It's been a while since SteemFest 3 in Krakow. All the more I was happy to look back a few days ago and view the video and pictures in my archive. The idea came to me to cut the whole for me but also for you once in a video together. You can find the video on Youtube at the end of the long post.
When it was clear to me that I would participate in the Steemfest, I knew that I would take a little photo and video equipment with me. I used my mobile phone Huawei Mate 10 Pro and my newly purchased Sony Alpha 7 MKII. I edited the video in Adobe Premiere. The first longer video I made so far. Many thanks to 
The journey begins to Krakow.
All things are packed and loaded in the car. Full of joy my twin brother 
We've arrived in Krakow.
Landed in Krakow and with the suitcases we had to get Polish money (Zloty). My brother got the first zloty from the cash-machine at the airport. A very stupid deal and course... In the city center of Krakow there were much better dealers with better courses. At the airport we drove with a blue Mercedes E-Class Taxi directly to the INXdesign Hotel. After the check-in we first went to the 2 floor to our room, took off our clothes, checked out our hotel room - freshen up and went outside, because the first Steemians were already waiting for us.
The first evening with great new friendships
We have Monday night... Two days before the Steemfest starts and have already the Information that some Steemians are already in Krakow. We asked 
We sat now at the table and a game was played which I will not forget so fast and my first impression was amazed. Tinder with GPS on other continents beam let and then the girls were displayed in a scale from 1 to 10 to rate. All at the tables participated and at the end then an average value was computed. It was about how attractive the different nationality looks to you. Funny and as first action with new people a really funny beginning 😀.
On the Party in the first evening were 
A lot of Steemians on the very first evening with lots of great and funny conversations.
Day 2 - Get to know Krakow with and
reported and told me his location in WhatsApp. He was eating on Kazimierz Square and ate a mega baguette. So we two went to him and had such a huge baguette.
were there :-) A legendary evening with awesome people. And it got funny when started to conjure up the beer because the pub wanted to close and should be drunk.
Day 3 in Krakow and the first day of the SteemFest
absolutely wanted to get to know the first new Steemians in the Qubus Hotel around 12:00 o'clock. After breakfast and another break in the hotel room we walked to the Qubus Hotel. Here I can still remember exactly that the user 
helped me a lot to upload my video via d.tube on the smartphone. It was really a torture and took over 7 attempts until the video was finally uploaded and the post was created. Thanks again to for your help and patience! And your very surprising immediate upvote after the video was finally uploaded. I wondered a lot. :) More and more Steemians are arriving in the lobby.
:-P But also other cool Steemians arrived to enjoy the SteemFest. So also 
with which I made a small tour through Krakow :-) With 
I also experienced sooo much. While bowling and at the SteemNight we took really crazy pictures in the photo box :D And many more Steemians like 
. And at 3:00 p.m. it was the time. The participants of the SteemFest3 were allowed to redeem their tickets for the ribbon. In the GoodyBag were some nice things... like an 
card and a rare comic. But there was also a scarf and a t-shirt for each participant.
2018 in Fulda. In the evening we went to a restaurant with some of them to have dinner together. Among others 
and . Many thanks to who made me aware of the Pale Ale - But... it is somehow not so my taste such a beer with 7.5% :D ... After the common burger dinner we went back to the Qubus Hotel Lobby to get to know more new Steemians.
from 
there. Many greetings to 
and 
and his sweet dog 
- It was really great to see you again! :-) Since the welcome drinks were over at midnight, some of you decided to go through the night in Krakow. We went to a pub that goes down some stairs. So to speak an underground pub. With about 30 people we stormed down the pub. Besides the 4 guests who were in the pub, it was a pub full of Steemians :D Off to the bar and the first 20 beers ordered for the whole pack. Beer is cheap in Poland :-D
At about 3 o'clock we found our way back to the hotel. The few hours of sleep were really necessary.
Day 4 - Conferences - BearBowling and the good old Alchemia
After a short but good night the time had come. The first conferences started. We started with a rich breakfast in INXdesign Hotel. Beside the Austrian friends there were some other Steemians at the hotel breakfast buffet. After breakfast we went back to the hotel room with all our clothes, packed the camera and off we went to the conference hall which was only a few minutes walk from the hotel.
