Well while Mad has been freezing in Poland, Ive been freezing in Austria, although today is unseasonably warm. I suspect the weather man knows I'm on the verge of leaving. Fortunately I haven't had much time to wander around outside. My first day here I did a bit of sight seeing, including dancing around the gardens where they filmed 'Do Re Mi' in the sound of music. The conference was meant to run a tour that evening, but when no tour guide showed up me and Scott (fellow conference delegate and former private investigator turned academic) went and had a look around one of the old castles, discussed focault while throwing snowballs, and set out on a self devised tour of salzburg's pubs.
Before the conference began the next afternoon I went with some of the other delegates on a tour of the st. Sebastian church and cemetery, where perecelcius (not sure I've spelt that right) is burried. Grave yard wad very creepy--lots of hourglasses with batwings, snakes sliding out of skull eyesockets, etc. It was, however, eerily beautiful to watch the snow falling on the tombstones.
The conference itself was great. There were papers on everything concerning magic and the superntural from ancient Greek sourcerers, to alchemy, to witchcraft, to Harry Potter, Narnia and Terry Pratchett. I was a little concerned that there'd be a whole lot of people there who believed themselves to be practicing witches and magicians, but there was only one guy who, rather amusingly, kept insisting magic was real. Although I did have my tarot cards read with rather frightening accuracy one night after dinner.
There was a really strong focus on 'networking' (which apparently translates to everyone getting sloshed at the hotel bar the minute the lat session of the day finishes) and I've met some amazing people that I'm very much going to miss.
There are, however, people I'm missing even more, and that's all of you. So I'm packing my bags, and tomorrow I'm starting out on the very long journey home. Am sooooo excited to see you all when I get back!
Love,
Margs
xo xo xo
P.S. I think my paper went okay : )
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