After a very busy but SO COOL Wednesday, and working all day today, I now have time to update my blog some more about FedCon 18 and also about Per Gessle's concert in Amsterdam last night! So much to tell you and so little time. I know I should finish with my FedCon 18 report first but I also would love to tell you all about the wonderful performance of mister Gessle and with special guest for two songs: Marie Fredriksson! It's so hard not to post all about last night first. I almost would like to ask you what you think is best...
Well, I decided I should try to finish most of FedCon 18 before rushing into last nights story!
I left you while standing in the photo shoot line of Nichelle Nicols. And then I saw Nana, got a picture taken with her and she looked the other way. And then our pictures were taken with Nichelle and I posted those pictures already as well.
Being quite happy that the photoshoot went very well, we decided to get ready in the next waiting line: for the big autograph Q with the "big" stars, like Nana and Summer. We checked if there were any signs about restrictions: would the Q be about numbers on your tickets or just stand in line and be served when you're up. Since we did not see anything about numbers (like from 0 till 300 or so) we went in line.
There we met up with Jens, whom we met on Friday already, with Sandra and Imanuel. *all in the picture with me*. Jens and had some other things he wanted to do, so he left after a while. And since the Q was not moving quickly, Imanuel and Sandra would keep our place occupied so Joyce and I could pick up our pictures from the Friday photo shoots: Jeffrey and Marc. When we got our pictures, we saw they were singing in a room we passed by. Since it was not busy at all, we decided to go in and get my Star Trek DS9 bag signed, give Marc and Jeffrey our stroopwafels and show them our group pictures.
First we went to Marc. He was very nice, as we already knew, but did not personalize his autographs.
He did, however, sign one of our pictures for free because he really liked it a lot. Even though the pink shirted FedCon gall told him we did not pay for it, he insisted.
Then we went on to his neighbor: Jeffrey. He did personalize my bag and was also quite happy to receive the stroopwafels when we gave them to him (and we remembered that we forgot to give Marc his package!).
He also loved the group pictures so much and asked if he should personalize them as well. Again, another pink shirt told him that we only paid for the bag signature. But he insisted to sign both the pictures, without personalizing, anyway. So sweet of him to do so!
Then, happy as we were, we rushed back to Imanuel and Sandra who were still in the line. When we were finally moving up and forwards, we were asked to show our card numbers. And then we heard that about 15 minutes ago they did place a sign "telling" us that they only took in 0 till 600 and Saturday day cards... We were quite pissed. So we went to the info desk and told the woman how it all went. She promised us that we WOULD make it in on Sunday for sure and she was understanding about our reaction. Then we went upstairs for Nichelle Nicols' siging session. While Imanuel was standing in the Q, we went for beer. 3 glasses, one for Imanuel as well. Seeing we already had her signature already and he just got shoved away so he really was in need for her signature. But when we came back: the Q was EXIT and they were told to come back the other day, also... Imanuel really needed his beer now!!!
Since we did NOT want to miss out the Hogan/Olson photo shoot, we decided to take our beers and join the Q that was already forming at that time.
This time, we DID make it!
After that, we were all quite hungry and decided we wanted some REAL food. So Imanuel went together with Joyce and me to the U-bahn station and we headed for the Bonn City Center.
We walked around and decided to eat at the Pizza Hut.
There we dines for 11 €uro's per person, beer included! And it tasted so damn good!!!
They do have a new trend in Bonn, we noticed. All the young people were walking around with six-packs under their arms. But that evening there was the "Rhein im Flammen" (fireworks at the river the Rhein) so they were all preparing for it. We were tempted to go out and find six packs as wellso we would not stand out in the crowd.
We really had an amazingly good time and much fun and we went back to the convention with a full tummy and a good feeling *smiles*.
Due to the fireworks, the U-bahn was CROWDED and really really full!
When we came back, we went to the Piano bar at the hotel for some more drinks, seeing Imanuel was smart enough to take the U-bahn to his hotel. Well that WAS the initial plan! But first, more beer and then cocktails!
Joyce with a Dr. Who Dalek :) *exterminate*
Around 00:30 we decided it was time to go back to the U-bahn, hoping it would still ride us home. It was SOOOOO busy that Imanuel was lucky he did not have to drive, seeing he would not be able to move. All the road was jammed with traffic and more traffic, honking cars and loud music everywhere...
In the end, Joyce and I were at our hotel around 1:30. Imanuel got stuck in the U-bahn and he got home even later... Only to be almost first in line on Sunday morning at the entrance of the convention.
This is the end of our Saturday adventures. I hope you all enjoyed it so far... I know I did!!!
Now I will tell you all a little bit about last night:
Per Gessle, live in Amsterdam @ Melkweg!
But I will make a new post for that, I think that might be more easy to read and/or find in this blog. So I will be right back!
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