Hitcher Clip]</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=789/Ideas&diff=25855789/Ideas2008-10-06T18:45:03Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{789}}<br />
<br />
What ideas do you have for [[789]], the upcoming second European Hitchhiking Week/ Event/ Gathering? Click [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=888/Evalutation&action=edit edit] and share your thoughts. If you [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup&returnto=Main_Page create a profile], you can sign your messages by clicking on the second icon from the right.<br />
<br />
== Postcards ==<br />
As an answer to what some might say: 'no one takes hitchhikers any more' or 'no more hitchhikers', it might be a good idea, proposes [[User:Mirto|Mirto]], to collect the addresses of your drivers and to send them a (common?) postcard after the event. Like many people who hitched to [[789]] send a card to at least one driver with link to result page - so drivers can also feel how important it is and that they participated in this and that THEY actually made it happen. <br />
<br />
> You might then develop simple forms with a 789 symbol, address of organisation, slogan or something like this, that all the drivers can fill out. That's certainly more trustworthy than a shabby piece of paper to write out those private data. It's a nice idea which may encourage especially those drivers to pick up hitchhikers more often, if they have the possibility. Encourage the hitchhikers to collec the addresses and let the hitchhikers pay for the postage and print costs at 789. --[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 11:34, 15 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
:Photogallery with portraits of many many drivers ?? <br />
<br />
Or, we make a list of all of drivers names so to make huge, global list with all of them - so we would just SEE/Show to the world how many helpful people are around here.<br />
<br />
Moreover, About 30 people on the 888 project have slept in [[User:Terrehappy|Misha]] mum's house !<br />
Lena was thinking about everybody send her some postcards from their countries. <br />
The address is : Anne Marie Bouffier - 24 rue des écoles - 94140 Alfoville - France<br />
<br />
==Sentence : 789, The Road is Mine==<br />
<br />
I'm not so agree with that sentence, what about you ?!<br />
: Why not? I think it's not bad. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 23:02, 4 September 2008 (CEST)<br />
: I love it. What is your alternative slogan? I might maybe like it even more :) [[User:Mirto|Mirto]]<br />
<br />
:I like it. Any alternatives? [[User:guaka|guaka]]<small><sup>[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]</sup></small> 22:59, 5 September 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:I don't like it because HHing is mostly about sharing and so we may want to replace it with "ours": The road is ours. [User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]] 20,40 6 October 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
== Magazine ==<br />
[[Robino]] wants to put some effort together to set up a hitchhikers magazine, to be distributed at this event. There is already some work done for a [[Hitchhiking Zine]], so we could take that idea some steps up.<br />
<br />
:I'm interested in helping setting up this zine :) [[User:platschi|platschi]]<small><sup>[http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/platschi site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]</sup></small> 09:14, 14 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
== Movie Project ==<br />
<br />
* The documentary project of the 888 project will be edited in few months in Copenhagen. <br />
It give us some time to find our ways for the next one on the 789. <br />
It can be very cool to explain hitchhiking by an other view, like don't make a documentary but a fiction. [[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]] 09:17, 25 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
* If you agree with that just put some ideas about shorts movies or contrasted views here :<br />
<br />
: Initiatik quest where the people have to search their ways to find themselves<br />
: Comparaison between the driver who think about sex and the others who are fighting against this kind of help<br />
: Why hitchhiking have a bad reputation, the por-nography and violence about hitchhike, see some bad example here [http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=0psb2oKEfUc The Hitcher 1986 Trailer][http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=B0BI-OEFFRc&feature=related Interview of Sarah Bush][http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=FfB62Fhyffg&feature=related The Hitcher Clip]</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=789&diff=240797892008-08-27T18:24:26Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{789}}<br />
<br />
The [[Project 888|888 project]] was a success. Let's make it look ridiculous compared to the 2009 edition. On the 07/08/09, hitchhikers from all over the world will converge on a location that is kept secret up to now (because we haven't decided yet). This page will be used to coordinate the organisers until the month of October. Then we'll make something more informational or attractive.<br />
<br />
==Philosophy==<br />
<br />
[[Image:789_planning.JPG|thumb|150px|left|[[789]] planning written on the back of a hitchhiking sign]] At the premeeting on the last day of 888, there was a consensus on the fact that the event is more to promote the concept of Hitch-hiking rather than to all meet up somewhere and have a good time. This is why the proposal of meeting outside a city was ruled out, because we want to be seen by strangers.<br />
We need to pick a place where most nations can come visa-free and where we have a local organizer.<br />
<br />
Please feel free to add your ideas and help organizing the 2nd hitchhiking European week.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Where==<br />
<br />
<map lat='49.38237278700955' lng='27.59765625' zoom='3' view='3' float='right' />Please add whatever city you think is a good idea and explain a little bit why.<br />
[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=fr&msa=0&msid=109599739092760898987.0004542e88ab2b0988965&ll=51.124213,6.240234&spn=37.948922,79.101563&z=4 MAP] (Please someone integrate it in the wiki, I don't know how to do it). I put that one for the moment, maybe someone know how we can a better one. [[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]] 08:52, 26 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
At the little meeting on the last day of 888, the general consensus was that the location had to move East, after Paris. If possible outside of the 15 original EU member-states. Ukraine was given A LOT of attention because it is the ONLY country of Europe where Shengen Zone Europeans, Ukrainians, Moldovans, Bielorussians, Russians and Turks can come together. Kosovo was also given a lot of attention for that matter but also because we have a great local correspondent there and it can be a great opportunity for us to promote peace and hitchhiking in a region that needs such action.<br />
Any location within the [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/SchengenAgreement_map.svg Shengen space] will make it close to impossible for the non-Shengen to join. Plus the price of life will be affordable for almost everyone.<br />
<br />
==Suggested cities:==<br />
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===Top suggestions===<br />
[[Image:06.D2003-428.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Where are those fucking hicthhikers !?! (Ukranian Soldiers in Odessa beach)]]<br />
===[[Ukraine]]===<br />
Ukraine is getting a lot of attention right now because it seems it is the only country in Europe where any other European can go without much visa-issue. Check out the [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Talk:789 discussion]<br />
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===Kamenica, [[Kosovo]]===<br />
*+: We have a great contact there that can find us a space and get us the media.<br />
*+: Would be a really cool challenge.<br />
*+: Hitchhiking for peace!<br />
*+: The big Hammam (Hamami i Mahd), built in 1470, 15 domes, but no mix male female<br />
*-: The border crossing is a bit difficult / event may become slightly political<br />
*-: Hitchhiking in Montenegro... forget it (unless you give money) [is it? [[User:Whisperingofthestars|Jason]] and his friend managed it easily and extremely fast in May, 2008]. Also Serbia is quite hard [since when? The only problem seems to be wild camping because of the goddamn mines!].<br />
*-: 11 205 hab in Kamenica, why not Pristina, for much attention ?: because we do not a have a great local correspondant there. The local correspondant in Kamonica knows all the networks so no need to go to Pristina.<br />
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===Krakow (Cracow), Pologne===<br />
*+: In the centre of EU -good access from every Euro country<br />
*+: Big grassy open space next to the Old Town to make a meeting<br />
*+: Places to get a full dinner for 2-4 euro<br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
*-: It's strictly forbidden to drink alcohol in public spaces!<br />
*-: polish police is usually unkind, so better to have everything legal, in Krakow - touristic capital of Poland - they might not be interested in having banch of dirty hhikers...<br />
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==Suggestions==<br />
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===[[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]===<br />
*+: The more beautiful girls of Europe !!![[User:Terrehappy|Misha]]<br />
Now come on! [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]]<br />
*+: one of the 888 organizer lives there (good network)<br />
*-: expensive place<br />
*-: [[Schengen]] space. Tough visa for Russians, Belarusians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
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===Riga, LV===<br />
*+: Central in the Baltics, which is an epicentre of European hitch-hiking.<br />
*+: Open WIFI in the whole town. Now THAT's an advanced country!<br />
*-: Do we need to promote hitchhiking where it is already on good way?<br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
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===Hamburg, GER===<br />
*+: We have a volunteer there<br />
*+: Central within Schengen<br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
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===Barcelona, SP===<br />
*+: Spain definitely needs some education about Hitch-hiking/easy to get free food<br />
*+: Beaches to camp on, lots of squats.<br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
*+: Spain is notorious for its poor hitchhiking hospitality. It would be incredible to promote hitchhiking here for future hitchhikers.<br />
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===Utrecht, NL===<br />
*+: Netherland is the country that has reserved official HHing spots. Let's reward them by trashing one of their parks with empty beer bottles<br />
*+: Quite central, easy hitch from anywhere really.<br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
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===Bratislava, SK===<br />
*+: Not very touristic but very well known, we might get an official autorisation (it's also possible to get one for all the town...)<br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
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===Torino, IT===<br />
*+: Italy definitely needs some education about Hitch-hiking.<br />
*-: very difficult place for hitch-hiking <br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
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===Munich, GER===<br />
*+: Central within Schengen<br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
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===Brno, CZ===<br />
*+: friendly, active, cultural city - great potential/not much expensive<br />
*-: Not very well known<br />
*-: Schengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
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===Lubjana, SL===<br />
*+: free internet access in city + [http://www.metelkova.org/ metelkova mesto]<br />
*-: Schengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians. Becoming a very touristic place<br />
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===Reikjavik, ICE===<br />
*+: Hey, why not?<br />
*-: Hard to reach by hitchhiking<br />
*-: Schengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
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===Cabo de St Vincente, POR===<br />
*+: The challenge: It is "the end of the road" in Europe. The westernmost point. / Nice beaches.<br />
*+: The beach !<br />
*-: Schengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
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==Concerns==<br />
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The two main concerns raised at the 888-last-day-meeting were:<br />
*Female HH safety in the country of arrival and in the "impossible to go around" countries.<br />
*The necessity of having a local coordinator/ support.<br />
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==Coordination/Communication==<br />
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===Web Site===<br />
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*We really have to get a Forum to help people organize their rides. We can't rely on CS groups, they suck.<br />
: I can do that --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 15:49, 11 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
* So,Do we need our own web site, or we stay on hitchwiki with all, can we find --[[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]]18:23, 14 august 2008 (CEST)<br />
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*Hitchwiki :<br />
**+ easy for everyone to evaluate the project<br />
**+ belongs to the hitchhiker community<br />
**+ everyone can edit, it is the most horizontal way of organising<br />
**- a lot of thing isn't possible to do on that kind of site?<br />
***Any examples?<br />
**+ we can integrate video + photo and also blog-postings. <br />
**+ Already well known by search engines, so will lead more users to the site.<br />
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*Own Web site :<br />
**+ all in one !<br />
**+ autonomy/responsibilities<br />
***You can have that on hitchwiki as well. Maybe just ask next time, instead of doing everything alone ;) There are some very motivated technical people around here ;)<br />
**+ We're doing it for the world! We'll look more professional with a website.<br />
*** to look More Professionnal isn't more useful... apparence will come after [[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]] 19:53, 25 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
**- take a time to make it work<br />
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*Others propositions : ?<br />
** We could have a Wordpress blog that can also have static pages. We can easily also integrate video + photo's and make it possible for anyone to post new blog-entries + link it directly to the wiki-pages. Plus, there are already Wordpress blogs [http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/ integrated] into this wiki but we could also do it external, see for a good example [http://mcbuzz.wordpress.com/ this site]. --[[User:Robino|Robino]] 14:15, 15 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
** How about [http://drupal.org Drupal] - a real CMS with tons of functionality installable as ready-made modules (including forums, wiki-style capabilities, user profiles, other community oriented features, media hosting, localization...), free & open source, active developer community, fast initial site setup, relatively painless to maintain even without programming experience (at least if the modules don't have to be customized too much). [[User:Narnua|Narnua]] 18:18, 19 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
*** Drupal is a really good cms sure but if we are going to it we need to have someone who really know Drupal php ect hmm... [[http://www.webschuur.com/node/411/look here it's explain mush better than me]]but when it's done it's perfect, anyway we have to know what functionality we want and need before starting develop on a specific cms [[User:Xo|xo]]<br />
**** I wouldn't mind starting it off / helping with module tweaking but some more people would probably be needed as well for better sustainability [[User:Narnua|Narnua]] 14:31, 20 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
:: I opt for this. I could put up (or help) with putting up a drupal page. It has everything we would need. It is also easily accessible for non-nerds. Anyone of the top designers familiar with drupal design templates? This would rock the place... --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 15:53, 26 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
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**The "own webpage" could be just a couple of pages for Public Relations, where the links to the pages that matter can be found:<br />
***A third party wiki (namely hitchwiki)<br />
***Another third party forum (PHPbb for example)<br />
***A different 3rd party blog platform (Hey, wordpress!)<br />
***See below...<br />
No need to reinvent the wheel.<br />
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*What are the things we would want on a separate website? Suggestions:<br />
** Welcome page<br />
** Page for logistics<br />
** Blog-interface for latest updates<br />
** Integration with wiki-pages?<br />
** Integration with forum<br />
** Placeholder for media <br />
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: Once again, edit if you want to add something.<br />
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===Coordination with the HH clubs===<br />
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We have to build a coordination with some partners, like the clubs of hitch-hikers in europe and maybe more ! everyone can ask to a club near from his place.<br />
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*Ukrainian hitch-hiking club "Mainroad" <br />
**[http://mainroad.org.ua/ Web Site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
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*Trans Europ Stop<br />
**[http://trans.euro.stop.free.fr/# Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
I think they are coming back from Roumania to France.<br />
Si I will send them the next newsletter but we don't have finish her ! [[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]]<br />
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*Academy Of Free Travels <br />
**[http://www.avp.travel.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
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*Moscow Hitch-hiking School<br />
**[http://www.msha-club.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
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*Saint Petersburg Guild of Hitch-hiking Masters<br />
**[http://guild.host.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
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*Saint Petersburg autostop league (RUS)<br />
**[http://pasl.spb.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
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*Saint Petersburg's extreme travels team (Russia)<br />
