(B)log update: I am having some adventures. Regular service will resume eventually.
OH at RWOT8: "The fork is still not the webpage."
An amazing daytrip to Andorra with wonderful new friends. Epic snowy mountains, snowball fights, and a route back through France via a thermal bath.
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Barcelona. A little touristing, more eating, but mostly time spent at the Rebooting Web of Trust 8 conference and the Verifiable Claims Working Group meeting. It was a productive and fun few days, but the most exciting part was getting the entire VCWG to a fully vegan tapas bar (called BarCeloneta, by the beach) two nights in a row (people asked to go back!)
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Post-conference deflating in Barcelona. A Digital Bazaar field trip to the epic and alien La Sagrada Familia, and a ride on the cable car to the castle. And some more vegan restaurant tours. Then couple of days almost by myself. I joined the International Women's Day march through the city; it was a huge crowd, and so young. Much public transport was shut down.
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A few days in Budapest. Some things different from last time, some things the same. One of the reasons I picked Budapest to transit through was because I spent a full year thinking about the Istvanffi veggie burgers and really wanted to eat one again. I ate several. I also got amazing Vegazzi pizza, though they didn't have the sweet potato and chestnut one any more. VegaCity remains amongst my favourite, and Vegan Love, Las Vegan's and Kozmosz were still fantastic. 827 Speciality Kitchen and Napfenyes Etterem were new and delicious. I also visited the Budapest History museum in the castle, which was massive and way better than some reviews suggested. And Dandar thermal baths, which has outdoor yin-yang shaped pools and was pretty nice. I walked a lot around both sides of the river, and ran the circumference of Margaret Island.
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Went north to Girona. Walked the medieval city walls.
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Rented a car in Girona. Drove back to Barcelona.. and the deeply suspicious Badalona.
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The final roadtrip from Girona to beaches near Blanes. It was warm enough to go in the sea, but not warm enough to stay for long.
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A few days in Ljubljana. Chilling, eating, wandering around.
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A day trip to Monaco from Nice. Took the bus out for 1.50eur and about an hour, and returned by train for 4.20eur, 30 minutes. Just wandered around, looked at the fancy apartments crammed against the cliffside, the superyachts in the harbour, and ate beans and bread on the beach. Expensive ice cream amongst tourists in the Montecarlo old town. Sat for hours by a clear ocean. Kind of a strange place. A last day in Nice, mostly sitting on the chalky beach, and eating too much vegan Chinese buffet. Caught the bus out from Nice Airport, where I discovered no fewer than four companies who will rent you a helicopter in Monaco..
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Next, to Nice. Which is expensive, and busy, and the beach is chalky. Enjoyed the sunshine, and hiked up to the fort with a view of Villefrance-sur-Mer.
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The next roadtrip from Girona, to Sa Tuna bay. Time on the beach, scrambling over rocks, beautiful views in a tranquil place.
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I am two people. One who is so psyched for paperless seamless blockchain banking. The other is hiding in a cave surrounded by a faraday cage. (The RWOT8 demos are exceeding expectations so far.)
Took a ferry from Patras to Bari. Spent a day in Bari; took a bus from Bari to Rome, then a train from Rome to Civitavecchia, then a ferry from Civitavecchia to Barcelona. Attended 3 days of Rebooting the Web of Trust conference. Was hella productive on the DID spec. Did some touristing and eating and hanging out and eating in Barcelona. Stayed up way too late, woke up way too early.
Attended 2 days of W3C Verifiable Claims Working Group meetings. Continued eating and hanging out and staying up too late in Barcelona. Tried to take a couple of days to deflate but actually socialised more. Joined the International Womens' Day March for a morning in Barcelona. (Barcelona photos). Took a train to Girona. Settled into a nice hostel in a far more peaceful place.
Chilled in Girona. Walked the city walls, checked out the mostly okay vegan food scene. Made some friends, rented a car. Took a trip to Badalona, Barcelona's evil twin. Daytripped to Andorra, drove through the snowy mountains, detoured through France and stopped at a hot springs. Took a smaller roadtrip to Sa Tuna bay. Chilled on the beach, climbed on rocks. A small roadtrop to Blanes for more beach time before returning the car. Somewhere in between that, managed to do some BODS i18n docs. Took a nightbus to Nice. Discovered Nice is very expensive and not great. Proofread the VC spec, which is getting ready for CR. Almost caught up on sleep I guess.
Cafe worked around Nice. Took a day trip to Monaco. Bussed to Ljubljana, and enjoyed a slower pace. Bussed to Budapest. Watched a lot of The Expanse in anticipation of the next book.
Hung out in Budapest. Ate lots. Bussed to Krakow. Finished Expanse S3. Chilled and ate and wandered and cafe worked with Felicity and Maelle. Feeling kind of behind on everything. I love being back in Poland though.