Conshohocken!
That’s right folks, it’s pronounced how it looks: I’m in Conshohocken, PA. That’s somewhere outside Philadelphia, and it’s a lovely little place where real Americans live, away from the tourists and the crazyness of the big cities. I’m out here staying with my friend Beth while she pet-sits for her aunt. Our days are mainly spent pampering the dog, Sally, and the two baby birds, Flounder and Chuckles. All three of them are beautiful animals. Shortly before I spent a few days with her family who were far, far too nice to me and fed me well (Thank you so much!). It was really great to be in a real US household in a real US place, because it has occurred to me that I haven’t really spoken to many Americans since I’ve been here. This weekend we went to Otakon, a huge anime convention in Baltimore. I don’t really know what to say about it: thousands of beautiful people (as well as plenty of nerds) all in costume, lots of mucking about and people watching, staying in a swanky hotel room, lots of anime to watch (I missed most of it), and a generally awesome time was had. I met some people from Glowsticking.com and talked juggling and dancing for a while, and I finally got to have a decent dance thanks to the Otarave in the evenings. Over here glowsticking is far more common and I got to see some really superb dancing going on.
I’m going to hang around here for a while longer, enjoying the sun and doing some much needed sitting around and doing nothing, and then head on to Lancaster to stay with some of Beth’s friends, then I’m going to move on to Washington, I think. Looks like Chicago will also be on the cards but I haven’t planned anything that far ahead.
I’ve spent way, way too much money here. Check out my flickr gallery, by the way: more pictures woop woop!