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.)
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.)
OH at RWOT8: "The fork is still not the webpage."
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!)
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.
Went north to Girona. Walked the medieval city walls.
Rented a car in Girona. Drove back to Barcelona.. and the deeply suspicious Badalona.
An amazing daytrip to Andorra with wonderful new friends. Epic snowy mountains, snowball fights, and a route back through France via a thermal bath.
The next roadtrip from Girona, to Sa Tuna bay. Time on the beach, scrambling over rocks, beautiful views in a tranquil place.
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.
(B)log update: I am having some adventures. Regular service will resume eventually.
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.
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..
A few days in Ljubljana. Chilling, eating, wandering around.
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.