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  • TravelerTrip to the US - Sep/Oct 2023
    Day 13

    Salt Lake City tour

    September 24, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    This morning, I joined a guided bus tour around Salt Lake City. We first stopped by the Utah State Capitol, a very impressive building that looked much like the capitol building in Washington D.C.

    The building is the home to the Utah state government - housing the Supreme Court and House of Representatives, among other things.

    When driving around in the city, we also passed by several venues used in the 2002 Winter Olympics.

    The tour ended at Temple Square, home of Salt Lake Temple, which is the largest temple in the world for the mormons, aka. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)

    Utah and Salt Lake City, in particular, are the world headquarters for the LDS church, and their presence in the city is huge. They own many businesses and buildings around town.

    I have seen the massive temple in pictures, and it is very impressive, but currently, it is undergoing a major renovation, so it was completely covered in scaffolding.

    It was interesting to visit this very religious city on a Sunday. Virtually everything was closed, and the downtown area was practically empty in the afternoon. Very surreal to be in a major US city in the middle of the day with almost no people around.

    I did eventually find a place to get lunch and then checked out some exhibits at the planetarium, which was also open.

    Since I had no other plans, I decided to drop by a local movie theater to see the latest Expendables movie with Sylvester Stallone. It was not as good as the first 3 movies - for sure!

    The weather was lovely today, so after the movie, it was great to finish the day with a walk around the city. It is a really beautiful place, with the mountains in the background and many historical buildings.    Read more

  • TravelerTrip to the US - Sep/Oct 2023
    Day 12

    FanX: Day 3

    September 23, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    Last day of the FanX convention! I started the day with a panel on the Back To The Future musical by Michael Klastorin, who has written several books about the movies, and he was the publicist on part 2 and 3.

    After that, I attended a panel about introverts in pop culture! As an introvert, it was interesting to see that there are several characters in huge films or tv shows that are actually introverted too.

    There are tons of panels going on in multiple rooms around the convention center all three days, so it was fun to attend some of the smaller ones too.

    I did another few panels in the main ballroom too though - first one of the day with cast members from one of the many Star Wars shows. While they can't talk about the show specifically, they are actors, so they know how to make a Q&A fun and interesting.

    The next panel, with the cast of Smallville, was definitely one of the most entertaining of the weekend! Tom Welling (Clark Kent( and Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor) in particular were hilarious and really knew how to get the crowd going!

    Follwing the panel, I got a photo with Kristin Kreuk who played Lana Lang on Smallville, and it was also fun to see John Glover who portrayed Lionel Luthor.

    My final panel was with the amazing Andy Serkis, who has done so many things over the years, but might be best known as Gollum in Lord of the Rings, and Snoke in the latest Star Wars movies.

    Today, I didn't have as much planned as I did over the past two days, so I had a chance to see more of the convention floor and the hundreds of vendors selling anything you can imagine. The selection was truly remarkable. So much to see!

    FanX is definitely one of the biggest cons I have attended, but I'm glad I was able to do all the things I had planned in advance. Many great panels and great people.    Read more

  • TravelerTrip to the US - Sep/Oct 2023
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    FanX: Day 2

    September 22, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Great second day at FanX! Quite a busy one, too. I did six panels, the first one featuring Karen Gillan, who plays Nebula in several Marvel movies, Alex Kingston, who I best remember from E.R. and Arthur Darvill, who is probably best known from tv show Dr. Who.

    After that, a smaller panel with Wayne Knight from Jurassic Park and Seinfeld, among other things. A great actor, and it was really interesting to hear about his life and career, and I love his Newman character on Seinfeld.

    Later, I did a panel with the amazing cast of several Marvel shows, primarily Daredevil. The actor who played Daredevil, Charlie Cox, was there as well as the villain on the show, portrayed by Vincent D'Onofrio. The gorgeous Krysten Ritter and Carrie-Ann Moss (best known from The Matrix) also joined the panel.

    My last three panels were all focused on actors from Back to the Future: 92-year-old James Tolkan who played Strictland, Tom Wilson, who played Biff Tannen, and then Doc Brown himself, Christopher Lloyd. I have seen these guys several times before, but it was nice that they each did a half-hour individual panel, even though they couldn't talk about the movies due to the strike.

