WorldCon 1995

Saturday

Saturday I fruitlessly searched for the places I had selected that were far away from the other areas I had searched. It started to rain, a cold, thin drizzle, all morning and afternoon, which would lead me to abandoning my quest more than half-way through it. My first stop was at the Victoria and Albert Museum to raid the bookstore, because I was given a strong hint by my father that my mother would appreciate something from there connected with their collection of sewing implements. Alas, they didn’t have anything specific on the subject but I came close.

I spent the next couple of hours taking the Underground to various outlying areas of London, and then tramping around the area looking for addresses: the first I couldn’t find while the second and third, next to each other, were quite disappointing. By this time I was hungry, cold, and more than a little wet (despite my London Fog jacket, which was soaked but didn’t pass the water through: primarily my trousers and face were just too wet.) I then decided to blow off looking for the last address: instead I took the Underground back to the B&B, where I got lunch at a nearby local pizza chain place and then crashed the rest of the afternoon.

Sunday

Sunday I packed up and left the B&B early, as the owner wanted to clean it for the next lodger. I flagged down a cab in the street outside and headed for Heathrow. I spent a couple of hours waiting in the airport before getting on the plane, then spent the hours of the flight trying to read a novel I had picked up. I was glad to arrive in Chicago, get some dinner, then change planes for Milwaukee, where my friend Paul picked me up and took me back to his place: he had been keeping my car for the duration. I crashed at his house Sunday night, then drove back to Appleton Monday. Then I started the painful process of catching up on all of the news, business, bills, and mail I had accumulated.

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