The best and the worst

I will start with the BEST and the WORSE of the 28th EuroCon.

The best was raw number of people show at the convention and the enthusiasm it was possible to "inject" in all the participants.

Several ministers spoke at the opening session, and popular figures from showbiz were present. News on local TVs spend some time speaking about the convention (Yes - I have pictures, I will show them later).

A lot of editors had they booth in the parallel book fair.

They had a very good bi-lingual daily newspaper (very professionaly printed)

Also a good point: The Chernobyl visit. Which SF fan do not want to go there?

The worst was the lack of translation. Around 90% of the presentations were given by Ukrainians, which is understandable because it was in Ukraine. Not so understandable, all of them spoke in Ukrainian [i.e. in language I have assumed is Ukrainian]. Without any available translation, I understood only 10% of the sessions.

In a session with dialog with Harry "make room, make room" Harrison all the questions were made in Ukrainian. The translations were spoken to Harry WITH THE MICROPHONE TURNED OFF.

Only after I protested aloud (translation, translation, translation,.. !!!) they change the process and turned the mike on.

Picture1: Opening ceremony.

Picture2: Daily News.