We are at Eastercon!

[cathrowan]

It's been a couple of months of ups and downs, and this month is very definitely up. K and I are on a bucket-list trip overseas. We started with three days in Amsterdam followed by 10 days in London. Many thanks to cosmolinguist for recommending the Travelodge chain. We stayed in the Covent Garden hotel and it was brilliant.

We arrived in Belfast yesterday. I hope to do a bit of promotion for the Edmonton in 2030 Worldcon bid. I'm not on the committee, however I can testify as to how my home city is pretty great. I have brought a package of maple sugar candies with me for the purpose of giving one to each person who asks me a question.

Comments

[cosmolinguist]

I'm so glad you had a good hotel in London!

[cathrowan]

It was so great. I got to see in person places I'd only read about, like the Actors' Church where Peter Grant meets a ghost, and Neal's Yard, which William Gibson mentions in Pattern Recognition.

[purplecat]

Ooh! *waves* I'm at Eastercon as well!!

[cathrowan]

I will be at the Montreal in 2027 bid table between 10 and 11 Saturday morning if you would like to stop by and say hello!

[purplecat]

Ach! I was on the long walk! Will try to swing by later.

[cathrowan]

I'm here through Monday if you'd like to try and meet up just to say hi. I plan to go to the Monday 11 am Feminism panel then I have a couple of free hours after that.

[loganberrybunny]

Up is excellent! I usually stay in Travelodges myself; all I really need from a hotel is a quietish, secure room with a bathroom and a bed. I don't need to pay for anything more spacious as I won't be in the hotel very much!

[cathrowan]

Exactly - a place to sleep, shower, and store our stuff was all we needed.