thinking about travel plans
May. 11th, 2009 09:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kareinaI just received back a copy of my employment contract, signed by the rector of the university. Now that I have this vital document I can *finally* turn in my visa application. Other paperwork which must accompany the visa application includes proof of travel insurance and a list of my travel plans. Therefore it is time to think about making bookings for travel.
My goal is to submit the thesis by the end of May, so I'm thinking of leaving myself a few days in June in Tassie to finish up any last-minute things thereafter (this all assumes, of course, that I achieve this goal, and there is no reason to think that I won't). There are many people I want to see, located all over the planet. I won't have time to visit them all before I need to arrive in Italy. However, I will try to see as many as I can.
If you want me to come visit you on my way to Italy, please let me know ASAP (and remind me of where you are located if there is any chance I don't know). At the moment the tentative thoughts are:
leave Australia Thursday 4 June 2009, fly to Seattle Washington, spend 3-4 days there, then head south to Portland, Oregon for three days (possibly include side trip to Eugene from there?), then morning Friday 12 June fly to the Bay Area and spend the weekend at Kingdom A&S and perhaps stay in the area through Monday as well, to try to see as many folk as possible. Then head to Colorado for a couple of days, and then fly to Northshield for Bardic Madness before heading on to Wisconsin to visit friends and Family for a couple of days, then fly to Italy from there (from Chicago? New York?) on Wednesday 24 June.
This would be a whirl-wind of a trip, and misses out on important geographical areas, but I don't think the time would permit any more stops, and has an advantage of being progressive, more or less. What do people think? Is this crazy? Do-able? How about missing June Crown in favour of an event I've never attended in another Kingdom, in part because it is geographically "on the way", and in part because I've got a friend in that Kingdom I've not met yet, and, in part because it is a bardic-themed event. Will I be able to see everyone at West Kingdom A&S, or am I going to miss out on something terribly important if I don't go to June Crown? Certainly doing the cross country trip in stages as outlined above would make for the best travel experiance--no leg of the journey so long as to difficult.
How about people hosting me in each location? Who has time/energy to fetch me from airports or return me to them after the visit. Who has room at their home and would like the extra time with me by having me as a guest rather than just meeting up with me while I'm in town? How about A&S, I gather from the web page that it is a camping event? Anyone have room & spare gear in their camp for a visitor travelling with no camping gear? I don't eat much, and am good at setting up and tearing down camp...
Yes, I do want to get to Alaska too, but there isn't time on this pass. However, there is talk of sending be back to Tassie in August or September for some additional training on Monazite dating, so I'm hoping to arrange that trip such that I can attend Perg on the way there or back, and have a couple of other days to see other friends and family...
If anyone has any information that would suggest a completely different set of travel plans (e.g. an event or occasion I wouldn't want to miss in a different location than those listed above, or at a different time than I'd planned to be in that area), please let me know ASAP. Nothing is set in stone yet, and for the right reason(s) I'm happy to play with the schedule...
My goal is to submit the thesis by the end of May, so I'm thinking of leaving myself a few days in June in Tassie to finish up any last-minute things thereafter (this all assumes, of course, that I achieve this goal, and there is no reason to think that I won't). There are many people I want to see, located all over the planet. I won't have time to visit them all before I need to arrive in Italy. However, I will try to see as many as I can.
If you want me to come visit you on my way to Italy, please let me know ASAP (and remind me of where you are located if there is any chance I don't know). At the moment the tentative thoughts are:
leave Australia Thursday 4 June 2009, fly to Seattle Washington, spend 3-4 days there, then head south to Portland, Oregon for three days (possibly include side trip to Eugene from there?), then morning Friday 12 June fly to the Bay Area and spend the weekend at Kingdom A&S and perhaps stay in the area through Monday as well, to try to see as many folk as possible. Then head to Colorado for a couple of days, and then fly to Northshield for Bardic Madness before heading on to Wisconsin to visit friends and Family for a couple of days, then fly to Italy from there (from Chicago? New York?) on Wednesday 24 June.
This would be a whirl-wind of a trip, and misses out on important geographical areas, but I don't think the time would permit any more stops, and has an advantage of being progressive, more or less. What do people think? Is this crazy? Do-able? How about missing June Crown in favour of an event I've never attended in another Kingdom, in part because it is geographically "on the way", and in part because I've got a friend in that Kingdom I've not met yet, and, in part because it is a bardic-themed event. Will I be able to see everyone at West Kingdom A&S, or am I going to miss out on something terribly important if I don't go to June Crown? Certainly doing the cross country trip in stages as outlined above would make for the best travel experiance--no leg of the journey so long as to difficult.
How about people hosting me in each location? Who has time/energy to fetch me from airports or return me to them after the visit. Who has room at their home and would like the extra time with me by having me as a guest rather than just meeting up with me while I'm in town? How about A&S, I gather from the web page that it is a camping event? Anyone have room & spare gear in their camp for a visitor travelling with no camping gear? I don't eat much, and am good at setting up and tearing down camp...
Yes, I do want to get to Alaska too, but there isn't time on this pass. However, there is talk of sending be back to Tassie in August or September for some additional training on Monazite dating, so I'm hoping to arrange that trip such that I can attend Perg on the way there or back, and have a couple of other days to see other friends and family...
If anyone has any information that would suggest a completely different set of travel plans (e.g. an event or occasion I wouldn't want to miss in a different location than those listed above, or at a different time than I'd planned to be in that area), please let me know ASAP. Nothing is set in stone yet, and for the right reason(s) I'm happy to play with the schedule...