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+layout: post
+title: GLC 2025 Con report
+categories: furry
+lang: en
+date: 2025-12-18 18:23 +0100
+---
+A very late con report. There's not that much memories left of it. This report is
+stitched together from notes I made. I probably forgot some things. Oh well :D.
+It must still be mentioned!
+
+## Tuesday, 2025-10-28
+
+The trip from Würzburg in one go is too long for me. Also,
+the best train connection from Frankfurt starts at like 8 a.m.
+I'd have to start from Würzburg about one hour before that.
+
+Since that's too early in the morning for me, I started one day early.
+A fellow furry, F1fth, offered to let me stay the night on the couch :D.
+Warm thanks for that.
+
+## Wednesday, 2025-10-29
+
+In the train to Switzerland. Traveling is so much nicer in company!
+
+With F1fth, Leso, schMA, H3xe and Jonas, the time went by quickly.
+The first view of the alps was as beautiful as ever.
+
+{% image
+ img="https://pics.uvokchee.de/i.php?/upload/2025/12/18/20251218170031-9a2277a1-la.jpg"
+ alt="Photo taken from inside the bus, showing the mountains."
+%}
+
+There was "Schienenersatzverkehr" because of construction work, so part
+of the trip was by bus instead of by train. It went pretty well, though.
+For the last part of the trip, we saw a cow pissing (from inside the bus
+while driving by). That was pretty funny. Situationskomik.
+
+Registration at the con went smoothly and relatively quickly,
+and I already did the first tasks for the scavenger hunt.
+
+{% image
+  img="https://pics.uvokchee.de/_data/i/upload/2025/12/18/20251218170032-8b05b7ec-me.jpg"
+  alt="Photo of the con book listing the scavenger hunt tasks."
+%}
+
+Also on the first day, I already met so many people I either haven't met in
+a long time, or only knew from the internet:
+FoxbrushTailwag, Ookami, LabWolf, Nerkitt, Neirin, CJ, StripeyYena and Takiwuff.
+That makes me happy, especially since I struggle with that mentally
+("I know nobody" / "Nobody knows me anyway…").
+
+## Thursday, 2025-10-30
+
+Took a small walk in the morning. The climb made it quite exhausting.
+But the view was worth it!
+
+{% image
+  img="https://pics.uvokchee.de/i.php?/upload/2025/12/18/20251218170032-1383a7f7-la.jpg"
+  alt="Photo of a mountain path/street, going downhill, showing some houses of the village,
+      the mountains, and the valleys filled with clouds."
+%}
+
+So, what else were the events that day? The snack exchange! 
+There were many nice snacks, and I even tried some of the licorice liqueur.
+The whole day ended in a food coma.
+
+The place around the campfire was popular as well.
+It was down by the hostel, where you had a superb view on the mountains,
+and also where the pool was located.
+
+{% image
+  img="https://pics.uvokchee.de/i.php?/upload/2025/12/18/20251218170033-bafa9166-me.jpg"
+  alt="Photo of Kazookie, the dinosaur-lynx, wearing armor, a sword, and a shield.
+      The green fur blends well with the green grass."
+%}
+
+
+
+Also, I bought some furry artwork in the Dealers Den, and then watched the
+dance competition in the evening. Everyone performed really well.
+
+## Friday, 2025-10-31
+
+I helped cutting bread for breakfast in the kitchen - with an industrial machine.
+And I even managed to keep all my fingers :D.
+Also, I helped drying the dishes the day before. Helping in the kitchen is
+important for a furry-only managed convention.
+
+Also, that day was the Maid Cafe, which was pretty popular.
+And I also got a massage from a fellow furry, which was really nice,
+since I had some shoulder problems during the con.
+
+## Saturday, 2025-11-01
+
+I did a night-time walk at 2 a.m. because I woke up in the middle of the night (again)
+and couldn't go back to sleep. After the walk, I could sleep some more, though.
+The sleep problems continued the other days, though. I blame the mattress.
+Or my back in general.
+
+That day, there was the group photo, I went down to Meiringen with schMA via the gondola,
+and in the afternoon, there was the jam session, in which I even played some guitar.
+
+{% image
+  img="https://pics.uvokchee.de/i.php?/upload/2025/12/18/20251218170034-606a0dba-la.jpg"
+  alt="photo taken from inside a gondola going downwards. A village and the mountains can be seen."
+%}
+
+In the evening, I go to do some mixing at the video table for the live stream!
+A whole new experience for me.
+
+{% image
+  img="https://pics.uvokchee.de/_data/i/upload/2025/12/18/20251218170035-8242bc98-me.jpg"
+  alt="Photo of a video mix table."
+%}
+
+## Sunday, 2025-11-02
+
+After breakfast, packing, helping cleaning the tables in the dining room, I returned
+to my room to find the con cat on the bedding :o. I left the window to the room tiled open,
+so he or she must've slipped in.
+
+{% image
+  img="https://pics.uvokchee.de/i.php?/upload/2025/12/18/20251218170035-f6e9cb34-me.jpg"
+  alt="Photo of a cat (black-brown striped) on bedding, looking smug."
+%}
+
+Then it was already time to travel back to Frankfurt.
+It was a nice journey, with the same group as the way to Switzerland.
+
+The last part back to Würzburg was a catastrophe, though.
+The train was running late, *and* had to be re-routed around Aschaffenburg.
+I arrived sometime around 11 or shortly before midnight back at home.