Oh my.
HiveFest is over already.
I'm kind of groggy today. Sleeping late 3 consecutive nights and not being 20 anymore does this to you.
But I'm thinking back of those 3 days and am just smiling...
Today the HiveFest Telegram group is buzzing with people updating each other on their travels back home. Schiphol has severely failed this year to serve its customers and lines have been crazy, baggage has been lost, tents have been served to protect people who have to wait outside the airports before even being able to stand in the line inside...
What an embarrassment.
But for now it seems everyone is making their flights and are able to get back home - I just realize even more what a luxury it was to have HiveFest in my own country!
What else?
Oh right.
People.
So many people...
Church light on our pretty faces: 
Hive account@blind-spot, 
Hive account@gtg, 
Hive account@delishtreats
I haven't been as active on Hive as I was back when we went to the Fest in Kraków. "Do people still remember me? Will everyone have moved on and will all the new people look at me and wonder who I am?"
Ofcourse it wasn't like this.
Damn, there were so many old friends!
I was able to meet again, in random order:
Hive account@brittandjosie, who, being from my own city, I don't nearly see enough, and was so well dressed with handmade additions to a cool blue suit. 
Hive account@detlev, who I appreciate so much for his efforts in creating communities, and who organized an amazing #BeerSaturday during the Fest. 
Hive account@arcange, who touched me with his beautiful smile and his heartfelt words to me about my health (thank you).
The boat trip over the Amsterdam Canals was a great way to have a quieter conversation with a few people.
Hive account@karinxxl, who is my fellow Dutch lady that is so easy to talk to, and hope to maybe grab a coffee with in one of our cities before the next Fest. 
Hive account@celestal, who is just an all-round amazing person making progress in his life, and who I learnt a great deal of Finnish from (co cocococo, co co co, cococo). Hive account@gtg, who is just the best hugger on the Fest, and also a great photo bomber and never shares any gossip of past times. 
Hive account@crimsonclad, who carries the truest community spirit with her, had the best hair at the Closing Dinner, and I shared some lovely under the bridge moments with.
The always lovely Hive account@crimsonclad and the amazing 
Hive account@bil.prag who I should've taken more selfies with.
Hive account@roxane, who wasn't officially af HiveFest, but was visiting Amsterdam and I hugged outside of the Eye. 
Hive account@revisesociology, who has twinkling eyes, from being in good spirit and making some great decisions for himself in life, which I love to see. 
Hive account@steevc, who loves sharing previous HiveFest memories and got chased away from the stage for being such a great gitarist ;-). 
Hive account@tibfox who has the best hair and some great future plans for 
Hive account@diyhub. 
Hive account@starkerz who masters the power of asking questions after presentations and gives some great ones himself, sharing the cool stuff he's working on. 
Hive account@apshamilton who is so passionately working for the wider crypto community and just breathes passion for his task. We shared a meal with 
Hive account@brianoflondon who turned back to coding and presented his creations with a lot of fire and humour. 
Hive account@demotruk who was on the quieter side but one of the true OG community members. 
Hive account@elmerlin who I got to sit next to at the Closing Dinner and is passionately creating 
Hive account@liketu.
That smile? That's what making and eating 
Hive account@coldbeetrootsoup does to you! It's that good!
Hive account@martibis who I must say has such a great smile and warm personality. 
Hive account@alexvan who touched me with some words and showed his good heart. 
Hive account@lizanomadsoul who was shortly at the Closing Dinner but had to run to stand in line at Schiphol Airport sooner than she wanted. 
Hive account@rivalzzz and 
Hive account@louis88 who I didn't drink enough beers with this year. 
Hive account@artakush who never got to my meet-ups but we'll now organize them with his fellow Hive account@coldbeetrootsoup member 
Hive account@minigunner in The Hague. 
Hive account@jarvie who you can trust to work incredibly hard on Apps for our chain or travel some great places around the world to photograph.
Oh, how I loved seeing those old friends! I wasn't able to join Bangkok and then... well, then the world closed down for 2 years. So after three years it was a true gift to see everyone back again.
Also very very amazing: all the new friends that were made!
