My last day of the trip began with a strange feeling, turned into a warm & fuzzy one, progressed into nervousness/stress, and ended in disappointment. It was odd being back in Christiansburg & Blacksburg. I had a huge snarf map but wanted to concentrate on the campus at first and snarf in Christiansburg, Salem, and…
I woke up at 7am in order to pack up, eat free continental breakfast, and be on the road (alert & ready) before 8am. I think I checked out at 7:50, so definitely on time. I made it to Savannah, Georgia around 9:45am (also ahead of schedule) and found a parking spot on the street…
Playing catch-up… (I started writing this on Tuesday evening and finished up on Friday) On to Monday. Monday seems like so long ago, not just yesterday! That’s what happens when you pack your days this full of fun. Let’s see. Oh, I got up at 7am and checked out of my hotel room (there was…
I’m still working on the write-up of the rest of my trip… but I thought I’d post the photos of the photo scavenger hunt my roommates and I did. I still have not heard about the winners, and am a little annoyed about that. There were 15 required photos and up to 5 wildcards. Categories…
I’m utterly exhausted but I’m risking falling 3 days behind if I don’t post right this moment! I also risk forgetting what happened days ago :-) The last day of Infinitus was good. I got up after a little more than 5 hours of sleep and went to stand in line for the leaving feast….
I just got to my hotel room in Jacksonville and am too tired to do anything but sleep, honestly. But I just wanted to post and say my day was wonderful and I managed to get my rental car and start the first leg of my journey. It’s certainly been an adventure thus far, but…
And now I’m in a taxi on the way back from the post-Infinitus show at Nerdapalooza. I thought about staying longer at Nerdapalooza actually. There seemed to be some really great bands lined up and I paid a hell of a lot of money to get there & in & back. But I’m so exhausted…
I’m sitting on line for the leaving feast and at 59% battery power so I don’t know how much I’ll be able to get done. The bags under my eyes are enormous. Yesterday morning I went to a panel first thing that was WAY too academic. I appreciate when scholars don’t talk down to us…
I went to bed at close to 4 this morning and it’s just a little after 9 now. The first session is at 10 so I’m going to type this up as quickly as possible. Yesterday was amazing! Sessions I went to: Caught tail end of a session about the fandom as a whole, whole…
I am writing this on 3.75 hours of sleep sooooooooo if I sound a bit crazy, that is why. Clearly my roommates do not ascribe to the “no sleep ‘til breakfast” rule of Harry Potter conventions because they woke up just as I was finally drifting off to sleep in the morning. My head was…
Wow. I got excited seeing the Hogwarts towers from the freeway, but the actual Wizarding World definitely took my breath away when I saw it up close. It was about 4 times larger than I had expected and the lines for the stores were about 100 times longer than I’d expected (I knew there was…
The rest of the train ride was a bit uneventful, apart from some kids stopping up our toilets with paper towels and peeing all over the floors (I just used the ones one car over; those were lovely and pristine). I managed to get a shuttle to the resort (ended up just taking me; I…
This was written around 8pm on Tuesday night: I love taking the train. It’s my favorite way to travel, hands-down. You don’t get any snarfs, I’m sad to say, but you do get to see a lot of the country and there’s no worry about getting lost or running into traffic. As of writing this…
I’m sitting at gate H here at good ol’ Union Station in Washington DC. I’ll be taking the Silver Star (kind of a Slytherin feel to that name, but I’m okay with that) down to Orlando in about half an hour. It is doubtful I’ll have WiFi access on the train, but it’s here at…
Cross-posted from my Book Blog: Books I’m Taking on Vacation http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/58904.html
I made hotel reservations for my trip back home today. I’m still slightly nervous about making a drive across 5 states over 3 days by myself, but I like my own company and I’m sure I’ll have plenty of audio books and WRock to amuse me. So my trip for next week is officially booked…
As I’m gearing up for a big season of traveling, I thought it might be fun to record my adventures on its own blog. I’m much more of a staycation kind of girl, and any big trip makes me anxious. But I am hoping this blog will be filled with enough excitement and enjoyment to…