seanbonner

Sorry it's been a while since I updated but you know I'm in freaking Europe and I've been a little busy OK? So far Vienna has been amazing. I finally got into my flat at the Museumsquartier which is so crazy I can't even explain. A few SG Austria people have seen it and I'm sure can confirm the crazy claims. A few highlights so far:

- Meeting Astera, though "meeting" sounds weird since it seems like we've been friends for years.
- Using videochat to share bits of what I'm up to with people on the other side of the world.
- Street Art tours almost every time I walk anywhere.
- Super bad ass coffee almost every time I walk anywhere.
- People not falling asleep at my countless talks at conferences and universities about online communites.
- Vegan strudle and schnitzel at more than one place.
- Plotting with the monochrom posse.
- It hasn't been nearly as cold as everyone told me it would be.
- The Falco Stairs.
- Becoming some kind of unofficial SG ambassador to Europe, or something.

A few things that suck:

- Dog poop every fucking place you step.
- Seeing friends have to deal with drama.
- Knowing that the 1 cent Euro coins filling my pocket are probably worth about $10 US.
- Smoking still being perfectly acceptable everywhere here.
- So many coins.

Next week I'm going on a lightning trip to Paris for a tech convention, and then to Berlin for a Creative Commons party before heading back to Vienna a few days later. I was super psyched about it until the freaking French announced some kind of transit strike that starts literally THIRTY MINUTES after I land in Paris. Jerks!

As always, feel free to follow me on a more regular basis via my blog, my Flickr stream, or my Twitter feed. And if you are in Vienna, Paris, Berlin, London, or any of the surrounding areas where I might end up after New Years and want to meet up or have cool things I should check out, please let me know.