Category: Travel
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At Liberty
UPDATE: Due to my own inattention during planning, the Sunday events had to be rescheduled or eliminated. I have revised this post to reflect my new schedule. This coming weekend, June 21-23, I'll be in mountain-girt Chattanooga, Tennessee for LibertyCon, now in its 36th year. As always, when I go to a convention I don't…
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Boskone 61!
On February 9-11 I'll be at the fabulous Westin Waterfront hotel in Boston for the 61st BOSKONE! The venerable New England convention is back again and I'll be part of it. Come on down and see some of the best writers in the U.S. talking about science fiction. And me. Here's my schedule: Friday,…
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PhilCon 2023!
Once again I'm heading south to Cherry Hill, New Jersey, for the venerable PhilCon, the Philadelphia region's long-running science fiction convention. Naturally, I'm not just going as a paying attendee, but as a participant. Here's my schedule, and if you happen to be in southern New Jersey this weekend, swing by! Friday, November 17, 6:00…
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Albacon 2023
Albany's long-running science fiction and fantasy convention is back up to full speed this year, with an impressive guest lineup, a full schedule, and a nifty hybrid live-plus-online format. As always, I'll be there — I said I'd be at their disposal for one full day, Saturday the 10th — and they're getting the most…
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France Excursion 2023 Part Nine: Reunion in Paris and Departure
On June 28 I had my last breakfast in Tours, said au revoir to Diane, and went off to the train station while she remained behind for another couple of days at the conference. I made the train in plenty of time, rode to the transfer at St. Pierre-des-Corps, and boarded the TGV to Paris.…
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France Excursion 2023 Part Eight: Heroes of the AEF
On Tuesday, June 27th, Diane had to head off to the neuroendocrinology conference, so I was on my own for the morning. I got some espresso and walked about more or less at random. I went across the Loire via the Pont Napoleon, which crosses a large island in mid-river. The island is set up…
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France Excursion 2023 Part Seven: Secrets of the Templars!
Monday the 26th was the last full day before the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology conference got underway, so we decided to go see what lies west of Tours, having gone east on all our previous jaunts. More or less at random we chose Chinon as our destination. Chinon is a little town sheltered between a…
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France Excursion 2023 Part Six: Pandas!
On Sunday we set out early once again, heading up the valley of the Cher a second time. Our destination was the town of Saint-Aignan, home of the ZooParc de Beauval — one of France's best zoos. It's big, modern, and — on summer weekends, anyway — packed with visitors. We got there at opening…
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France Excursion 2023 Part Five: Naps!
On Saturday the 24th we decided to take it easy. We slept about 11 hours, then I stashed the car in a garage for the day while Diane went out to find pastries for breakfast. We took our dirty laundry two blocks to the nearest laundromat: "Charlie et le Choco-Laverie," a hybrid cafe-laundry with wifi.…
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France Excursion 2023 Part Four: Up and Away!
On Friday the 23rd we got up very very early, about 4:30 a.m., and bundled into the car for a drive up the Cher river to the little town of Francueil where we sat outside a deserted winery in the pre-dawn darkness. A few other cars pulled up nearby, and then the caravan of white…
The Cambias Digression 