Hi guys - long time no see! But hopefully I will see some of you in person soon!
Due to private reasons I have not been very active on the STEEM blockchain lately - especially in the english community. However, I have of course been following the actions regarding the upcoming SteemFest3 in Poland's Krak贸w. And of course, I will also try to be there in person.
A few weeks ago 
The big question
So the biggest question for this post obviously is - "Will I make it to the SteemFest3?"
Unfortunately I can't 100% guarantee that I will have the chance to go to the whole event, since I will start to work at a new place in October and taking three weekdays of in November might be tough. However I am 99% sure that I can at least come from Friday to Sunday. So my plan is to buy a Plankton ticket (covering 70% of the 5 day event) as soon as I have the liquid STEEM to do so (I don't want to power down for the ticket). Additionally, if I should be able to attend the whole event, I will top up from Plankton Ticket to a regular one, covering 100% of the costs for the five days. I think this is a fair solution.
Even tough I am definitely not Plankton steempowerwise (what a word), the ticket price is definitely really high for myself, so I don't just want to buy a regular ticket unless I am 100% sure I can go. I also didn't take place in any ticket-giveaways for the same reason - winning a ticket and not going than would have been a dick move 馃檮 As well as "only" buying a Plankton ticket when I can make the whole event - I am a 100% with 
Paying to meet strangers?!
When you tell people that you want to travel through Europe and pay a few hundred Euros just to meet a few stranges from the Internet, many people will tell you that you are crazy. And I can understand them 馃槄
However, I already had the luck to visit some of the characters behind STEEM-Usernames before - and I got to meet some interesting people that gave me even more interesting perspectives that way. Whether looking back at the Munich/Viennese Meetups earlier this year, my teaching experiences with the 
And if I was able to meet some great characters within the German community, the same surely is possible far beyond the borders of German. People from all over the world will be at Steemfest - and they will of course bring their stories, there cultures and there skills. All things I would love to explore! This is one of the great things about STEEM - it is not just about the blockchain, but also about the people behind it 鈽猴笍
Nice stories from people like 
More information to come
Now that I have told you why I really would love to go there, I think it would be fair to write a few words about myself. My introduction posts is way over a year old, and a few things have obviously changed since then.
However, time is pressuring right now, so I will delay this to part two of my #roadtosteemfest freewriting.
See you soon both here and hopefully in Krak贸w!
