Re: Feedback needed for April 2015 face-to-face location by *January 27, 2015*

Thanks, Charles, Paul.

Very interesting. A quick look at CheapFlights.com suggests U.S. East
Coast to Spain is about twice the fare to SEA, but the strong dollar,
and the low hotel, transport, and probably food costs might well make
this a break even proposition on cost--at least for those of us on the
U.S. East Coast.

I've also taken the liberty to share this WBS and info with Lisa Seeman,
who is the Facilitator of PF's Cognitive A11y TF. They're looking to
hold their first F2F, and have wanted to piggy-back on HTML/Web Apps
plans. I'm presuming their needs, no more than 20 people, would be
possible either place?

Janina

Charles Nevile writes:
> 21.01.2015, 02:46, "chaals@yandex-team.ru" <chaals@yandex-team.ru>:
> > 21.01.2015, 02:26, "Janina Sajka" <janina@rednote.net>:
> >>  For those of us not as familiar with Spain as with Seattle, what are the
> >>  travel implications? Does one fly to Barcelona? Or Madrid? Then what?
> >
> > Fly to Barcelona.
> >
> > You need to get to the Barcelona Sants station (the main long-distance station). There is a train from the airport (€4, allow half an hour), you can take a taxi (€20 - €25),
> 
> Whoops: 
> 
>  or there is a trick that airport staff use, taking a bus then train to save a euro and a few minutes - see http://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/en/airport/barcelona-airport-transfer.html if you are flying into Terminal 1.
> 
> Thanks Paul for noticing.
> 
> cheers
> 
> > Then you take the AVE (long distance high-speed train) to Zaragoza station. It's a shade under 2 hours, goes regularly, and one-way economy fare is around €10 from http://www.renfe.es
> >
> > The venue and onsite accommodation are connected to the station by a walkway.
> >
> > If you're not staying there, the nearest hotel is 4 stars, about €65 / night on booking.com when I looked today, and 200 metres away. The centre of the historic town centre (roman theater, cathedral, etc) is about 1 3/4 miles. Expect to pay about €50 for a 3-star hotel in the centre, about €120 for 5 stars with spa, pool, sauna, gym, etc.
> >
> > There is good public transport, taxis are cheap, safe and reliable, and there is a city-wide bicycle hire system (the centre of the city is basically flat).
> >>  A shortexposition of these details would be helpful, at least for me.
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > cheers
> >>  So, TIA!
> >>
> >>  Janina
> >>
> >>  Charles Nevile writes:
> >>>   21.01.2015, 01:40, "Philippe Le Hegaret" <plh@w3.org>:
> >>>>   All,
> >>>>
> >>>>   We are fortunate enough to have two proposed locations for the HTML and
> >>>>   Web Applications face-to-face meeting in the week of April 13-17, 2015.
> >>>>   Your feedback will help us picking the location.
> >>>>
> >>>>   1. Redmond, WA, USA (Hosted by Microsoft):
> >>>>   2. Zaragoza, Spain (Hosted by Yandex)
> >>>   Actually it is hosted by the Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza - the local city council, who have been a member for a decade and do serious work following what happens at W3C and implementing it. I just asked around for hosts, and passed on their (immediate and very generous) offer.
> >>>
> >>>   cheers
> >>>
> >>>   Chaals
> >>>
> >>>   --
> >>>   Charles McCathie Nevile - web standards - CTO Office, Yandex
> >>>   chaals@yandex-team.ru - - - Find more at http://yandex.com
> >>  --
> >>
> >>  Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200
> >>                          sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net
> >>                  Email: janina@rednote.net
> >>
> >>  Linux Foundation Fellow
> >>  Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org
> >>
> >>  The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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> >
> > --
> > Charles McCathie Nevile - web standards - CTO Office, Yandex
> > chaals@yandex-team.ru - - - Find more at http://yandex.com
> 
> --
> Charles McCathie Nevile - web standards - CTO Office, Yandex
> chaals@yandex-team.ru - - - Find more at http://yandex.com

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Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200
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  Email: janina@rednote.net

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Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org

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Received on Wednesday, 21 January 2015 00:37:23 UTC