**[http://xts.newmail.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
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*Moscow club eXtreme trip<br />
**[http://www.extreme.ncport.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
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*Barnaul Autostop League <br />
**[http://www.alien.ru/~blast/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
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*Latvian Hitch-hiking Club "E67" <br />
**[http://e67.times.lv/Web Site].<br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
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*Utrecht (The Netherlands) Hitchhiking Club BOC<br />
**[http://www.oostboc.com/Web Site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
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*Abgefahren e.V.<br />
**[http://www.abgefahren-ev.de/ Web Site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate: Yes<br />
**Contact: [[MrTweek]]<br />
**Communication: [http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/schwachsinn contact form]<br />
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* Lithuanian Hitch-hiking club „KELIAIvis“<br />
**[http://www.hitchhiking.lt/ Web site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate: Yes<br />
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*Vilnius Hitch-hiking club (Lithuania)<br />
**[http://www.autostop.lt/ Web site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate:<br />
**Communication: [http://www.autostop.lt/feedback.php contact form]</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Krak%C3%B3w&diff=24077Kraków2008-08-27T17:48:33Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div><map lat='50.05405277962895' lng='19.955291748046875' zoom='11' view='0' float='right'/><br />
'''Kraków''' is a city in the south of [[Poland]].<br />
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==Hitching Out==<br />
===East towards [[Rzeszow]], [[Przemyśl]], [[Ukraine]]===<br />
Hitching in this direction is easy. Take the minibus from the main post office (corner of ''Starowislna'' and ''Westerplatte'' streets) to Wielczka (2,5 PLN ~ 0,7 EUR) and ask the driver to let you out at the end of the city (the place where already ''Wieliczka'' starts). There is a bus stop and plenty of space to stop even for a truck. See picture.<br />
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===South and Southwest towards [[Zakopane]], [[Slovakia]], [[Bielsko-Biała]]===<br />
Take the tram #79, direction ''Zakopianska'', get out at the last stop, there is a small bus station. Walk direction south on ''Zakopianska'' for a few hundred meters, then you will see a traffic light, after there is a bus stop where you can hitchhike.<br />
[[Image:Krakow to ukraine.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Hitching from Krakow to Ukraine]]<br />
To go to [[Bielsko-Biała]], after 18 km direction [[Zakopane]] you need change the road to west, in to direction [[Bielsko-Biała]].<br />
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===West towards [[Katowice]], [[Germany]]===<br />
Take the bus number 238(also bus 172 from Nowa Huta,Kraków North and Opolska street) until the stop ''Motel Krak''. You can hitchhike directly from the bus stop, it's just after a roundabout so cars and truck are going slowly. There are streetlight which allow to hitchhike [[at night]].<br />
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===North towards [[Warszawa]], [[Gdansk]]===<br />
There are two common places: Start to hitchhike after the overpass on ''Opolska street'' - you can get there by buses number 139,132,172,105,102,207-bus station name is ''Opolska estakada'', but it is quite a busy spot. <br />
A better option is to take the bus number 217,247,277 until the stop ''Kuźnicy Kołłątajowskiej''- Watch out because the bus does not stop at the last stop but drives on so you want to know when to get off. This stop is fantastic for a couple of reasons: there is a lot of space on the road going to the gas station and cars are going extremely slow because there is a traffic light just ahead.<br />
You can find a direct car to Warsaw from here. <br />
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[[Category:E77]]</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Warsaw&diff=24076Warsaw2008-08-27T17:43:29Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>'''Warsaw''' ([[Poland|Polish]]:''Warszawa'', [[Germany|German]]: ''Warschau'', [[France|French]]: ''Varsovie'') is the capital of [[Poland]]. <br />
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==Hitching Out==<br />
Unfortunately for its inhabitants and fortunately for the hitchhikers, Warsaw does not have a district motorway nor is it linked to any major town with an expressway. As the city begins, most highways and expressways end and turn into regular surface streets. This is largely due to the density of city construction and importance of existing city transit systems: The destruction of either in order to construct an inner-city freeway network is viewed as unbeneficial. This makes reaching a good spot for hitchhiking much easier, as most major roads in fact start in the city centre. <br />
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===Droga krajowa 7 (E77) [[Radom]], [[Kielce]], [[Kraków]] ===<br />
* '''Cost from PKP (Polish State Railways)''': <br />
* '''Last verified''': September of 2007<br />
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* '''Directions''': There are generally two places to hitchhike, one just outside the city centre and the other one in the commercial suburb of Janki. <br />
** '''Option 1''': Get any tramway from the city centre (Aleje Jerozolimskie, Main Train Station, Centrum (Warsaw Metro)) going towards the final stop of {{wiki|Okęcie}} (9, 15, 25). Once you get there, there is a bus stop some 50 metres away from the tramway terminus further down the road. It is one of the usual hitchhiking spots in Warsaw and many drivers often drive slowly to check if there are hitchhikers waiting. It also has the merit of being located some 50 metres from lights, which give the drivers some time to see you. There is also a kiosk and a filling station located within a minute's walk should you need anything. This location has the downside of being a popular hitching spot for workers returning home for the weekend, usually to Kielce or Radom. It should be noted that for the most part, these people are not "hitchhikers", but simply individuals wishing to get a ride home, often in exchange for a small fare. As a result, rules commonly accepted amongst hitchhikers (such as waiting in line) may not be respected at this spot. Furthermore, drivers stopping to pick up passengers at this particular location are aware that it is used by migrant workers, not hitchhikers, and will often expect a small payment of about 5PLN. This can be avoided by making it clear that one is in fact a hitchhiker (for instance, by displaying a sign with the name of the destination, and by wearing a rucksack). You can get to Janki (described in the following option) by taking a public bus that stops a short way down the road.<br />
** '''Option 2''': From the city centre, take the free bus to Centrum Janki ([http://www.ikea.com/ms/pl_PL/img/store_images/autobusy/janki.htm timetable]), a large shopping mall district some 20 kilometres from the city centre. The best place to catch the bus is on Al. Jerozolimskie, just west of the Warszawa Centralna train station, near the WKD rail terminus. The trip takes 40 minutes to IKEA, and 45 to Geant. Once you're there, notice that the road splits into two separate roads. The earlier, eastern one (closer to the bus stop at IKEA) is ''droga krajowa 7'' (E77) to Kielce, Radom, Kraków and the border with [[Slovakia]] in [[Chyżne]]. The other, ''droga krajowa 8'' (E67) is located between IKEA and the Geant shopping centre, see below for more details.<br />
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* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=pl&z=13&ll=52.135279,20.896339&spn=0.077549,0.181274&om=1&msid=113011033065220192664.00000111c8e4caa15aaf3&msa=0| Centrum Janki] on Google Maps<br />
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=== Droga krajowa 8 (E67) (dubbed "Katowicka" or "Gierkówka"), to [[Łódź]], [[Częstochowa]], [[Katowice]], [[Sosnowiec]], [[Wrocław]] ===<br />
* '''Last verified''': August of 2007<br />
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Follow either path mentioned above. In Okęcie there is a risk that the driver would only get you to Janki. In Janki itself however the road is easy to reach. The ''droga krajowa 8'' (E67) is located between IKEA and Geant shopping centres, at most some 10 minutes walk from the free bus stop. If you wish to go down E67 towards [[Katowice]], it is best to get off at the stop ''after'' IKEA, that is Geant. Further down the road there is a nice and wide shoulder so there should not be a problem with finding a decent place. The road itself leads to [[Piotrków Trybunalski]], where it joins the pan-European ''droga krajowa 1'' ([[E75]]). The latter connects Warsaw with [[Łódź]], [[Katowice]], [[Sosnowiec]], [[Wrocław]] and all other major towns in the south. For Łódź leave the highway at [[Rawa Mazowiecka]], for Wrocław leave the road at Piotrków Trybunalski. <br />
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The E75 is also a possible connection to Kraków. While longer than E77 through Radom and Kielce (see above), it is in much better condition and much faster. In Katowice-Sosnowiec area the road ends, but there also starts the [[A4]] highway linking Silesia with Kraków to the east and with [[Wrocław]] and then the German border to the west. However, many hitchhikers going to Kraków take the straight route, often making the trip in one or two cars (switching at the roundabout in Radom), as many trucks going south from Warsaw to Kraków follow E77, rather than the detour through Katowice.<br />
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===Going to Gdansk, Torun, Masuria===<br />
* '''Where to''': [[Gdańsk]], [[Gdynia]], [[Toruń]], [[Bydgoszcz]], [[Płock]], [[Olsztyn]]<br />
* '''Cost from PKP''': <br />
* '''Last verified''': July 2006<br />
* Directions: There are generally two main routes, both starting at the Plac Wilsona sq.<br />
** Option 1: Go to last Metro Station (Plac Wilsona) or to the final tram stop of Tram 15 and take bus '''L''' towards Łomianki (private line; [http://www.kmlomianki.info/lomianki02/001pl%20wilsona%202.htm timetable]). Get off at the stop called Woycickiego (you should press the bell as the bus doesn't always stop there; the list of bus stops is within the bus itself and all bus stops are visibly marked). This is a perfect place to hitch-hike northwards, there is a lot of space for cars to stop. For Toruń, leave the road at Płock.<br />
** Option 2: Go to the Metro station Plac Wilsona and take bus '''181''' towards ''Cmentarz Północny''. Get off at the stop called Dzierzoniowska and from there you'll see the main road leading northwards. The road is fairly straight and has plenty of good spots to hitch-hike. An additional pro is a McDonald's eatery located nearby with a toilet free of charge. <br />
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For Bydgoszcz and Toruń leave the road at Płońsk and take the national No. '''10'''. For Olsztyn - ask the driver (plenty of options, no main road)<br />
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[[Image:Warsaw-poznan.JPG|right|thumb|234px|Hitching place to [[Poznan]] and [[Germany]]]]<br />
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===Going to [[Poznan]] and [[Germany]]===<br />
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To go in the direction of [[Poznan]] and [[Berlin]]: Take the tram 26 and get off at Fort Wola. There you can get in the bus 713 and get off at the last but one stop. The stop is just around the corner, you can stand at the street, there's a bus stop where cars can stop and a street lantern so you can also stand there in the dark.<br />
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===Going to [[Bialystok]] and [[Lithuania]]===<br />
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* '''Last verified''': AugusT 2008<br />
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To go in the direction of [[Bialystok]] and [[Lithuania]]: Take tram 25 from Central Station or any tram from Metro Ratusz. Get off at Dworzec Wilenska/Park Praski and walk to the bus stop. Catch bus 718 until the 2nd from last stop (this is where the bus turns). Note that the 718 goes outside of the city limits and additional ticket is required. The first stop outside the central fare zone is a place loved by controllers, so beware.<br />
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You can hitch from the traffic lights, there is a street light, which helps [[at night]]. <br />
You can also hitch from the bus stop which should be very quick.<br />
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Traffic from Warsaw into Lithuania stops at the [[Budzisko-Kalvarija border checkpoint]].<br />
There is a series of gas station past the [[Budzisko-Kalvarija border checkpoint]]. If you are heading to Estonia, Finland or Russia, you might want to stop at the busiest one and get a trucker from there.<br />
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===Going to [[Lublin]] and [[Ukraine]]===<br />
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To go in the direction of [[Lublin]]: From Central Station, get on Tram 9, 24, 44 and get off at Rondo Wiatraczna, from there get Bus 704, 720, 722 and get off at the stop called Szosa Lubelska.<br />
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===Going to [[Brest]] and [[Belarus]]===<br />
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To go in the direction of [[Brest]]: From Central Station, get on Tram 9, 24, 44 and get off at Rondo Wiatraczna, from there get Bus 704 and get off at the end.<br />
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{{IsIn|Poland}}</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Kaunas&diff=24074Kaunas2008-08-27T17:37:29Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>'''Kaunas''' is a city in [[Lithuania]].<br />
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==Hitching Out==<br />
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==East towards Vilnius==<br />
When going to [[Vilnius]] you take a bus to the highway. There is a bus stop (look below) on the highway where it's possible to get rides, but it might also be a good idea to not deal with the hitchhiking competition and place yourself at the entrance of the highway.<br />
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Quite far away from [[Vilnius]] there is a huge ''hypermarket'' next to the highway with a free bus to the centre.<br />
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===South towards [[Poland]], North towards [[Latvia]] or West towards [[Klaipeda]]===<br />
*When going to [[Poland]] you take a bus <!-- ... which one I forgot --> to the end of the route. Make sure you make it to the Polish border. From there you will easily find a long ride.<br />
[[Image:Kns_to_vln.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Along the road towards [[Vilnius]]]]<br />
*Alternatively get a bus from the centre to IX Fortas (I think its bus 23 or 35 buses) , this is the main road where the motorway to Vilnius joins up with the E67 (Via Baltica north and south) - with a PL sign you should easily get a lift from a truck to the border. Note that this border is *very* slow for trucks to <br />
cross and theres always about a 2 hour delay, so when the truck stops, get out and walk (or try to hitch a normal car) to the border, just after the polish side theres plenty of room for anyone to stop.<br />
*Heading for [[Latvia]] you wanna get on the [[Klaipeda]]road (the A1) and then turn unto the via Baltica (the A8). You can accept rides going to the split (20km) and then hitch past the split. From the split it should not take you more than 10min to get a ride. Whatever you do, try not to get dropped off on the [[Panevezis]] ring. [[Garthelgard]] got stuck there for more than 4 hours. There is a great gas station past the [[Panevezis]] ring and after the roads merge or a lot of space on the side of the road.<br />
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===Overnight===<br />
Kaunas is a horrible place to be stuck in overnight, and there are only a couple of youth hostels, both of which close early, and are rather tricky to find. If you DO happen to get stuck here, then go the Best Western, but instead of going in, turn left. There's an alleyway on the right which leads to a place which rents out apartments. It's open late, and if you explain the situation, then you might be lucky enough to get yourself a bit of a deal on a room that would otherwise have been empty. You'll have to use all of your powers of persuasion though!<br />
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[[Category:Lithuania]]<br />
[[Category:E85]]<br />
[[Category:E67]]</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Newsletter&diff=24072Project 888/Newsletter2008-08-27T17:20:57Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>== Post 888 Newsletter ==<br />
<br />
''Help writing the post 888 newsletter, click [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Newsletter&action=edit edit]!''<br />
<br />
The Paris hitchhikers' gathering was a great success thanks to everyone who was there and the clear weather. It was a very inspiring gathering for many of us as we shared so many stories and skills. <br />
<br />
We stayed camping on the Champs de Mars in front of the Eiffel Tower for all the three days, entailing some deep and meaningful conversation with the local police force, but we were generally left alone by them. In addition to the usual "get drunk/get laid" action that seems unavoidable in such occasions, we also had some very practical workshops and talks such as:<br />
<br />
* Nomadic philosophy and practical skill-sharing.<br />
* General survival tricks, whether in the wild or in the urban jungle.<br />
* Much much sharing of hitch-hiking experience. We had one big session of hitchhiking stories that we shared, everyone seemed to share their best stories. The Palme d'or goes to Fabrice and Pascal for the Stevie-Wonder-smile drug-lord.<br />
* Friendships were formed or developed. A very important thing for such a loose network.<br />
* Open space success !<br />
<br />
It was very hard to leave that grass, a total of 150 people participated and some stayed until the very last end of it, as we were all thinking about the next event! A lot of people are reactive to find a way to meet again! We hope that our future events will have such nice days like these ones! <br />
<br />
We opened a special 888-Evaluation page, for which we are also looking for your input. Go [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/888/Evaluation there] and hit edit to share your thoughts. <br />
<br />
===Press Coverage===<br />
One of the aims of the event was to promote hitchhiking, also by means of press-coverage. We also had some nice success here, as there was some coverage from the main French press agency AFP, the most popular French weekly magazine (Paris Match) did also a video for it's web edition ([http://www.parismatch.com/dans-l-oeil-de-match/reportages/le-projet-888-rassemble-les-autostoppeurs-europeens/(gid)/46523 see video]) and some national radiostations such as France Info and France Inter. We also had press-coverage in Austria and the Netherlands, where we were aired on the main TV news ([http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Video:Robino_Hitchhiking see video]).<br />
