I’m heading off next Friday!
The GUFF tour begins.
I thought I should put up my itinerary so you can anticipate where I’ll be blogging from.
Friday 4 August, depart Canberra on a bus to airport. Fly Sydney London and arrive 5 August. Take a rest for the day in swanky hotel then fly to Helsinki arriving near midnight. Book into Hilton at the airport. (long story and daughter is not happy with expensive hotel).
Sunday 6th Helsinki move into con hotel, get to know Helsinki and meet locals.
Monday 7th take ferry to Estonia for a day trip and arrive back late.
Tuesday 8th to 14th is Worldcon activities.
14 August take ferry to Stockholm, Sweden. Catch up with local fans.
19th August fly to Oslo, Norway. Catch up with local fans.
21 August take train to Bergen. Hope to meet local SF fans but not confirmed.
25 August fly to Reykjavik, Iceland. Hope to meet up with fans (in progress). Also hope to get a day trip to the geothermal area)
29 August fly to Glasgow (also my daughter’s birthday). Catch up with friend and fans. Train to Edingburgh 31 August for day trip to meet a fan or fans.
1 September fly to Dublin to be hosted by lovely local fans James and Fionna and fan meet up in Dublin on 2nd September.
4 September fly to Manchester (just hanging and being tourist)
7 September train from Manchester to London to meet fans at Ton meeting. Still to organise where I’ll be that night. Daughter will stay in Manchester.
8 September going to a cottage near Bath/Bristol because Craig Cormick showed pictures of this place on Facebook and we fell in love with it. Also, catching up with Cheryl on the 9th hopefully.
11 September Nottingham
12 September Nottingham
13 September Brighton. I have booked a tour of the sewers.
Then I’ll either be hanging around Brighton or London visiting friends and family until I leave on Sunday 24 September arriving home in the early hours of 26 September then a bus to Canberra…Ug!
Donna Maree Hanson, Author, Phd in Creative Writing 