23 July 2007
Road Trip – Come out and have a beer with us!

FOWA Road Trip!
I’ll be hopping in the FOWA van and touring 11 cities across Europe, so come out and join me for a drink at the local bar. We thought it would be really fun to get everyone out from behind their laptops and out for a nice night on the town. It’ll be a fab opportunity to meet like-minded web app folks :)
We’re going to be throwing some money behind the bar, so please come out and say hi. The FOWA Road Trip site will be launching soon, but for now, you can see all the cities and dates at the holding page.
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Peter Cooper
# July 23, 2007 - 7:22 pm
Bristol->Brighton->Cardiff->London? That’s a helluva route :) Sounds like fun though!
Dave Hodgkinson
# July 23, 2007 - 7:23 pm
See you an Amsterdam, Ryan! Be good to catch up.
Alan O'Rourke
# July 23, 2007 - 7:43 pm
Cool, catch you in dublin.
Ryan Carson
# July 23, 2007 - 8:06 pm
Hey guys! Can’t wait to see ya’ll :)
Jonathan Street
# July 23, 2007 - 8:34 pm
Sounds like a really fun idea.
I’ll hopefully be able to catch you in Edinburgh. With a little bit of luck I may even still be on holiday.
shofr
# July 23, 2007 - 8:40 pm
great use of the wicked worn look (http://www.cameronmoll.com/archives/000024.html)
Elliot Jay Stocks
# July 23, 2007 - 8:54 pm
@ Shofr: why thank you! :) I’ve never actually read Cameron’s article, although people have been recommending it to me for a while now. Thanks for posting the link!
James Deer
# July 23, 2007 - 8:54 pm
I’ll see you in Brighton!
Dan W
# July 23, 2007 - 8:59 pm
Darn, you had to pick the one night I’m not in Bristol, see ya’ll at Brighton.
Ryan Carson
# July 23, 2007 - 9:21 pm
@Shofr: That’s why he hired Elliot – he’s mighty talented. More to come :)
Everyone else – see you soon!
jankoM
# July 23, 2007 - 10:21 pm
Cool idea… just too bad you are not “tripping” over here (ljubljana) or at least anywhere near… like Viena or something in Italy.
Jamie Hill
# July 23, 2007 - 11:09 pm
Bristol->Brighton->Cardiff->London …I can’t help but think that should be Bournemouth->Brighton->Bristol->Cardiff->London.
We have good beer in Bournemouth ;)
David Stone
# July 24, 2007 - 3:26 am
Sat 8th September in Brighton is BarCamp.
http://sussexdigital.com/events
Ryan Carson
# July 24, 2007 - 6:07 am
@Dave – Thanks. We’re already aware of this and for the Brighton leg we’re going to be buying lunch for everyone at BarCamp on Saturday. Should be fun.
@jankoM – Sorry we can’t make it over that direction. I could only squeeze in 11 cities :(
@Jamie – Come see us in Bristol :)
Adam Groves
# July 24, 2007 - 7:52 am
Brilliant idea. Hope to see you in Berlin mate!
Marston A, SugarStats
# July 24, 2007 - 8:00 am
Man, I’d love to join ya.
Funny though, the day you come to Amsterdam on the 17th (where I am) is the day RailsConf Europe starts in Berlin (where I’ll be).
Then when you actually get to Berlin on the 20th is right after RailsConf ends and I’ll be flying back to Amsterdam!
In any case, I’m sure it will rock and be a blast.
Stefson
# July 24, 2007 - 8:32 am
No Belgium :(
Why oh why have you forsaken us oh mighty Ryan?
Janusz
# July 24, 2007 - 9:02 am
Good stuff. I am in Bristol.
Ryan Carson
# July 24, 2007 - 12:43 pm
@Marston – Sorry we’re missing you. Blast!
@Stefson – I wish we could hit every city mate. Maybe next time.
Berislav Lopac
# July 24, 2007 - 2:46 pm
What? No Zagreb? :(
Jamie Hill
# July 24, 2007 - 6:40 pm
Ryan: I’ll try to make either Bristol or Brighton.
Oskar
# July 28, 2007 - 12:00 pm
Was in London last FOWA and also in SF last September. Hope to make it for the FOWA road trip (great idea!) in Dublin (although in Upcoming.org it says it belongs to Nothern Ireland :)
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Steve
# August 8, 2007 - 9:18 am
Hi Ryan
I attended the first of the FOWA Road Trip last night at Bristol. Great night.
Thanks!