Travels 2002: a summary

[sbisson]

For a year I thought would end up spent mostly at home, 2002 was actually pretty widely traveled - involving 3 continents and 7 countries (8 if you count autonomous provinces).

• Lanzarote - wonderful volcanic landscapes and a warm winter break. I think we may well be going back in 2003.
• France - a wedding in Paris and a reception at a small manor house in the Normandy countryside. And of course, suitcases full of cassoulet.
• Spain - a conference in Barcelona, with wonderful sea food and interesting panels - and the most amazing architecture.
• Jersey - several trips, including the British National SF convention and a family weekend on my home Island. And I got to show rowanf and her mother the sights... And sunbathing on the beaches of yesteryear...
• USA - two weeks in Northern California and Silicon Valley for the San Jose Worldcon, which became a wonderful holiday in the warm late summer staying with rowanf and ocean_song. Hummingbirds, sea otters and bookshops, oh me, oh my. And Highway 18, twisting and turning over the Santa Cruz mountains...
• Belgium - a weekend's gourmandising in Bruges with the gathered clans of cix:gourmet. Chocolate and canals, and a wood-fired grill that we will definitely be visiting again.
• Ireland - another weekend visit, this time to the Irish SF convention, Octocon. Much fun, much Guinness, and much rain...
• Denmark - another conference, in Copenhagen. Cold and crisp, with plenty to think about - and excellent meals to brainstorm the mobile Internet.

Comments

[feorag.livejournal.com]

I thought this year would be quiet too, but instead managed:

* Belgium
* The Netherlands (no surprise there)
* Northern Ireland
* England
* Jersey
* Guernsey
* Ireland
* Just enough of a German airport to use some German (so it counts)
* the United States.

I don't want to think about next year. The US and "slightly more of the same German airport that it might be worth going into Frankfurt for a drink if you can get me away from the spectators' gallery" are definite. The Netherlands, Ireland and sunny England are inevitable; and the "probable" list includes Canada.