Well it is finally here, SteemFest 2018 and I am not ready at all. I have so many things to do it is crazy but, it is what it is and I will get them done enough so that I will survive the trip. If I forget anything I will just borrow from 
I was thinking about it last night and obviously I am not likely to be able to spend as long posting but since I haven't traveled fat all for about three years, I will use the opportunity to take some photos and post some thoughts from throughout the week. I am looking forward to sitting in on some of the talks and of course getting the chance to speak directly with people. I am also interested to see how it is going to work in the AirBnB with a group of guys, I have never done that also but there is a first time for everything I guess.
Auschwitz is on the very short list of planned locations besides the formal and informal SteemFest events themselves. I am not quite sure what to expect there but places with such known and terrible history are always met with an air of expectation of some kind, but it is hard to predict what will actually be felt. I am not much of a landmark travel enthusiast and I am always surprised by what I feel once there, whether it be the grandness of the Eiffel Tower or the somber internalization of walking through the attic of the Anne Frank house. I try to keep an open travel mind.
One thing that is a bit of a worry is that I only have two batteries for my camera and one is playing up a little so I am hoping that I don't get caught anywhere without charge, that is my photography nightmare. That and missing or full memory cards, broken lenses and missing shots I really want to take. I am not sure what I am expecting to get from the trip. I bought an external battery but that will only charge my phone.
I also have to cook a lot of foods still for my daughter so my wife doesn't have to be too stressed over the week, I have done some the last two days but it is an endless process. My daughter and I spent the entire weekend together as my wife was studying which was great but, I have no idea what to tell a two year old that I will be gone for a week who comes into the bedroom to wake me up if I am not there for breakfast.
I am going to miss her a lot.
I can already feel it just thinking about it.
I should go and pack and make sure I have everything and, try to cut my hair so I don't look like a hippy and try to get myself organized so it isn't a rush at 3 am in the morning when I have to wake for the trip to Helsinki. So for the next week or so, expect a bit of a different view of blogging life just in case. Who know though, it might all be the same and I will spend my time holed up in the corner writing or perhaps after learning about the future at SteemFest, I will realize that posting memes is the way forward to fulfilling all of our hopes and dreams.
Hot off the press...
I am flying Norwegian Airlines and my wife read from the news that the police just arrested one of their pilots for being drunk while flying. Auspicious start.
Oh, I meant ominous.
Ominous start.
See you in and from Krakow :)
Taraz
[ a Steem original ]