The first to welcome me at HiveFest was Hive account@blind-spot, who gives amazing bear hugs and is a bright intelligent person to chat with. Also 
Hive account@priyanarc who is such a lovely lady and I promised to drink a cup of coffee with soon. Also 
Hive account@cryptospa who made it all the way from Eindhoven Airport, and 
Hive account@loonatic who was the first to give me a WeedCash goodie. Then there was 
Hive account@manncpt who I sort of met during one of the AltFestsVR but he's way cooler IRL ofcourse. Very happy to finally meet Hive account@bil.prag who might not know he has the kindest eyes and sweetest personality. I finally met the sweet Hive account@delishtreats who speaks my language and brought her lovely Husband. And introduced me to 
Hive account@zirochka who has an amazing presence and probably had the most challenging 'Road to HiveFest' of all of us and I wish I could've spent more time with. I also met 
Hive account@rubencress who made me jealous when he was able to photograph 
Hive account@hiddenblade's artwork in Paris. Just a short "Oh, so that's YOU!" moment with 
Hive account@thejohalfiles while I was just leaving the hotel after my last drink. I spoke with 
Hive account@rollie1212 of 
Hive account@cryptobrewmaster who showed the cutest pic of his son in Prague. I had loads of fun with 
Hive account@pardinus who likes animals more than humans but was surprisingly friendly towards me nonetheless. And his (and now my) friend 
Hive account@xrayman who I had the pleasure of dancing with during the closing drinks, while everyone else was ignoring the beats. 
Hive account@growandbow who is both back and looking forward to great adventures in life. I spoke to 
Hive account@ph1102 after the Closing Dinner and despite all the numbers in his name is a real and really cool human who motivated me to write about my current field of education.
Hive account@karinxxl, Hive account@crimsonclad, Hive account@bil.prag
Hive account@ana-maria who I immediately closed in my heart because she is just so pure and enthusiastic and easy to like. I teased the lovely and fun 
Hive account@adambarratt so hard he might never come back to HiveFest anymore, and the same with the talented musician 
Hive account@tdctunes, but just know I appreciated the laughs and beers I had with you both a lot <3. 
Hive account@howo, who showed his great new house and shared some stories on the canal boat tour.
I love the pic with Hive account@zirochka and Hive account@arcange - so much genuine love is visible. And look at Hive account@delishtreats + husband! Gorgeous couple <3
Ofcourse 
Hive account@livinguktaiwan who I wanted to speak to more but it was so lovely to finally see her IRL. 
Hive account@pibara who had a very intelligent presentation to protect us all in the future against attacks, and 
Hive account@edb, another Dutchie who gave another great presentation. 
Hive account@lemouth who is passionate about STEM, Paris, wine, so definitely a person to hang out with. 
Hive account@asgarth who I absolutely want to speak more with as well, but lives in a country that I want to visit more, so I know it will happen someday. 
Hive account@slobberchops who was at earlier Fests but I never had the chance to speak to. 
Hive account@sjarvie5 who is just the kindest soul which I already knew but now confirmed IRL - we finally met up at a Fest that wasn't virtual!
After the last Fest I had a few people I was surprised I didn't get to meet - this year it's 
Hive account@lordbutterfly who I only after reading other people's post and seeing pictures with him tagged in it know I saw a few times - but didn't say HI to because I missed his presentation and then he walked around without a badge so I never had that 'ohhh that's YOUUU' moment where I could say hi.
Anyway - that's the wrap on HiveFest. After posting this I will think of at least a dozen names I didn't mention - just leave a comment so you can make me feel bad about not including you in the post :D
Thanks again 
Hive account@roelandp - without you these Fests would never happen and I'm so grateful for you to have such great passion to use your 'hobby' to bring us all together once a year - even during Pandemics!
And thanks to everyone - I mean EVERYONE I spoke to and even those I didn't speak to. I'm so happy you all showed up despite there being so many reasons to maybe not go - a pandemic, rising prices, bear markets... You really made me feel part of the FAMILY again and I can't wait to see more of you at or even hopefully before the Next HiveFest.
There's still a little more reflective post I want to write about what you guys made me feel during the Fest, as you did make me feel a lot of feelings, and I will process them and share it after all the first wave of after-HiveFest posts has died down.
Cheers!
