Åcon 6

Posted 2013-07-19 18:20. Tagged Åland, Brompton, choklad, cykel, fandom, science fiction, Tricia Sullivan.

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Åcon is a small convention where fans from Sweden and Finland, and some from Åland, Norway, Great Brittain and USA, meet for an extended spring weekend of science fiction and a good time in general.

Here’s some pictures from the event, about two months late.

The convention, guest of honor Tricia Sullivan and other participants, offered several intersting panel discussions. The first dealt with one of the main topics of Tricias authorship, body and mind and in particular how the limitations of the body may be necessary for the existence of the mind.

Båtcon, fans from Stockholm, Linköping and Gothenburg.

The first panel: Cheryl Morgan, Markku Soikkeli and Tricia Sullivan.

Chocolate tasting

An excursion to Mercedes Chocolaterie is part of the recurring programme of Åcon. This was the first time I attended, but I hope to do it again. Tasty and interesting!

Chocolate maker Mercedes shows a chocolate fruit and explains.

Cheryl, Katarina and Tricia keenly listening.

Tasty bits pass through a shower of molten chocolate.

The chocolate is dried and excess chocolate is blown away.

Before the chocolate is settled, it can be decorated.

Most of the excursion participants outside the old post house containing the chocolaterie.

Bike excursion

I brought my folding bike, mainly because I can. It didn’t see to much use, but I did go for a small trip.

A bird.

Mariehamn and convention hotel (the gray building slightly right of center) from across the west bay.

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