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Revision as of 22:54, 11 July 2008
note: fine for me ! --Robino 18:16, 11 July 2008 (CEST)
[Fabrice] edited this today: 17:44, 11 July 2008 (CEST)
Feel free to use this press-release to your own local/ national context. You can distribute it to radio stations, tv, magazines, newspapers, etc.
English
A hundred hitchhikers to take part in European Hitchhiking Day
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.
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.
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.
"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 Renucci, one of the event organizers who will be departing from Yerevan, Armenia.
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.
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.
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TRANSLATION IN PROGRESS
Une centaine d’autostoppeurs participent a la semaine Europeenne de l'autostop.
Le 8 aout 2008 et jusqu'a une semaine avant le debut du projet, plus d'une centaine d’autostoppeurs feront equipe pour faire du stop jusqu’a Paris dans le but de promouvoir l’idee de faire de l’autostop. Les participants feront du stop d’aussi loin que d'Armenie, de Russie et de Finlande. D’autres points de depart incluent Utrecht, Bruxelles, Berlin, Barcelone, Geneve, Rome, Athenes, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.
Ce projet montre que la communaute de l’autostop est toujours en activite. Chaque annee, des milliers de personnes voyagent dans le monde entier en stop and dans certains pays cette pratique reste un veritable moyen de transport.
La semaine 2008 sera le premier grand evenement dans l’histoire de l’autostop. Le but est de montrer au public qu’il peut s’averer etre interessant de prendre un autstoppeur, de partager leur voiture et d’echanger des histories. Un des participants s’est meme fixe le but de visiter toutes les capitals Europeennes avant d’arriver a Paris le 8 aout. Lorsque un couple quinquagenaire Australien, When a retired couple from Australia heard about this idea they decided to also take part in this adventure during their European trip.
“J'adore faire de l'autostop! C'est mon moyen de locomotion prefere car c'est une maniere efficace de rencontrer de bonnes personnes et d’echanger des histoires. C;est formidable de s'apercevoir a quel point les gens peuvent s’entraider. Parfois, ils vous deposent meme devant votre porte d’entrée ou vous invitent a dinner” affirme Fabrice Renucci, un des organisateurs de l’evenement qui partira de Yerevan en Armenie.
La semaine Europeenne de l'autostop a egalement inspiree un documentaire. Il y a au moins cinq equi[es d'autostoppeurs There are at least five teams of hitchhikers with filmcamera's joining the tour, filming their adventures from wherever to Paris. Other participants will be combining this with their photos, journals, short movies, radio-recordings, and other art-forms to express their experiences, bringing together one joint expression of their love for this way of travel.
La journee Europeenne de l'autostop sera egalement documentee. Il y a au moins cinq equipes d'autostoppeurs
Journalistes: libre a vous de suivre la journee europeenne de l'autostop. Vous pouvez rejoindre des autostoppeurs experimentes, il y a des meeting preparatoires auxquels vous pouvez assister, vous pouvez suivre un autostoppeur qui voyagera de loin ou encore telephoner a un groupe d'autostoppeur pendant leur voyage.
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