Reply To: [unofficial weekender] con cons

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@zoidpinhead getting the ticket to the bus and train was about the only interactions I had. First time I had to get a cab from the hotel to the airport. That was something I should have better planned ahead of time, but on the second bootcamp I could catch a train back which made things a lot easier.

I’d also say that understanding spoken English and various accents isn’t that hard.  I did ask people to repeat and a bit slower whenever I didn’t understand what they said. I also am fairly good at understanding the various Dutch dialects (like the ones in the music video … ).

It was fun but a lot of stress (and money) too. Not quite as expensive as what I’ve estimated that UK Games Expo would be though.

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Another experiment with Claude.AI for travel strategy for Essen 🙂
It suggested Bochum which is about 3-4 hours travel by train.
Travel from Bochum to Essen would be a 10 minute journey by S-bahn for 1 Euro That’s stupendously cheap. Over here that barely gets you to the next stop on a regular bus route.

I didn’t realise it’s in October … but the thing told me to book within two weeks. I dislike that kind of stress.