A photo dump for the ages.
Join me as I narrate (what I can remember at least, open bars take their toll!) my journey through Steemfest2 from back in November 2017.
Ready? Let's go!
Swagbag and lanyard pickup area at the bottom of the Hotel Fenix Lisboa.
LXFACTORY entrance and paying the taxi. After the swagbag pickup, I met 
and 
as well as Karen (
)and 
- the acrobats - pictured here.
It was at the Hackathon (located in the LXFACTORY) where I first met Eric - 
. Awesome dude! He hitchhiked for 3 days to Steemfest with 
(who is sitting down on the left). I found the first video post of that journey.
Room shot. You can see 
in the green shirt working on his laptop with earbuds.
First night patio party at the Hotel Fenix!
The HUGE complex where day 1 talks were held
and his talk - it was a packed room!
The view from the balcony of the outside area of the Belem Cultural Center where the talks were held on day 1
I took some time away from the talks to go check out the sites nearby. This tower was right across the street.
Just the plaza of the tower. and did a little acrobatic act there for the tourists and I took photos for them. He laid down and balanced her with his feet and Karen would twirl around - incredible!
They recieved a huge applause from the crowd. :D
This art was next to the tower. You could purchase a lock and tag to attach to the LOVE. There is Karen the acrobat again :D (We walked to the tower together with 
.
The tower. It remembers the Portuguese explorers.
taking a close-up photo of his locked which read "Steemfest2."
One of the talks.
Another talk - this is the part about crypto investing. More my style.
talking about how she uses the money she gets from Steemit posts to help the children on her island.
Very good speech and video.
was handing out keychains.
and his speech. The screen behind him would turn every few seconds to the first image of a new post - one time it swtiched to a topless girl and that set off the crowd - haha!
Steemit developer Q&A.
Tower of Belem
The dinner dining area of day 1, pretty nice! I had a lot of food pics, I think I will make that into another post soon.
Snooker club night! We played duos, the guy in focus was my partner, but I can't remember his name. If you know,
leave a comment.
Ash and me! 
The beginning of the uphill trek to the venue at the end of day 2
The trek continues
posing for pics. 
in front of me in the orange jacket.
The brand new venue, it wasn't even open to the public yet.
doing a little talk
The man who plans Steemfest - 
(He does and AMAZING job! I spoke to him and he mentioned he has experience in event planning.)
A round of 'Thank You' for the event helpers
Bitfilm contest - what an odd selection of short films.
Steemit's first band - 
crew - funny guys :D
My best Steemit bud, 
and me
and his first-ever stand up comedy bit
From left, 
, me 
I think this is 
and me.
and I can't remember the lady's name.
and and myself attempting to find the Uber driver! Haha, we never did.
The awesome 'Estufa Fria de Lisboa' - an enclosed botanical garden of eden. Most of us likened it to Jurassic Park.
We had to walk through to the other side to get to the dinner venue, half expecting Raptors to jump out at us. ;P 
is taking some pics on the left.
You can see 
in the bottom right here
The Steem artfest exhibition layed out. You were able to take one back with you. I loved 
's photograph and then someone told me he was here at Steemfest2! Well, I had to go find him and get him to autograph the photo for me.
The big shot of the dinner hall.
My dinner partners for that evening.
and her dad
Had to get a selfie with
And with and her friend
Wow, what an experience! I am certainly going to be at Steemfest3 and I think anyone that attended the conference feels the same way. If you haven't been, start reserving some money and time to go - it is WELL worth it.
Let me know if you were there at Steemfest2 with me! Or if you are planning on going to Steemfest3.