CraigBlog

A collection of Travel & Gaming & “What’s On My Mind” posts

  • Packing up went very well; I think the most difficult part of the whole process was finding the bins for the apartment complex, because they were on the other side of the building about as far away from the entrance…

  • The AirBnB had a wrap-around deck which it turns out was great for an early morning coffee. Today’s breakfast was a little more organised, or maybe just closer; There was a former armoury next door which had been repurposed into…

  • We were all worried that the sick person in the group would deteriorate, or at least not feel much better, but thankfully they did make something of a recovery; Not feeling brilliant, but at least able to do some of…

  • As it turned out I could have gone with a slightly larger bag, but I was a little unsure as to how particular WizzAir are with their bag dimension limits, so I went with a 15 litre packable backpack. Next…

  • The title eventually makes sense; Don’t worry about it for now. The first Gen Con thing of the year for me happened this weekend, when convention badges¹ went on sale & hotel rooms² became available. I get a special badge…

  • Many years ago I had an apartment in Auckland which was referred to as the save point, partially because it was a place to base myself while I got settled into a new job & back into the city, but…

  • With apologies to the late Chris Rea. Checked out of the hotel at dawn, having packed up the night before, and trundled my way to the station. Hadn’t really wanted to still be in temporary accommodation after over a month…

  • Part of me wants to think that this is a boat ramp for canoes or similar, but … I think I’m wrong. When I first saw this, from a carpark, I thought that maybe the stripmall bordered on an ornamental…

  • I got the yearly “this is what you listened to this year” report from Spotify, and because I’m easily amused, I grabbed images of the bits which entertained or terrified me.

  • There won’t be many pictures in this post, because it’s not really my place to be publicly sharing wedding photos, especially not before the married couple get to do so. When I was first asked to be a part of…

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