<br />
===The Documentary Project=== <br />
No less than 4 filmmaking teams consisting in a hitchhiker and a cameraman hitchhiked to Paris. The four stories as well as uring the 888 weekend, and of Ludovic Hubler and Andre Brugiroux are going to be edited in Copenhagen, Denmark to make one single documentary. It will take some time of course to be finished, several months for sure, but we will keep you posted about this.<br />
<br />
Some stories have been submitted, see for example '[http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/888/Reports/Sitarane A Nomadic Date in Paris]' by Julien. It would be great if you also want to post you story... There is also a flickr-group for the photos, check [http://flickr.com/groups/paris-888/pool/ http://flickr.com/groups/paris-888/pool/]<br />
<br />
===Next year: [[789]]===<br />
789? The second edition of the European Hitchhiking Week? We hope for you that it will be a pleasure once again to share another experience together. Of course, it will be very difficult to do better, but if all participate a little, it will be our paradise :) Check [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/789 hitchwiki.org/en/789] for more information, and feel free to part-take in the discussion.<br />
<br />
===Some Hitchhiking Anecdotes===<br />
* There was a lot of space in the car, I asked him take me to Orléans, he said: O.k. I will give you a ride! Oh no, I can't, my wheels will touch the car !!! [[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]]<br />
* One hitchhiker arrived from [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Linz Linz] after 21 hours of hitchhiking, he stayed for 4 hours to return home again to be back in time for his work. <br />
* The last hitchhiker who arrived in Paris for the gathering actually stayed partying with her driver the night before. Could there be a better excuse?<br />
* One hitchhiker had to go back 40 kilometers to pick up a phone he had left behind in a car. <br />
* Another hitchhiker almost lost all his luggage because he said good-bye before he picked his luggage from the trunk.<br />
<br />
===(upcoming) events===<br />
* 23 August - 5 September 2008/open end - [http://vivaconagua.org/index.htm?post?388 Viva con Agua] hitchhiking race from [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Hamburg Hamburg]/St.Pauli to the EXPO 2008 in [[Saragossa]] with the topic ''Water and Sustainable Development''.<br />
* 5-7 September - The Annual [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/abgefahren abgefahren e.V.] club meeting will take place at [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&hl=de&geocode=3590061396587339222,53.082350,8.792220%3B5107824826627978613,53.551460,8.569310&q=oberkeil&sll=53.209322,8.698425&sspn=1.135002,2.323608&ie=UTF8&ll=49.998471,11.515388&spn=0.152277,0.420914&z=12 Oberkeil] close to [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Bayreuth Bayreuth]. Open for everyone. Workshops, talks, etc.<br />
* 7-13 August 2009. 2nd European Hitchhiking Week, [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/789 hitchwiki.org/en/789] location yet to be determined.<br />
<br />
== second newsletter ==<br />
<br />
<br />
'''888 ... one day to go! Paris: here we come. French highways: get ready to be invaded.'''<br />
<br />
Are you ready for Paris? A large number of people have already been hitching for some days now to get closer to the target, people are teaming up in different places and meetings are taking place in different locations.<br />
<br />
The idea for Paris is very simple. We will gather in front of the Eiffel Tower, at this exact location: http://turl.ca/888 from anytime during the day until around 23:00 (or later even maybe).<br />
<br />
Not everyone has found a host so far, and therefore we have the idea to also go camping at [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=9367&post=1293515 some place] around Paris (we have one or two locations in our minds). To make up our minds what to do we probably will have some collective meetings to discuss all options on the spot.<br />
<br />
We will also discuss where to meet up the next day; it is likely we will meet up at the same spot as Friday but we will try to update the forum and website when we know more.<br />
<br />
If you're running late, or can't find anyone, you can txt or call the following numbers: +33612871824 (Fabrice) +31626071803 (Robino)<br />
<br />
Happy hitching !<br />
<br />
<br />
http://the888project.eu/ <br />
<br />
== first newsletter ==<br />
<br />
Are you ready for the European Hitchhiking Day/ Week? On the 8th of August we now have over 90 people who have registered so far in one way or another. We kindly want to ask you to update your [http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024 Event-settings] to give us an idea if you are actually planning to come and if you already have a place to stay: http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024<br />
<br />
'''Local meetings and routes'''<br />
There are currently [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Project_888/Meetings meetings] planned in Luxembourg, Hamburg, Lyon, Utrecht, Istanbul, Sofia, Belgrade, Budapest, Munich and Strasbourg one to seven days prior to the event in Paris. Join one of these meetings or create one yourself for the cities you will be passing through. To create a city meet-up, please create a [http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024 sub-meeting]<br />
<br />
'''Arriving in Paris'''<br />
We will meet-up by the Champ de Mars (located by the Eiffel Tower) on the 8th [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=109599739092760898987.0004530492f3a05284d9d&ll=48.857967,2.295456&spn=0.003318,0.009388&t=h&z=17 exact location]). We plan to do some games to share our experiences and stories, and food. If there are no fixed plans made yet (which is likely) we are very likely to have a meeting at around 10 to decide where we will be going and how, depending maybe also on how many hosts we have and how many people are looking for a place.<br />
<br />
'''Accommodation / camping'''<br />
We have at the moment two options for accommodation. <br />
<br />
The first idea is to do some old-school camping in the wild. We have localised a spot where we all could camp for free. It is just outside of Paris and not an official camp-site (and we don't have 'permission'). There are no toilets but fresh water resources are close by. Please share your thoughts in our [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=9367&post=1293515 e-mail group].<br />
<br />
Things we need:<br />
* you to bring a tent<br />
* big army-tents <br />
* potentially some cooking material <br />
<br />
'''Accommodation / being hosted'''<br />
The second option is to all stay with hosts in Paris. The coordination team is currently updating a document with the contact information (phone, address, availability) of all Parisians who would like to host us. So far we have been in contact with several hosts in Paris and currently have a hosting capacity for about 35 people. We will ask the hosts to come to the Champ de Mars, so we can deal with it on the spot. If you contact hosts in Paris yourself, please ask them to come to the Champ de Mars and if this person has crash-space for others as well. You can bring others with you on the 8th.<br />
<br />
'''Accommodation / third option?''' <br />
A third option would be if we can find a court-yard somewhere in Paris or another spot closer within the city for about 20 tents. This would be the perfect way by which we could actually combine groups of people that are hosted in the city and others staying in a tent but closer to the city. If you know anything, please share your thoughts in the 888-group. <br />
<br />
'''Documentary about Hitchhiking '''<br />
If you would like to contribute to the hitchhiking documentary with your hitchhiking experience/stories on your way to Paris, you will have the possibility to submit your photos, videos, drawings or audio digital recordings to the hitchhiking documentary team who will be updating the digital material unto a laptop on 888 by the Champ de Mars. The hitchhiking documentary team reminds you that you may contribute to the documentary project in any artistic way you can possibly think of. Be creative!<br />
<br />
'''Open Space Day: Living a Nomadic Life'''<br />
For Saturday we plan to have a so-called Open Space Day, with games, workshops and discussion groups for sharing skills and knowledge exchange on hitchhiking, sustainable travel, nomadic resources and hospitality exchange. Location is yet to be determined. This Open Space Day follows the law of two feet: if you find yourself in a situation where you are not contributing or learning, move where you can, or create a new situation/ group.<br />
<br />
'''Contact details'''<br />
For any contact prior to this event, please share your thoughts on the [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367 888 CS group]. On the 8th or before, if you need to be in direct contact, you can call/ txt or mail the following coordinators: <br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci: <br />
Email: fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr <br />
Cell Phone: +33 (0)612871824 <br />
http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/garthelgard<br />
<br />
Robino :<br />
Email: robokow@gmail.com <br />
Cell Phone: +31(0)626071803<br />
http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/robino<br />
https://www.bewelcome.org/member.php?cid=robino<br />
<br />
'''For more information:'''<br />
* http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
* http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Newsletter&diff=24071Project 888/Newsletter2008-08-27T17:19:29Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>== Post 888 Newsletter ==<br />
<br />
''Help writing the post 888 newsletter, click [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Newsletter&action=edit edit]!''<br />
<br />
The Paris hitchhikers' gathering was a great success thanks to everyone who was there and the clear weather. It was a very inspiring gathering for many of us as we shared so many stories and skills. <br />
<br />
We stayed camping on the Champs de Mars in front of the Eiffel Tower for all the three days, entailing some deep and meaningful conversation with the local police force, but we were generally left alone by them. In addition to the usual "get drunk/get laid" action that seems unavoidable in such occasions, we also had some very practical workshops and talks such as:<br />
<br />
* Nomadic philosophy and practical skill-sharing.<br />
* General survival tricks, whether in the wild or in the urban jungle.<br />
* Much much sharing of hitch-hiking experience. We had one big session of hitchhiking stories that we shared, everyone seemed to share their best stories. The Palme d'or goes to Fabrice and Pascal for the Stevie-Wonder-smile drug-lord.<br />
* Friendships were formed or developed. A very important thing for such a loose network.<br />
* Open space success !<br />
<br />
It was very hard to leave that grass, a total of 150 people participated and some stayed until the very last end of it, as we were all thinking about the next event! A lot of people are reactive to find a way to meet again! We hope that our future events will have such nice days like these ones! <br />
<br />
We opened a special 888-Evaluation page, for which we are also looking for your input. Go [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/888/Evaluation there] and hit edit to share your thoughts. <br />
<br />
===Press Coverage===<br />
One of the aims of the event was to promote hitchhiking, also by means of press-coverage. We also had some nice success here, as there was some coverage from the main French press agency AFP, the most popular French weekly magazine (Paris Match) did also a video for it's web edition ([http://www.parismatch.com/dans-l-oeil-de-match/reportages/le-projet-888-rassemble-les-autostoppeurs-europeens/(gid)/46523 see video]) and some national radiostations such as France Info and France Inter. We also had press-coverage in Austria and the Netherlands, where we were aired on the main TV news ([http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Video:Robino_Hitchhiking see video]).<br />
<br />
===The Documentary Project=== <br />
No less than 4 filmmaking teams consisting in a hitchhiker and a cameraman hitchhiked to Paris. The four stories as well as uring the 888 weekend, and of Ludovic Hubler and Andre Brugiroux are going to be edited in Copenhagen, Denmark to make one single documentary. It will take some time of course to be finished, several months for sure, but we will keep you posted about this.<br />
<br />
Some stories have been submitted, see for example '[http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/888/Reports/Sitarane A Nomadic Date in Paris]' by Julien. It would be great if you also want to post you story... There is also a flickr-group for the photos, check [http://flickr.com/groups/paris-888/pool/ http://flickr.com/groups/paris-888/pool/]<br />
<br />
===Next year: [[789]]===<br />
Next year will see a European Hitchhikers Gathering. We hope for you that it will be a pleasure once again to share another experience together. Of course, it will be very difficult to do better, but if all participate a little, it will be our paradise :) Check [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/789 hitchwiki.org/en/789] for more information, and feel free to part-take in the discussion.<br />
<br />
===Some Hitchhiking Anecdotes===<br />
* There was a lot of space in the car, I asked him take me to Orléans, he said: O.k. I will give you a ride! Oh no, I can't, my wheels will touch the car !!! [[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]]<br />
* One hitchhiker arrived from [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Linz Linz] after 21 hours of hitchhiking, he stayed for 4 hours to return home again to be back in time for his work. <br />
* The last hitchhiker who arrived in Paris for the gathering actually stayed partying with her driver the night before. Could there be a better excuse?<br />
* One hitchhiker had to go back 40 kilometers to pick up a phone he had left behind in a car. <br />
* Another hitchhiker almost lost all his luggage because he said good-bye before he picked his luggage from the trunk.<br />
<br />
===(upcoming) events===<br />
* 23 August - 5 September 2008/open end - [http://vivaconagua.org/index.htm?post?388 Viva con Agua] hitchhiking race from [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Hamburg Hamburg]/St.Pauli to the EXPO 2008 in [[Saragossa]] with the topic ''Water and Sustainable Development''.<br />
* 5-7 September - The Annual [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/abgefahren abgefahren e.V.] club meeting will take place at [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&hl=de&geocode=3590061396587339222,53.082350,8.792220%3B5107824826627978613,53.551460,8.569310&q=oberkeil&sll=53.209322,8.698425&sspn=1.135002,2.323608&ie=UTF8&ll=49.998471,11.515388&spn=0.152277,0.420914&z=12 Oberkeil] close to [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Bayreuth Bayreuth]. Open for everyone. Workshops, talks, etc.<br />
* 7-13 August 2009. 2nd European Hitchhiking Week, [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/789 hitchwiki.org/en/789] location yet to be determined.<br />
<br />
== second newsletter ==<br />
<br />
<br />
'''888 ... one day to go! Paris: here we come. French highways: get ready to be invaded.'''<br />
<br />
Are you ready for Paris? A large number of people have already been hitching for some days now to get closer to the target, people are teaming up in different places and meetings are taking place in different locations.<br />
<br />
The idea for Paris is very simple. We will gather in front of the Eiffel Tower, at this exact location: http://turl.ca/888 from anytime during the day until around 23:00 (or later even maybe).<br />
<br />
Not everyone has found a host so far, and therefore we have the idea to also go camping at [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=9367&post=1293515 some place] around Paris (we have one or two locations in our minds). To make up our minds what to do we probably will have some collective meetings to discuss all options on the spot.<br />
<br />
We will also discuss where to meet up the next day; it is likely we will meet up at the same spot as Friday but we will try to update the forum and website when we know more.<br />
<br />
If you're running late, or can't find anyone, you can txt or call the following numbers: +33612871824 (Fabrice) +31626071803 (Robino)<br />
<br />
Happy hitching !<br />
<br />
<br />
http://the888project.eu/ <br />
<br />
== first newsletter ==<br />
<br />
Are you ready for the European Hitchhiking Day/ Week? On the 8th of August we now have over 90 people who have registered so far in one way or another. We kindly want to ask you to update your [http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024 Event-settings] to give us an idea if you are actually planning to come and if you already have a place to stay: http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024<br />
<br />
'''Local meetings and routes'''<br />
There are currently [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Project_888/Meetings meetings] planned in Luxembourg, Hamburg, Lyon, Utrecht, Istanbul, Sofia, Belgrade, Budapest, Munich and Strasbourg one to seven days prior to the event in Paris. Join one of these meetings or create one yourself for the cities you will be passing through. To create a city meet-up, please create a [http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024 sub-meeting]<br />
<br />
'''Arriving in Paris'''<br />
We will meet-up by the Champ de Mars (located by the Eiffel Tower) on the 8th [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=109599739092760898987.0004530492f3a05284d9d&ll=48.857967,2.295456&spn=0.003318,0.009388&t=h&z=17 exact location]). We plan to do some games to share our experiences and stories, and food. If there are no fixed plans made yet (which is likely) we are very likely to have a meeting at around 10 to decide where we will be going and how, depending maybe also on how many hosts we have and how many people are looking for a place.<br />
<br />
'''Accommodation / camping'''<br />
We have at the moment two options for accommodation. <br />
<br />
The first idea is to do some old-school camping in the wild. We have localised a spot where we all could camp for free. It is just outside of Paris and not an official camp-site (and we don't have 'permission'). There are no toilets but fresh water resources are close by. Please share your thoughts in our [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=9367&post=1293515 e-mail group].<br />
<br />
Things we need:<br />
* you to bring a tent<br />
* big army-tents <br />
* potentially some cooking material <br />
<br />
'''Accommodation / being hosted'''<br />
The second option is to all stay with hosts in Paris. The coordination team is currently updating a document with the contact information (phone, address, availability) of all Parisians who would like to host us. So far we have been in contact with several hosts in Paris and currently have a hosting capacity for about 35 people. We will ask the hosts to come to the Champ de Mars, so we can deal with it on the spot. If you contact hosts in Paris yourself, please ask them to come to the Champ de Mars and if this person has crash-space for others as well. You can bring others with you on the 8th.<br />
