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The 888 Project seeks to ask all Europeans to hitchhike from all corners of the European continent (whether it is from Belfast, Istanbul, Helsinki or Lisbon) to arrive at the Eiffel Tower-this world-renowned French lighthouse-in Paris on 888...August 8th, 2008.
*We need you to take part and organize this official European Hitchhiking Event to Paris from every single country in Europe.
*We need you == Hitchhike to succeed 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 get hitchhiking recognized as a genuine means of transportationgreat weekend in Paris. Show up, and [[project 888|sign up]] for this event and [[Project 888/Volunteer|help]] organising it.
*We need you to convince people to hitchhike and pick up hitchhikers.
Hitchhike to Paris on 888...August 8th, 2008...08/08/2008...888
==Why arriving at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris?==
===The History [[File:888_signs.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A small collection of the [[Paris]] [[signs]] for the [[Project 888 Project]] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered and camped in front of the Eiffel Tower.]] ==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!
The reason why the finish line We will gather in front of the Eiffel Tower, at this [http://turl.ca/888 project was set up at exact location]: from anytime during the Palais de Tokyo is partly because of the story associated with the name Tokyoday until around 23:00 (or later even maybe).Before the 888 project was organized, there were a large number We are still calling for adventurous hosts from Paris to show up and spontaneously host all of signs regarding Tokyo:us - but you might want to bring your tent!
On December 2nd, 2007, Pascal Dumont __TOC__The '''888 Project''' seeks to ask you to hitchhike from all corners of Europe and Fabrice Renuccibeyond (whether from [[Belfast]], respectively from Quebec and France[[Istanbul]], drew a "[[Tokyo|TOKYOHelsinki]] 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 sign to get back to Lille, France from Rotterdamsustainable travel and hospitality exchange, with games, workshops, the Netherlands..skill-sharing and knowledge exchange.
====The Palais de Tokyo Hitchhiking Race====
On December 3rd, 2007, a Dutch artist called his two friends Pascal Dumond and Fabrice Renucci and told them that their Tokyo hitchhiking sign had inspired him to create a Hitchhiking Race to the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. His idea was actually to tell people that it was race to Tokyo, Japan before telling them that it was actually going to be organized in Paris.
On December 4th, 2007, the Dutch artist was offered three plane tickets to "Tokyo" from a friend of his. He gave Fabrice and Pascal a call around 2 a.m. asking them to call him back before 10a.m. if they wanted to go to Tokyo with him. Fabrice did not check his messages before noon. As for Pascal, he actually checked his voicemail shortly after 2 a.m. but did not call back Erik since he was sure that it was a joke (especially after the previous two events)[[File:080808poster.jpg|thumb|right|234px|HITCHHIKE TO PARIS]]
===The Eiffel Tower on 888...August 8th, 2008...08/08/2008===
The location of the Eiffel Tower is prefect because every single hitchhiker will be able to see it from every corner of the city.
====The Speeches====
Once the European hitchhikers will have arrived== The Program ==[[File:logo888.jpg|thumb|left|234px|888 Project logo by Laris(s)a, the three organizershttp://www.laris-s-Pascal Dumond, Fabrice Renucci and Guillaume Mouton--will address a.com" (with inspiration from Luis Pacheco)]]Here's the hitchhikers.program so far:
*Hitchhiking'''FRIDAY EVENING'''
This address will be followed by * Meeting under/ in front of the speech of Ludovic Hubler Eiffel Tower until late (www.ludovichubler.comyou know how we will look like), a Frenchman who has just come back from a five-year hitchhiking journey around the world[http://turl. ca/888 here]During his trip, Ludovic organized conferences in more than 200 schools* Meet, met a large number of NGOs exchange stories and organized some international events play [[Project 888/Games|Games]]* Move to create a network between themcamp-ground or host.
