Before the Train Journey to London
My day started rather early - 7:30 am. My son woke me up and I decided it is time to get ready for a busy day!
Sharp at 9 am knock on a door - my son's friend came over to play while his mommy is attending a school meeting. Just an hour later another knock on the door - a mix up with the dates, there is no school meeting. We are drinking coffee and chatting. I am thinking to myself - no chance to get anything done before I leave for Steemit meetup! 😬
Just as the guests leave my little monkey asks to go with them to play at his friend's house - it's a deal! I am getting ready for my trip to London. 12:05 pm - I am in the car to the train station!
12:54 pm - It is official! I am heading to London!
I am in London Euston!
It is 15:19 pm and I am in London Euston! Whole 2 hours and 40 minutes ahead of the meetup! I have got plenty of time to walk and shoot! Urban photography here I come! 😆
Somewhere close to the Old Street Station - oh, no! It is only 20 minutes left! I have not get myself anything to eat yet - never mind, heading to the Queen of Hoxton. 😬
Meetup!
Entered the venue! I think it is 6 pm. It is darkfirst encounter ! Pointing my finger towards the right corner - yes, we are welcomed ! 😃 and I think I recognise @redrica! The guy behind me who turned up to be a @adetorrent asks: "Are you here for the Steemit meetup?" Great! The
After a quick intro we are offered first round of drinks! It is all paid with STEEM by @redrica! ❤️Cool!
Still only a small number of Steemians! I am taking my first few shots!
from left to right: @gillianpearce, @immarojas, @redrica, @lloyddavis, @bristena94, @adetorrent
Engaging in the conversation with @gillianpearce and @adetorrent! What a great and open people! 😃
A conversation between @adetorrent and @redrica - Dtube and vlogging - it is time for @redrica to join the vlogger's pact! 🎥
@dragosroua has joined the party!
A conversation between @lloyddavis and @bristena94! @lloyddavis briefly comments on the brightness of the flash. Sorry! 😪 It was already set to -1 compensation!
had to take pictures again!Putting the camera down, @galacticwoman is here! We were sitting next to each other! Then more people showed up! And I
@colossus39 in the house!
Peace and harmony! 🔮A conversation between the great minds of @colossus39 and @galacticwoman begins! I am trying to catch up - it is loud! But let me tell you - they are very self-aware people, with lots of experience and deep thoughts! Everyone is expressing their own opinion and there are no right or wrong! 😃
A quick smartphone image of more people joining and I am sorry I have not caught more names 😕 But I had to get this image because a great Steemian is never far away from his equipment! At some point, there were two macs on the table! 💻
nearly time for me to leave 😭 I wish I could have had a much easier flowing conversation! I am getting lost for words and not able to express myself most of the time and coming out as a weird self-minded person 😱 Sorry! I think I have to get into vlogging to fix that 😝Then a bunch of Steemians showed up and I only caught up with @ingaaa, @ultravioletmag, @allasyummyfood and @ivargereiko! It is
Never mind, I learned that a newcomer @ingaaa is amazed by the Steemit platform and is a very good photographer and I guess I will see a lot of her work in the future!
My last set of images before I left the venue with a flash compensation of -1.3!
@allasyummyfood is chatting with @bristena94
@ivargereiko, another person who I believe is @simonjay and @adetorrent are having their own catch up
from left to right: @hunterx, @ingaaa and @adetorrent
from left to right: @teodora, @allasyummyfood and @hunterx
from left to right: @gillianpearce and @simonjay
I quick chat with @allasyummyfood and @ultravioletmag and it is time to run back to Euston station! 😢
Funny Story - My Trip back to Birmingham
Ok, 8:03 pm, loading the google maps to navigate to the City Road. Thank God, I have got an internet connection! 😃 I reached the King's Cross Station and stopped there for like 10 minutes taking long exposure shots of the junction! At that point, I wished I had a tripod on me! 😆
Oh, no! I feel I have pulled a muscle tissue in my left leg, it is suddenly very painful to walk! 😭
Another short walk and I am at the London Euston! Why not take some more long exposure images! 📷
Five minutes later looking at the clock - 20:57 pm! Shoot! I think my train is at 21:03 pm! Running as fast as I can pass the people, a quick glance at the screen - yes, platform 3!
I got on the Virgin train, found a free seat and sat down! An hour later the train reached Coventry and I think to myself - strange! The journey meant to be over two hours long! Let's check the train tickets - oh, no! I am on the wrong train! My ticket is for 21:13 pm! Panic!!! Noone checked the tickets yet! Yay!
Getting off at the next stop - Birmingham International! Success!! 😆
I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to @redrica and @ultravioletmag for organising this event! It was amazing!
P.S. - those who have been at the meetup are free to use these images for their own meetup reports/stories if needed!