<br />
'''Accommodation / third option?''' <br />
A third option would be if we can find a court-yard somewhere in Paris or another spot closer within the city for about 20 tents. This would be the perfect way by which we could actually combine groups of people that are hosted in the city and others staying in a tent but closer to the city. If you know anything, please share your thoughts in the 888-group. <br />
<br />
'''Documentary about Hitchhiking '''<br />
If you would like to contribute to the hitchhiking documentary with your hitchhiking experience/stories on your way to Paris, you will have the possibility to submit your photos, videos, drawings or audio digital recordings to the hitchhiking documentary team who will be updating the digital material unto a laptop on 888 by the Champ de Mars. The hitchhiking documentary team reminds you that you may contribute to the documentary project in any artistic way you can possibly think of. Be creative!<br />
<br />
'''Open Space Day: Living a Nomadic Life'''<br />
For Saturday we plan to have a so-called Open Space Day, with games, workshops and discussion groups for sharing skills and knowledge exchange on hitchhiking, sustainable travel, nomadic resources and hospitality exchange. Location is yet to be determined. This Open Space Day follows the law of two feet: if you find yourself in a situation where you are not contributing or learning, move where you can, or create a new situation/ group.<br />
<br />
'''Contact details'''<br />
For any contact prior to this event, please share your thoughts on the [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367 888 CS group]. On the 8th or before, if you need to be in direct contact, you can call/ txt or mail the following coordinators: <br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci: <br />
Email: fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr <br />
Cell Phone: +33 (0)612871824 <br />
http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/garthelgard<br />
<br />
Robino :<br />
Email: robokow@gmail.com <br />
Cell Phone: +31(0)626071803<br />
http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/robino<br />
https://www.bewelcome.org/member.php?cid=robino<br />
<br />
'''For more information:'''<br />
* http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
* http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=789&diff=238047892008-08-20T07:27:40Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{789}}<br />
<br />
The [[Project 888|888 project]] was a success. Let's make it look ridiculous compared to the 2009 edition. On the 07/08/09, hitchhikers from all over the world will converge on a location that is kept secret up to now (because we haven't decided yet). This page will be used to coordinate the organisers until the month of October. Then we'll make something more informational or attractive.<br />
<br />
==Philosophy==<br />
<br />
At the premeeting on the last day of 888, there was a consensus on the fact that the event is more to promote the concept of Hitch-hiking rather than to all meet up somewhere and have a good time. This is why the proposal of meeting outside a city was ruled out, because we want to be seen by strangers.<br />
We need to pick a place where most nations can come visa-free and where we have a local organizer.<br />
<br />
Please feel free to add your ideas and help organizing the 2nd hitchhiking European week.<br />
<br />
==Where==<br />
<br />
[[Image:789_planning.JPG|thumb|220px|left|[[789]] planning written on the back of a hitchhiking sign]] [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=fr&msa=0&msid=109599739092760898987.0004542e88ab2b0988965&ll=51.124213,6.240234&spn=37.948922,79.101563&z=4 MAP] (Please someone integrate it in the wiki, I don't know how to do it).<br />
<br />
Please add whatever city you think is a good idea and explain a little bit why.<br />
<br />
At the little meeting on the last day of 888, the general consensus was that the location had to move East, after Paris. If possible outside of the 15 original EU member-states. Ukraine was given A LOT of attention because it is the ONLY country of Europe that does not require complicated paperwork and expenses to get a visa. Kosovo was also given a lot of attention for that matter but also because we have a great local correspondent there and it can be a great opportunity for us to promote peace and hitchhiking in a region that needs such action.<br />
Any location within the [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/SchengenAgreement_map.svg Shengen space] will make it close to impossible for the non-Shengen to join. Plus the price of life will be affordable for almost everyone.<br />
<br />
==Suggested cities:==<br />
<br />
===Top suggestions===<br />
[[Image:06.D2003-428.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Where are those fucking hicthhikers !?! (Ukranian Soldiers in Odessa beach)]]<br />
===[[Ukraine]]===<br />
Ukraine is getting a lot of attention right now because it seems it is the only country in Europe where any other European can go without much visa-issue. Check out the [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Talk:789 discussion]<br />
<br />
===Kamenica, [[Kosovo]]===<br />
*+: We have a great contact there that can find us a space and get us the media.<br />
*+: Would be a really cool challenge.<br />
*+: Hitchhiking for peace!<br />
*+: The big Hammam (Hamami i Mahd), built in 1470, 15 domes, but no mix male female<br />
*-: The border crossing is a bit difficult / event may become slightly political<br />
*-: Hitchhiking in Montenegro... forget it (unless you give money). Also Serbia is quite hard.<br />
*-: 11 205 hab in Kamenica, why not Pristina, for much attention ?: because we do not a have a great local correspondant there. The local correspondant in Kamonica knows all the networks so no need to go to Pristina.<br />
<br />
===Krakow (Cracow), Pologne===<br />
*+: In the centre of EU -good access from every Euro country<br />
*+: Big grassy open space next to the Old Town to make a meeting<br />
*+: Places to get a full dinner for 2-4 euro<br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
*-: It's strictly forbidden to drink alcohol in public spaces!<br />
*-: polish police is usually unkind, so better to have everything legal, in Krakow - touristic capital of Poland - they might not be interested in having banch of dirty hhikers...<br />
<br />
==Suggestions==<br />
<br />
===[[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]===<br />
*+: The more beautiful girls of Europe !!![[User:Terrehappy|Misha]]<br />
Now come on! [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]]<br />
*+: one of the 888 organizer lives there (good network)<br />
*-: expensive place<br />
*-: [[Schengen]] space. Tough visa for Russians, Belarusians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
<br />
===Riga, LV===<br />
*+: Central in the Baltics, which is an epicentre of European hitch-hiking.<br />
*+: Open WIFI in the whole town. Now THAT's an advanced country!<br />
*-: Do we need to promote hitchhiking where it is already on good way?<br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
<br />
===Hamburg, GER===<br />
*+: We have a volunteer there<br />
*+: Central within Schengen<br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
<br />
===Barcelona, SP===<br />
*+: Spain definitely needs some education about Hitch-hiking/easy to get free food<br />
*+: Beaches to camp on, lots of squats.<br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
<br />
===Utrecht, NL===<br />
*+: Netherland is the country that has reserved official HHing spots. Let's reward them by trashing one of their parks with empty beer bottles<br />
*+: Quite central, easy hitch from anywhere really.<br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
<br />
===Bratislava, SK===<br />
*+: Not very touristic but very well known, we might get an official autorisation (it's also possible to get one for all the town...)<br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
<br />
===Torino, IT===<br />
*+: Italy definitely needs some education about Hitch-hiking.<br />
*-: very difficult place for hitch-hiking <br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
<br />
===Munich, GER===<br />
*+: Central within Schengen<br />
*-: Shengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
<br />
===Brno, CZ===<br />
*+: friendly, active, cultural city - great potential/not much expensive<br />
*-: Not very well known<br />
*-: Schengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
<br />
===Lubjana, SL===<br />
*+: free internet access in city/not touristic capital/ + [http://www.metelkova.org/ metelkova mesto]<br />
*-: Schengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
<br />
===Reikjavik, ICE===<br />
*+: Hey, why not?<br />
*-: Hard to reach by hitchhiking<br />
*-: Schengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
<br />
===Cabo de St Vincente, POR===<br />
*+: The challenge: It is "the end of the road" in Europe. The westernmost point. / Nice beaches.<br />
*+: The beach !<br />
*-: Schengen space. Tough visa for Russians, Bellarussians, Turkish, Yougoslavians<br />
<br />
==Concerns==<br />
<br />
The two main concerns raised at the 888-last-day-meeting were:<br />
*Female HH safety in the country of arrival and in the "impossible to go around" countries.<br />
*The necessity of having a local coordinator/ support.<br />
<br />
==Coordination/Communication==<br />
<br />
===Web Site===<br />
<br />
*We really have to get a Forum to help people organize their rides. We can't rely on CS groups, they suck.<br />
: I can do that --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 15:49, 11 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
* So,Do we need our own web site, or we stay on hitchwiki with all, can we find --[[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]]18:23, 14 august 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
*Hitchwiki :<br />
**+ easy for everyone to evaluate the project<br />
**+ belongs to the hitchhiker community<br />
**+ everyone can edit, it is the most horizontal way of organising<br />
**- a lot of thing isn't possible to do on that kind of site?<br />
***Any examples?<br />
**+ we can integrate video + photo and also blog-postings. <br />
**+ Already well known by search engines, so will lead more users to the site.<br />
<br />
*Own Web site :<br />
**+ all in one !<br />
**+ autonomy/responsibilities<br />
***You can have that on hitchwiki as well. Maybe just ask next time, instead of doing everything alone ;) There are some very motivated technical people around here ;)<br />
**+ '''We're doing it for the world! We'll look more professional with a website.'''<br />
**- take a time to make it work<br />
<br />
*Others propositions : ?<br />
** We could have a Wordpress blog that can also have static pages. We can easily also integrate video + photo's and make it possible for anyone to post new blog-entries + link it directly to the wiki-pages. Plus, there are already Wordpress blogs [http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/ integrated] into this wiki <br />
but we could also do it external, see for a good example [http://mcbuzz.wordpress.com/ this site]. --[[User:Robino|Robino]] 14:15, 15 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
** How about [http://drupal.org Drupal] - a real CMS with tons of functionality installable as ready-made modules (including forums, wiki-style capabilities, user profiles, other community oriented features, media hosting, localization...), free & open source, active developer community, fast initial site setup, relatively painless to maintain even without programming experience (at least if the modules don't have to be customized too much). [[User:Narnua|Narnua]] 18:18, 19 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
** Drupal is a really good cms sure but if we are going to it we need to have someone who really know Drupal php ect hmm... [[http://www.webschuur.com/node/411|look here it's explain mush better than me]]but when it's done it's perfect, anyway we have to know what functionality we want and need before starting develop on a specific cms [[User:Xo|xo]]<br />
<br />
: Once again, edit if you want to add something.<br />
<br />
===Coordination with the HH clubs===<br />
<br />
We have to build a coordination with some partners, like the clubs of hitch-hikers in europe and maybe more ! everyone can ask to a club near from his place.<br />
<br />
*Ukrainian hitch-hiking club "Mainroad" <br />
**[http://mainroad.org.ua/ Web Site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Trans Europ Stop<br />
**[http://trans.euro.stop.free.fr/# Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate :<br />
<br />
*Academy Of Free Travels <br />
**[http://www.avp.travel.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Moscow Hitch-hiking School<br />
**[http://www.msha-club.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Saint Petersburg Guild of Hitch-hiking Masters<br />
**[http://guild.host.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Saint Petersburg autostop league (RUS)<br />
**[http://pasl.spb.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Saint Petersburg's extreme travels team (Russia)<br />
**[http://xts.newmail.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Moscow club eXtreme trip<br />
**[http://www.extreme.ncport.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Barnaul Autostop League <br />
**[http://www.alien.ru/~blast/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Latvian Hitch-hiking Club "E67" <br />
**[http://e67.times.lv/Web Site].<br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Utrecht (The Netherlands) Hitchhiking Club BOC<br />
**[http://www.oostboc.com/Web Site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Abgefahren e.V.<br />
**[http://www.abgefahren-ev.de/ Web Site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate: Yes<br />
**Communication: [[MrTweek]]<br />
<br />
* Lithuanian Hitch-hiking club „KELIAIvis“<br />
**[http://www.hitchhiking.lt/ Web site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate: Yes<br />
<br />
*Vilnius Hitch-hiking club (Lithuania)<br />
**[http://www.autostop.lt/ Web site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate:</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Garthelgard&diff=23739User:Garthelgard2008-08-17T21:45:24Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>==About Me==<br />
<br />
[[Image:tokyohitch.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> [[Lille]] [[Tokyo]] :direct ride, May 2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:momointokyo.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> The Tokyo Project and Momo, May 2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:ludopascalandme.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> Pascal,Ludovic and me May 2008]]<br />
<br />
Garthelgard, Fabrice Renucci, was born in [[Toulon]], [[France]] but lived in the [[United States]] and in [[Australia]]. <br />
<br />
He currently owns an independent tour guide business and is starting to organize freelance documentary projects (see [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/?title=888_PROJECT#The_Documentary_Project Hitchhiking documentary]. He is working towards maintaining a sustainable nomadic lifestyle.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking philosophy==<br />
<br />
===On-ramps===<br />
<br />
Garthelgard believes in eye contact and either sticking out your thumb, holding a sign with your destination or a joke sign<br />
<br />
===Gas stations===<br />
<br />
Gas stations is Garthelgard's favorite hitchhiking spot because he gets to talk to a lot of different people.<br />
He believes in an active attitude consisting in striking up a conversation with drivers.<br />
In Europe, Garthelgard beleives in the use of a funny ice-breaker: he flashes his Tokyo sign at drivers and asks them "Excuse me, are you going to Tokyo today".<br />
The ice breaker is essential in order to break the whole "I don't-know-you-why-should-I-take-you-for-all-i-know-you-could-be-a-criminal" pattern.<br />
For Garthelgard, the second step consists in explaining his project ( who he is, where he is from, where he left, who took him before, why is he going to his destination, what he does for a living, why does he hitchhike) in order to reassure people and break the common stereotype of the hitchhiker<br />
<br />
==Why hitchhiking?==<br />
<br />
"It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont.<br />
<br />
Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me.<br />
I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to:<br />
*understand the effects of society on people<br />
*understand the impact of the media on people<br />
*understand the true nature of human beings<br />
*see the best coming out of people<br />
*share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal<br />
*to maintain a positive thinking<br />
*to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure<br />
<br />
I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. <br />
I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking experience==<br />
<br />
[[Europe]]: [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Danmark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], [[Kosovo]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Macedonia]], [[Netherlands]], [[Poland]], [[Serbia]], [[Sweden]].<br />
<br />
[[Asia]]: [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]].<br />
<br />
==Statistics==<br />
<br />
<b>15941km</b><br />
<br />
[[Category:Hitchhikers]]</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Garthelgard&diff=23738User:Garthelgard2008-08-17T21:43:54Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>==About Me==<br />
<br />
[[Image:tokyohitch.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> [[Lille]] [[Tokyo]] :direct ride, May 2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:momointokyo.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> The Tokyo Project and Momo, May 2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:ludopascalandme.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> Pascal,Ludovic and me May 2008]]<br />
<br />
Garthelgard, Fabrice Renucci, was born in [[Toulon]], [[France]] but lived in the [[United States]] and in [[Australia]]. <br />
<br />
He currently owns an independent tour guide business and is starting to organize freelance documentary projects (see [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/?title=888_PROJECT#The_Documentary_Project Hitchhiking documentary]. He is working towards maintaining a sustainable nomadic lifestyle.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking philosophy==<br />
<br />
===On-ramps===<br />
<br />
Garthelgard believes in eye contact and either sticking out your thumb, holding a sign with your destination or a joke sign<br />
<br />
===Gas stations===<br />
<br />
Gas stations is Garthelgard's favorite hitchhiking spot because he gets to talk to a lot of different people.<br />
He believes in an active attitude consisting in striking up a conversation with drivers.<br />
In Europe, Garthelgard beleives in the use of a funny ice-breaker: he flashes his Tokyo sign at drivers and asks them "Excuse me, are you going to Tokyo today".<br />
