With a bit of luck and some more content produced on the Steem blockchain, I will be attending Steemfest 3, which is taking this November in Kraków, Poland.
If you have not seen the original post, go look!:
On a side note, the post is at the top of Trending (result!) along with another cool announcement from 
Last year I was lucky enough to go to Steemfest 2 and yeah, pretty cool, I want to go to the 3rd event! The flights and Hotel are looking to be around the same cost as last year, perhaps even a bit cheaper, nice!
As a minnow and having only been active a couple of months when last years event was announced, I wrote about having some concerns, but I didn't need to have worried.
https://steemit.com/steemfestdreams/@abh12345/steemfest-2-red-fish-and-minnows-welcome-to-swim-over
There were a number of competitions to win Tickets/Flights that went on from the announcement to pretty much the week prior to the event, I'm hoping for the more of the same this year.
https://steemit.com/steemfest/@abh12345/steemfest-2017-more-than-just-a-dream
On the run up to the festival, I tried to gather some data on the attendees, it was a bit hit n miss :)
https://steemit.com/steemfest/@abh12345/steemfest-2-a-call-to-all-attendees
Whilst at the event, I managed a blog on the goodie bag and some other observations. (Others did far better, and I remember seeing 
https://steemit.com/steemfest/@abh12345/steemfest-fork-and-goodie-bag-boom
A crappy post on the Vegan/Vegetarian menu (which needs expanding this year please!):
https://steemit.com/steemfest/@abh12345/steemfest-the-vegan-menu
How did the caterers know I am a big fan of broccoli!
And probably the most interesting/personal of my posts relating to the event: (which doesn't count for much if you have checked the 2 above!)
https://steemit.com/steemfest/@abh12345/steemfest-2-my-thoughts-and-journey
So, Steemfest - did I make the most of it? I don't think so. Do I think it was worth the trip - absolutely.
If you've joined Steem recently and are interested in the developments, the community projects, or even just chatting to people over a game of pool, don't worry about being a newbie - I was last year and loved it, even though I was sick and unsociable - Will do better this time!
Going to need more than a sweatshirt this year!
Hopefully, see you there!
Cheers
Asher