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Montreal Comic Con 2018

I'm back!

Last Saturday, I attended the Montreal Comic Con with a friend of mine. I left for Canada on Friday and I came back last Wednesday.

This was my first trip across the Atlantic Ocean, and my first vacation abroad in several years.



First things first, Montreal is a beautiful city that looks very European which helped me a great deal with my homesickness. My friend and I stayed there for four days, and after the Con, all we did was roam the city, see the sights, and eat poutiné.



And what trip to a new city would be complete without a visit to a bookstore? Montreal has an abundance of bookstores, and we chose Indigo, Canada's biggest book and gift store. My main mission was to find a French copy of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Well, mission accomplished and I now have this book is five languages, thank you very much. I may also have gone on a little shopping spree (the books were on sale, though).



But what I liked the most about Montreal was the people. Friendly, polite and always ready to lend a tired tourist a helping hand.

Which brings me to the main event: the Montreal Comic Con. My fellow X-phile and I had been planning this trip for months. We bought a couple of VIP tickets so that we didn't have to wait in line (except for the VIP line), and on the 7th of July we marched down to the Palais des Congrés de Montréal.

Basically, we went there to meet the cast of The X-Files. Originally, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson were supposed to appear, but Anderson cancelled, so Mitch Pileggi and William B. Davis were invited along with Duchovny, instead.



Well, I met them all for the first time. There were pictures, autographs, the whole shebang. The most surreal moment for me was asking David Duchovny a question at the panel that night.

Perhaps the best part about the Con was - again - the people. Connecting with fans online is one thing but meeting the real people behind those Youtube channels and those discussion posts is something else entirely. The energy is invigorating, the enthusiasm is contagious. You meet people from all over the world who share your passion, and are happy to meet you. Just like on that Buffy fan-fest last year, I felt like I was a part of a bigger world. Still do.



After the panel we went to the X-Files Improv with Laurice and Walt of the Superimprovgal, which was the great way to end that day.

So that was my first North American comic con. I had great time, and I'm very grateful to everyone who made this experience possible.

Now that I'm back to good old Sweden, I expect to come back to my regularly scheduled programming.

Thank you and have a great weekend!

PS. if you want more pictures from the trip check out my Instagram account, @dinaratengri. And if you want more pictures from the Con, check out my other account, @dr.scullys.files


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