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Date: 2010-03-02 10:17 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] shapinglight
I'm biased, though. I'm hoping to go to Writercon UK this year and I'd like to meet you.

Date: 2010-03-02 10:19 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] deird1
That's my dilemma! If I go in August, I'll have (at most) a couple of weeks, but I'll get to meet half my flist!

Date: 2010-03-02 10:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
Course you could come to Writercon UK and then come and visit us all, so allowing you to stay for a month then as well...

Date: 2010-03-02 10:22 pm (UTC)
deird1: Fred looking pretty and thoughful (Default)
From: [personal profile] deird1
Unfortunately I'm going to be mid-uni course at the time...

Date: 2010-03-02 10:22 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] shapinglight
I'll have (at most) a couple of weeks,

Well, once you've seen Coventry, there's not a lot else to see here really, so there you are. Dilemma solved.

Ahem.

Date: 2010-03-02 10:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] menomegirl.livejournal.com
That was a hard choice. As you can see, I didn't do too good at it.

Writercon would be amazing and a week and a half in England would be sweet, if perhaps a bit rushed. So I ticked that.

Then my frugal nature took over and said "A MONTH!" and my fingers ticked that too.

Date: 2010-03-02 10:46 pm (UTC)
deird1: Fred looking pretty and thoughful (Default)
From: [personal profile] deird1
That's the thing. It costs so bloody much to travel to England, regardless of how long I'm there for. In some ways it'd be much more sensible to wait until I can spend longer there...

Date: 2010-03-02 10:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] menomegirl.livejournal.com
Yes but writercon!

Date: 2010-03-02 10:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angearia.livejournal.com
I want to reply but I need more information like how often do you travel and where have you been before...

Date: 2010-03-02 10:51 pm (UTC)
deird1: Fred looking pretty and thoughful (Default)
From: [personal profile] deird1
*is caught in indecision*

Date: 2010-03-02 10:53 pm (UTC)
deird1: Fred looking pretty and thoughful (Default)
From: [personal profile] deird1
I've been to Germany. Ten years ago.

And New Zealand, when I was eleven.

And Singapore airport...



The thing is, travelling outside of this country costs a mint. And I've never really been able to afford it. I am, however, dying to see England (and most of Europe, eventually). And Writercon would mean getting to meet lots of LJ people, too!

Date: 2010-03-02 10:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angearia.livejournal.com
I'm torn between Writercon + 1 1/2 weeks versus a month. I mean, if you took a month couldn't you then travel a bit more around Europe, too...?

But writing is your thang and it'd be amazing to go to writercon and what if that's the only time you get to go...

Date: 2010-03-02 10:56 pm (UTC)
deird1: Fred looking pretty and thoughful (Default)
From: [personal profile] deird1
You see my difficulty...

*angsts*

Date: 2010-03-02 10:57 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] speakr2customrs.livejournal.com
You really wouldn't like England in January. Either come to WriterCon UK or stay home and save your money.

And you might not be able to do much running around in January either - you could end up having to sleep in a coach stranded in snowdrifts, or be stranded in the lounge of an airport closed by snow, or similar.
Edited Date: 2010-03-02 11:12 pm (UTC)

Date: 2010-03-02 10:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angearia.livejournal.com
But would you be traveling alone if you did the whole month thing? I mean, the plus side of the writercon option is people and writing and that seems like joy to me. But then I'm also a huge nerd who wants to just wander around castles alone and imagine the ghosts of the people who'd used to live there and that's adventure. Though the difference to me is that the places will (more than likely) always be there, so you want to put a premium on your relationships because who knows when you'll get that opportunity again.
Edited Date: 2010-03-02 11:00 pm (UTC)

Date: 2010-03-02 11:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
Ah - that's a bit of a bugger...

Date: 2010-03-02 11:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] menomegirl.livejournal.com
((hugs)) That's one tough decision.

Date: 2010-03-02 11:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
And [livejournal.com profile] gillo will do a wonderful, personal, guided tour of Kenilworth Castle as a follow on to WriterCon...

Date: 2010-03-02 11:18 pm (UTC)
deird1: Fred looking pretty and thoughful (Default)
From: [personal profile] deird1
Better than Australia in January, anyway!

*hates hot weather*

Date: 2010-03-02 11:19 pm (UTC)
deird1: Fred looking pretty and thoughful (Default)
From: [personal profile] deird1
I mean, the plus side of the writercon option is people and writing and that seems like joy to me. But then I'm also a huge nerd who wants to just wander around castles alone and imagine the ghosts of the people who'd used to live there and that's adventure.

Exactly. I'd normally go straight for doing things alone - but then, Writercon people are people I'd really enjoy hanging out with, so it's harder to choose.

Date: 2010-03-02 11:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lilachigh.livejournal.com
What exactly do you want to see in UK? Coventry is so central that you could base yourself there and I'm sure that between us we could work you out a time-table to see things you want to see. Kenilworth, Warwick Castle, obviously. [livejournal.com profile] gillo would tell us where else is easy to get to.

Date: 2010-03-02 11:29 pm (UTC)
deird1: Elizabeth and Darcy getting married (pride and prejudice)
From: [personal profile] deird1
Heh. Everything? :)


I'm a history buff, so historical stuff (of almost every variety) is fascinating. And at some point I need to go to Harrods. And then there's Stonehenge. And I want to stand outside Downing Street and eat half a Yorkie Bar (long story). And I want to go to a British cathedral of some variety, because I'm pretty sure they're different from the ones I saw in Germany. And a whole lot of little villagey stuff. And white swans. And The Mousetrap. And a couple of castles. And squirrels...

Date: 2010-03-02 11:38 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] stormwreath.livejournal.com
You could always come in January and organise a Mezzacon to rival Writercon? Or spend your month here traveling round and visiting everyone in your flist. Possibly unannounced. ;-)

Date: 2010-03-02 11:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lilachigh.livejournal.com
You can't actually go into Downing Street anymore! Big security gates across the entrance out into Whitehall. But you can still see No 10 by peering through railings of said gate.

Coventry has two cathedrals - I think York Minster would then be the closest.

No, I'm too tired to even ask about The Mousetrap!

Date: 2010-03-02 11:45 pm (UTC)
deird1: Fred looking pretty and thoughful (Default)
From: [personal profile] deird1
Heh. Be careful what you suggest. You might end up opening your front door to an acubra-wearing Aussie chick holding vegemite in one hand and a suitcase in the other...
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