"Hear Me Roar..."
Last weekend I was whisked off to Bonn, once again. More precisely, I attended  Ring*Con, the biggest fantasy convention in Europe. Starting as a The Lord of the Rings convention, it now covers any fantasy (occasionally also scifi) movies, books and TV shows.Â
I left home in the early hours of Friday morning, taking the train to West Germanys old capital. The train ride up there is stunning: vinyards wherever you look, the river Rhine snaking it's way in between them, every now and then an old castle on top of rolling hills to be seen.
When I arrived I saw my friends Franzi ( fancyfranzy ) Â and Meli again, who I'd both met during my stay in New Zealand, as well as brilliant Alex ( motherof-unicorns ). It was very nice seeing them again, our conversations often coming back to our time in Wellington. Meeting friends from brilliant hipsterfangirlfashion again was pretty fun too, they are such cool people with brilliant cosplay ideas!
The convention itself I enjoyed quite a bit.The atmosphere at conventions is just unlike any other event I've been to. Throw friendlyness, openness, a lot of crazyiness and a love of fantastical things together and you'll get Ring*Con. For those who don't know, a convention usually includes actors or authors to hold panels (fans asking questions), different workshops being held and a lot of people cosplaying (dressing up as characters from movies, books, shows or computer games). The amount of talent when it comes to creating costumes is incredible: people spending hours on end to perfecting a piece is unbelieveable and made me want to learn to sow and create brilliant cosplays too.  This Ring*Con the book series/TV show A Song of Ice and Fire / A Game of Thrones seemed to be the main theme, several actors being there  and answering questions about the show.
The partys at the conventions are always briliant and carried on into the early hours of the next morning. I think this also shows what kind of people come to these kind of conventions: although plenty of alcohol was involved, I didn't meet one person who was unpleasantly drunk.The actors joining in the partying was an added bonus.
It was a brilliant weekend, and I can not wait for the next convention to come up.















