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In June 2023 I took a trip to Edinburgh via Helsinki. A fairly complex itinerary involving Qantas Economy and Finnair Business and bottles of milk.
That got me most of the way to Qantas Gold from my Lifetime Silver status and in October I finished the journey with a trip to Waiheke that didn’t go exactly as planned, leaving a sour taste in my mouth.
This year’s BookCrossing.com World Convention — a grand title for an event of around a hundred people — is being held in Tampere, Finland. After the disruption of the Covid years — I was on the Gold Coast 2020 committee that got blown into oblivion and the Finland crew were originally scheduled for 2021 but (heh) got cold feet — we’re back on track, kind of.
