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{{888}}[[Image:888_signs.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A small collection of the [[Paris]] [[signs]] for the [[Project 888]] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered and camped in front of the Eiffel Tower.]] <div style= "border: 1px dotted blue; padding:5px; margin-left: 275px; margin-right:auto; width: 500px;">* The gathering was a great success, and next year will see a sequence to it: [[789]]. * Help editing the posts-888 news-letter: [[Project 888/Newsletter]] * Write your own [[888/Evaluation|888-Evaluation]] * 8/8/8 over 150 hitchhikers arrived; and more are still on their way =* 7/8/8 It's happening! 20 hitchers arrived 1 day ahead of time. Just imagine 8/8/8</div>
==Hitchhike to Paris on 888, August 8th, 2008...08/08/2008...888==
On the 8th of August over a hundred people (and counting) will join up to hitchhike to Paris from different places around Europe and further. Join this event with fellow hitchhikers, for an amazing adventure and a great weekend in Paris. Show up, and [[Sign Up Page|sign up]] for this event and [[Project 888/Volunteer|help]] organising it.
[[Image:080808poster.jpg|thumb|right|234px|HITCHHIKE TO PARIS WITH US]]
==Meet-Up==
We welcome the Paris community to host us hitchhikers, coming to Paris on 888. Please come to Champs de Mars [http://turl.ca/888 here] and join in to welcome us!
==Coordinate!==
The '''888 Project''' seeks to ask you to hitchhike from all corners of Europe and beyond (whether from [[Belfast]], [[Istanbul]], [[Helsinki]] or [[Lisbon]]) to arrive at the Eiffel Tower - this world-renowned French lighthouse - in [[Paris]] on 888, August 8th, 2008. Participate in the first European Hitchhiking Week and Day and take part in the open space day on Saturday: "How to live a nomad-life", on hitchhiking, sustainable travel and hospitality exchange, with games, workshops, skill-sharing and knowledge exchange.
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* Participate to make the first European Hitchhiking Week a successuccess!
* Get hitchhiking recognized as a real means of transportation!
* Inspire other people to hitchhike!
* Share your skills with others and inspire!
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'''Things to do:'''
* Organise a local [[Project 888/Meetings|Project 888 Meeting]] in your country or city to team up with hitchhikers. Use an [[888_PROJECT_Meetings|invitation]], and adapt it to your local context, organise a location (your home, your host's home, a local bar, etc), invite other people through your favourite [[Finding_accommodation#Hospitality_exchange_networks|hospitality exchange]] community, etc, and ''[http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Meetings&action=edit add] your meeting''.