November | 2018 | Keep Grinning

I repeatedly reflect on the fact that I am a very lucky man. So out of the blue, Wendy from Muse games to ask if I’d like to help out on the booth to promote Muse Games recently successfully kickstarted game “Hamsterdam” http://musegames.com/games/hamsterdam/ Of course I would. The conversation went along the lines of…

Me: What dates do you need me?

Wendy: 28/11/2018 through to 02/12/2018

Me: Not a problem.

Wendy: Do you have a passport?

Me: Wait! WHAT?!?!

It was at about that moment I learned that I’d be getting on a plane for the third time in my life. This was an adventure I hadn’t even considered.

So the destination is Barcelona. To be more precise, the http://www.barcelonagamesworld.com/en/ in the https://www.firabarcelona.com/en/home which turned out to be a huge and fantastic centre. And Wendy had pulled an absolute blinder in that were were in the super snazzy https://www.firacongress.com/en/ just on the other side of the road to the event. But first I needed to get there.

I got up at the absurd time of 3:30am. My flight out of Bristol airport was for a little after 7:00am. Now the last time I flew would have been over 15 years ago. And that was only Luton to Edinburgh. This was still only a 2 hour flight. But still a “new” experience for me. So a heady mix of excitement and nerves. But some CBT, headphones and Labyrinth playing on my phone helped a lot.