Steemfest 2 adventures
Lily the curious hedgehog in Lisbon [originally posted on blockchain 09/13/2017]
I arrived in Lisbon 2nd of November, evening and went straight to Snookers club festivities. All the way there I was trying to convince myself not to turn around, freak out and run away due to my social anxiety. It took all my courage to turn around the corner where I already could hear cheerful Steemians outside chatting away. With a shy “Hi.” I passed them to enter the building.I am pretty sure there were some people I should have recognized, but to be honest as a newbie (yes, I still count as one), I did not. Over three hundred Steemians. Strangers, crazies and lovely people from all around the world with at least one thing in common - Steemit. Still tag less, there were few to actually verify/recognize me which was a pleasant surprise. @gtg took some good convincing though, hehe.
Conference day 2 venue was in lovely, green location, with plenty of room to practice acroyoga with @karensuestudios and @acromott between talks, snacks and lunch.
Fireside chat with @ned - aww, he smiled for the photo
I missed out on conference day one, but stream videos from all of the talks, both days are available here.
Some talks were really technical, I tried my best to keep up. One of them was called Scaling Steemit With Python presented by @layz3r, @justinw was concerned that their talk was too boring, while even though I had almost no clue about technical side of it, they had made sure to include witty jokes for non-techies like me. My favorite talk of the day! BTW guys, you do insanely amazing job!
A Night of Steem, @sneak played some really nice music, happy Steemians dancing around, having absolute blast. I was in love with the place. Must be those bulbs.
All that regular running prior really helped with Lisbon’s uphills and downhills, such a beautiful and colorful city to wander around. Something to discover on every corner.
Exploring Lisbon with this lovely bunch - @nelyp, @shak, @pharesim, juka, @sticks and Jochen. What is priceless about this photo, first of all, none of us really like to be in photos that much, second, Jochen’s facial expression says it all.
In the white plastic bag we have the second best Pastel De Natas. They were creamy and delicious!
Paper won’t bite was displayed at Art at Steemfest at LX Factory, yay! [originally posted 07/18/2017, it took about a week to finish fluffy baby version of Juka, she approved by giving it a paw high five]
@nanzo-scoop almost traded all his Steem Power for a print of it for his two daughters.
Insane graffiti art around LX Factory
This is most likely in all posts from Steemfest
We had so much fun making these silly GIFs
This one was a little bit embarrassing since @roelandp decided to open the conference day 2 with it. You can find all of them here [that is where they are from, please, cheetah don’t flag me! @anyx ♡]
Me and @fredrikaa at the closing dinner at Estufa Fria [my only “selfie” @fredrikaa, you must be pretty special]
I will try to keep this short. I really enjoyed my time at Steemfest and Lisbon and met a lot of nice people and fellow Steemians. It was really lovely to meet OCD team with whom I am working with on daily basis - @gmuxx, @anomadsoul, @roxane and @meanmommy33. Thank you @roelandp and the team for creating such an amazing event for all of us.
Thank you all who stopped by to say hello to this stranger in the strange land (me).
Thank you @pharesim, without you I would not be here.
Glad you're back (and thanks for sharing the hysterical photos, I haven't seen the funny side of SteemFest till now!).
Now get to posting regularly again!! XD
I am glad I made you laugh this time @overkillcoin! :) Usually it is the other way round, hehe.
Ah, yes! Posting and regularly. I will try to work on that regularly part as much as I can.
I have a difficult time posting too, lately...
I know right? Now you're part of the rant quality-assurance team! XD
Social anxiety? No way!!! You seemed so confortable
surrounded by all of us there...
And yes, I don't like to be in photos! But I like this one :)
Jochen... he's is so... mmm... expressive hahaha.
It was nice to meet you,Yoli. I hope to see you soon 💙
Pd: You are on this one 😈🦄
@nelyp you are so amazing and I was so happy to finally meet you! I was only so comfortable because of all of you and I already miss you.
It is so strange in a good way how paths for some cross almost as if something pulls or pushes them certain direction and sometimes you know you have to let it go and go with the flow. I think in 2017 this has happened on a major scale.
Hope to see you again soon too! :)
Aww. Nice photo.
@m31, thank you on effort for making this post, it brings close atmosphere and other events on Steemfest. And it makes me wish more and more to come to the next one :)
Thank you @jungwatercolor for stopping by and reading! :) Definitely, you should come to the next one! :)
It was lovely to meet you.
Aww, it was lovely to meet you too @gmuxx :)
That headbanging dog!
Juka is the official Steemfest dog ^^
I'm very happy that you could make it there @m31 :)
A social network is only as good as it's participants, and it would be a shame if not one of the nicest and most engaging and thus most valuable persons on the platform couldn't come!
Hope you enjoyed your stay as much as I did! Till next time ;)
@fredrikaa it was a pleasure to meet you! Definitely will keep an eye on your awesome space blog ^^
I did enjoy my stay. :)
Oh wow the gifs are AMAZING!
On my way back home I was scrolling through the gallery of all of them and could not stop laughing, people at the airport probably thought I was insane :)
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Awesome adventure @m31! So happy for you and all the team! I'm loving the art from the streets of Lisbon, you did an amazing work taking those pictures. I hope your adventures keep happening often, traveling is living for me and most important, the lessons we learn every time in a new place with from new people. My best wishes for you dear friend. Greetings from the other side of the world!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment @yimiipsa! I always know that it comes right from your heart. Much appreciated. I know so well what you mean about traveling being living. When I travel my mind is completely clear and concentrating on recording every moment of then and there, no worries of "real" life, just pure enjoyment and exploration. My best wishes to you as well and I hope to meet you one day, maybe Steemfest 3? Greetings from Latvia :)
I hope to meet you one day too! Steemfest 3 be the goal! See you in the near future @m31 ;)
Happy to see you having fun there @m31! Love the gifs! thanks for sharing your experience with us! 😊
Thank you @andywong31! I love those gifs as well and all the crazies in them. It was absolute blast and pleasure to be there and witness it all. :)
I was glad to meet you, although you did not speak Spanish, only "Todo ta bueno" I could understand you a bit. hehehe
Greetings darling yolita, take care.
It was really nice to meet you too @oscarcc89! ^^ I am planning to learn more Spanish so that next time at Steemfest 3 we can hopefully have a decent conversation in Spanish.
Aww! Take care you as well :)
That's great, I'll take some English classes to be able to talk better with you. Hahaha
Yes take care! ;)