He is in Spain, me in Canada

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I love Spain, and would have liked to go to that conference. But as it's peripheral to my current planning practice, I really couldn't justify it. Hopefully I'll be doing more bike planning for the next conference.

I love city riding. It is the best way to learn about a city. I lived in Paris but did not ride there (it was before Paris became bike-friendly). I went back a couple of years ago with my bike, and I saw more of Paris on my bike than I had when I lived there. The Metro is great, but you miss everything above ground.

Barcelona is quite wonderful; I wasn't a huge fan of Madrid. Bilbao is interesting; the Guggenheim was under construction when I was there, so it was a while ago.

Based on the photos I've seen, Barcelona looks very interesting.
Well, tulip the conference will be in Vancouver, BC for 2012. More about that soon!