Arriving at the hall we soon started with 
After 
The presentations took the day over their course. Around noon there was a buffet where all participants could help themselves. Different dishes were available. Drinks could be ordered the whole day free of charge at the bar. After the meal we continued with the presentations. Many Steemians also used the time like me to connect and exchange. And so many conversations were held, outside music played but also diligently scanned. Because there was a contest of
In the evening we had dinner together in the conference hall. The food was very tasty :-) And after we all ate a nice dinner, we went to the Pink Bowling Club together with many shuttle buses to really shoot the pins through the area :) Arrived at the Bowling Club there were shoes for all participants. My shoe size of 42 was a bit too big but it was enough. Shortly afterwards there were drink vouchers to get free drinks at the bar. So off to the bar and ordered a big beer... to get warm :-) At the beginning until the draw of the opponent teams was finished, we were allowed to practice on the tracks and see which balls are good.
When 
Many thanks to our team 
Gradually shuttle buses met us again and brought us to the back of the Qubus Hotel. From there we couldn't leave the evening like this and had to celebrate our success on the bowling alley.
So we walked into our all-time favorite pub of Alchemia and spent some hours there, laughed and drank a lot of beer :-) I don't want to tell you too much about the evening but we arrived very late at the hotel.
Day 5 - Conferences Day 2 - Drones fly and a Night of Steem at Club 89
Since it was very late the previous evening, I had to catch up some sleep and was accordingly a little later in the ICE Krakow Congress Centre. I decided to walk there and enjoy the beautiful weather. I used about 20 minutes and took some impressions of the beautiful city of Krakow with me. Arriving at the ICE I had to check at which side I could get into this big building. So I walked around and met the first Steemians on the other side who told me that the event takes place on the upper floor.
Upstairs and a fresh coffee with orange juice to get rid of the little tomcat that ran to me. A short time later we went with 
and . Unfortunately the food we chose wasn't that great. When we were finished in the restaurant we took a UBER taxi to Klub89. That was one of my very first UBER trips. I miss the UBER concept a lot in Germany. In Krakow it was soooo easy and cheap to get from A to B. For a small trip where we have waited about 1 minute for a driver who has brought us to the Klub89 we have not paid not more than 4 euros. Arrived at the Klub89 we then had to go down the stairs and into the cellar.
with my personal gift and thank you for organizing the SteemFest. Unfortunately he was very busy as usual but at least we could chat a little. :-) I hope you like my present to you and will find a good place with you as well as always remind you of the SteemFest3. In the evening there was a DJ on the program as well as the 
. A band with funny and great songs around Steemit. I think the 
still has an overview? :-) In the evening at the bar I talked briefly with 
and picked up the present for 
, which is now safely here with me and waiting to be handed over personally :-)
When the party was coming to an end we went to the upper floor and had some beers there. Here I got to know the Steemian 
With 2 Uber Taxis we went back to the hotel. The funny thing about getting out was that 
Day 6 Sightseeing - boat tour and the #BeerSaturday from 
and was three times better than the one I bought that day. So I put the baguette away and ordered a doner kebab. The kebab had it really in itself. And I only ordered a "small" one. Since it became always later we had to spur ourselves then nevertheless still something around the boat to reach around together over the river to sail. At 13 o'clock the boat left and drove about 1.5 hours over the beautiful river Vistula. Here beautiful photographs could be made. A real highlight of the day.
When the ship landed again we walked to the castle Wawel to the landmark of Krakow. There is a big dragon that spits fire in different intervals. Many tourists were gathered at the place and waited for the flames to rise into the sky.
After that we walked a little to the center of Krakow. There we admired the architecture of the buildings and later we had a burger in a restaurant. At 9 pm we met again at the Alchemia Bar to take part in the #BeerSaturday. Unfortunately the pub was already crowded, so we had to choose an alternative location.
So we went to the location where Art at Steemfest had been before. Arrived there Roeland gave me a handful of free beer stamps which I distributed among the people. A very nice evening again with many great and interesting conversations.
