# CouchDesign Collaboration journey to France

Mid November 2017 we go to France
to attend a conference,
visit friends,
and establish new friendships.

Interests:
We are both involved in Free Software,
with a special interest in [design][] and [customized][blends] systems.

Travel:
We enjoy the pace of train rides,
and like it for environmental reasons too.
This journey is done using Interrail tickets.
Thanks to Purism for sponsoring Jonas' travel costs!

Hosting:
We much prefer visiting our friends privately,
and bring sleeping bags.
Thanks to Francois and his family for hosting in Southern France,
to Brice and his family for hosting in Paris,
and to Kurt and Gabi for hosting in Gütersloh.

Plans currently look like this:

* **Nov 16 09:20 - 22:07**
  Ferry+train ride to [Gütersloh][][♦][Gütersloh OSM].
    * Visit Kurt and Gabi.
* **Nov 17 06:51 - 21:11**
  Train ride to [Toulouse][][♦][Toulouse OSM].
    * *Jan 18 10:30 - 21:30* [MiniDebconf Toulouse][] at [ENSEEIHT][][♦][ENSEEIHT OSM]
    * *Jan 19 10:30 - 16:00* MiniDebconf Toulouse
  Train ride to [Sainte-Bazeille][][♦][Sainte-Bazeille OSM].
* **Nov 19**
  Ride to [Sainte-Bazeille][][♦][Sainte-Bazeille OSM].
    * Visit [François][].
* **Nov 22**
  Train ride to [Paris][][♦][Paris OSM].
* **Nov 22 - Nov 23**
  Train+ferry ride to Orø; Siri.
* **Nov 22**
  Metro ride to [Montrouge][][♦][Montrouge OSM]; Jonas.
* **Dec 02**
  Train ride to [Gütersloh][][♦][Gütersloh OSM]; Jonas.
    * Visit Kurt and Gabi.
* **Dec 10**
  Train+ferry ride to Orø; Jonas.

The journey is not a holiday:
Our work with customers in Denmark continue as usual,
via internet.

[design]: <https://wiki.debian.org/Design/>
  "Debian Design - improving Debian for designers"

[blends]: <https://wiki.debian.org/DebianPureBlends#Terminology>
  "Debian Pure Blends - subset of Debian configured for a target group"

[Gütersloh]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gütersloh>
  "Gütersloh on Wikipedia"

[Gütersloh OSM]: <http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/138119>
  "Gütersloh on OpenStreetMap"

[Toulouse]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toulouse>
  "Toulouse on Wikipedia"

[Toulouse OSM]: <http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1649040>
  "Toulouse on OpenStreetMap"

[MiniDebconf Toulouse]: <https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/fr/2017/Toulouse>
  "MiniDebconf Toulouse on Debian wiki"

[ENSEEIHT]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENSEEIHT>
  "École nationale supérieure d'électrotechnique, d'électronique, d'informatique, d'hydraulique et des télécommunications (ENSEEIHT) on Wikipedia"

[ENSEEIHT OSM]: <http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/22634781>
  "École nationale supérieure d'électrotechnique, d'électronique, d'informatique, d'hydraulique et des télécommunications (ENSEEIHT) on OpenStreetMap"

[François]: <https://puri.sm/about/team/#francoist>
  "François Téchené, Director of Creative, Purism"

[Sainte-Bazeille]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Bazeille>
  "Sainte-Bazeille on Wikipedia"

[Sainte-Bazeille OSM]: <http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/73939>
  "Sainte-Bazeille on OpenStreetMap"

[Montrouge]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montrouge>
  "Montrouge on Wikipedia"

[Montrouge OSM]: <http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/37026>
  "Montrouge on OpenStreetMap"