*The Sustainable Side of the Project'''SATURDAY'''
The three organizers are also part of an French association called Nature Propre (www* [[Project 888/Workshops|Open-Space Day]] starting at 11:00.natureTheme: "How to live a nomad-propre.org)life". The association aims at promoting On hitchhiking, sustainable development through a certain number of programs travel and hospitality exchange, with games, workshops, skill-sharing and the 888 project is one of the key projects of Nature Propreknowledge exchange.Guillaume Mouton and Thomas Chretiennot will deliver a speech about the substainable side attached Place yet to be determined, possibly [http://turl.ca/888 here], same place as the projectFriday meet-up.
==The checkpoint cities=='''SUNDAY'''
The goal of the checkpoint cities is to help hitchhikers through their journey through evening meetings and having volunteers on * Brunch starting at 1pm at Parc des Buttes de Chaumond (?), or same place as the spot every at dawn.The goal of having several rings is to ensure that we help hitchhikers to progressively get to Paris in all safety.Friday meet-up?
*The Morning Volunteers== Speeches ==
There These 'speeches'/ workshops will be volunteers helping hitchhikers leave any given city on any given ring form an integral part of the [[Project 888/Workshops|open space day]] on the actual hitchhiking spot at dawn. The volunteers will provide hitchhikers with tips and adviceSaturday (in progress).
Every evening, in any given city, there [[File:ludo.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Ludovic Hubler]]* HitchhikingThis address will be an evening meetingfollowed by the speech of [http://ludovichubler.People com Ludovic Hubler] (a Frenchman who do not have any accomodation and find has just come back from a place to stayfive-year hitchhiking journey around the world.Hitchhikers can exchange good stories During his trip, Ludovic organized conferences in more than 200 schools, met a large number of NGOs and share tips and adviceorganized some international events to create a network between them.
Please write down your name next to your city * The Sustainable Side of the ProjectA French association called [http://www.nature-propre.org Nature Propre] supports the projectThe association aims at promoting sustainable development through a certain number of programs and the 888 project is one of the key projects of Nature Propre.Guillaume Mouton and mention whether you would like Thomas Chretiennot will deliver a speech about the substainable side attached to be a morning volunteer or a meeting organizer:the project.
*If you are a morning volunteer you can then edit the information regarding the spot hitchhikers have to leave from and how to get there== The checkpoint cities ==
*If you We are a meeting organizerhitching from different locations, you can then edit see here an overview of the meeting details once you click on your city[[Project 888/Cities]], categorized according to distance from Paris. In some of the cities we hold [[Project 888/Meetings]] in the week towards the 8th of August.
* [[888 PROJECT StFile:images. Petersburgjpg|left|thumb|234px|]] (3000km)* [[888 PROJECT Athens]] (2955km)* [[888 PROJECT Moscow]] (2847km)* [[888 PROJECT Odessa]] (2763km)* [[888 PROJECT Istanbul]] (2700km)* [[888 PROJECT Tirana]] (2585km)
===Start on 488...August 4th, 2008...Ring 2 (2000 to 2500Ks away)===
* [[888 PROJECT Tallinn]] (2565km)Early August 2008. Radek, Pascal, Martin and Lily* [[888 PROJECT Chisinau ]] (2512km)embarked on a hitchhiking adventure to Paris. One common goal united them:* [[888 PROJECT Kalamaria]] (2497km)to arrive under the Eiffel Tower on August 8th to be part of the first European* [[888 PROJECT Kiev]] (2438km)* [[888 PROJECT Helsinki]] (2341km)* [[888 PROJECT Tampere]] (2334km)* [[888 PROJECT Bucharest]] (2304km)* [[888 PROJECT Skopje]] (2286km)* [[888 PROJECT Riga]] (2256km)* [[888 PROJECT Sofia]] (2242km)* [[888 PROJECT Sarajevo]] (2241km)* [[888 PROJECT Pristina]] (2205km)* [[888 PROJECT Minsk]] (2205km)* [[888 PROJECT Belgrade]] (2163km)Hitchhiking Week.
