{"id":3191,"date":"2018-10-20T20:21:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T19:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2018-10-25T13:33:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T12:33:49","slug":"in-which-i-go-to-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=3191","title":{"rendered":"In Which I Go To Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

This story properly starts yesterday, at a leaving ‘do for someone at work. Just one drink turned into more than one, and then another pub.<\/p>\n

No big deal; I travel light, so packing takes very little time.<\/p>\n

Then someone found themselves stranded, because their intended place to stay fell through, so the lounge at ‘my’ place became the backup, and only sensible, option. Fortunately, I have built up many many favours with the llandllady by not being a useless ambulatory houseplant, not failing to do a midnight run, and by feeding the cats, so this was no problem.<\/p>\n

I don’t have a sleeping bag in this hemisphere; Should get one, as it’d be useful for this sort of situation. I basically had to say “here’s a couch; good luck”.<\/i><\/p>\n

The reason all of that got mentioned is that they had to get up super-early, because I’m a paranoid & anxious traveller.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it all worked out, I made it to Marylebone, then Paddington, then Heathrow with plenty of time to spare.
\nMaybe too much time; Probably didn’t need to be out of the house that early.<\/p>\n

Flight was magnificently uneventful ( finished the WH40k novel I was reading, and started a Cadfael one ), and I can now report that Tegel Airport in Berlin is … Small. And showing it’s age.<\/p>\n

Still, it does the job, and the passport control folks were friendly, and the people at the information kiosk were able to tell me the best way to get a bus to Alexanderplatz, where my hotel for the next few days is.<\/p>\n

And a coffee place sold me a drink.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Hotel will do the job, though the WiFi is a bit rubbish; I’d hoped to be able to check on work stuff, but that’s not an option; Had to use my phone as a hotspot just to check the status of an Amazon machine, with no hope of actually connecting to it.<\/p>\n

I’ve had my first meal in Berlin\/Germany, and in honour of the grand cultural tradition, it was Currywurst. I’d assumed it’d be a bit Meh<\/i>, owing to me not liking ketchup, but the curry powder made it quite nice.<\/p>\n

My attempts to order it in German didn’t really work, owing to it being menu #8 on the<\/i> board; I don’t know the word for ‘8’.<\/i><\/p>\n

A subsequent purchase may have been more successful, but given that my only contribution was handing over the item, smiling and nodding when asked if that was all (though I <\/i>did<\/i><\/strong> figure out that that’s what was being asked – Go Me!) <\/i>, and saying ‘Thanks’ at the end, I’m not sure it counts.<\/p>\n

So, in Berlin, planning to do some tourist things tomorrow, and … That’s about it.<\/p>\n

Oh, and this is the hotel I’ll be staying at for the Dev. Summit\u00b9. It’s a bit bigger than the current one.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u00b9 The actual reason<\/strong> I’m here is to attend the Esri Developer<\/a>
\nSummit Europe<\/a>. I’m doing some tourism ahead of the event.<\/p>\n

Never been to a Developer Summit before. Never been a developer before. So that’ll be interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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