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2024 Glasgow Worldcon!
Sep. 2nd, 2024 11:34 pmPrologue: On the day before I left for Scotland I had my usual pre-travel packing anxiety problems, so I decided to go for a walk, enjoy the sunshine and oxygen and clear my head. Five minutes after I sat down on a bench near the top of the hill sudden very heavy rain started, and by the time I had run down the hill to find some shelter under some trees my thin beach dress was completely soaked through. I hid from the rain together with three other people who had also been surprised and I joked about the rain preparing me for my Scotland trip, so they told me about their wonderful Scotland trip a few years ago until the rain had finally let off.
I think it's funny that that was worse rain than I experienced during my entire vacation in Scotland xD
The first thing I saw at Glasgow airport was a big Worldcon banner, that was nice and immediately made me feel welcome. Then I found out my luggage was left behind at my layover stop in Germany and had to figure that out, that was less fun.
I didn't trust the delivery service so late in the evening I made my way back to the airport when my luggage was supposed to arrive, and that was late too so by the time I made it back to the city with my luggage it was 1am and no buses were going anymore. I could have called a taxi but it was only a half-hour walk. Odd (almost) first impression to have of a city though.
( Glasgow )
And then: Worldcon! \o/
I had such a fantastic time. ( Worldcon overview )
I'll write the notes about the panels later, for now some notes about the games. I played three games this time and all of them were a lot of fun, with great GMs and good groups. ( Blood on the Clocktower, Victorian Mars, Fallout )
That was Worldcon! LB arrived on Monday night and we met up on Tuesday morning to start our Scotland travel, but that will go in a separate post.
Sadly it looks like it might not be until 2029 that Worldcon is in Europe again (Dublin plans to apply, according to the website.) But in the meantime there will be other conventions in Europe, maybe I will check those out one day.
I think it's funny that that was worse rain than I experienced during my entire vacation in Scotland xD
The first thing I saw at Glasgow airport was a big Worldcon banner, that was nice and immediately made me feel welcome. Then I found out my luggage was left behind at my layover stop in Germany and had to figure that out, that was less fun.
I didn't trust the delivery service so late in the evening I made my way back to the airport when my luggage was supposed to arrive, and that was late too so by the time I made it back to the city with my luggage it was 1am and no buses were going anymore. I could have called a taxi but it was only a half-hour walk. Odd (almost) first impression to have of a city though.
( Glasgow )
And then: Worldcon! \o/
I had such a fantastic time. ( Worldcon overview )
I'll write the notes about the panels later, for now some notes about the games. I played three games this time and all of them were a lot of fun, with great GMs and good groups. ( Blood on the Clocktower, Victorian Mars, Fallout )
That was Worldcon! LB arrived on Monday night and we met up on Tuesday morning to start our Scotland travel, but that will go in a separate post.
Sadly it looks like it might not be until 2029 that Worldcon is in Europe again (Dublin plans to apply, according to the website.) But in the meantime there will be other conventions in Europe, maybe I will check those out one day.