The ice breaker is essential in order to break the whole "I don't-know-you-why-should-I-take-you-for-all-i-know-you-could-be-a-criminal" pattern.<br />
For Garthelgard, the second step consists in explaining his project ( who he is, where he is from, where he left, who took him before, why is he going to his destination, what he does for a living, why does he hitchhike) in order to reassure people and break the common stereotype of the hitchhiker<br />
<br />
==Why hitchhiking?==<br />
<br />
"It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont.<br />
<br />
Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me.<br />
I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to:<br />
*understand the effects of society on people<br />
*understand the impact of the media on people<br />
*understand the true nature of human beings<br />
*see the best coming out of people<br />
*share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal<br />
*to maintain a positive thinking<br />
*to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure<br />
<br />
I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. <br />
I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking experience==<br />
<br />
[[Europe]]: [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Danmark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Netherlands]], [[Poland]], [[Sweden]].<br />
<br />
[[Asia]]: [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]].<br />
<br />
==Statistics==<br />
<br />
<b>15941km</b><br />
<br />
[[Category:Hitchhikers]]</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Garthelgard&diff=23737User:Garthelgard2008-08-17T21:43:27Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>==About Me==<br />
<br />
[[Image:tokyohitch.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> [[Lille]] [[Tokyo]] :direct ride, May 2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:momointokyo.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> The Tokyo Project and Momo, May 2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:ludopascalandme.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> Pascal,Ludovic and me May 2008]]<br />
<br />
Garthelgard, Fabrice Renucci, was born in [[Toulon]], [[France]] but lived in the [[United States]] and in [[Australia]]. <br />
<br />
He currently owns an independent tour guide business and is starting to organize freelance documentary projects (see [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/?title=888_PROJECT#The_Documentary_Project Hitchhiking documentary]. He is working towards maintaining a sustainable nomadic lifestyle.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking philosophy==<br />
<br />
===On-ramps===<br />
<br />
Garthelgard believes in eye contact and either sticking out your thumb, holding a sign with your destination or a joke sign<br />
<br />
===Gas stations===<br />
<br />
Gas stations is Garthelgard's favorite hitchhiking spot because he gets to talk to a lot of different people.<br />
He believes in an active attitude consisting in striking up a conversation with drivers.<br />
In Europe, Garthelgard beleives in the use of a funny ice-breaker: he flashes his Tokyo sign at drivers and asks them "Excuse me, are you going to Tokyo today".<br />
The ice breaker is essential in order to break the whole "I don't-know-you-why-should-I-take-you-for-all-i-know-you-could-be-a-criminal" pattern.<br />
For Garthelgard, the second step consists in explaining his project ( who he is, where he is from, where he left, who took him before, why is he going to his destination, what he does for a living, why does he hitchhike) in order to reassure people and break the common stereotype of the hitchhiker<br />
<br />
==Why hitchhiking?==<br />
<br />
"It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont.<br />
<br />
Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me.<br />
I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to:<br />
*understand the effects of society on people<br />
*understand the impact of the media on people<br />
*understand the true nature of human beings<br />
*see the best coming out of people<br />
*share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal<br />
*to maintain a positive thinking<br />
*to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure<br />
<br />
I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. <br />
I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking experience==<br />
<br />
[[Europe]]: [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Danmark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Netherlands]], [[Sweden]].<br />
<br />
[[Asia]]: [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]].<br />
<br />
==Statistics==<br />
<br />
<b>15941km</b><br />
<br />
[[Category:Hitchhikers]]</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=789&diff=235857892008-08-14T19:07:01Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{789}}<br />
<br />
The [[Project 888|888 project]] was a success. Let's make it look ridiculous compared to the 2009 edition. On the 07/08/09, hitch-hikers from all over the world will converge on a location that is kept secret up to now (because we haven't decided yet). This page will be used to coordinate the organisers until the month of October. Then we'll make something more informational or attractive.<br />
<br />
=Philosophy=<br />
<br />
At the premeeting on the last day of 888, there was a consensus on the fact that the event is more to promote the concept of Hitch-hiking rather than to all meet up somewhere and have a good time. This is why the proposal of meeting outside a city was ruled out, because we want to be seen by strangers.<br />
We need to pick a place where most nations can come visa-free and where we have a local organizer.<br />
<br />
Please feel free to add your ideas and help organizing the 2nd hitchhiking European week.<br />
<br />
==Where==<br />
<br />
[[Image:789_planning.JPG|thumb|240px|left|[[789]] planning written on the back of a hitchhiking sign]] [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=fr&msa=0&msid=109599739092760898987.0004542e88ab2b0988965&ll=51.124213,6.240234&spn=37.948922,79.101563&z=4 MAP] (Please someone integrate it in the wiki, I don't know how to do it).<br />
<br />
Please add whatever city you think is a good idea and explain a little bit why.<br />
<br />
At the little meeting on the last day of 888, the general consensus was that the location had to move East, after Paris. If possible outside of the 15 original EU member-states. Ukraine was given A LOT of attention because it is the ONLY country of Europe that does not require complicated paperwork and expenses to get a visa. Kosovo was also given a lot of attention for that matter but also because we have a great local correspondent there and it can be a great opportunity for us to promote peace and hitchhiking in a region that needs such action.<br />
Any location within the [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/SchengenAgreement_map.svg Shengen space] will make it close to impossible for the non-Shengen to join. Plus the price of life will be affordable for almost everyone.<br />
<br />
===Suggested cities:===<br />
<br />
==Top suggestions==<br />
<br />
* Kamonica, Kosovo<br />
**+: We have a great contact there that can find us a space and get us the media.<br />
**+: Would be a really cool challenge.<br />
**+: Hitchhiking for peace!<br />
**+: The big Hammam (Hamami i Mahd), built in 1470, 15 domes, but no mix male female<br />
**-: The border crossing is a bit difficult / event may become slightly political<br />
**-: Hitchhiking in Montenegro... forget it (unless you give money). Also Serbia is quite hard. <br />
<br />
*Odessa, UKR [[Image:06.D2003-428.jpg|thumb|340px|right|[Where are those fucking hicthhikers !?! (Ukranian Soldiers in Odessa beach)]]]<br />
**+: Let's go to the beach !!<br />
**+: Russians, Bielorussians, Turkish and Shengen-spacers can enter the country visa-free<br />
**+: We can do the meeting on the beach <br />
**+: Well known name, very easy to wrote and remember it<br />
**+: Twin city with Marseille (FR), odessa is named "the marseille of ukraine"<br />
**+: Moldavanka Former bohemian district<br />
**+: Catacombs [http://underground-ukraine.blogspot.com/2005_08_06_archive.html Photos] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ja_v4ixixg Video]<br />
**+: Huge sea port, for boat hitchhikers<br />
**-: Most people would have to pass this part of Moldova called "Transnistria" or "PMR". This area is not really safe to hitchhike. On top of that, the border guards sometimes want bribes to let you through.<br />
*** Is that really such a problem? It's only 30 km, so you can easily get a direct lift though it... but you could even walk. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 21:00, 14 August 2008 (CEST) <br />
**-: If you don't speak some Russian, it's quite hard to get around. So we have tolearn few sentence in ukrainian<br />
**-: Big explotation of Petrol<br />
*** Why is that a problem for us?<br />
<br />
*Krakow (Cracow), PL<br />
**+: In the centre of Europe -good access from every Euro country<br />
**+: Big grassy open space next to the Old Town to make a meeting<br />
**+: Places to get a full dinner for 2-4 euro<br />
**-: It's strictly forbidden to drink alcohol in public spaces!<br />
**-: polish police is usually unkind, so better to have everything legal, in Krakow - touristic capital of Poland - they might not be interested in having banch of dirty hhikers...<br />
<br />
==Suggestions==<br />
<br />
*Copenhagen, DK<br />
**+: one of the 888 organizer lives there (good network)<br />
**-: expensive place<br />
<br />
*Riga, LT<br />
**+: Central in the Baltics, which is an epicentre of European hitch-hiking.<br />
**-: Do we need to promote hitchhiking where it is already on good way?<br />
<br />
*Hamburg, GER<br />
**+: We have a volunteer there / Central within Schengen<br />
<br />
*Barcelona, SP<br />
**+: Spain definitely needs some education about Hitch-hiking/easy to get free food<br />
**+: Beaches to camp on, lots of squats.<br />
<br />
*Utrecht, NL<br />
<br />
*Bratislava, SK<br />
**+: Not very touristic but very well known, we might get an official autorisation (it's also possible to get one for all the town...)<br />
<br />
*Torino, IT<br />
**+: Italy definitely needs some education about Hitch-hiking.<br />
**-: very difficult place for hitch-hiking <br />
<br />
*Munich, GER<br />
**+: Central within Schengen<br />
<br />
*Lviv, UKR<br />
**+: Was voted the most depresive place in Europe. Let's make it the most cheerful place.<br />
**-: It is not very touristy<br />
<br />
*Brno, CZ<br />
**+: friendly, active, cultural city - great potential/not much expensive<br />
**-: Not very well known<br />
<br />
*Lubjana, SL<br />
**+: free internet access in city/not touristic capital/ + [http://www.metelkova.org/ metelkova mesto]<br />
<br />
*Reikjavik, ICE<br />
**+: Hey, why not?<br />
**-: Hard to reach by hitchhiking<br />
<br />
*Cabo de St Vincente, POR<br />
**+: The challenge: It is "the end of the road" in Europe. The westernmost point. / Nice beaches.<br />
<br />
*I would suggest any easy and nice to camp at beach location or similar nice nature places - no cities !! Nat-Cho (CS)<br />
<br />
==Concerns==<br />
<br />
The two main concerns raised at the 888-last-day-meeting were:<br />
*Female HH safety in the country of arrival and in the "impossible to go around" countries.<br />
*The necessity of having a local coordinator.<br />
<br />
<br />
: This time we really need a Forum to help people organize their rides. We can't rely on CS groups, they suck.<br />
: I can do that --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 15:49, 11 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
: So, do we need our own web site, or we stay on hitchwiki with all, can we find --[[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]]18:23, 14 august 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:*Hitchwiki :<br />
:+: easy for everyone to make evoluated the project <br />
:+: belong to the hitchhiker community<br />
:-: a lot of thing isn't possible to do on that kinf of site ?<br />
<br />
:*Own Web site :<br />
:+: all in one !<br />
:+: autonomy/responsabilities<br />
:-: take a time to make it work<br />
<br />
:Others porpostitions : ?<br />
<br />
: Once again, edit if you want to add something.<br />
<br />
==Coordination/Communication==<br />
<br />
We have to build a coordination with some partners, like the clubs of hitch-hikers in europe and maybe more ! everyone can ask to a club near from his place.<br />
<br />
*Ukrainian hitch-hiking club "Mainroad" <br />
**[http://mainroad.org.ua/ Web Site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Trans Europ Stop<br />
**[http://trans.euro.stop.free.fr/# Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate :<br />
<br />
*Academy Of Free Travels <br />
**[http://www.avp.travel.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Moscow Hitch-hiking School<br />
**[http://www.msha-club.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Saint Petersburg Guild of Hitch-hiking Masters<br />
**[http://guild.host.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Saint Petersburg autostop league (RUS)<br />
**[http://pasl.spb.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Saint Petersburg's extreme travels team (Russia)<br />
**[http://xts.newmail.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Moscow club eXtreme trip<br />
**[http://www.extreme.ncport.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Barnaul Autostop League <br />
**[http://www.alien.ru/~blast/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Latvian Hitch-hiking Club "E67" <br />
**[http://e67.times.lv/Web Site].<br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Utrecht (The Netherlands) Hitchhiking Club BOC<br />
**[http://www.oostboc.com/Web Site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Abgefahren e.V.<br />
**[http://www.abgefahren-ev.de/ Web Site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate: Yes<br />
**Communication: [[MrTweek]]</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=789&diff=233887892008-08-12T18:11:46Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>The [[Project 888|888 project]] was a success. Let's make it look ridiculous compared to the 2009 edition.<br />
<br />
On the 07/08/09, hitch-hikers from all over the world will converge on a location that is kept secret up to now (because we haven't decided yet).<br />
<br />
This page will be used to coordinate the organisers until the month of october. Then we'll make something more informational or attractive.<br />
<br />
=Philosophy=<br />
<br />
At the premeeting on the last day of 888, there was a consensus on the fact that the event is more to promote the concept of Hitch-hiking rather than to all meet up somewhere and have a good time. This is why the proposal of meeting outside a city was ruled out, because we want to be seen by strangers.<br />
We need to pick a place where most nations can come visa-free and where we have a local organizer.<br />
<br />
Please feel free to add your ideas and help us organize the 2nd hitchhiking European week.<br />
<br />
==Where==<br />
<br />
[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=fr&msa=0&msid=109599739092760898987.0004542e88ab2b0988965&ll=51.124213,6.240234&spn=37.948922,79.101563&z=4 MAP] (Please someone integrate it in the wiki, I don't know how to do it).<br />
<br />
Please add whatever city you think is a good idea and explain a little bit why.<br />
<br />
At the little meeting on the last day of 888, the general consensus was that the location had to move East, after Paris. If possible outside of the 15 original EU member-states. Ukraine was given A LOT of attention because it is the ONLY country of Europe that does not require complicated paperwork and expenses to get a visa. Kosovo was also given a lot of attention for that matter but also because we have a great local correspondent there and it can be a great opportunity for us to promote peace and hitchhiking in a region that needs such action.<br />
Any location within the [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/SchengenAgreement_map.svg Shengen space] will make it close to impossible for the non-Shengen to join. Plus the price of life will be affordable for almost everyone.<br />
<br />
===Suggested cities:===<br />
<br />
==Top suggestions==<br />
<br />
*Kosovo<br />
**+: We have a great contact there that can find us a space and get us the media.<br />
**-: The border crossing is a bit difficult/event may become slightly political<br />
<br />
*Odessa, UKR<br />
**+: Russians, Bielorussians, Turkish and Europeans can enter the country visa-free<br />
Well known name.<br />
<br />
*Lviv, UKR<br />
**+: Was voted the most depresive place in Europe. Let's make it the most cheerful place.<br />
**-: It is not very touristy<br />
<br />
==Suggestions==<br />
<br />
*Copenhagen, DK<br />
**+: one of the 888 organizer lives there.<br />
**-: expensive place<br />
<br />
*Riga, LT<br />
**+: Central in the Baltics, which is an epicentre of European hitch-hiking.<br />
**-: Do we need to promote hitchhiking where it is already on good way?<br />
<br />
*Hamburg, GER<br />
**+: We have a volunteer there / Central within Schengen<br />
<br />
*Barcelona, SP<br />
**+:Spain definitely needs some education about Hitch-hiking/easy to get free food<br />
<br />
*Utrecht, NL<br />
<br />
*Bratislava, SK<br />
**+: Not very touristic but very well known, we might get an official autorisation.<br />
<br />
*Torino, IT<br />
**+: Italy definitely needs some education about Hitch-hiking.<br />
<br />
*Munich, GER<br />
**+: Central within Schengen<br />
<br />
*Brno, CZ<br />
**+:friendly, active, cultural city - great potential/not much expensive<br />
**-: Not very well known<br />
<br />
*Lubjana, SL<br />
**+:free internet access in city/not touristic capital/ + [http://www.metelkova.org/ metelkova mesto]<br />
<br />
*Reikjavik, ICE<br />
**+: Hey, why not?<br />
**-: Hard to reach by hitchhiking<br />
<br />
*Cabo de St Vincente, POR<br />
**+: The challenge: It is "the end of the road" in Europe. The westernmost point. / Nice beaches.<br />
<br />
*I would suggest any easy and nice to camp at beach location or similar nice nature places - no cities !! Nat-Cho (CS)<br />
<br />
==Concerns==<br />
<br />
The two main concerns raised at the 888-last-day-meeting were:<br />
*Female HH safety in the country of arrival and in the "impossible to go around" countries.<br />
*The necessity of having a local coordinator.<br />
<br />
This time we really need a Forum to help people organize their rides. We can't rely on CS groups, they suck.<br />
: I can do that --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 15:49, 11 August 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
Once again, edit if you want to add something.<br />
<br />
==Coordination/Communication==<br />
<br />
We have to build a coordination with some partners, like the clubs of hitch-hikers in europe and maybe more ! everyone can ask to a club near from his place.<br />
<br />
*Ukrainian hitch-hiking club "Mainroad" <br />
**[http://mainroad.org.ua/ Web Site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Trans Europ Stop<br />
**[http://trans.euro.stop.free.fr/# Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate :<br />
<br />
*Academy Of Free Travels <br />
