Yes, I'm still recovering from SteemFest, but that didn't withhold me from meeting even more Steemians today! I sent out a 'date picker' a few weeks before I went to SteemFest, thinking 'it would be alright' to have a meet-up only days after I had returned from Kraków... I was naive, a first-time SteemFest attendee... - Next year I block at least two weeks in my calendar to recover from it all.
No regrets though! I am very very happy I got to meet this bunch awesome Steemians - in my city even, which is a huge bonus!
Dutchies meeting up
A Dutch meet-up had never really happened before, I had a few 1-on-1 meetings with @amritadeva, @pundito and @brittandjosie in the past few months, but this would be the first 'bigger' meet-up. It was mentioned in a 'let's do this' way a few times in the past year, but figuring out what location would suit the community best, or what date... It never really got decided.
the place to be for a Steem meet-up, since quite a large group of active Dutch Steemians all seem to live here or in the neighbourhood at least - and so it finally happened.Getting in touch with @s3rg3 though, and knowing that the full @blockbrothers witness team (@bennierex, @exyle, @eqko, @s3rg3, @brittandjosie) was living in the Rotterdam area, it suddenly became quite obvious Rotterdam is
I arranged a date, @s3rg3 suggested an amazing location, and there we went! I plugged the date and location in the Dutch Discord server, and in the end the meet-up existed of @bengy, @greendeliverence, @verhp11, @missmau (wife of @s3rg3! She promised me to start blogging more :D), @amritadeva, @pundito, and the before mentioned members of the @blockbrothers team, @exyle, @s3rg3, @bennierex, and @brittandjosie - unfortunately this time without @eqko - he'll have to join in the fun next time.
[Stolen pick from @s3rg3. I always flake taking pictures during meet-ups with unnatural light.]https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/Qmb4iCeR6bih4LcC3b1ovKtex1wdP5XACRfkiUd1ZigNHT
Drinking a few beers and having a chat with these guys was pretty awesome! We chatted, drank beer, and basically it was SteemFest in small. The same level of 'feeling like I've known you for ages!', and same level of 'it's so easy to talk to you!' Next time I hope to see join more people, who knows: @r00sj3, @guchtere, @karinxxl (if in the Netherlands), @roelandp, @artakush...
Nice to have met you all in real life! Hope to be able to stay a little longer and properly chat with everyone next time! ... and to give my Dutch a good workout!
Pleasure to meet you @bengy!
Hehe - yes! Would be awesome if you joined again next time and we'll try to have a longer convo, plus in Dutch :D Great you took the effort of joining! Hope your Ramen was enjoyable :-)
Sadly, I hadn't checked the opening hours and it was closed! So we ended up going to have pizza instead...
Oh nooo!!! That's a bummer... I should have directed you to the place close to 'Kaapse Maria' - but well, that is hindsight. You have to have a do-over, pizza is no substitute for Ramen ;-)
Interesting, I am Dutch too. I basically only follow @exyle, now I can follow the other Dutchies too. 😁
Awesome! Let me know if you want to join one of the meet-ups!
So nice to meet you in person!! Hope to see you all again soon, it was a great pleasure!
It was a pleasure , and did Mark hand over half of his pizza?
Yes! He even ordered some more 😂
Lol
It was really great to meet and chat with you @bennierex! I had a lot of fun :D See you next time!
Same here! Let’s do this again soon!
I'll make it happen ;-) "Before Christmas is fine!" they all said! :D
That looks awesome and only a fair amount of km away from Aken.
Love to join for the next one and please feel invited for the next steemit meetup aachen in Dez. or Jan. 19.
full of beer from our local Brewery - you'll love it! Thanks for the invite for a meet-up in Aachen! I'll find you on Discord :-) Cheers!Oh wow! Didn't realize people from a little bit over the border would be willing to join as well! I'll keep you in the loop @detlev - I know how much you love beer and this place is
@detlev great love to meet you
I'm organized the Steeemit Meetup Aachen already with 4 events with a focus on BeNeLux and WestWestDe and we had people from all countries in Aken to learn, engage and have beer together with a BBQ.
Next will be soon in Dez. or Jan.
And I love to come to an Evening in Rotterdam.
Awesome! What is the best way to be informed about the Aachen meet-up? I'll let you know the date of the Rotterdam one via Discord - I have not yet found the best way to keep people in the loop :-)
I am so sorry not to come. Got a bad headache and fell asleap. But I hope you guys will all gather again soon.
Wanted to ask if you are familiar with The Hague Tech place?
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Sorry to hear from the headache, but no worries @artakush! The wish is to make it happen within a month again, so I'll send you an invite sooner rather than later :-)
I'm not familiair with The Hague Tech place - is it something you think I should know about?
Oh hell yes! It is a hub for people interested in blockchain, AI, and general tech. I even have few posters there for steem and some dapps. I was trying to reach some new steemians on DH expacts. Gave a presentation on steem there too. You should check it out. Fridays middays they have lunch and open sessions. @barv is one of the main contacts there too.
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Oh MAN!!! How am I missing out on that until now? :D Thanks for informing me! What is the best way to be in the loop? Is there an online calendar, a Discord, or should I just hop in on Fridays? :D
I will make sure to contact you with right person ;)
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You rock :D
Thank you for your continued support of SteemSilverGold
I had a blast, so send over the date checker 😉 so now you have to rest from All Steem activities and start processing Whats been happening the last 10 days ..... but seen you soon for a coffee or a date at Our favo waitress 😘
Hehehe - Yes, this was fun! :D Only a few weeks after you met your first 'stranger'... Doesn't feel like meeting 'strangers', does it? :-) We'll make a coffee happen before the next date for sure! :D Cheers!
"I always flake taking pictures during meet-ups with unnatural light." not taking pictures because you know it will not meet your standards :D
You understand me :’)
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when everyone looks at you and thinks, why don't you take pictures, you are the photographer, and you are thinking how the light is terrible and you are a sworn enemy of a popup flash :D
EXACTLY :')
wish you more great days dear @soyrosa :)
Thanks @greenleaves!
Sorry i missed this one! 😔
Hopefully i hear about the next one before i have a fully booked agenda🤣
Good to read you guys had some fun and that the feeling was more or less SF likewise😍
What is the dutch discord?
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I'll invite you @guchtere! :D
Always leave steemit flyers in the cafe! Groeten uit Utrecht e.o.
Hahaha - well, promoting Steemit is a bit '2017' since it's not our best platform, but leaving flyers about Steem is a great idea! :D Wil je een keertje aansluiten bij een meet-up? :D
Nee , maar bedankt voor het aanbod. Ik denk er wel over om naar Vegas te gaan als de SSG groep dat idee voortzet.
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@artakush is Dutch? I have been speaking to him at Steemfest, and never realized lol. Great to see the Steemfestivities continue in Rotterdam. Looks like a good time!
Nah. I'm born Lithuanian living in NL for some time now. ;)
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That's Dutch enough for me 😉
dab - Continues to speak Russian in other people eyes...
Please to meet you on chain! ;)
You spoke English at Steemfest right? Or do I speak Russian and never knew? 🙃
LOL
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