| bcurtiswx | i got sponsorship :) woot woot | 15:49 |
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| maco | grats! | 16:05 |
| bcurtiswx | thx, now I have to study up on how overseas travel is.. since this will be my first time | 16:12 |
| maco | bring a book but make sure to sleep on the plane | 16:13 |
| maco | i recommend trying to force yourself to sleep on the plane at the time that would be bedtime in your target country | 16:13 |
| maco | (this worked well for me for barcelona. i went to sleep when it was like midnight or 1am spanish time so it shifted my clock) | 16:14 |
| bcurtiswx | maco, how will my passport experience be at the airport. Is it just hand them the passport and be on my way, or is there like 1 million questions? | 16:18 |
| maco | "why are you coming here?" "business" "ok" | 16:18 |
| maco | (valid answers are business or tourism) | 16:18 |
| maco | the worst part is waiting in line | 16:19 |
| bcurtiswx | does this all happen when i GET there? | 16:19 |
| maco | yes | 16:19 |
| maco | passport lines getting back into the US tend to be forever long | 16:19 |
| maco | passport lines getting into european countries seem to be a lot easier :P | 16:19 |
| bcurtiswx | so it'll be like any other day flying there, until i get there.. | 16:20 |
| maco | at which point, just make sure you have your passport in your carry on! | 16:20 |
| bcurtiswx | what about me being English and others being... well.. whatever the native language in Hungary is | 16:21 |
| maco | english is the language of tourism | 16:21 |
| maco | all the airports ive been to in europe, they had everything in $native and english | 16:21 |
| maco | (and thatd be hungarian, which is, btw, one of the hardest languages there is. 17 cases iirc, so ya know...3x as hard as latin) | 16:22 |
| maco | (and unrelated to practically every other language) | 16:22 |
| bcurtiswx | lol, OK | 16:22 |
| maco | its "language family" consists of it, finnish, and estonian | 16:23 |
| maco | so i think they're used to foreigners being totally clueless | 16:23 |
| maco | (whereas i think the italians are used to americans like me who smash spanish into being workable) | 16:24 |
| bcurtiswx | what about getting to the Hotel? and getting my keys and such for the Hotel... will i need to fight non-english people at the counter? | 16:24 |
| bcurtiswx | oh and phones, what should I get? | 16:25 |
| maco | people will be listing their flight info on the ubuntu wiki. you'll probably want to share a cab with another ubuntu person. if you can say the hotel name, you're fine | 16:25 |
| maco | i usually consider a week in europe to be an excuse to avoid phones :P | 16:26 |
| bcurtiswx | well, emergencies? | 16:26 |
| maco | a GSM phone will work, but if you use your american SIM itll be expensive. you can get prepaid SIMs there | 16:26 |
| maco | ive never bothered | 16:26 |
| maco | i have Verizon, so my phone's CDMA and can't work in europe, period | 16:27 |
| bcurtiswx | yes, i have VZ too | 16:27 |
| maco | verizon will allow you to rent an international phone | 16:27 |
| maco | i remember my dad did that when we went to europe for two weeks | 16:27 |
| bcurtiswx | im assuming a tracphone would be cheaper than that tho | 16:28 |
| maco | guess my attitude is: if i have an emergency in europe, what the hell are my american friends going to do about it? and i dont have #s to call here, so...?? | 16:28 |
| maco | as far as just keeping in touch with your fiance... skype/IM | 16:29 |
| bcurtiswx | yeah, im guessing the hotel will have free internet for the Ubuntu people | 16:30 |
| maco | oh i guess you should know that the emergency phone number for (afaik) everywhere not-USA is 999 (not 911) | 16:30 |
| maco | yep, thats always part of the deal | 16:30 |
| bcurtiswx | will the room i stay in have that? or should I only expect it in the conference area? | 16:31 |
| bcurtiswx | like the US hotels do | 16:31 |
| maco | oooh wait nope. in the EU it's 112 | 16:31 |
| maco | not sure about in rooms. hotel lobby tends to have free wifi negotiated for our week | 16:31 |
| maco | i *think* in dallas it was free-in-lobby and also free-in-room-outside-of-9-to-5 to keep people from going back to their room during sessions | 16:32 |
| bcurtiswx | maco, thx. Do I need to get some hungarian currency? | 17:45 |
| maco | austria uses euro, so i imagine hungary does too | 17:45 |
| bcurtiswx | what meals (if any) are provided? | 17:46 |
| maco | breakfast if you wake up early enough and lunch | 17:47 |
| maco | afterward you can submit a reimbursement request for taxis + dinner | 17:47 |
| maco | they'll tell you what the per diem is | 17:47 |
| maco | you need receipts for taxi to/from hotel | 17:47 |
| maco | the per diem (to cover dinner, possibly public transit to/from restaurant) is honour-system | 17:47 |
| maco | i think it was $27/day in orlando | 17:48 |
| bcurtiswx | that you won't make it pricey... yeah.. i know how that is | 17:48 |
| maco | so you could claim $27 each day whether youd spent it or not, which...ya know... | 17:48 |
| bcurtiswx | why not... | 17:49 |
| bcurtiswx | i always do when i travel domestically | 17:49 |
| maco | i actually didnt fill in reimbursement forms for any of the UDSes i went to | 17:49 |
| maco | i figured i wouldve eaten dinner regardless | 17:49 |
| * bcurtiswx wonders how many euros i'd need | 18:01 | |
| maco | i tookd 250€ when i went to barcelona | 18:07 |
| maco | it was Travelex's smallest number that you could get and be able to return leftovers with no fees | 18:08 |
| maco | i used most of it, though i still have a small stash of euros in my drawer | 18:08 |
| maco | wait thats not right | 18:08 |
| maco | i took $250-worth of euro | 18:08 |
| maco | so like 200€ | 18:09 |
| bcurtiswx | lol, OK | 18:13 |
| maco | at the time that was probably more like 150€ | 18:14 |
| maco | yay exchange rates | 18:14 |
| bcurtiswx | who's the most fun to hang out with? | 18:18 |
| maco | i usually hang out with the kubuntu team | 18:19 |
| maco | i tried hanging out with the kernel team the first time i went to uds, but... i get a bit much of a "little girl, go away" vibe from someone on there, and many of them are a bit crass... | 18:20 |
| bcurtiswx | I'd say I'd hang out with the Desktop Team, but im sure that won't happen | 18:20 |
| bcurtiswx | at least I've talked with om26er abotu hanging out | 18:22 |
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