Yesterday I was tweeting with Crystal Huff about the number of different countries we had met people from over the past two weeks. I thought it might be useful to give an impression of just how international the SF&F community that gathered in London and Dublin was. Here, in no particular order, is my country list:

• UK
• USA
• Australia
• Canada
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• France
• Germany
• The Netherlands
• Finland
• Sweden
• Norway
• Denmark
• Iceland
• Croatia
• Poland
• Italy
• Russia
• Ukraine
• Spain
• Ireland
• Austria
• Greece
• Saudi Arabia
• United Arab Emirates
• Lebanon
• China
• Japan
• The Philippines
• India
• Jamaica
• Grenada
• Argentina
• Brazil

I’ve probably missed a few. I know that Crystal had Singapore on her list.

There are many reasons why we got such a good spread. Eurocon is normally fairly international. London is a fabulous tourist destination. UK Border people, while utterly foul to anyone wanting to live here, especially if they are some combination of brown skinned and/or queer, are well aware that the country is hugely dependent on tourist revenue. I don’t think we’ll get anything this good again for a while. However, I have high hopes for Helsinki and Dublin.