Actually, there are more people who still remember the contests by Tomas, they were very popular :) And back then, the price of Hive (Steem) was very different too so his upvotes were pretty motivating. The last time that I texted with him, he said he relocated to Madeira :) I happened to visit this island (not Tomas though) earlier this year and I can say he definitely picked a nice place to live :)
I happened to visit all of those cities (NYC, Philly and DC) and I think you will love them. Each of them is very special. Cannot wait to see your cool travel reports from those places :)
We played the Champions League but got beaten really bad, our group was super tough - Rytas, Dijon and Patras. Each of those teams probably has a bigger budget than all the clubs from the Czech league combined :D But it was fun. Especially the games with Rytas. Their fans came to my city, like hundreds of them. Many friendships and connections were made between them and our fans :)