Project 888/Newsletter

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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

Local meetings and routes
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>.

Arriving in Paris
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.

Accommodation / camping
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>.

Things we need:

  • you to bring a tent
  • big army-tents
  • potentially some cooking material

Accommodation / being hosted
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.

Accommodation / third option?
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.

Documentary about Hitchhiking
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!

Open Space Day: Living a Nomadic Life.
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.

Contact details
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:

Fabrice Renucci: Email: [email protected] Cell Phone: +33 (0)612871824 http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/garthelgard

Robino : Email: [email protected] Cell Phone: +31(0)626071803 http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/robino https://www.bewelcome.org/member.php?cid=robino

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