It's time to continue this "mini-series" of posts from my The Netherlands Adventure to #HiveFest7 in Amsterdam! Two days ago, I have published my first Day 0 post, which was more like an introduction to this journey as I didn't even get to Amsterdam on my first day... :)
As I have already mentioned in the first post, I have stayed in The Hague, at my friend's house, so I was traveling every morning to Amsterdam by train... I would get up around 6:30-7:00, check HIVE, Splinterlands, and hit the road, or better said the tram... :) In Hague, the tram station is near to the train station, but I had to walk a bit to get there... I have used that time to take some photos...
In the photo below, you can see the piano in the middle of the train station where anyone can sit and play (if you know to play 😀)... I noticed that there was the same piano installed in The Hague, but in Amsterdam train station as well!
This has supposed to be our train to Amsterdam... I got in, waited 5-10 minutes, and heard a disturbing message from the engine driver... It was in Dutch and sounded like this: "blah blah blah blah blah... problem... blah blah..." 😃 Long story short, the engine broke and we had to switch the train... I'm a lucky man! :)
After swapping trains, I got to Amsterdam and after a short walk got to the "ferry station" which led me to the first Hive Fest conference venue, the EYE Film Museum! When I passed the river, I noticed two white bags with the HIVE logo on them! As I didn't know exactly where the conference will be, I caught up and met my first Hiver friends in Amsterdam, 
As I missed the train, I missed the beginning of the first presentation from the HIVE blockchain team, but I caught up with the story by 
As I enjoyed all presentations, I forgot to take photos so you will notice that I have skipped some of them... We heard a touching story by 
Later on, there was an interesting presentation of activities that guys and girls from Vienna are doing... The 
Another amazing upcoming project is the Freechain movie that has been developed by 
When you watch a good movie, the thing that you grab is a beer! And who knows more about the beer than the creators of the best "Beer blockchain game", CryproBrewMaster! Great presentation by 
And then... We had something completely different! Somehow, I have missed getting involved with the STEMSocial tribe on HIVE among many others, but after watching a presentation by 
After an intensive day full of presentations, it was time to relax and enjoy an (almost) sunny day in Amsterdam... We had time between presentations to talk with each other, and I used to meet people like 
We took a boat trip to the next meeting point, and now the already famous "Balls of Steel" event... The ride lasted around an hour, but we experienced all 4 seasons in that time... Rain, clouds, sun...
We have used the time to have more talks with fellow Hivers on the boat... I met there 
We spent the rest of the evening in the "petanque" place, but unfortunately, there wasn't enough space for all of us to play... But, on the other side, that gave us more time to chat with fellow Hivers... I had a great talk with
Unfortunately, as I had to go to catch the last train to Hague, I couldn't hang out for late hours like others that were in the "official" hotel... (Note to me for future Hive Fests: Always book into the official hotel 😃)...
That's all for this report of Day 1 at Hive Fest... I will try to create a post about Day 2, and maybe another one with my personal view of Hive Fest... There are things that we can improve in the next "editions" and I'm ready to take part in it... How they use to say... It was better than the last one, and it is "worse" than the next one! 😀
Hive is our home and we have to take care of it! To be honest, with so many great friends here, it's not a hard thing to do!
Thank you for your valuable time,
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PS. I have probably missed mentioning many others, but the list of attendees is very long... I hope you will forgive me...
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