Folks from other countries (funnily enough including France ;) ) are planning to take the Trenhotel from Paris to Madrid to get to Debconf so lets join up with them. Good info on what it's actually like at What's the Trenhotel like

Shall we move this page to the Debconf wiki?

Afaict the tickets are available 90 days or 3 months in advance so to get the cheapest fares we should be booking around the end of April. Group discount are possible for groups over 20 people.

Wed 22nd July 19:46 Paris Austerlitz Thur 23rd July 09:10 Madrid Chamartin

Who

From/To

Out Date

Return Date

Comments

bubulle (Christian Perrier)

Paris

21st

31st

Wookey

Cambridge, UK

22nd

not returning to UK

Ian Jackson

Cambridge, UK

22nd

30th

Nick Bane

Cambridge, UK

22nd

31st

Daniel Glassey

Cambridge?

Kurt Roeckx

Brussels

15th/16th

Martin (debacle)

Berlin

Will hopefully use the nighttrain Berlin-Paris and the Trenhotel Paris-Madrid with another person. Couples get 35% discount on the Trenhotel!

How about a matrix of train times vs dates? These are based on times for dates at the end of May for Madrid Puerta de Atocha (where I assume we'll all pass through no matter where we're coming from at earlier points) to Caceres, and back again:

21st

22nd

Thursday 23rd

07:40 -> 11:40

09:55 -> 13:49

Ian Jackson, Wookey, Nick Bane?

16:40 -> 20:02

JonathanMcDowell (will get 19:07 with Neil if no one else on this train)

19:07 -> 23:00

Neil Williams

21:40 -> 01:51

And back:

Friday 31st

05:08 -> 09:43

06:46 -> 10:55

09:25 -> 12:51

JonathanMcDowell, Neil Williams

14:36 -> 18:45

16:02 -> 19:56