Eurofurence 18 Trip
13 years ago
This year I had 3 travel companions join me on my trip to Ef,
tabberpaw
nitroshep and
raptorred After multistops we finally arrive at Frankfurt to meet up raptor-red but his luggage didnt make it with him so we had to wait till it arrived on the next flight. Boring three hours to wait I must say since we couldnt go anywhere with so much luggage. Finally it arrived around noon, nitro & I went off to rent our vehicle. We were lucky to get a midsize car that barely fit 4 of us, 5 fursuit boxes, 4 luggage, 3 carry on's.
Our first stop after leaving Frankfurt was to drive to a town called 'Bonn' where we stayed the night with eisbear who I arranged with in advance to crash at his place for the night to recover from the jetlag plus directed us to a german version of a costco, I believe called metro but I could be wrong. *chuckles* we were like children in a candy store which resulted with us leaving the store with two shopping carts fulls of stuff. Then try to cram beer/booze & snacks into our rental car... which already was packed solid with luggage(there is pictures). After that we went back to eisbaers place for dinner and a beer :P which knocked nitro into a coma XD. The next morning we begun our journey toward the host city of Eurofurence, Madgeberg. Such a long drive but nitro was the one behind the wheel while I was passed out from jetlag for part of the trip.
After four hours or so we arrived at our destination, the hotel already filling up with furries as they dropped off their luggage at the front doors. We quickly unloaded so we could return the car to the rental place. Reg-line omg must of had at least 100+ furs waiting to pickup their badge/room key (ef badges are also room-keys) in the meantime I found my contact to drop off the fursuit I transported all the way from Canada, one less thing to worry about.
Once there at the con this wolf got busy meeting up with new and old friends :) and various events. Plus drinking various alcoholic drinks. I danced so much my feet were sore after a few days.
Dear lord the fursuit parade was was 1.6km (1 mile) long I think the longest parade route Ive ever been on at a furcon. Later I heard that the furs were calling it the death march. At one point we went thru a local mall shocking and surprising the shoppers, I dont think they expected it.
I received an invitation to join in a special project which I found out later was a music video being created by the talented EZwolf. I was one of 50 suiters to be selected for this project I was deeply honored to be part of :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLaDBjgx76A already on youtube. do enjoy
I spent two days trying to convince tabber & nitro to do a stop down at the ringberg since there was an after party being held there, like previous years :D For those that never been to the Ringberg hotel it was the previous host hotel/convention space which is located smack on top of a mountain. A location that is still the talk of eurofurence attendees that been there. Only a small group of furs decided to attend the afterparty this year but made it nice and special. Among them was uncle kage and his parents, 2gryphon, Andre(hairless master of alcohol) and many others. Did a short fursuiting outing and dinner at the Crazy Horse just for us furries :D
The next day we made our way to Frankfurt and our flights home (which resulted in our luggage being misplaced)
Thanks everyone for making my Eurofurence a fun & relaxing time *nuzzles* wish I could name everyone I met there but the list is huge. I do hope to see you all next year :D
tabberpaw
nitroshep and
raptorred After multistops we finally arrive at Frankfurt to meet up raptor-red but his luggage didnt make it with him so we had to wait till it arrived on the next flight. Boring three hours to wait I must say since we couldnt go anywhere with so much luggage. Finally it arrived around noon, nitro & I went off to rent our vehicle. We were lucky to get a midsize car that barely fit 4 of us, 5 fursuit boxes, 4 luggage, 3 carry on's.Our first stop after leaving Frankfurt was to drive to a town called 'Bonn' where we stayed the night with eisbear who I arranged with in advance to crash at his place for the night to recover from the jetlag plus directed us to a german version of a costco, I believe called metro but I could be wrong. *chuckles* we were like children in a candy store which resulted with us leaving the store with two shopping carts fulls of stuff. Then try to cram beer/booze & snacks into our rental car... which already was packed solid with luggage(there is pictures). After that we went back to eisbaers place for dinner and a beer :P which knocked nitro into a coma XD. The next morning we begun our journey toward the host city of Eurofurence, Madgeberg. Such a long drive but nitro was the one behind the wheel while I was passed out from jetlag for part of the trip.
After four hours or so we arrived at our destination, the hotel already filling up with furries as they dropped off their luggage at the front doors. We quickly unloaded so we could return the car to the rental place. Reg-line omg must of had at least 100+ furs waiting to pickup their badge/room key (ef badges are also room-keys) in the meantime I found my contact to drop off the fursuit I transported all the way from Canada, one less thing to worry about.
Once there at the con this wolf got busy meeting up with new and old friends :) and various events. Plus drinking various alcoholic drinks. I danced so much my feet were sore after a few days.
Dear lord the fursuit parade was was 1.6km (1 mile) long I think the longest parade route Ive ever been on at a furcon. Later I heard that the furs were calling it the death march. At one point we went thru a local mall shocking and surprising the shoppers, I dont think they expected it.
I received an invitation to join in a special project which I found out later was a music video being created by the talented EZwolf. I was one of 50 suiters to be selected for this project I was deeply honored to be part of :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLaDBjgx76A already on youtube. do enjoy
I spent two days trying to convince tabber & nitro to do a stop down at the ringberg since there was an after party being held there, like previous years :D For those that never been to the Ringberg hotel it was the previous host hotel/convention space which is located smack on top of a mountain. A location that is still the talk of eurofurence attendees that been there. Only a small group of furs decided to attend the afterparty this year but made it nice and special. Among them was uncle kage and his parents, 2gryphon, Andre(hairless master of alcohol) and many others. Did a short fursuiting outing and dinner at the Crazy Horse just for us furries :D
The next day we made our way to Frankfurt and our flights home (which resulted in our luggage being misplaced)
Thanks everyone for making my Eurofurence a fun & relaxing time *nuzzles* wish I could name everyone I met there but the list is huge. I do hope to see you all next year :D
FA+

Although RF is really the only con I go to. >.<
I hope.I'll see you next year!
And thanks for your coming ;)
Me and Elfasi are going to make it up to you next year though. And for the first time: really want to make sure I get to that after party.
Would be awesome to see the Ringberg again after so many years!