15 days have passed like a moment and it seems like it was only yesterday, an abnormal situation, the first time in a long time Hive meetup with our participation, it's something extraordinary.
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We didn't even think about it until the legendary Gandalf the Grey, accidentally or by design, diverted us on the road through Katowice. And so, with his encouragement, we gave birth to the spark of our Mini-Meet-up. And so the organizational movement began.
I chose bowling, and I also submitted the idea of bowling, I confess honestly, I was guided by the fear of conversations on serious topics in English.
Therefore I thought that bowling is the best option for friendly communication in a relaxed atmosphere where there is concentration on balls and pins, and decreases emphasis on the language barrier in deep topics.
So, Gandalf — our favorite daddy, adopter, boss, who manages everything so quickly.
He helped succinctly book everything and gather friends of our Hivians, which was not easy considering that everything is so unexpectedly short-term and in an area not too populated by Hivians, resulting in a cute company of 10 people, such a wonderful round number.
It's so interesting, but only in the Hive community we encountered such a special out-of-the-ordinary experience of such interesting gathers, I have never had the opportunity to be a part of such meetings anywhere else.
And so it was day X. I'll tell you the truth, I was worried that I had the strength, it's so scary to do something like this again after such a long break. And so we finally met at the entrance to the MK Bowling Katowice club in the Centrum Handlowe Libero shopping center.
At first it was just us and Gandalf, then people slowly gathered. At first, the atmosphere was somewhat tense and uncomfortable, somehow there was no open friendly note, but then everything calmed down and everything became easier. Under delicious lemonade, we actively knocked out pins one by one, and there was not a single one who did not strike.
Come on, it would be in a parallel universe and normal people live here, there was almost never a strike, I made a video of everyone who threw, but unfortunately only once or twice, and I want to note that this video is only for a reality check of all people, but don't judge their game because as soon as the camera went off, every player started hitting good shots especially @evelynchacin.
Unfortunately, I accidentally took shots just of only her warm-up. Evelyn such a cute girl and mom:) But who was at the forefront, it was Evelyn's husband, the only one at the meeting who was not a member of Hive but supplemented our company with good shots.
Also, I can't help but notice the incredible blue eyes of the youngest princess Olivia, Evelyn's daughter, they lit up the hall. Also our beautiful @olga.maslievich brightened up our bowling party with a green dress which emphasized the solemnity of the event. She was so active as always and made cheerful throws forward with me & @darine.darine
Also we had a very nice conversation with @osavi, who also kindly supplemented the company with her wonderful stories in her beautiful English and of course Polish, which I am not friendly with at all (language).
Gandalf (@gtg) planned everywhere and among everyone, especially he was interested in the idea of luring our @darine.darine to the dark side of programming. Also @gtg was constantly making fun of us and from time to time we got into a fight but it was fun and cute.
And I can't help but remember we were joined by one secret couple @asia-pl and @sk1920 for a short time but we also had a nice chat and even he scored a great near-strike. But I think that it is impossible to hide such a wonderful couple, and they still got into my photos, because how could a Hive meet up without a funny selfie together:)
sunset on the roof parking of the mall