After hours, Shout-outs, the physical road and fears - My road to Steemfest

I know it´s been a while since I wrote about my personal #roadtosteemfest and I think it´s a bit unfair because you all are joining the tag every week, so its only right that I play catch up. Yeah, I cramming up 4 topics in one post - this is

probably silly from me cause I could make 4 posts about but meh, such is life.

Before starting, if you are going to Steemfest and would like to know a bit more about other atendess, don´t forget to check out the tag #roadtosteemfest, some cool Steemians - and other much more cooler - are using the tag to write about Steemfest related topics.

After hours

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I´m probably giving this subject waay more thinking time than I should´ve but, considering how good it was last year in Lisbon, I think the after hours and free time topic is one of the most important ones because let´s face it: A lot of bonding, laughs, getting to know each other - the real you, not the business mask you´ll be wearing during the conferences - and especially, DMT´s (Deep meaningful conversations, not to be mixed with SMT´s) over wine or beer are something I´m really looking forward to.

I went through the speaker list and I must say there´s a fair share of people I´m not really interested in listening to - not because I think I can´t learn from them or because I undermine their talks but because of the subject they´ll be speaking - so I´m hoping they get an early slot in the speaking agenda and that way I can sleep a bit more without missing some of the talks I´m really looking forward to listen to.

I´m hoping I arrive to Poland on the 6th, perhaps the 5th. A friend of mine lives there and I already told him I´m going to be in his hometown so, he already has something prepared for us on the 5th. If you are going to be in Krakow in the 5th, let me know and we can meet up. On the 6th I´m pretty sure some of my sidekicks arrive and most likely we´ll host some kind of small party in the house we rented - that is, if Roeland doesn´t has anything prepared for the pre-meet-up like last year.

After that, I´m just going to roll with it and play it by ear. If someone wants to go out for a coffee, hit a bar or maybe even cause some mayhem in one of Krakow´s clubs, I´m game, just bear in mind that there´s no halfsies, if we go out, WE ARE GOING OUT.

Shout-Outs

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This one is pretty hard because I´ve read each and every post made under the #roadtosteemfest tag and I´ve learned a lot from all of you. I try to tag some of you on every new topic announcement because I really like shout outs. Some people don´t like doing them but to be honest, I think it´s the best way to give some visibility to people you think deserves it and also because dude, who doesn´t like being mentioned every once in a while?

So yeah, I can´t wait to share some Tequinka - that is Tequila and Palinka - with @guyfawkes4-20; sharing another beer like the last 17 times we´ve met with @luzcypher; discussing the social conduct of reputable steemians with @tarazkp; hugging @abh12345 after 3 days of not showering; judge people in a corner with @eveuncovered; calling @fukako a cheerleader for the second year in a row; laughing non-stop with @coruscate; hitting a late night Polish vodka (is that a thing?) with @evecab; play some poker with @nanzo-scoop and @blocktrades just like last year; talk about hitchhiking with @celestal and about digital nomading with @raj808; discussing crushes late at night with @llfarms; piggyback riding with @soyrosa; practicing some spanish/deutsch with @pharesim and of course, see my fellow hitchhiker @martibis after a year from going from Brussels to Lisbon with him! By the way, I can't wait to meet you @nomadicsoul, I can't believe you are actually making it!

I can´t wait to meet my fellow ocd curators @jeanpi1908, @theaustrianguy (we have some hunting to do by the way), @gmuxx - it will be great to see you again for our third big meet up together, @travelgirl - we have soo much to discuss about everything!-

My spanish speaking family @gargon, @pgarcgo, @nely @tincho, let´s criticize everyone without them even knowing about it :P

The winners of the @blocktrades contests @louis88, @honeydue, @jayna and @coruscate, I can´t wait to congratulate you in person!

Of course, two of the Steemians I admire the most, @voronoi and @hansikhouse along with all the Sndbox gang like @leotrap, @bitrocker2020, @guyfawkes4-20

My bro´s from the Steem Creators gang, @steemcafe and @jongolson, can´t wait to share another beer and another late night, I hope this time you join us Jon!

The team Malaysia gang, can´t wait to see you again bro @bitrocker2020, I hope @awesomianist is joining us this year! Also, we´ve interacted before but never spoke in person, I hope we get to chat @kevinwong.

The @steembirds deserve a special mention, I can´t wait to hit the streets like last time with @dan-atstarlite and @jaybird!

The german bros I met last year @felixxx, @mammasitta and @twinner plus the ones i´ll meet for the first time like @rivalzzz, @louis88,@lizanomadsoul, @manncpt

Meeting people for the second time - for the second Steem Fest in a row is always amazing so, I know for a fact that, @connecteconomy, @liliana.duarte, @joythewanderer, @ramengirl (oh wow, only girls are coming this year?) @surfermarly, @heiditravels, @sjennon, @things (yep, apparently there´s only girls going this year)

This time there won´t be waves to surf but I know I´ll be meeting some people in the bowling alleys, be prepared to be destroyed by my team!

I know for a fact I missed tagging people and I´m not going to ask for forgiveness or for you to understand I made a mistake, instead, please comment here hey asshole, we shared a beer last week why the hell aren´t you mentioning me? or maybe Yo dude, we chat every monday what the fuck, shout me out! so I edit the freaking post.

Anyway, see y´all in less than two weeks you bunch of crazy people.

Yeah, this post turned out to be very long and I´ve only written about two out of the four subjects I meant to, but if I write more you are never going to read it all, in fact, I doubt you read it all as it is :P

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I´m going to leave the title as it is because remember this is a freewrite and we are not supposed to delete anything, besides it´s good clickbait, but I´ll make another posts about the other two topics later :D

Quick last shout-out to @martibis, @karensuestudios and @accromott, I hope the last two make it this year!