Retracing the steps of my Viking ancestors....

Okay, I actually don't know if I have any actual Viking ancestors (though I am an eighth Swedish), but as of yesterday I have reserved my flight to Reykjavik and my hotel stay there in preparation for Eve Online's FanFest 2008.  It's pretty exciting; despite the displeasure I may have with some of the more recent developments in Eve, I have been hoping I'd be able to make it to FanFest this year to meet people I've been playing the game with for over two and a half years now, to get to participate in some of the roundtables and other discussions with the developers, and maybe plug myself a little for a job too (though I don't know how successful that will actually be).

This will actually be my first trip outside the US, so it's pretty exciting for that reason too.  I'm looking forward to the experience, if not the annoying flight schedule (leave at 2035 from Boston, get to Reykjavik at 0645), and although I'm sure the weather in Iceland in November is not particularly pleasant, I'm hoping to get to see some of the sights and stuff while I'm there.  On the way back, I'm hoping to spend a few days in Boston as well, where I can catch up with benoc; with any luck, Marc will be able to meet me there and we can spend some time seeing the city, since he's never really spent much time there before.

I'm definitely looking forward to meeting a lot of the folks I know over in Europe, since I'll be seeing quite a few of CAIN's US contingent this year at GenCon.  It's certainly going to be an action-packed second half of this year, with GenCon, surgery, and then FanFest pretty much one right after another!  I will definitely be getting a camera before the trip and plan to blog as much as I can about it, so watch this space.