===Start on 588Martin, [the Suit] decided to dress up to increasehis chances from Copenhagen.Radek, [the Philosopher] opted forstarting from Spanish country roads to embrace mother nature and escape thesmells of large motorways.Pascal, [the all worked out Quebequois], resolvedto hitch rides all the way from Asia to make it a little bit moreinteresting.August 5thLily, 2008.[the first-timer] hoped she would not become theprey of some ill-intentioned male counterparts ..Ring 3 (1500 to 2000Ks away)===
===Start on 688* [http://no-comment...August 6th, 2008...Ring 4 (1000 to 1500Ks away)===dk/_Blog/paris More information]
* [[Porto]] (1577km)* [[Krakow]] (1536km)* [[Gdansk]] (1525km)* [[Göteborg]] (1515km)* [[Budapest]] (1484km)* [[Rome]] (1437km)* [[Zagreb]] (1396km)* [[Bratislava]] (1311km)* [[Madrid]] (1262km)* [[Ljubljana]] (1253km)* [[Wien]] (1237km)* [[Copenhagen]] (1212km)* [[Liverpool]] (791km +1 boat)== How to hitchhike out of Paris? ==
===Start on 788...August 7th, 2008..Check the page about [[Paris]] to find spots to leave the city.Ring 5 (500 to 1000Ks away)===
* [[Berlin]] (1053km)* [[Prague]] (1046km)* [[Barcelona]] (1038km)* [[Salzburg]] (987km)* [[Hamburg]] (890km)* [[Milano]] (851km)* [[Munich]] (841km)* [[Toulouse]] (763km)* [[Marseille]] (776km)* [[Stuttgart]] (624km)* [[London]] (421km + 1 boat)Alternative resources:
* [[Zürich]] (590km)* [[Bordeaux]] (585km)* [[Geneve]] (540km)* [[Amsterdam]] (503km)* [[Köln]] (490km)* [[Utrecht]] (471km)* [[Lyon]] (465km)* [[Rotterdam]] (449km)* [[Liege]] (374km)* [[Luxemburg]] (366km)* [[Rennes]] (366km)* [[Brussels]] (312km)* [[Lille]] (226km)== Sign Up Now ==
=== Long-Distance Hitchhiking: Starting from more than 3000ks away===[[Project 888|Sign Up Page]]
You can of course start your European hitchhiking event from further away than the 6th RING. You are free to start from wherever you want. ==Help from Paris on 888Contact Us Now == ===Hosting=== We need to contact the Paris community in order to host all the Europeans who are coming to Paris on 888 If you cannot find a host through [http://www.couchsurfing.com Couchsurfing], [httpFile://www.hospitalityclub8888.org Hospitality Clubjpg|thumb|right|300px|early logo sketch] or [http://www.bewelcome.org BeWelcome] then: Please register on the [[I Need A Place To Stay Sign Up Page]] if you are looking for a place feel free to stay Please register on the [[I Can Host Hitchhikers Sign Up Page]] contact us if you live in Paris and you are willing wish to host people. ===Call Center=== This subgroup was designed bring your help to find 2 teams who can work on D-Day- 888- to answer hitchhikers' phonecalls.What these two teams will need to do to help the 8 8 8 project: * Have a landline phone number -Be at home on the 8.8.8 throughout the whole day and evening * Know the hitchhiking spots on a circumference of 200 ks around Paris * Know the Paris transportation system so that the hitchhikers who are lost can easily reach the Palais de Tokyo * Have a list of people who can host (they do not necessarily need to be on C.S. on H.C.* we will establish this list and send it to the two teams) Please register on the [[I Want To Volunteer For The Call Center Team 1 Sign Up Page]] or the [[I Want To Volunteer For The Call Center Team 2 Sign Up Page]] if you would like to volunteer in one of our teams. ==How to hitchhike out of Paris?==
You can find all the spots to leave the city on the following page:See Fabrice Renucci- renucci.fabrice [[Paris]at]gmail.com+(33)678627985
==Register Now==[[User:Robino|Robino]]
