view from a hotel window

We have arrived in Dublin, for the Science Fiction Worldcon.  We didn’t manage to book a room in a nearby hotel (they were sold out about 10 minutes after booking opened), so have a bit of a trek from Parnell Street.

We got the airport bus to the hotel, and checked in.  We then walked to the Convention Centre, to pre-emptively register for tomorrow’s start, and then walked on to the Science Galley for a panel discussion: “Oppy or Armstrong? Autonomous vs human space exploration”.  The panel unanimously agreed we need to send both humans and robots.  We then walked back to the hotel.  We had also done a bit of walking around airports earlier in the day, and my phone’s step counter is registering an impressive (for me) 15100 steps.

That local Tesco will be useful for stocking up on carbs needed to keep going through the weekend.  The trams clang their warning bells as they go past: I hope that doesn’t go on all night!