http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?TripID=7100 Off to Victoria, British Columbia for the 16th WCDEM. Missed the 15th in Amsterdam, but went to the 14th in Edinburgh. Not expecting "a lot of science". en-US Copyright © 2026, walbs daily 1 1 y registration for the conference was delayed as the "computers were down" (the universal excuse these days). Maybe that's why my flight to Canada was cancelled. ]]> Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=7100 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=63824 0 49.25 -123.1333333 Had to settle for this one star hotel in Victoria...]]> Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=7100 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=63777 0 49.25 -123.1333333 Sad faces all round after the Hawks beat the Canucks in the western conference Stanley Cup playoffs.]]> Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=7100 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=63678 0 49.25 -123.1333333 Flight from Vancouver to Victoria in a De Havilland Dash 8 - reminded me of the Aeropelican planes which fly into Newcastle from Sydney.]]> Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=7100 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=63675 0 49.25 -123.1333333 Got tested for drugs and explosives at Sydney Airport - pleased to see how vigilant they are. They're even sniffing out swine flu!]]> Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=7100 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=63674 0 -33.8833333 151.2166667 Left 24 hours late as Air Canada cancelled my flight - presumably people are cancelling their trips as Canada has the third highest number of confirmed cases of the dreaded swine 'flu.]]> Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=7100 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=63473 0 -37.8166667 144.9666667