La France
after all, l’Hexagone est la bestagone
After our big trip to Japan in March and , I only got to spend one night at home before going right back to SFO.
Third continent and fourth country in two days. Ugh.
I had to go to Sophia Antipolis for the spring meeting of W3C’s Advisory Committee, held by ERCIM (W3C’s European partner), and hosted at Inria.
I was on the upper deck of a BA A380 for the SFO–LHR leg of my travel. I love how quiet it is up there.
Bonjour, NCE!
I arrived in the afternoon on Sunday, rented a car, and drove to Antibes. This was my first time driving in France, which was the part of the trip I wasn’t looking forward to. 🔰 It ended up not being that bad, though I did accidentally get on the freeway one time and that wasn’t fun at all.


Antibes really is a lovely city, and the spring is a great time to be in town. This was my third visit. I was last here two years ago, for another AC meeting. Before that, I came for a CSSWG meeting in 2014.


Hello from day 1 of w3c’s spring Advisory Committee meeting!
TPAC and the spring AC meeting are work, of course, but they’re also reunions—annual opportunities to see a whole bunch of friends and colleagues. It was particularly nice to catch up with Brian, Chris, Coralie, Elena, Elika , Eric, Florian, Ian, Jaunita, Léonie, Matthew, Max, Tantek, Tristan, Wendy, and Yves. I’ve certainly unintentionally left some off this list. Sorry!
There was a reception one night on a rooftop in Cannes. Lovely view, lively conversations.

