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Re: [OT] WWDC hotels for car-less people?
FROM : Pierre Bernard
DATE : Wed Apr 27 23:46:16 2005
There is a trick to riding the cable car. Just don't board at the start of the line. Walk up one block to Union Square and board there.
I am also at the other side of the world and it looks like I am not going to make it to WWDC this year :-(
BTW, outside the US there is priceline.co.uk
On Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at 11:35PM, Angela Brett <<email_removed>> wrote:
>>
>>Moreover the convention center is about 2 blocks from the cable car
>>which gets you all the way accross to Fisherman's Wharf in no time.
>
>I wouldn't say that... when I went on the cable car there was about
>an hour's wait to get on it, there are so many other tourists wanting
>to ride it. Perhaps it's better early in the morning or late in the
>evening (if it goes then) when you'd be most likely travelling
>between the conference centre and your hotel.
>
>I attempted to reply to the original post but I sent the email from
>the wrong address so it bounced. Other people have probably already
>said this by now but since I'm posting anyway, here's what that email
>said:
>
>Check out http://cocoadev.com/index.pl?WWDCSFHotels
>
>I'm also from the other side of the world (and I just moved to the other
>side of the world from there, but I'm still on the other side of the world
>from SF) so when I went to WWDC2004 I stayed at the extremely expensive
>Marriott to be sure that I was close by, and moved to Taylor Hotel at
>quarter of the price with free wireless internet as soon as the conference
>was over.
>
>Some people say priceline.com is good if you want a good deal, but I think
>you have to live in the USA to use that. I found HostelWorld.com
>useful, though you'd need to look at one of those map websites I can
>never remember the URL of.
>--
>Angela Brett
><email_removed>
>http://macintosh.geek.nz
>
>
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DATE : Wed Apr 27 23:46:16 2005
There is a trick to riding the cable car. Just don't board at the start of the line. Walk up one block to Union Square and board there.
I am also at the other side of the world and it looks like I am not going to make it to WWDC this year :-(
BTW, outside the US there is priceline.co.uk
On Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at 11:35PM, Angela Brett <<email_removed>> wrote:
>>
>>Moreover the convention center is about 2 blocks from the cable car
>>which gets you all the way accross to Fisherman's Wharf in no time.
>
>I wouldn't say that... when I went on the cable car there was about
>an hour's wait to get on it, there are so many other tourists wanting
>to ride it. Perhaps it's better early in the morning or late in the
>evening (if it goes then) when you'd be most likely travelling
>between the conference centre and your hotel.
>
>I attempted to reply to the original post but I sent the email from
>the wrong address so it bounced. Other people have probably already
>said this by now but since I'm posting anyway, here's what that email
>said:
>
>Check out http://cocoadev.com/index.pl?WWDCSFHotels
>
>I'm also from the other side of the world (and I just moved to the other
>side of the world from there, but I'm still on the other side of the world
>from SF) so when I went to WWDC2004 I stayed at the extremely expensive
>Marriott to be sure that I was close by, and moved to Taylor Hotel at
>quarter of the price with free wireless internet as soon as the conference
>was over.
>
>Some people say priceline.com is good if you want a good deal, but I think
>you have to live in the USA to use that. I found HostelWorld.com
>useful, though you'd need to look at one of those map websites I can
>never remember the URL of.
>--
>Angela Brett
><email_removed>
>http://macintosh.geek.nz
>
>
---
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Let me know: http://homepage.mac.com/I_love_my/
