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The concert of Matthew Ebel was great. He needs a band, though. He's a hell of a piano player, and his voice is excellent. But the pre-recorded drums and bass don't sound right.
I'm having a blast. From what I had about Megaplex beforehand, I was expecting some kind of American MMC. And indeed, it is a relax-a-con deluxe. Even though there is not overly much programming, the panels and events are excellent. The Megaplex staff is running the convention very smoothly, everyone is having a great time and its fun to hang out with all the folks here.
My itinerary was Nürnberg, Frankfurt, Philadelphia and finally Orlando. The take off in Nürnberg was 33 minutes late, but that's not unusual. Opposed to what I expected there were only few turbulences and even
the kids on board were reasonably calm. The Frankfurt airport is still under reconstruction, which means missing or misleading signs and walking all the way from the end of concourse A to the end of
concourse C through the terminal halls. The security measures by US-Airways are getting more and more obscure (three people at the gate who practically stand next to each other requesting to see my passport, requirement to give an emergency contact...)
With the vacation video being finished I finally have time for other things again. Like writing a summary of the last couple of weeks.
I just pulled the hotel reservation confirmation for FC 2010 out of my spam folder. Spam Assassin says:
Two words: HOLY SH*T!
We went to the Hiller Aviation Museum in Santa Clara today. A hangar full of planes from the beginning of aviation in California to todays planes. Apparently, the San Francisco Bay already was the center of technological inoviation in the US from the end of the 19th century. Where else would you find a wooden plane (that actually flew) constructed by two 15 year old brothers in 1906? I haven't sorted the pictures yet, but the view from the obeservation platform at the municipal airport was also quite interesting.
This FC was the most laid-back, relaxing one since years. I only attended one panel, instead I chatted with a lot of people I haven't met for months. Not many purchases by me in the dealers room (just one calendar and one of Tani's mood badge collections), none in the arts how. The amount of fursuits in the parade was amazing: 530 costumes according to Frysco. This year, they didn't fit under the roof anymore.