A list of other Steemians reports (I will be updating):
- ✳️ LONDON STEEMIT MEETUP ✳️ by @adetorrent
- When the cryptoworld is bleeding, the UK Steemians come out of hiding! by @immarojas
- STEEMIT MEETUP by @ultravioletmag
- Back From A Steemit Meeting 2/2/2018 by @simonjay
- Steemians in the Flesh by @gillianpearce
- 20+ Steemians Met and Mingled in the Heart of London on a Cold February night by @bristena94
- Steemit Meetup In London - The Highlight Of My Blitz Trip by @dragosroua
- A BIG Thank you to everyone who came to (and supported) the recent London Steemit Meetup! by @redrica
- Steemit London Meetup - My kind of a chronicle by @teodora
Замечательная встреча! Это так здорово развиртуализироваться с людьми, с которыми общался в блоге и знакомится с новыми интересными людбми.
Да! Оказалось - никого не знала! Но было очень интересно!
wow, what a nice experience. 4 of us also had a meetup here in Uruguay last week, it was also super to have coffee (yes we met at a cofffee shop) with like minded people. Great article @rimicane
Thank you @claudiaz! It is nice to meet people behind the screens! Coffee or not, the bonding is the important component! 😃
By the way, the next small meet up is happening in the coffee shop!
its nice to meet them in person, and talk about experiences and getting to know them. We dont have pubs and bars in this country like they do in Europe, so we have coffee because restaurants are just too expensive.
Was lovely to meet you too! And thank you for the mentions :-)
Was lovely meeting you too! 😃
Was nice to meet you all!!
It was nice to meet you! I was very sad to leave so early yet very happy to get back to Bham! I saw way too many rough sleepers on the way back to the train station 😱
This is great , steemit keeps spreading ,, many meetups here in Nigeria as well ,, steemit is the best
That is great! Meetups are the best! Nothing can replace a face to face old school conversation!
Live communication between people is "old-fashioned" (joking). Do not replace the conversation eye to eye. Let's meet more often. To the author respect for the post!
Thank you!
This is so cool. I need to look for a meetup near me. Now that I am becoming slightly addicted, it would really be fun to meet other Steemians in person.
Yeah, you should! I have been told I should look up people from Birmingham and set a venue here! But it was still fun to come to London! Lots of pictures as well! 😃
And I hear you there on addiction! 😆
Wow, your memory is amazing. I didn't see you writing anything down. At least I had the video to go by :)
The guy whose name you forgot to ask is Isaac @hunterx :)
Oh, great! I edited the text! Thank you for the name!
I tend to remember things! But I am sure I have also forgotten things! 😆 There was so much going on!
If we were still in London we would have gone for sure! It's great to see loads of meet-ups happening around the world!
Thanks @rimicane for your write-up about it! Steem On! 😊
Thank you! Meetups are great! 😃
Great pictures @rimicane and lovely to meet you. So glad you and many others were on the ball. I always forget to take pics. Get too carried away chatting!
I also got on the wrong train on the way home so you are not alone! 😁 x
It was so nice meeting you too! 😃 I can't believe - you have got the wrong train as well!!! I think it is a Steemit thing! 😆 I hope you have got home safe and see you next time?!
I thought the same about you. There were only a few of us getting trains out of London. What are the chances of 2 of us getting the wrong one! 😁
It's a fate! 😁
Oh my! I am glad I got on the right train or I would of been stuck lol.
😁 Where did you have to go? And well done on getting on the right train!
Only back to Essex but I just hope Steemit meet-ups dont start the trend of people getting on the wrong trains lol, btw my post on the meet-up will be up soon you may want to see it or add it to the list @rimicane
Blonde guy in pic with no names is Frasier but not yet on steemit. Was lovely to meet you all 😘
Oh, I see, I had so little time to get to learn about everyone! Next time! 😏 Thank you for letting me know!
It was lovely to meet you too!! I think there should be a UK community discord, what do you think?! 😏
A Steemit meetup? How cool is that! I wish we had that here!
I am sure there is something! With so many people on Steemit surely you could find some fellow Steemians around your location! 😃
The problem is not a lot of people here even know about crypto. Most exchanges won't let you join with a Washington address. I've had to use my California address to even join Coinbase.
Wow! Complicated! Well, how about asking everyone on the discord? Probably all of them! Maybe someone could be found that way? I know there is a team USA tag!
Positive thinking, Adonis! 😃
great meet up!! was fun and def amazing to meet everyone :) I will do a video tomorrow :))
Agree!!! 😃 I will add the video to my little collection when it is out!
It was kinda interesting since I have followed your food recipe videos for a long time and you were the one to introduce me to the Steemit community! So thank you!
Meeting people in person is defo a good experience! 👍
hehehe yeah i know its crazy :) but everything in life happens for a reason :) video should be out today!! hehe
Hey great to meet you and the other Steemies! I met some truley great people that night and had an amazing time 😊
You came all the way from Birmingham 👀 thats amazing 😉 glad you had a great night and hope to see you at the next meet 😁
I did not get any pics that night but will aim to get some at the next meet 😉
Was nice to meet you too, Marvell! And yeah, all the way from Birmingham! 😁
Hopefully, next time it will be a bit quieter location for everyone to chat with each other, share and learn! 😏
I'm sorry the only conversation we had was me moaning about your flash! Next time! :)
Yes, next time! Hopefully, someplace quiet! 😏
London representing!
Yay!