< One memorable indignity - Claus mades us wear hideous yellow t-shirts in
the airport. It made us all easier to spot, but I felt like a real Bozo. I
sure as heck didn't fly in the thing. "I think Tom really liked his
T-shirt, though, and probably still wears it a lot." >
Dave,
How did you know that's my favorite t-shirt? In fact, I sleep in the thing
every night. Imagine the gold 6-gap t-shirt 2 years ago only much, much
more hideous.
On the subject of reserving hotel rooms, Hans is the person we should be
talking to. In 1999, he got the list of Des Peres hotels from Claus and
called the hotels direct and made his own reservations. There were rooms
available that were not blocked out for Claus. It helped that Hans speaks
pretty fluent French. Hans is planning to do PBP this year and I think he
would be willing to help us out. We should do this soon while rooms are
available. A hotel reservation can usually be cancelled with no penalty
(unlike a plane ticket which must be purchased and there are cancellation or
change penalties).
Who wants to stay with the GA Randon/Audax Atlanta crowd if we book direct
without Des Peres?
For you anciens out there . . . How many days before the start would you recommend planning to arrive in Paris? Any reason not to fly direct from Atlanta to...
Haynes, Davy
Davy.A.Haynes@...
Apr 2, 2003 7:57 pm
... I suppose it's feasible to arrive Sunday am and make the bike check on Sunday pm but that would leave most people still jet lagged by 10pm on Monday. If I...
Hi Davy, When I was racing, one of the things that affected me the most was the time changes and the effects of long trips in airplanes. I found that I would...
... I'd arrive Friday at the latest. ... No. ... Orly is closer to the start/finish and maybe easier to get around in than Roissy - CDG, but I don't think any ...
Roadkill
roadkill@...
Apr 2, 2003 9:28 pm
... David, I'm still looking into options, but here's the issue. You and Tom say that there are better alternatives to Des Peres, but then everybody says all...
... I didn't mean to make a positive statement about that, as I haven't gotten around to making any bookings. I just sugest you compare prices, that's all. If...
Roadkill
roadkill@...
Apr 2, 2003 10:02 pm
I find it hard to believe that a city the size of Atlanta has all it's rooms booked for an event that will have only 3500 entrants. Maybe for the hotels ...
Haynes, Davy
Davy.A.Haynes@...
Apr 2, 2003 10:28 pm
... If a ride were starting in Forest Park, would you want to stay in Roswell? ===== De l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace! David Bundrick...
Roadkill
roadkill@...
Apr 3, 2003 2:26 pm
No? But just like Claus a lot of other travel agents book rooms for their clients, package tours. etc. Paris is a big tourist destination. Good luck with your...
Cary Way
c.way@...
Apr 3, 2003 12:35 am
< One memorable indignity - Claus mades us wear hideous yellow t-shirts in the airport. It made us all easier to spot, but I felt like a real Bozo. I sure as...
<< Who wants to stay with the GA Randon/Audax Atlanta crowd if we book direct without Des Peres? >> Hi Tom. I'm in. Let me make two suggestions: 1) If Hans is...
... While I still must coordinate with She Who Must Be Obeyed, we're probably in, too. One thing I was looking at is maybe staying in a town on the RER line,...
Roadkill
roadkill@...
Apr 3, 2003 3:08 pm
from Mike Rachelson ... PBP starts in a village outside of Paris called Saint Quenten en Yvelines (I am sure I misspelled that) which is near Versailles....
Mrveloman@...
Apr 3, 2003 12:10 pm
I don't much care for yellow except for jerseys. Count me in on the AA hotel plan. Mark Wolff / Planning Technical Leader Mark.E.Wolff@... ...
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