So, it was a long, long trip
The sea crossing was pretty calm ( my cabin was bigger than a hotel room I had in New York last month ) and there was plenty to do on the ship. Lots of places to eat and miles of corridors to explore. Got a bit seasick early in the voyage, but my stomach soon adjusted after I got some fresh air up on deck. Briefly thought about fursuiting on the ship but reckoned the crew wouldn't like that!

Spent two nights in Paris, including a day at Disneyland. It was pretty jammed, so I didn't get to go on many rides. Still, I've now been in all 5 Disneylands worldwide, so maybe that makes me part of some exclusive club or something. Heh.
Then there was a long overnight train journey to Berlin, where I spent three nights before travelling onward to Magdeburg, home of Eurofurence.

At 6 nights, EF was the longest amount of time I've ever spent at a con. As a result, I also did more suiting than I've done at any other con, clocking up about 24 hours total. Probably too much, actually!

I mostly hung around with  ant &  ArlowRyarda, plus I got to meet some great, fun folks like  Flamedramonuk, Electrowolf ( not sure of his FA ),  sera,  thabo,  Leeuw1981,  aoi-kitsune,  arbuzan, &  shadowulf
I also had brief but nice chats with  pacerfox &  emejn, amongst others.

Actually, I met many, many more folks, but I better stop naming names or I'll end up forgetting people
I'll simply say you were all great.

The con itself was quite fun and had a vibe that reminded me of MFF in the 06 to 08 period. Still small in a relative sense at about 1.4k attendees, but getting ready to grow much, much larger.
Some of the events were on at odd times, the fursuit games being a good example ( almost midnight ) and I had to leave the dance competition early to go get ready for the fursuit parade, but these are minor issues.
The parade itself was quite fun if a little exhausting. We walked about a mile through the streets of Magdeburg, passing through a park and a shopping mall along the way, and we had a huge audience of curious onlookers all reaching for their cell phones. More taxing than any other parade I've been in but very, very good.
There was another, mini parade on Sunday that I accidently ended up in because I just happened to be in suit at the hotel entrance when it started. Not as long as the main one, but it also involved walking the streets as far as a local park.

All in all, it was more of a suiting & socialising con for me than an event filled one. A few bad things happened - an assualt on the first night, and a friend of mine had a bad experience in the headless lounge, but I guess you can't get a 6 day perfect streak.
Other than that it was a nice, fun con. While I may not go every year, I'll certainly make an effort to go again at some point in the future.