Joining our forces and getting to know each other: The 6th Meetup of Steemit-Austria was a big success!

Today, I attended the 6th Meetup of Steemit Austria.

(shot taken from the official post here).

It was my first time but I immediately felt connected! It was an awesome chance for Steemians to come together in real life, connecting with like-minded people, and talking about a lot of very different topics.

Thank you @nicoletta and @flurgx for organizing this great event!
It was done very professionally, we even got some name stickers. Here is a photo of mine:

It also showed how rapidly the Steemit-Community is growing. I was told that there were about seven people at the first meeting in September. In today's meetup, there were more than 30 people. WOW! We filled more than the half of the space at restaurant Marks.

Meeting such a lot of people is quite a bit overwhelming. I did my best to remember all your names, but I certainly will also look up your comments at the invitation-post in order to find you.

Here are some people I got to know during the four hours I attended the meeting:

@street.yoga: We shared one of the tables and had a very nice time talking to each other about yoga, workouts, nutrition, Japanese specialities and so on. It was very nice - thank you for your advice!

@nicoletta and @flurgx: Thanks for joining @street.yoga and me for some time. I will certainly look into SteepShot and try it out.

@martinamartini: It was nice talking to you! Thank you for your presents! I really like the card you gave me! :)

@mammasitta: Martina said: If you have not met Mammasitta, you certainly have to talk to her, grabbed us and we went to Mammasitta. :D It was nice seeing you, but unfortunately, I didn't really have a lot of time talking to you. Maybe next time. You are the first real-world Steemian I met that is actually a dolphin (one of the new categories I learnt at the meeting. I also learned that I am plankton. :D ).

@bella-volen-art: Thanks for your postcard and your business card! Your art is very impressive.

@sciencevienna: We only had a little time to talk about your company, but it was very impressive. I am looking forward to hearing more from you the next time. :)

@gexi: Thanks for all your advice concerning the introduceyourself post, and also various Steemit apps and homepages (Steemify, Steemworld, Discors, etc.) It was really helpful!

@artpoet: I really liked how you instantly knew that I was heading to the Steemit meetup when I arrived at Marks. :) Thanks for chatting with me and for your postcard!

@reiseamateur: Thanks for your chocolate coin and the magnitic pins! Unfortunately, I did not have the opportunity to talk to you more than a "thank you". :)

@komischername, @leoplaw, @adversarius, @melange, @brickster, @theodora.austria, @stayoutoftherz, @thermoplastic, @shlomit and all the others: I hope to have more time the next time we meet! :)

In order to make it easier for the others to remember my Steemit username, I printed out some little name cards and distributed them. :D I hope it wasn't too annoying. ;)

Last but not least, the food at Marks was really delicious. They even regularly have a lot of vegan options:
I took the glass noodles made out of mung beans with bean salsa, steamed Wan buns, algae, herbs in sesame dressing. :)

I am certainly looking forward to the next meeting!
Thanks for all the advice and information about Steemit. It was very helpful!

Also, I was convinced that it is important to write an introduceyourself post. This will be my next project! I will keep you updated. :)

Best wishes,
Chris