You can register on the [[Sign Up Page]] to take part in the Hitchhiking Event. You can register on the [[Long-Distance Hitchhikers Sign Up Page]] if you will a hitchhiking from further away than 3000ks ==Contact Us Now== Please feel free to contact us if you wish to bring your help to the project:Dieuwke
Pascal Dumont - dumont_376 [at[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]] hotmail.com+(33)623628247
Fabrice Renucci- fabrice.renucci [at[fr:Projet 888]] hotmail.fr+(33)950102285+(33)612871824[[Category:Hitchgathering]]
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{{888}}<!--<kaltura-widget size='M' align='R' kwid='ZDZsdTAyOWpoY3w2ODF8NjgxMDB8UGFyaXMgTWF0Y2ggUmVwb3J0fHhyNW5yazRuMDh8NTlhYTFiMWRmZQ==' />--><div style="border: 1px dotted blue; padding:5px; margin-left: 75px; margin-right:auto; width: 500px;">* The gathering was a great success, and next year will see a sequel to it: [[789]]. * Check out the post-888 [[Project==888/Newsletter|newsletter]] * Fill in your [[888/Evaluation|888-Evaluation]]* Read the [[888/Reports|reports]] from participants / Write your own* 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>
====The Tokyo Hitchhiking Sign==Coordinate! ==
<div style====The free Tokyo plane tickets===="border: 1px dotted blue; padding:5px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right:auto; width: 500px;">* Participate to make the first European Hitchhiking Week a success!* Get hitchhiking recognized as a real means of transportation!* Inspire other people to hitchhike!* Have drivers pick up hitchhikers! * Share your skills with others and inspire!</div>
'''Things to do:'''*The OrganizersOrganise a local [[Project 888/Meetings|Project 888 Meeting]] in your country or city to team up with hitchhikers. Use an [[project 888/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''. * Translate the [[project 888/Press|press-release]] and ''spread'' it.* Help organising events in Paris:** read [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=199&post=1285236 this e-mail]** Find a nice open spot for the Saturday where we can meet and exchange workshops** Think of what you would like to learn and share on Saturday during the [[Project 888/Workshops|Open Space]] day''' ''Check the [[Project 888/Volunteer]] pages for coordination and to see how you can help making 888 a success !'' '''* Design/ read the [[Project 888/Newsletter|latest newsletters]]
*The Evening MeetingsOrganizersOnce the European hitchhikers will have arrived, the organizers will address the hitchhikers.
Sign up in the cities you depart form or arrive. You can use the [[Project 888/Cities]]-page. '''We also [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367 discuss] different routes.'''
===Start on 388...August 3rd, 2008...Ring 1 (2500 to 3000Ks away)=Paris 8 8 8- The Film ==
* [[Vilniushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sufvptk_5lI Trailer]] (2062km)* [[Lviv]] (1891km)* [[Stockholm]] (1860km)* [[Timisoara]] (1814km)* [[Oslo]] (1809km)* [[Lisbon]] (1739km)* [[Sevilla]] (1729km)* [[Napoli]] (1635km)* [[Warsaw]] (1600km)* [[Dublin]] (872km + 2 BOATS)* [[Belfast]] (1111km + 2 BOATS)* [[Edinburg]] (1051km + 1 BOAT)* [[Glasgow]] (1054km + 1BOAT)
* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=ger&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D==Start on 888169 Hitchbase]* [http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/HHGTE.html Bernd Wechner]* [http://www.bugeurope.com/paris/gta.html Bug Europe]* [http://www.routard.com/guide_voyage_page/26/emplacements_strategiques.August 8th, 2008htm Routard]* http://hitching.free.fr/autostop/wakka.Ring 6 (less than 500Ks away)==php?wiki=EnglishVersion* http://home.wanadoo.nl/agghanebbah/navigator/france/paris/paris000.htm
