[eurolisp] ELS'08 News!

[Pascal Costanza]

On 25 Mar 2008, at 07:36, Marco Antoniotti wrote:
>
> On Mar 25, 2008, at 01:14 , Pascal Bourguignon wrote:
>> Marco Antoniotti writes:
>>>
>>> On Mar 22, 2008, at 10:27 , Robert Strandh wrote:
>>>> Marco Antoniotti writes:
>>>>> ... a little search would make a trip either through Frankfurt or
>>>>> Paris the best bets.
>>>>
>>>> Of course it depends on where you are coming from, but Amsterdam  
>>>> and
>>>> London are also possible, and Amsterdam is a nicer airport than
>>>> Paris.
>>>
>>>
>>> I am coming from west of Milan.   The best would be is SNCF had a
>>> serious east-west line.  But they don't.
>>
>> There are TGV's going east-west, thru Toulouse to Bordeaux.  Perhaps
>> you'll have to change at Avignon, but if you want to go from Milan to
>> Bordeaux in train, you don't need to go thru Paris.
>
> Well, from Milan the best is to get to Chambery and Lyon and then  
> west from there.  The SNCF site only gives me routes though Paris  
> though.  No Toulouse route is shown.  Would going via Nice be a  
> possibility?
> In any case it looks the plane is still the best bet.
>
>> Now, if you want to finance a tunnel thru the Massif Central (and
>> round the volcans), I'm sure the SNCF wouldn't mind the subvention.
>
> Come on.  A new huge tunnel will be carved through the Alps soon.  A  
> third of the money comes from the French side.  Just throw in a few  
> more euros and get past those hills you call the Massif Central :)   
> Besides, I think these projects should be financed directly by our  
> beyond-the-Channel friends. :)

Hey, the budget for ELS is not that large yet... ;)


Pascal

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