Last month, I attended the Anthro New England convention in Boston, MA for the first time, and had an absolute blast of a time! This is the final installment of my usual post-convention summary, sharing a photo of my time away while recounting the events of the day on which the photo was taken, exactly two weeks ago (well, a day late, in this instance):

I woke up about half an hour from landing at around 5:00am GMT, meaning that although I had missed the breakfast service on the flight, I had slept on and off for a good 4 hours. While this might not sound like an awful lot, it would later prove to be just enough to help me beat jet-lag, the first time I've actually done so. We landed in Dublin about half an hour behind schedule, but that still left me with plenty of time to get through passport control, have a nice leisurely full Irish breakfast in Terminal 2, pick up some drinks, and make my way back through security for my final flight of the journey.

We passengers were bussed out to the waiting aircraft, an Aer Lingus ATR 72, for the short hop back across the Irish Sea to Bristol. The weather for the entire flight was superb, and from 16,000ft the window next to me offered some stunning views of coastal Ireland, and the Welsh valleys as we cruised through British airspace. One such view was this one, looking upon the familiar docks of Cardiff, the Welsh capital. My workplace is down there, but I'm not going to tell you which building it is. ;-p

The landing in Bristol was nice and smooth, and thanks to the Common Travel Area, I was out of the airport in 10 minutes without having to show my passport again. The weather was chilly but bright, which made the bus journey back to Temple Meads, and the train journeys to Bristol Parkway and then finally to Port Talbot Parkway all the more pleasant. I didn't nap on any of the journeys, though I treated myself to an M&S meal deal for the road...ahem, or the rail, rather.

Sadly, when I got back to my home station, I discovered that the back wheel on my bike had gone flat over the course of my time away. Thankfully, the weather was still pleasant in the early afternoon, and so I walked my bike and I home. In through the door, bike back in its place, and then it was upstairs to remove my rucksack, settle back into my home office, and get back to work as though I hadn't just had one of the best conventions of my life.

I very much hope you've enjoyed this coverage! As I've said before, I'm seriously considering ANE as a regular convention if I can get the salary to afford it, so this is unlikely to be the last time I post coverage like this. Routes and dates may change, but what most certainly won't is the love I have for this convention, the people who staff and attend it, and you all for reading this. Cheers! ^__^