With just two sleeps before I head up to Leeds for this year's European Beer Bloggers Conference, and just seven until I head to America, I felt it was time to take a look at what I'll be doing, and also, what I'll be missing.. Firstly, this weekend in Leeds. The location was partially influential in me deciding to go. I've never been to Leeds, and so it'll be nice to take some time to have a look around after the Magic Rock Trip on Sunday. As for the conference itself, I'm hoping to come away with a lot of new knowledge, and put faces to a lot of the names I have been talking to on twitter, and on here. It'll also be nice to meet the faces I've already seen again. I'll have a couple of dry days after the conference (I think we'll probably all need them) before I fly to America. I'm going over to visit my Girlfriend, who will be taking me to several beery places in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio. I also know that she already has several bottles waiting for me, including some Dogfish Head, and a few bottles of Infinium (I rather love her somewhat for some reason). There will be Friday Pint posts, and I'm hoping to try at least one Black and Tan Experiment whilst I'm over there. Of course, being out of the country means I'll be missing a few things here and there. Firstly, there's The Skatalites, who play in London on the day I leave. Southampton Beer Festival takes place on the 31st May to the 2nd June, and Brockenhurst Football Club are having another festival between the 2nd and 4th June. Random Hand are playing somewhere in Stoke Newington on the 2nd. I don't know where, I can't go, so it's worthless finding out for me. I'm sure there are more things I'll be missing, but these stand out. To make matters worse, I miss the chance to see The Real McKenzies in Pittsburgh by a couple of days. Still, I doubt I'll be worried about that when I return with a case full of American beers.
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