**[http://www.avp.travel.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Moscow Hitch-hiking School<br />
**[http://www.msha-club.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Saint Petersburg Guild of Hitch-hiking Masters<br />
**[http://guild.host.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Saint Petersburg autostop league (RUS)<br />
**[http://pasl.spb.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Saint Petersburg's extreme travels team (Russia)<br />
**[http://xts.newmail.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Moscow club eXtreme trip<br />
**[http://www.extreme.ncport.ru/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Barnaul Autostop League <br />
**[http://www.alien.ru/~blast/ Web Site] <br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Latvian Hitch-hiking Club "E67" <br />
**[http://e67.times.lv/Web Site].<br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*Utrecht (The Netherlands) Hitchhiking Club BOC<br />
**[http://www.oostboc.com/Web Site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate : <br />
<br />
*abgefahren e.V.<br />
**[http://www.abgefahren-ev.de/ Web Site]<br />
**Are they interested to participate: Yes<br />
**Communication: [[MrTweek]]</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Template:Events&diff=23386Template:Events2008-08-12T17:53:13Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>'''16-24 August 2008''' - [[Saint Petersburg Autostop League|PASL]] organizes an hitchhiking race through the West of [[Russia]] <br />
<br />
'''23 August - 5 September 2008/open end''' - [http://vivaconagua.org/index.htm?post?388 viva con agua hitchhiking-race from hamburg/st.pauli to the EXPO 2008 in Saragossa with the topic "Water and Sustainable Development"] - join us now!<br />
<br />
''' 7-13 August 2009'''. 2nd European Hitchhiking Week, [[789]] location yet to be determined.<br />
<br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Templates]][[fi:Malline:Tulevat_tapahtumat]]</noinclude></div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Template:Events&diff=23385Template:Events2008-08-12T17:51:59Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>'''16-24 August 2008''' - [[Saint Petersburg Autostop League|PASL]] organizes an hitchhiking race through the West of [[Russia]] <br />
<br />
'''23 August - 5 September 2008/open end''' - [http://vivaconagua.org/index.htm?post?388 viva con agua hitchhiking-race from hamburg/st.pauli to the EXPO 2008 in Saragossa with the topic "Water and Sustainable Development"] - join us now!<br />
<br />
''' 7-13 August 2009'''. European Hitchhiking Week, [[789]] location yet to be determined.<br />
<br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Templates]][[fi:Malline:Tulevat_tapahtumat]]</noinclude></div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888&diff=23329Project 8882008-08-09T09:47:02Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>= 8/8/8 over 150 hitchhikers arrived; and more are still on their way =<br />
<br />
= 7/8/8 It's happening! 20 hitchers arrived 1 day ahead of time. Just imagine 8/8/8 =<br />
<br />
{{888}}<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Hitchhike to Paris on 888, August 8th, 2008...08/08/2008...888'''<br />
<br />
On the 8th of August over a hundred people (and counting) will join up to hitchhike to Paris from different places around Europe and further. Join this event with fellow hitchhikers, for an amazing adventure and a great weekend in Paris. Show up, and [[Sign Up Page|sign up]] for this event and [[Project 888/Volunteer|help]] organising it.<br />
<br />
[[Image:080808poster.jpg|thumb|right|234px|HITCHHIKE TO PARIS WITH US]]<br />
==Meet-Up==<br />
We welcome the Paris community to host us hitchhikers, coming to Paris on 888. Please come to Champs de Mars [http://turl.ca/888 here] and join in to welcome us!<br />
<br />
We will gather in front of the Eiffel Tower, at this [http://turl.ca/888 exact location]: from anytime during the day until around 23:00 (or later even maybe). We are still calling for adventurous hosts from Paris to show up and spontaneously host all of us - but you might want to bring your tent!<br />
<br />
==Coordinate!==<br />
The '''888 Project''' seeks to ask you to hitchhike from all corners of Europe and beyond (whether from [[Belfast]], [[Istanbul]], [[Helsinki]] or [[Lisbon]]) to arrive at the Eiffel Tower - this world-renowned French lighthouse - in [[Paris]] on 888, August 8th, 2008. Participate in the first European Hitchhiking Week and Day and take part in the open space day on Saturday: "How to live a nomad-life", on hitchhiking, sustainable travel and hospitality exchange, with games, workshops, skill-sharing and knowledge exchange. <br />
<br />
<div style="border: 1px dotted blue; padding:5px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right:auto; width: 500px;"><br />
* Participate to make the first European Hitchhiking Week a succes!<br />
* Get hitchhiking recognized as a real means of transportation!<br />
* Inspire other people to hitchhike!<br />
* Have drivers pick up hitchhikers! <br />
* Share your skills with others and inspire!<br />
</div><br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
'''Things to do:'''<br />
* Organise a local [[Project 888/Meetings|Project 888 Meeting]] in your country or city to team up with hitchhikers. Use an [[888_PROJECT_Meetings|invitation]], and adapt it to your local context, organise a location (your home, your host's home, a local bar, etc), invite other people through your favourite [[Finding_accommodation#Hospitality_exchange_networks|hospitality exchange]] community, etc, and ''[http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Meetings&action=edit add] your meeting''. <br />
* Translate the [[888_PROJECT_Press|press-release]] and ''spread'' it.<br />
* Help organising events in Paris:<br />
** read [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=199&post=1285236 this e-mail]<br />
** Find a nice open spot for the Saturday where we can meet and exchange workshops<br />
** Think of what you would like to learn and share on Saturday during the [[888_PROJECT_Workshops|Open Space]] day<br />
''' ''Check the [[Project 888/Volunteer]] pages for coordination and to see how you can help making 888 a success !'' '''<br />
* Design/ read the [[Project 888/Newsletter|latest newsletters]]<br />
<br />
==The Program==<br />
[[Image:logo888.jpg|thumb|left|234px|888 Project logo by Laris(s)a, http://www.laris-s-a.com" (with inspiration from Luis Pacheco)]]<br />
Here's the program so far:<br />
<br />
'''FRIDAY EVENING'''<br />
<br />
* Meeting under/ in front of the Eiffel Tower until late (you know how we will look like), [http://turl.ca/888 here]<br />
* Meet, exchange stories and play [[Project 888/Games|Games]]<br />
* Move to a camp-ground or host.<br />
<br />
'''SATURDAY'''<br />
<br />
* [[888_PROJECT_Workshops|Open-Space Day]] starting at 11:00. Theme: "How to live a nomad-life". On hitchhiking, sustainable travel and hospitality exchange, with games, workshops, skill-sharing and knowledge exchange. Place yet to be determined, possibly [http://turl.ca/888 here], same place as the Friday meet-up.<br />
<br />
'''SUNDAY'''<br />
<br />
* Brunch starting at 1pm at Parc des Buttes de Chaumond (?), or same place as the Friday meet-up?<br />
<br />
==Speeches==<br />
<br />
These 'speeches'/ workshops will form an integral part of the [[Project 888/Workshops | open space day]] on Saturday (in progress).<br />
<br />
*The Organizers<br />
Once the European hitchhikers will have arrived, the organizers will address the hitchhikers.<br />
<br />
[[Image:ludo.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Ludovic Hubler]]<br />
*Hitchhiking<br />
This address will be followed by the speech of [http://ludovichubler.com Ludovic Hubler] (a Frenchman who has just come back from a five-year hitchhiking journey around the world. <br />
During his trip, Ludovic organized conferences in more than 200 schools, met a large number of NGOs and organized some international events to create a network between them.<br />
<br />
*The Sustainable Side of the Project<br />
A French association called [http://www.nature-propre.org Nature Propre] supports the project<br />
The association aims at promoting sustainable development through a certain number of programs and the 888 project is one of the key projects of Nature Propre.<br />
Guillaume Mouton and Thomas Chretiennot will deliver a speech about the substainable side attached to the project.<br />
<br />
==The checkpoint cities==<br />
<br />
We are hitching from different locations, see here an overview of the [[Project 888/Cities]], categorized according to distance from Paris. In some of the cities we hold [[Project 888/Meetings]] in the week towards the 8th of August.<br />
<br />
Sign up in the cities you depart form or arrive. You can use the [[Project 888/Cities]]-page. '''We also [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367 discuss] different routes.'''<br />
<br />
==The Documentary Project==<br />
<br />
[[Image:images.jpg|left|thumb|234px|]]<br />
<br />
<br />
The 888 project community has decided to get together and unite to make a documentary about hitchhiking. Different cameramen will be joining different hitchhikers across their journey: <br />
* Pascal Dumont will be filmed by Fabrice Renucci and they will hitch from Yerevan,Armenia to Paris, France.<br />
* Martin Boserup will be filmed by Misha Fournial and they will hitch from Saint Peterburg, Russia to Paris, France<br />
<br />
[[Documentary Project instructions for cameramen]]<br />
<br />
We are also inviting all the people wishing to meet up with hitchhikers from all over the world on August 8th, to participate in this documentary project through any way they would feel like:<br />
You can either:<br />
<br />
*Keep a journal<br />
*Take photos<br />
*Record with an audio recorder<br />
*Draw<br />
*Film<br />
<br />
The film project will be a sort of patchwork using all the material that the hitchhikers will bring with them on August 8th.<br />
<br />
==How to hitchhike out of Paris?==<br />
<br />
Check the page about [[Paris]] to find spots to leave the city.<br />
<br />
Alternative resources:<br />
<br />
* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=ger&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=169 Hitchbase]<br />
* [http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/HHGTE.html Bernd Wechner]<br />
* [http://www.bugeurope.com/paris/gta.html Bug Europe]<br />
* [http://www.routard.com/guide_voyage_page/26/emplacements_strategiques.htm Routard]<br />
* http://membres.lycos.fr/bpierret/autostop/wiki/wakka.php?wiki=EnglishVersion<br />
* http://home.wanadoo.nl/agghanebbah/navigator/france/paris/paris000.htm<br />
<br />
==Sign Up Now==<br />
<br />
[[Sign Up Page]]<br />
<br />
==Contact Us Now==<br />
<br />
Please feel free to contact us if you wish to bring your help to the project:<br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci- fabrice.renucci [at] hotmail.fr<br />
+(33)612871824<br />
<br />
[[Robino]]<br />
<br />
Dieuwke<br />
<br />
[[fr:Projet 888]]</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Newsletter&diff=22958Project 888/Newsletter2008-07-27T21:56:40Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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Are you ready for the European Hitchhiking Day/ Week? On the 8th of August we now have over 90 people who have registered so far in one way or another. We kindly want to ask you to update your <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024">Event-settings</a> to give us an idea if you are actually planning to come and if you already have a place to stay: http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024<br />
<br />
<b>Local meetings and routes</b><br><br />
There are currently <a href="http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Project_888/Meetings">meetings</a> planned in Luxembourg, Hamburg, Lyon, Utrecht, Istanbul, Sofia, Belgrade, Budapest, Munich and Strasbourg one to seven days prior to the event in Paris. Join one of these meetings or create one yourself for the cities you will be passing through. To create a city meet-up, please create a <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024">sub-meeting</a>. <br />
<br />
<b>Arriving in Paris </b><br><br />
We will meet-up by the Champ de Mars (located by the Eiffel Tower) on the 8th (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=109599739092760898987.0004530492f3a05284d9d&ll=48.857967,2.295456&spn=0.003318,0.009388&t=h&z=17">exact location here</a>). We plan to do some games to share our experiences and stories, and food. If there are no fixed plans made yet (which is likely) we are very likely to have a meeting at around 10 to decide where we will be going and how, depending maybe also on how many hosts we have and how many people are looking for a place.<br />
<br />
<b>Accommodation / camping </b><br><br />
We have at the moment two options for accommodation. <br />
<br />
The first idea is to do some old-school camping in the wild. We have localised a spot where we all could camp for free. It is just outside of Paris and not an official camp-site (and we don't have 'permission'). There are no toilets but fresh water resources are close by. Please share your thoughts in our <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=9367&post=1293515">e-mail group</a>.<br />
<br />
Things we need:<br />
* you to bring a tent<br />
* big army-tents <br />
* potentially some cooking material <br />
<br />
<b>Accommodation / being hosted</b><br><br />
The second option is to all stay with hosts in Paris. The coordination team is currently updating a document with the contact information (phone, address, availability) of all Parisians who would like to host us. So far we have been in contact with several hosts in Paris and currently have a hosting capacity for about 35 people. We will ask the hosts to come to the Champ de Mars, so we can deal with it on the spot. If you contact hosts in Paris yourself, please ask them to come to the Champ de Mars and if this person has crash-space for others as well. You can bring others with you on the 8th.<br />
<br />
<b>Accommodation / third option? </b><br><br />
A third option would be if we can find a court-yard somewhere in Paris or another spot closer within the city for about 20 tents. This would be the perfect way by which we could actually combine groups of people that are hosted in the city and others staying in a tent but closer to the city. If you know anything, please share your thoughts in the 888-group. <br />
<br />
<b>Documentary about Hitchhiking </b><br><br />
If you would like to contribute to the hitchhiking documentary with your hitchhiking experience/stories on your way to Paris, you will have the possibility to submit your photos, videos, drawings or audio digital recordings to the hitchhiking documentary team who will be updating the digital material unto a laptop on 888 by the Champ de Mars. The hitchhiking documentary team reminds you that you may contribute to the documentary project in any artistic way you can possibly think of. Be creative!<br />
<br />
<b>Open Space Day: Living a Nomadic Life.</b><br><br />
For Saturday we plan to have a so-called Open Space Day, with games, workshops and discussion groups for sharing skills and knowledge exchange on hitchhiking, sustainable travel, nomadic resources and hospitality exchange. Location is yet to be determined. This Open Space Day follows the law of two feet: if you find yourself in a situation where you are not contributing or learning, move where you can, or create a new situation/ group.<br />
<br />
<b>Contact details</b><br><br />
For any contact prior to this event, please share your thoughts on the <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367">888 CS group</a>. On the 8th or before, if you need to be in direct contact, you can call/ txt or mail the following coordinators: <br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci: <br />
Email: fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr <br />
Cell Phone: +33 (0)612871824 <br />
http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/garthelgard<br />
<br />
Robino :<br />
Email: robokow@gmail.com <br />
Cell Phone: +31(0)626071803<br />
http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/robino<br />
https://www.bewelcome.org/member.php?cid=robino<br />
<br />
<b>For more information:</b><br><br />
* http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
* http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Newsletter&diff=22956Project 888/Newsletter2008-07-27T21:06:48Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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HTML please<br />
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Are you ready for the European Hitchhiking Day/ Week? On the 8th of August we now have over 90 people who have registered so far in one way or another. We kindly want to ask you to update your <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024">Event-settings</a> to give us an idea if you are actually planning to come and if you already have a place to stay: http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024<br />
<br />
<b>Local meetings and routes</b><br><br />
There are currently <a href="http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Project_888/Meetings">meetings</a> planned in Luxembourg, Hamburg, Lyon, Utrecht, Istanbul, Sofia, Belgrade, Budapest, Munich and Strasbourg one to seven days prior to the event in Paris. Join one of these meetings or create one yourself for the cities you will be passing through. To create a city meet-up, please create a <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024">sub-meeting</a> here. <br />
<br />
<b>Accommodation / camping </b><br><br />
We have at the moment two options for accommodation. <br />
<br />
The first idea is to do some old-school camping in the wild. We have localised a spot where we all could camp for free. It is just outside of Paris and not an official camp-site (and we don't have 'permission'). There are no toilets but fresh water resources are close by. Please share your thoughts in our <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=9367&post=1293515">e-mail group</a>.<br />
<br />
Things we need:<br />
* you to bring a tent<br />
* big army-tents <br />
* potentially some cooking material <br />
<br />
<b>Accommodation / being hosted</b><br><br />
The second option is to all stay with hosts in Paris. The coordination team is currently updating a document with the contact information (phone, address, availability) of all Parisians who would like to host us. So far we have been in contact with several hosts in Paris and currently have a hosting capacity for about 35 people. We will ask the hosts to come to the Champ de Mars, so we can deal with it on the spot. If you contact hosts in Paris yourself, please ask if this person has crash-space for others as well. You can bring others with you on the 8th.<br />
<br />
<b>Accommodation / third option? </b><br><br />
A third option would be if we can find a court-yard somewhere in Paris or another spot closer within the city for about 20 tents. This would be the perfect way by which we could actually combine groups of people that are hosted in the city and others staying in a tent but closer to the city. If you know anything, please share your thoughts in the 888-group. <br />
<br />
<b>Arriving in Paris </b><br><br />
