Hello everybody!  dreamandnightmare and I are back from EF 25 and after having the opportunity to wind down for a few hours, I now want to let you know how it went.

A new experience for us was spending a whole week in Berlin (as opposed to just 6 days). This means we already got to the capital on Monday - very relaxed and without the stress of going to the registration immediately after arrival. Instead, we just checked into our room, brought our stuff from the car and then afterwards met our friends  cirez,  lunatik,  wuschelwolf,  mahingan and  blackymoon.
I was also very happy to see  fnr again, who helped out the EF staff.

On Tuesday, we decided to take a trip to downtown Berlin after getting our conbadges. We spent a few hours at the Video Game Museum and went to an escape room afterwards - Night and I already had some experience there, though this was actually the first time we successfully got through a room. Back at the hotel we ran into  macbeth3, who had arrived that afternoon.

Wednesday was when the "con stress" began. After a very entertaining opening ceremony, we went to a panel starring this year's guest of honor Alector Fencer and German comedian/actress Hella von Sinnen. It was a hoot, because most of the audience was German and they all loved Hella a lot.

Night and I went to the dance party that evening in our fursuits, but that wasn't a very fun experience for me because my glasses fogged up under my fursuit head - I couldn't see a thing!

The highlight of the con this year was definitely on Thursday. Night's mom and a friend of ours both came to see us at EF and we were greeting them in our fursuits. My tiger had already convinced me to skip the Uncle Kage Story Hour that afternoon so that we could surprise his mom with a special poster and a photoshoot.
But when I got into position to take that picture, our friends Cirez and  lyk unrolled something that I had not expected: A picture drawn by Nighty of his fursona proposing to mine. While I was still trying to process what was happening, he got down on one knee (we were both still in our fursuits, mind you) and asked me to marry him.

I said yes!

It was a very joyous moment for both of us and I am so glad that nobody could see my face under that fursuit head. I am not a big fan of crying in public ;3
But it was a huge moment and I am so happy that our friends and Night's mom were there with us.
You can see the video of the proposal on Night's Twitter account - just click here.
We later had some champagne and a big celebratory dinner - heck, Night and I even got a hug from Uncle Kage when we ran into him in the lobby and told him about our engagement!

So yes, you are looking at one - no two - very happily engaged tigers and we will upload the pic that Nighty drew later. Maybe he will already do it tonight, I don't know ^.^

The rest of the con was also a blast. I only regret that I suited up as a Jedi Master Cat only once - oh well, there is always the next con!
I got a great pic by  solaxe in the Art Show and my fiancé sold all his pictures there as well :3
He was a little disappointed that he didn't make it into the Art Auction though.
I also got a very sexy digital sketch from  hufnaar and said hi to  werethrope in the Dealer's Den - he is such a friendly boof and is so nice to talk to <3

As always it was a bit sad to see many people leave on Sunday, but at least I managed to get a photo of me with Uncle Kage AND Hella von Sinnen. :D
On Monday we had one last breakfast with our friends and brought all our suitcases and bags and fursuit boxes back to the car, said our goodbyes and were off to Tiger's place again.

I want to thank everybody who I met at EF25 and all the people I forgot to mention in this journal for a wonderful convention and a great time and hope to see you guys again as soon as possible!
Thank you very much for reading this :3