Day Two: Ow Ow Ow Ow

Jun 26, 2005 · 2 minute read

When I woke up on Thursday morning, my feet announced that I would not be doing quite as much walking. Ow. Blisters.

After breakfast, I hobbled along to the Speakers meeting, where we met the moderators and had a chance to make sure that our laptop would work with the conference centre’s projectors. Then a quick email check, a walk back to the train station to work out what train I should take to get back to Baden-Baden (I thought about going on the bus route again, but the timetable for that meant that if there were any problems, I’d miss the flight home, so I thought the train would be a little safer), and back to the hotel to checkout. A slight mix-up occurred, meaning that I had to pay for the room, but hopefully I’ll get that sorted out soon.

Then, more wandering! Ate half a Bratwurst before I started to gag on it. I was trying for the authentic experience, but I really don’t like sausage.

My talk suffered a little from me leaving my DV cable at home, so I couldn’t use the footage of the conference that I shot on Wednesday afternoon, but I think it went okay for the most part, although I probably talked far too fast. There were a few questions afterwards, but that was it; done with LinuxTag 2005. I said goodbye to Torsten, the moderator (and co-editor of the Video Book), headed off back to the train station, the teeny-tiny Baden Airpark airport, and then back into Stansted Airport.

Now only three weeks to go until America…