I'll survive. I'll just sit in the corner and cry for the week hahaha.
As for @celestal, I had the honour to hang with him in Bangkok and Koh Chang (about 2 weeks) for last Steemfest, and met him the year before in Krakow. He's good people :) Give him a big hug from me when you're there.

The funny thing is, I'm also Dutch, but was living in Ireland till November last year, so it would have been more of a possibility for me if I was still in that area. Now we're in Mexico, and somehow I had hoped it'd be in these regions this year. However, the reasons for doing it in Amsterdam this year are completely understandable.
Next year, nothing or no one will stop me though hehe. Unless it's in Singapore because I won't be allowed into that country hehe.