We will meet-up by the Champ de Mars (located by the Eiffel Tower) on the 8th (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=109599739092760898987.0004530492f3a05284d9d&ll=48.857967,2.295456&spn=0.003318,0.009388&t=h&z=17">exact location here</a>). We plan to do some games to share our experiences and stories, and food. If there are no fixed plans made yet (which is likely) we are very likely to have a meeting at around 10 to decide where we will be going and how, depending maybe also on how many hosts we have and how many people are looking for a place.<br />
<br />
<b>Documentary about Hitchhiking </b><br><br />
If you would like to contribute to the hitchhiking documentary with your hitchhiking experience/stories on your way to Paris, you will have the possibility to submit your photos, videos, drawings or audio digital recordings to the hitchhiking documentary team who will be updating the digital material unto a laptop on 888 by the Champ de Mars. The hitchhiking documentary team reminds you that you may contribute to the documentary project in any artistic way you can possibly think of. Be creative!<br />
<br />
<b>Open Space Day: Living a Nomadic Life.</b><br><br />
For Saturday we plan to have a so-called Open Space Day, with games, workshops and discussion groups for sharing skills and knowledge exchange on hitchhiking, sustainable travel, nomadic resources and hospitality exchange. Location is yet to be determined. This Open Space Day follows the law of two feet: if you find yourself in a situation where you are not contributing or learning, move where you can, or create a new situation/ group.<br />
<br />
<b>Contact details</b><br><br />
For any contact prior to this event, please share your thoughts on the <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367">888 CS group</a>. On the 8th or before, if you need to be in direct contact, you can call/ txt or mail the following coordinators: <br />
<br />
Fabrice Renucci: <br />
Email: fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr <br />
Cell Phone: +33 (0)612871824 <br />
<br />
Robino :<br />
Email: robokow@gmail.com <br />
Cell Phone: +31(0)626071803 <br />
<br />
<b>For more information:</b><br><br />
* http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
* http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Newsletter&diff=22951Project 888/Newsletter2008-07-27T20:21:26Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div><!--<br />
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<br />
Are you ready for the European Hitchhiking Day/ Week? On the 8th of August we now have over 90 people who have registered so far in one way or another. We kindly want to ask you to update your <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024">event-settings</a> to give us an idea if you are actually planning to come and if you already have a place to stay: http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024<br />
<br />
<b>Local meetings and routes</b><br />
There are currently <a href="http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/Project_888/Meetings">meetings</a> planned in Luxembourg, Hamburg, Lyon, Utrecht, Istanbul, Sofia, Belgrade, Budapest, Munich and Strasbourg one to seven days prior to the event in Paris. Join one of these meetings or create one yourself for the cities you will be passing through. To create a city meet-up, please create a <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024">sub-meeting</a> here. <br />
<br />
<b>Accommodation / camping </b><br />
We have at the moment two options for accommodation. The first idea is to do some old-school camping in the wild. We have localised a spot where we all could camp for free. It is just outside of Paris and not an official camp-site (and we don't have 'permission'). There are no toilets but fresh water resources are close by. Please share your thoughts in our <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=9367&post=1293515">e-mail group</a>.<br />
<br />
Things we need:<br />
* you to bring a tent<br />
* big army-tents <br />
* potentially some cooking material <br />
<br />
<b>Accommodation / being hosted</b><br />
The second option is to all stay with hosts in Paris.<br />
The organizing team is currently updating a document with the contact information (phone, address, availability) of all the Parisians who would like to host us.<br />
So, you may contact hosts in Paris yourself and ask if this person has crash-space for more as well, so that you can bring others with you on the 8th. Once your host has confirmed his hosting, please explain him/her that it would be great if he/she could give you his phone, address, availability information. You can then forward Robin or Fabrice the information so that may add it to our Paris hosts database.<br />
<br />
'So far we have been in contact with several hosts in Paris and currently have a hosting capacity for about 35 people.<br />
On 888, by the Champ de Mars, if we decide not to camp, we will organize the hosting situation according to our hosting capacity featuring on our database.<br />
<br />
<b>Accomodation / third option? </b><br />
A third option would be if we can find a court-yard somewhere in Paris or another spot closer within the city for about 20 tents. This would be the perfect way by which we could actually combine groups of people that are hosted in the city and others staying in a tent but closer to the city. If you know anything, please share your thoughts in the 888-group. <br />
<br />
<b>Arriving in Paris </b><br />
We will meet-up by the Champ de Mars (located by the Eiffel Tower) on the 8th (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=109599739092760898987.0004530492f3a05284d9d&ll=48.857967,2.295456&spn=0.003318,0.009388&t=h&z=17">exact location here</a>). We plan to do some games to share our experiences and stories, and food. If there are no fixed plans made yet (which is likely) we are very likely to have a meeting at around 10 to decide where we will be going and how, depending maybe also on how many hosts we have and how many people are looking for a place.<br />
<br />
<b>Documentary about Hitchhiking </b><br />
If you would like to contribute to the hitchhiking documentary with your hitchhiking experience/stories on your way to Paris, you will have the possibility to submit your photos, videos, drawings or audio digital recordings to the hitchhiking documentary team who will be updating the digital material unto a laptop on 888 by the Champ de Mars. The hitchhiking documentary team reminds you that you may contribute to the documentary project in any artistic way you can possibly think of. Be creative!<br />
<br />
<b>Open Space Day: Living a Nomadic Life.</b><br />
For Saturday we plan to have a so-called Open Space Day, with games, workshops and discussion groups for sharing skills and knowledge exchange on hitchhiking, sustainable travel, nomadic resources and hospitality exchange. Location is yet to be determined. This Open Space Day follows the law of two feet: if you find yourself in a situation where you are not contributing or learning, move where you can, or create a new situation/ group.<br />
<br />
<b>Contact details</b><br />
<br />
For any contact prior to this event, please share your thoughts on the 888 CS group.<br />
On the 8th or before, if you need to be in direct contact, you can call/ txt the following organizers: <br />
<br />
Fabrice renucci: <br />
Email: fabrice.renucci@hotmail.fr <br />
Cell Phone: +33 (0)612871824 <br />
<br />
Robin ------ :<br />
Email: your email address <br />
Cell Phone: +31(0)626071803 <br />
<br />
<b>For more information:</b><br />
* http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
* http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User_talk:Robino&diff=22949User talk:Robino2008-07-27T19:36:33Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>Hey Robin! Goed je hier te zien! D'r zijn nu een aantal actieve contributors :) Waarschijnlijk gaat 't nu wat sneller groeien. Bedankt voor je bijdragen! Groetjes uit [[New Zealand|Kiwiland]], [[User:Guaka|Guaka]]<small><sup>[[User talk:Guaka|Talk]]</sup><sup>[http://www1.couchsurfing.com/guaka CS]</sup></small> 02:10, 11 November 2006 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
It would be great if you want to help start our [[:es:|Spanish sister project]]. :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 16:08, 31 July 2007 (CEST)<br />
<br />
<br />
This is how you do it: <nowiki>[[:Category:Route to Istanbul|top article]]!</nowiki>. [[User:guaka|guaka]]<small><sup>[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]</sup></small> 20:10, 24 July 2008 (CEST)<br />
: Thanks! --[[User:Robino|Robino]] 20:28, 24 July 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
Hey Mister Robino! I have just edited the Newsletter. I think that we need to add precise a google map spot located on the Champ de Mars (Julien has a point). I can do that if you think it is a great idea.<br />
<br />
[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]] 21:35, 27 July 2008 (CEST)</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User_talk:Robino&diff=22948User talk:Robino2008-07-27T19:36:18Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>Hey Robin! Goed je hier te zien! D'r zijn nu een aantal actieve contributors :) Waarschijnlijk gaat 't nu wat sneller groeien. Bedankt voor je bijdragen! Groetjes uit [[New Zealand|Kiwiland]], [[User:Guaka|Guaka]]<small><sup>[[User talk:Guaka|Talk]]</sup><sup>[http://www1.couchsurfing.com/guaka CS]</sup></small> 02:10, 11 November 2006 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
It would be great if you want to help start our [[:es:|Spanish sister project]]. :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 16:08, 31 July 2007 (CEST)<br />
<br />
<br />
This is how you do it: <nowiki>[[:Category:Route to Istanbul|top article]]!</nowiki>. [[User:guaka|guaka]]<small><sup>[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]</sup></small> 20:10, 24 July 2008 (CEST)<br />
: Thanks! --[[User:Robino|Robino]] 20:28, 24 July 2008 (CEST)<br />
<br />
Hey Mister Robino! I have just edited the Newsletter. I think that we need to add precise a google map spot located on the Champ de Mars (Julien has a point). I can do that if you think it is a great idea.<br />
<br />
[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]] 22:35, 27 July 2008 (CEST)</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Newsletter&diff=22947Project 888/Newsletter2008-07-27T19:33:23Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>Hi, <br />
<br />
this e-mail is to inform you about the latest developments around the Project 888. <br />
<br />
Are you ready for the European Hitchhiking Day/ Week? On the 8th of August we now have over 90 people who have registered so far in one way or another. <br />
We kindly want to ask you to update your event-settings to give us an idea if you are actually planning to come and if you already have a place to stay: <br />
http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024<br />
<br />
== Local meetings and routes ==<br />
There are currently [[Project_888/Meetings|meetings]] planned in Luxembourg, Hamburg, Lyon, Utrecht, Istanbul, Sofia, Belgrade, Budapest, Munich and Strasburg one to seven days prior to the event in Paris. Join one of these meetings or create one yourself for the cities you will be passing through.<br />
To create a city meet-up, create a submeeting of the 888 Project meeting on the following page:<br />
http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=11024<br />
<br />
<br />
== Accommodation / camping ==<br />
We have at the moment two options for accommodation: <br />
The first idea is to do some old-school camping in the wild. We have localised a spot where we all could camp for free. It is just outside of Paris and not an official camp-site (and we don't have 'permission'). There are no toilets but fresh water resources are close by. Please share your thoughts here: <br />
http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=9367&post=1293515<br />
<br />
Things we need:<br />
* you to bring a tent<br />
* big army-tents <br />
* potentially some cooking material <br />
<br />
== Accommodation / being hosted ==<br />
The second option is to all stay with hosts in Paris, but it is summer period and so far we have no clue how many of you still need a host, and who is able to host us in Paris. We have a pool on the eventpage on CS but we would kindly ask you to update your settings. If you are looking for a host in Paris yourself, please ask if this person has crash-space for more as well, so that you can bring others with you on the 8th.<br />
<br />
''So far we have been in contact with several hosts in Paris and currently have a hosting capacity for about 35 people.'' We probably will have a list of hosts and their adresses ready on the 8th, so we can distribute the guests.<br />
<br />
== Accomodation / third option? ==<br />
A third option would be if we can find a court-yard somewhere in Paris or another spot closer within the city for about 20 tents. This would be the perfect way by which we could actually combine groups of people that are hosted in the city and others staying in a tent but closer to the city. If you know anything, please share your thoughts in the 888-group. <br />
<br />
== Arriving in Paris ==<br />
We will meet-up by the Champ de Mars (located by the Eiffel Tower) on the 8th. We plan to do some games to share our experiences and stories, and food. If there are no fixed plans made yet (which is likely) we are very likely to have a meeting at around 10 to decide where we will be going and how, depending maybe also on how many hosts we have and how many people are looking for a place.<br />
<br />
==Documentary about Hitchhiking==<br />
<br />
If you would like to contribute to the hitchhiking documentary with your hitchhiking experience/stories on your way to Paris, you will have the possibility to submit your photos, videos, drawings or audio digital recordings to the hitchhiking documentary team who will be updating the digital material unto a laptop on 888 by the Champ de Mars.<br />
The hitchhiking documentary team reminds you that you may contribute to the documentary project in any artistic way you can possibly think of. Be creative!<br />
<br />
== Open Space Day: Living a Nomadic Life. ==<br />
For Saturday we plan to have a so-called Open Space Day, with games, workshops and discussion groups for sharing skills and knowledge exchange on hitchhiking, sustainable travel, nomadic resources and hospitality exchange. Location is yet to be determined. This Open Space Day follows the law of two feet: if you find yourself in a situation where you are not contributing or learning, move where you can, or create a new situation/ group.<br />
<br />
== Contact details ==<br />
On the 8th, if you need to be in contact, you can call/ txt the following numbers: +(33)612871824 (Fabrice) +31(0)626071803 (Robino). For any contact prior to this event, please share your thoughts with the 888 e-mail group.<br />
<br />
for more information:<br />
* http://www.the888project.eu/<br />
* http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Istanbul&diff=22925Istanbul2008-07-27T07:10:31Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>'''Istanbul''' is the biggest city of [[Turkey]], partly in [[Europe]] and partly in [[Asia]].<br />
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In many parts in Europe you can find Turkish truckers, who might be heading to Istanbul. Watch out for Turkish number plates beginning with '''34''', the city code for [[Istanbul]].<br />
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<map lat='41.09377748633593' lng='29.006996154785156' zoom='14' view='0' float='right' /><br />
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==Hitching Out==<br />
The ''Taksım Square'' in the center of the European part of [[Istanbul]] is chosen as a starting point for the upcoming description due to the fact that there the most bus lines of the European side start and end.<br />
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===Northwest towards [[Edirne]] and [[Bulgaria]]===<br />
Get into the Metro at Taksım square and take a train to ''4.Levent''. This is currently the last station of the Istanbul metro. One ticket costs 1,30 YTL (~0,65 Euro). At 4.Levent get out of the Metro. You will find yourself along the ''Büyükdere Caddesi'' street. Walk along the mainstreet direction north (watch out for big signs that are leading drivers to the highway to [[Edirne]]. After 15min and passing a military camp, you'll see the ramp to the highway. Unfortunately, there is no way to cross the street from right to left then by attemping suicide, because the mainstreet is mostly full of fast traffic. If you are not brave enough to do so, walk another 10min further and cross the street over a bridge and walk back the way along the other side. Go somewhat down the ramp and you can find a good spot to stand and stop cars. Also try to get short lifts (even some kilometers can help in Istanbul). <br />
A few kilometers further on the highway, there is a toll booth where you can easily catch rides (the breadsellers might help you get a lift to your preferred destination). <br />
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[[Category:Turkey]]<br />
[[Category:Route to Istanbul]]<br />
[[Category:E80]]<br />
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===Eastwards towards [[Ankara]]===<br />
<br />
Get on the 111, 112 or 200 and stay on the bus almost all the way to the last stop (get off approximately two or three stops before).<br />
You are now located a little bit south of the E80/O4 heading East towards Ankara. You will need to walk a little bit northwards in order to reach a ramp. <br />
There is a bus stop on the on-ramp. You can hitch out from there unto the E80/O4 going East.<br />
Most people who will take you might just drive for another 10km or so. There are lots of gas stations on the way in this giant suburbian maze but chances are only local people stop there.<br />
You will have to go for about nearly 20 or 30 km untill you will actually be out of the Istanbul metropolis. <br />
There is a gas station exactly 9km before Ismad where you can be dropped off. This is a great place to catch direct rides to almost any part of the country.<br />
[[User:Garthelgard]] got offered rides to []Georgia]] and the Syrian border from that gas station.</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User_talk:Garthelgard&diff=22924User talk:Garthelgard2008-07-27T06:36:03Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>Welcome Fabrice! Great to see you now also started to make your own personal log-in :) --[[User:Robino|Robino]] 14:03, 25 July 2008 (CEST)<br />
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Thanks Robin! I guess I'm starting be a hitchwiki addict:-) I will try and update the Istanbul info although I am not completely atisfied with what I collected. [[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<br />
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Great great, but use please preview mode more often. If you keep saving every version we can see so many lines about you on recent changes page...<br />
Happy to see you soon, all the best :)<br />
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[[User:81.108.221.228|81.108.221.228]] 15:26, 25 July 2008 (CEST)<br />
I mean it was me [[User:Mirto|Mirto]]<br />