At the SteemFest Karaoke I didn't take part but I already saw some videos :-D People had a lot of fun there. In the evening or morning I was again at 02:00 o'clock in the hotel and fell into bed like a stone.
Day 7 
City Walk - Salt Mine Visit and Last Party at Steemfest3
On the last day of the SteemFest3 in Krakow there was still a lot to do. Among other things there was the City Walk of 
The participants got a bag and disposable gloves and had to write their steemit username and date on the bag. When all participants (about 20) had finished with the lettering, they went out into the streets behind the Qubus Hotel.
The purpose behind the project is to free the city or the streets or better said, the world from garbage lying around and to transport this garbage into the designated garbage cans. The CityWalk was scheduled for a good hour. After about 1 hour and 20 minutes we were ready and collected a big pile of garbage.
At the end we threw all our little garbage bags on a big heap to take a picture of it. During the CityWalk I found a big black garbage bag so that we could dispose everything together at the end.
Then we walked back to the Qubus Hotel together. A complete success for the project
After the CityWalk I went back to the hotel to freshen up and put on my fancy clothes. On the last evening it may be then also gladly more chic.
At 16:30 the buses for the shuttle to the Wieliczka salt mine arrived at the hotel. With the whole team we went to a big parking lot in front of the mine. Together we walked in and were divided into small groups which had to go 380 steps into the depth.
Arrived below then the guidance has begun by the salt mine. As I noticed, we only saw 1% of the salt mine on our route. A special highlight was the moment when we entered the Hl. -Kinga Chapel. A huge chapel in the underground... so about 300 meters deep in the ground. Further information about the salt mine can be found on the website:
https://www.wieliczka-saltmine.com/visiting/tourist-route
When the tour was finished we ended up in a huge hall where the closing dinner was held.
went on stage and thanked all participants again. There were standing ovations in the hall when Roland finished his speech. A really good mood! At the end there was an 
auction of who offered his Steemit Fullcap for auction. The winner was , who grabbed his cap for a price of 140 Steem. The food and drinks followed shortly afterwards. A very tasty last dinner with new friends, old acquaintances and just lots of great people who are also Steemians.
After about 20 minutes by bus we arrived at the Qubus and were allowed to party, chat and even play baseball with a wine bottle in the upper floor of the Qubus :-D Right 
With music, impressions of the SteemFest on a beamer, free drinks and lots of farewell or until next year the SteemFest3 came to an end. :(
Of course I still used the possibilities to record some memories in the form of Selfies. And here are a few of them:
Day 8 - Departure from Krakow to Dortmund - Return home
On Monday morning it's time for breakfast. There I had a good breakfast with the Steemian
With 
The
Arriving at the airport we first walked to the suitcase scale to check if our suitcases are not overweight. And of my allowed 20 kilograms weight I have reached exactly 19.45 kilograms and was therefore no problem. We went on to the check-in counter and checked in our suitcases.
We went on to the security check, which we quickly completed without any major complications. And then I looked into my wallet and had a few zlotys left. A small snack, a Coke and a Snickers must be enough for the 1.5 hours flight from Krakow to Dortmund back. At the terminal we met some more Steemians who were on their way to Germany. When the boarding at the Ryan Air plane started I was able to take a nice picture of the plane.
The return flight was pleasant and I was able to close the eyes a little bit. Of course I had reserved the same seats I had on the outbound flight. Thus I sat again at the window and had a wonderful view of the airplane and the environment.
When we landed in Dortmund our suitcases arrived quite fast on the conveyor belt. Out of the airport and called the Airport Shuttle Service from the parking lot and told them that we wanted to get to my car. He arrived a short time later and brought us to the airport parking lot where I had parked my car. Then Zack packed the clothes into the car and drove another 100 kilometres home.
An exciting experience after almost a year of membership here on Steemit. It was a special experience to participate in the SteemFest. I got to know so many nice new people and now after the SteemFest I'm happy to read so many contributions from the users because I have a face to the user after all. Since the SteemFest3 flashed me like this, I will see that I can also participate in the SteemFest4. I am curious where it will be next year.
Thank you very much for your support. You are a great community!
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