    Tom Wilson, who is also a comedian, was extremely funny, and I must say he did one of the most entertaining and enjoyable panels I have ever attended.

    Seeing Christopher Lloyd again was bittersweet, as this is apparently the last convention he will ever do, and last ever panel. He was great as always, and I have been lucky to see him at several different conventions over the past few years.

    Speaking of Back To The Future, in between the various panels, I had a photo op with none other than Michael J. Fox. I have met him four times now, which is surreal to think about. He has been my hero for over three decades, so it is a privilege to meet him, and this was most likely his final convention as well.

    I also got a photo with the aforementioned Krysten Ritter who has done a lot of cool stuff - such as Breaking Bad, Daredevil, and Jessica Jones, where she plays the titular role.

    Finally, I got a photo with Hollywood legend Tony Danza! In a career spanning 45 years, he is probably best known from Taxi in the 70s, which also featured Christopher Lloyd.    Read more

  • TravelerTrip to the US - Sep/Oct 2023
    Day 10

    FanX: Day 1

    September 21, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    So, I left Orlando early this morning to catch a flight across the United States to Salt Lake City in Utah. It's my first time in Utah, and the view as we approached the airport was quite something.

    My reason for going to Salt Lake City is the three-day pop culture convention FanX. This is a huge event, attended by as much as 100,000 fans - so one of the biggest comic cons in the US.

    This year, they have around 100 celebrity guests and hundreds of vendors.

    I have attended a lot of conventions, but this is definitely one of the biggest!

    I did 5 panels - the first one with Ralph Macchio and William Zabka from Karate Kid and Cobra Kai, which is one of my favorite shows. Always fun to see these guys, and I also got a photo with them later.

    I also did a photo and panel with the great actress Alexandra Daddario, who is doing her first convention.

    Later, I attended a panel with three popular voice actors from an animated Star Wars series.

    My last panel of the day featured the cast of 90s horror/comedy Scream - Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, and Jamie Kennedy. An entertaining bunch for sure, especially Lillard, who walked around amongst the audience for most of the panel!

    At some point over the evening, I also joined a panel talking about Disney World vs. Disneyland! Very apropos since I was at Disney World yesterday and going to Disneyland in California on Monday.    Read more

  • TravelerTrip to the US - Sep/Oct 2023
    Day 9

    Walt Disney World

    September 20, 2023 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 26 °C

    Today, I went to Magic Kingdom for a five-hour tour around the park called "Keys to the Kingdom."

    It was a very informative tour where we learned many facts about the park and how everything started.

    Disneyland in California is the original park, where Walt Disney himself was the driving creative force. But he also initiated what would become Disney World in Florida. Sadly, he passed away before they started construction on the first park, Magic Kingdom. His brother Roy continued the project and helped open the park in 1971.

    The tour also included some backstage areas that are not open to the general public. We saw this enormous tunnel system that actually runs under the park, where the employees can easily get to different places around the park. It was fun to get a glimpse behind the scenes and to see what a huge operation it is to run the biggest tourist attraction in the world.

    After the tour, I made my way to a different park, Hollywood Studios, where I tried some of my favorite rides there. One of them is modeled after the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars. In fact, a big portion of the park is a very impressive Star Wars land.

    At this point, after days of sunny and very warm weather, it started to rain. A lot. Nonstop. So this made it a bit difficult to enjoy an outdoor amusement park.

    Eventually, I made it to my third Disney park of the day - the futuristic EPCOT. I tried out a new ride based on Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which was cool. Then I had dinner at a very unique restaurant, Space 220, which is meant to look like you are in space! It looks like something out of the aforementioned Star Wars, with a big "window" that shows your view of space as you are dining.

    It is one of the restaurants in Disney World that is hardest to get a reservation for, so I'm glad I was able to try it out.

    I would have liked to spend more time at Epcot, but they were closing soon, and the poor weather made it a lot less enjoyable. Still, it's a nice end to two busy days at the Disney parks.    Read more

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