Vacation summary

An excellent week. Stayed with T&Z on Ottawa for a night, and learned they'll be posted back to Alberta next spring. Yay!

If you travel business class to Montreal on the train, first they give you a free drink, then wine with dinner, then a refill, then come back for a third time just to empty out the bottle. Also the food is not terrible and the place setting is not plastic, rather glass, china, and metal flatware.

I love Montreal. Third trip in three years and I'm making plans for next summer.

Farthing Party was, to quote Jo, brilliant. Lots of great panels, book recs, and conversation. One of many favourite moments was catching the tail end of the Sunday readings. TNH's reaction when she learned that the candies described were REAL was priceless. Sequed beautifully into the next panel. Indeed, "the world is wierder than you can imagine."

I met many people that I would love to talk to more than I had a chance to over the weekend.

Time to nerve myself up and send out a bunch of friend requests, or at least delurk on some of the journals I read...