For this weeks #Roadtosteemfest we are getting a bit physical.. even though some of us hoped this meant hugs.. apparently @anomadsoul just wants to know how we are physically getting there..

The physical road

• From where are you going to Krakow?
• Do you have to take 2 planes and 3 boats to get to Poland?
• Are you coming alone or are you bringing your 3 kids, the dog and the parrot?
• Tell us all the crazy stuff you have to go through to make it to Poland on the 7th, just to meet a bunch of strangers that already feel like your close friends.

Let us know who's coming with you... Where are you staying in Krakow?

• Are you staying in one of the hotels with your partner? Is it the fancy one?
• Did you get an Airbnb nearby and you are staying with the whole family? Or
• Do you prefer a lie budget hostel to be able to spend more in beers late at night?

Anyway, what's your physical road to Steem Fest?

Honestly I think this is fun topic, the journey is just as important as the destination after all! Great idea @eveuncovered 😉

My Physical Road To SteemFest

_{Hey look at that! It’s a picture of me on a physical road.. I’m so clever 😜}

Travel

My journey will start by driving down the mountain to catch a bus to Los Angeles. It’s about a 3hr drive from my home and there is a shuttle that goes back and forth from my nearest city (an hour away) to LA.. way cheaper than paying for airport parking or fuel for someone to take me there and pick me up.. so, shuttle bus with a good book it is.

LAX is a horrid airport so I will be there quite early to successfully get through security and customs to make my afternoon flight. Luckily I found the most perfect one and am going directly from LAX to Warsaw, Poland. It’s a 12 hour flight but hoping that it being overnight will help reset my internal clock so I don’t suffer from jet lag.

I land in Warsaw and just have a quick layover before jumping on the short flight from there to Kraków.. where I will land at 2pm on the 7th. Just enough time to get registered and settled in before the welcoming drinks.

I’ll be in town until the 12th so lots of time to get to know everyone before jumping on another flight to a new destination! (Stay tuned for that adventure)

Who’s coming with me?

My boyfriends and best travel buddies in the world of course; music, good books and my Fuji camera. What? That’s not weird.. just go with it. Also I’ll be bringing a little piggy to help @pechichemena see the world even though he can’t be there (more on that later).

Where am I staying?

Can I just say that I think that @roelandp has done an incredible job at not only partnering up with some amazing hotel opinions for us but group trips, events and have you seen some of the locations we will be doing the conference?? Stunning, I’m really impressed with the hardwork that has gone into this.. so.. just needed to take a minute to applaud you sir.

For me, I’ll be staying at the Qubus Hotel which is pretty centrally located and home of a couple of the events. The hotel looks beautiful and if the description is correct.. looks like a scored a room with a river view 😍.. it’s the small things guys.

I have no idea who else is staying at the hotel.. I know that many will be very close in Airbnb’s and I know @meno will be across the river in the other partner hotel (maybe we can play telephone 🤷‍♀️). So, if you are staying at Qubus let me know so we can meet up for coffee in the mornings before heading out for events.. or share a cab!

Crazy stuff I have to do to get there?

Well the whole thing is pretty crazy for me let’s be honest.. I’m so far out of my comfort zone on this trip I’m not even sure I recognize myself. But, I think that’s a good thing.. I’ll be traveling solo overseas for the first time to meet a bunch of strangers (who don’t feel like strangers anymore) and if that wasn’t enough.. I’ll be attempting to talk to all of you.. from the main stage on day one of conference 😳... hopefully @raj808 is more ready for that than I am. Lol.

Another crazy thing? I’m depending on Steem to pay for this trip.. while I have fronted it from my saving accounts.. (which is essentially all I have to build my small home), the goal is to pay that back with Steem..and I still have full confidence in the ability to do so. I’ve had an outpouring of support on my blog, and I can’t thank you guys enough.. you all are essentially getting me to Poland.. Thank You!!❤️❤️❤️