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Thanks a lot Mirto! [[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]] 08:35, 27 July 2008 (CEST)</div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Template:Mainpage-hitchhikers&diff=22923Template:Mainpage-hitchhikers2008-07-27T06:34:48Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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[[Category:Templates]]</noinclude></div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Garthelgard&diff=22893User:Garthelgard2008-07-25T13:31:30Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
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<div>==About Me==<br />
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[[Image:tokyohitch.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> [[Lille]] [[Tokyo]] :direct ride, May 2008]]<br />
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[[Image:momointokyo.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> The Tokyo Project and Momo, May 2008]]<br />
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[[Image:ludopascalandme.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> Pascal,Ludovic and me May 2008]]<br />
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Garthelgard, Fabrice Renucci, was born in [[Toulon]], [[France]] but lived in the [[United States]] and in [[Australia]]. <br />
<br />
He currently owns an independent tour guide business and is starting to organize freelance documentary projects (see [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/?title=888_PROJECT#The_Documentary_Project Hitchhiking documentary]. He is working towards maintaining a sustainable nomadic lifestyle.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking philosophy==<br />
<br />
===On-ramps===<br />
<br />
Garthelgard believes in eye contact and either sticking out your thumb, holding a sign with your destination or a joke sign<br />
<br />
===Gas stations===<br />
<br />
Gas stations is Garthelgard's favorite hitchhiking spot because he gets to talk to a lot of different people.<br />
He believes in an active attitude consisting in striking up a conversation with drivers.<br />
In Europe, Garthelgard beleives in the use of a funny ice-breaker: he flashes his Tokyo sign at drivers and asks them "Excuse me, are you going to Tokyo today".<br />
The ice breaker is essential in order to break the whole "I don't-know-you-why-should-I-take-you-for-all-i-know-you-could-be-a-criminal" pattern.<br />
For Garthelgard, the second step consists in explaining his project ( who he is, where he is from, where he left, who took him before, why is he going to his destination, what he does for a living, why does he hitchhike) in order to reassure people and break the common stereotype of the hitchhiker<br />
<br />
==Why hitchhiking?==<br />
<br />
"It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont.<br />
<br />
Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me.<br />
I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to:<br />
*understand the effects of society on people<br />
*understand the impact of the media on people<br />
*understand the true nature of human beings<br />
*see the best coming out of people<br />
*share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal<br />
*to maintain a positive thinking<br />
*to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure<br />
<br />
I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. <br />
I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking experience==<br />
<br />
[[Europe]]: [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Danemark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Netherlands]], [[Sweden]].<br />
<br />
[[Asia]]: [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]].<br />
<br />
==Statistics==<br />
<br />
<b>10784 km</b></div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Garthelgard&diff=22890User:Garthelgard2008-07-25T13:26:01Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>==About Me==<br />
<br />
[[Image:tokyohitch.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> [[Lille]] [[Tokyo]] :direct ride, May 2008]]<br />
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[[Image:momointokyo.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> The Tokyo Project and Momo, May 2008]]<br />
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[[Image:ludopascalandme.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> Pascal,Ludovic and me May 2008]]<br />
<br />
Garthelgard, Fabrice Renucci, currently owns an independent tour guide business and is starting to organize freelance documentary projects (see [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/?title=888_PROJECT#The_Documentary_Project Hitchhiking documentary]. He is currently working towards maintaining a sustainable nomadic lifestyle.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking philosophy==<br />
<br />
===On-ramps===<br />
<br />
Garthelgard believes in eye contact and either sticking out your thumb, holding a sign with your destination or a joke sign<br />
<br />
===Gas stations===<br />
<br />
Gas stations is Garthelgard's favorite hitchhiking spot because he gets to talk to a lot of different people.<br />
He believes in an active attitude consisting in striking up a conversation with drivers.<br />
In Europe, Garthelgard beleives in the use of a funny ice-breaker: he flashes his Tokyo sign at drivers and asks them "Excuse me, are you going to Tokyo today".<br />
The ice breaker is essential in order to break the whole "I don't-know-you-why-should-I-take-you-for-all-i-know-you-could-be-a-criminal" pattern.<br />
For Garthelgard, the second step consists in explaining his project ( who he is, where he is from, where he left, who took him before, why is he going to his destination, what he does for a living, why does he hitchhike) in order to reassure people and break the common stereotype of the hitchhiker<br />
<br />
==Why hitchhiking?==<br />
<br />
"It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont.<br />
<br />
Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me.<br />
I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to:<br />
*understand the effects of society on people<br />
*understand the impact of the media on people<br />
*understand the true nature of human beings<br />
*see the best coming out of people<br />
*share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal<br />
*to maintain a positive thinking<br />
*to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure<br />
<br />
I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. <br />
I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking experience==<br />
<br />
[[Europe]]: [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Danemark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Netherlands]], [[Sweden]].<br />
<br />
[[Asia]]: [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]].<br />
<br />
==Statistics==<br />
<br />
<b>10784 km</b></div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Garthelgard&diff=22889User:Garthelgard2008-07-25T13:25:39Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>==About Me==<br />
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[[Image:tokyohitch.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> [[Lille]] [[Tokyo]] :direct ride, May 2008]]<br />
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[[Image:momointokyo.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> The Tokyo Project and Momo, May 2008]]<br />
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[[Image:ludopascalandme.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> Pascal,Ludovic and me May 2008]]<br />
<br />
Garthelgard, Fabrice Renucci, currently owns an independent tour guide business and is starting to organize freelance documentary projects (see [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/?title=888_PROJECT#The_Documentary_Project Hitchhiking documentary]. He is currently working towards mainaining a sustainable nomadic lifestyle.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking philosophy==<br />
<br />
===On-ramps===<br />
<br />
Garthelgard believes in eye contact and either sticking out your thumb, holding a sign with your destination or a joke sign<br />
<br />
===Gas stations===<br />
<br />
Gas stations is Garthelgard's favorite hitchhiking spot because he gets to talk to a lot of different people.<br />
He believes in an active attitude consisting in striking up a conversation with drivers.<br />
In Europe, Garthelgard beleives in the use of a funny ice-breaker: he flashes his Tokyo sign at drivers and asks them "Excuse me, are you going to Tokyo today".<br />
The ice breaker is essential in order to break the whole "I don't-know-you-why-should-I-take-you-for-all-i-know-you-could-be-a-criminal" pattern.<br />
For Garthelgard, the second step consists in explaining his project ( who he is, where he is from, where he left, who took him before, why is he going to his destination, what he does for a living, why does he hitchhike) in order to reassure people and break the common stereotype of the hitchhiker<br />
<br />
==Why hitchhiking?==<br />
<br />
"It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont.<br />
<br />
Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me.<br />
I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to:<br />
*understand the effects of society on people<br />
*understand the impact of the media on people<br />
*understand the true nature of human beings<br />
*see the best coming out of people<br />
*share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal<br />
*to maintain a positive thinking<br />
*to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure<br />
<br />
I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. <br />
I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking experience==<br />
<br />
[[Europe]]: [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Danemark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Netherlands]], [[Sweden]].<br />
<br />
[[Asia]]: [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]].<br />
<br />
==Statistics==<br />
<br />
<b>10784 km</b></div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Garthelgard&diff=22888User:Garthelgard2008-07-25T13:24:14Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>==About Me==<br />
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[[Image:tokyohitch.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> [[Lille]] [[Tokyo]] :direct ride, May 2008]]<br />
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[[Image:momointokyo.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> The Tokyo Project and Momo, May 2008]]<br />
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[[Image:ludopascalandme.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> Pascal,Ludovic and me May 2008]]<br />
<br />
Garthelgard, Fabrice Renucci, currently owns an independent tour guide business and is starting to organize freelance documentary projects (see [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/?title=888_PROJECT#The_Documentary_Project Hitchhiking documentary]<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking philosophy==<br />
<br />
===On-ramps===<br />
<br />
Garthelgard believes in eye contact and either sticking out your thumb, holding a sign with your destination or a joke sign<br />
<br />
===Gas stations===<br />
<br />
Gas stations is Garthelgard's favorite hitchhiking spot because he gets to talk to a lot of different people.<br />
He believes in an active attitude consisting in striking up a conversation with drivers.<br />
In Europe, Garthelgard beleives in the use of a funny ice-breaker: he flashes his Tokyo sign at drivers and asks them "Excuse me, are you going to Tokyo today".<br />
The ice breaker is essential in order to break the whole "I don't-know-you-why-should-I-take-you-for-all-i-know-you-could-be-a-criminal" pattern.<br />
For Garthelgard, the second step consists in explaining his project ( who he is, where he is from, where he left, who took him before, why is he going to his destination, what he does for a living, why does he hitchhike) in order to reassure people and break the common stereotype of the hitchhiker<br />
<br />
==Why hitchhiking?==<br />
<br />
"It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont.<br />
<br />
Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me.<br />
I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to:<br />
*understand the effects of society on people<br />
*understand the impact of the media on people<br />
*understand the true nature of human beings<br />
*see the best coming out of people<br />
*share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal<br />
*to maintain a positive thinking<br />
*to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure<br />
<br />
I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. <br />
I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking experience==<br />
<br />
[[Europe]]: [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Danemark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Netherlands]], [[Sweden]].<br />
<br />
[[Asia]]: [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]].<br />
<br />
==Statistics==<br />
<br />
<b>10784 km</b></div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Garthelgard&diff=22887User:Garthelgard2008-07-25T13:21:31Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>==About Me==<br />
<br />
[[Image:tokyohitch.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> [[Lille]] [[Tokyo]] :direct ride, May 2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:momointokyo.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> The Tokyo Project and Momo, May 2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:ludopascalandme.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> Pascal,Ludovic and me May 2008]]<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking philosophy==<br />
<br />
===On-ramps===<br />
<br />
Garthelgard believes in eye contact and either sticking out your thumb, holding a sign with your destination or a joke sign<br />
<br />
===Gas stations===<br />
<br />
Gas stations is Garthelgard's favorite hitchhiking spot because he gets to talk to a lot of different people.<br />
He believes in an active attitude consisting in striking up a conversation with drivers.<br />
In Europe, Garthelgard beleives in the use of a funny ice-breaker: he flashes his Tokyo sign at drivers and asks them "Excuse me, are you going to Tokyo today".<br />
The ice breaker is essential in order to break the whole "I don't-know-you-why-should-I-take-you-for-all-i-know-you-could-be-a-criminal" pattern.<br />
For Garthelgard, the second step consists in explaining his project ( who he is, where he is from, where he left, who took him before, why is he going to his destination, what he does for a living, why does he hitchhike) in order to reassure people and break the common stereotype of the hitchhiker<br />
<br />
==Why hitchhiking?==<br />
<br />
"It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont.<br />
<br />
Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me.<br />
I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to:<br />
*understand the effects of society on people<br />
*understand the impact of the media on people<br />
*understand the true nature of human beings<br />
*see the best coming out of people<br />
*share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal<br />
*to maintain a positive thinking<br />
*to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure<br />
<br />
I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. <br />
I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking experience==<br />
<br />
[[Europe]]: [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Danemark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Netherlands]], [[Sweden]].<br />
<br />
[[Asia]]: [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]].<br />
<br />
==Statistics==<br />
<br />
<b>10784 km</b></div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Garthelgard&diff=22885User:Garthelgard2008-07-25T12:59:46Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>==About Me==<br />
<br />
[[Image:tokyohitch.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> [[Lille]] [[Tokyo]] :direct ride, May 2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:momointokyo.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> The Tokyo Project and Momo, May 2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:ludopascalandme.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> Pascal,Ludovic and me May 2008]]<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking philosophy==<br />
<br />
===On-ramps===<br />
<br />
Garthelgard believes in eye contact and either sticking out your thumb, holding a sign with your destination or a joke sign<br />
<br />
===Gas stations===<br />
<br />
Gas stations is Garthelgard's favorite hitchhiking spot because he gets to talk to a lot of different people <br />
<br />
==Why hitchhiking?==<br />
<br />
"It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont.<br />
<br />
Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me.<br />
I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to:<br />
*understand the effects of society on people<br />
*understand the impact of the media on people<br />
*understand the true nature of human beings<br />
*see the best coming out of people<br />
*share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal<br />
*to maintain a positive thinking<br />
*to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure<br />
<br />
I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. <br />
I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking experience==<br />
<br />
[[Europe]]: [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Danemark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Netherlands]], [[Sweden]].<br />
<br />
[[Asia]]: [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]].<br />
<br />
==Statistics==<br />
<br />
<b>10784 km</b></div>Garthelgardhttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Garthelgard&diff=22884User:Garthelgard2008-07-25T12:55:41Z<p>Garthelgard: </p>
<hr />
<div>==About Me==<br />
<br />
[[Image:tokyohitch.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> [[Lille]] [[Tokyo]] :direct ride, May 2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:momointokyo.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> The Tokyo Project and Momo, May 2008]]<br />
<br />
[[Image:ludopascalandme.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> Pascal,Ludovic and me May 2008]]<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking philosophy==<br />
<br />
==Why hitchhiking?==<br />
<br />
"It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont.<br />
<br />
Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me.<br />
I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to:<br />
*understand the effects of society on people<br />
*understand the impact of the media on people<br />
*understand the true nature of human beings<br />
*see the best coming out of people<br />
*share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal<br />
*to maintain a positive thinking<br />
*to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure<br />
<br />
I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. <br />
I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living.<br />
<br />
==Hitchhiking experience==<br />
<br />
[[Europe]]: [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Danemark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Netherlands]], [[Sweden]].<br />
<br />
[[Asia]]: [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]].<br />
<br />
==Statistics==<br />
<br />
<b>10784 km</b></div>Garthelgard