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Sunday started with a continental breakfast in the hotel restaurant, then we embarked on a sight-seeing boat trip entitled under the bridges of stockholm which was an excellent way to see the islands and some beautiful buildings, we had an audio commentary for the 2-hour trip, and you can see from some of the photos how picturesque it is.

We then tested the journey to the convention center, which is easy enough for us as the central station is right outside the Radisson, we have got a train ticket for the week so you just hop on and its about 3 stops to the convention centre. We registered, and then took the train back to the hotel and decided to walk to the Vasa Museum which luckily stayed open till 6.00, so we got to see the Vasa, which is a 17th Century ship that sank on its maiden voyage, which was then salvaged in 1961 and the museum opened. Again I have added a few photos to flickr, and you can see some more on the website, but it doesn't really do it justice, if you are ever in Stockholm you have to see this!

So with aching feet and legs we walked back to the hotel, and had a nice meal across the road this evening and back to the hotel to upload photos and blog this, and check the programme for tomorrow, looks like it starts with a Kevin James lecture for me, then onto the close-up then the opening ceremony, the nordic show and then the civic reception tomorrow evening. Another great day to celebrate the 6th Birthday of this blog, so expect another post and more photos tomorrow!

Well we got here, after leaving home this morning around 8:00am and its now 7:00pm Swedish time, we took a plane from Humberside, to Schipol, then from Schipol to Stockholm, a short train ride and we are in our Hotel, the SAS Radisson Viking, which has free WiFi internet, and we have a laptop, so hopefully you can expect regular postings with photos etc.! We register tomorrow and hopefully take a guided tour of Stockholm by boat, then the conference starts on Monday. Have just added a FISM 2006 set to Flickr, if you scroll down the page you can see the latest photos on the right, or check out the FISM 2006 Set

As you may have noticed I have been absent from posting for a couple of months, again life is getting in the way and other priorities take over, I have been saving up the magic links I have come across however and basically posted them all today in one fell swoop, so at least that should clear my backlog. Obviously the next big thing is FISM which starts on the 6th anniversary of this blog (and also my 29th birthday... I feel old!) We shall be there and I will be hopefully reporting back like last time not sure yet what form it will take, if it will be as long and detailed (hopefully!) or if I will post from the convention or save my notes till I get back. Really excited and looking forward to it, so will post more soon and hopefully get back to regular postings after that!

LSP: is a french magic site that features some great video-clips including some clips from Arnaud Chevrier who goes by the handle Twins who's work has also been featured on the MagicVideoDepot. Also if you can speak French check out the rest of the site for reviews, interviews and a forum.

Decknique: a Magic and XCM card video site, featuring video clips, products and forums.

Rai.It Media: is an Italian site with some interesting magical video clips, including Robert Giobbi, Max Maven, Mago Anton, Paul Wilson and Stevie Starr.

Gregory Lee: check out Gregory's video's he has a couple of clips of Copperfield, and some of himself showing various effects, colour-changes, sleights and moves.

Tom Wolf's Blinkshift: Tom's new tabled shift saw print in the March issue of Genii, go to his site to watch him do the move, along with some other very nice video's of Tom doing various moves and routines.

Sleight Club Show: a new podcast from Chris Wilcox interviewing a number of top magicians, his list so far includes Lee Asher, Yigal Mesika, Kenton Knepper, Richard Osterlind, Michael Close and Harry Riser. I had a bit of trouble getting episodes 5&6 to play in Winamp or on my MP3 player, now it could just be me, but in-case you have the same trouble, rename them to .WMV and play them through Windows Media Player or download a WMV to MP3 converter which seemed to do the trick for me!

Jay Sankey's Free Lecture Notes are available until Midnight on July 31st. Download for free and enjoy a dozen tricks varying from close-up, stage, childrens and mentalism, a great read and a wonderful gift from a very funny magician.

Tom Bullivant's Unicycle Page: his spot on the internet devoted to the mystical art of unicycling. Here you will find information, photos, videos, links and much more about unicycling.

Ricky Jay stars in ESP Billy: MSN have put out some short Messenger Movies featuring Ricky Jay as a psychic who works through MSN Messenger! Subscribe and view the movies through Messenger.

Ron Allesi's International Magic Auction: a new magic auction site featuring new, used, rare, vintage and antique props and books.

Royal Flush: a new trick entitled Royal Flush from Chamber Magic. Maybe not quite suitable for your next Kids show but would probably go down a storm down the Pub!

Tom Frank's new weblog after his move from Seattle to LA, Tom's blog is always a good read as he writes about his magic, his life in general and posts photos and movie clips of his magic.

MAGIC LIVE!...Magic On The Beach: An American magician, Adam Steinfeld travels the world. Read about his travels and watch video clips of his show.

Magic of Paul Harris: a new Paul Harris fan-site with references to all his publications and tricks, a short bio and pictures.

Ford Magic Sweepstakes: Penn & Teller play golf with Johnny Miller in the Ford Magic Sweepstakes, watch the videos and then enter the sweepstake to take a look behind the scenes.