Oh, I must've been thinking of Lisbon then! I do remember meeting you. SF2 was a similar whirlwind because we were promoting the HardFork Series there. I'd love to actually go to a fest and just be a spectator and be able to focus on meeting people and hanging out. Unfortunately I won't be making it this year. If HiveFest '26 is somewhere within an 8 hour flight I think the odds are pretty good that I can make that happen. Krakow looked amazing.
I thought I remembered you in Lisbon. The whole thing blew my mind as so many people knew who I was. I probably won't go this year, but I will look into some European ones. I would rather not do long flights, but trains can be expensive.
Didn't you play guitar there? It was so much fun to meet everyone face-to-face and the food was incredible at the dinners. My wife and I took one day to do a side trip to Sintra to tour the town and the castle. We also took a day to see the presentations at the LX Factory. Yeah, anywhere in Asia is problematic for me. Western Europe is far more doable when flying from North America.
That's it! I remember. I don't blame you for not wanting to come here, the mid-to-large sized cities are downright dangerous right now. I would have left a long time ago if I could've—probably either somewhere in the UK or The Netherlands. I first started looking into becoming an expat around 2016 but it didn't work out for various reasons. Europeans are very lucky to have such a good rail system!
Canada is completely different, in my experience. I've traveled a lot to Montreal and through Toronto with zero issues. A lot of our cities have become lawless, especially after dark. There's no way I'd take public transit, day or night, in any major US city right now. The next time I come to Europe I plan on staying at least a month or two. It's so expensive to fly over the Atlantic these days it makes sense to stay a while and experience as much as you can during one trip. I'd like to flying into London and stay for 7-10 days and then take the rail to explore the rest of Europe.
Oh, I must've been thinking of Lisbon then! I do remember meeting you. SF2 was a similar whirlwind because we were promoting the HardFork Series there. I'd love to actually go to a fest and just be a spectator and be able to focus on meeting people and hanging out. Unfortunately I won't be making it this year. If HiveFest '26 is somewhere within an 8 hour flight I think the odds are pretty good that I can make that happen. Krakow looked amazing.
I thought I remembered you in Lisbon. The whole thing blew my mind as so many people knew who I was. I probably won't go this year, but I will look into some European ones. I would rather not do long flights, but trains can be expensive.
Didn't you play guitar there? It was so much fun to meet everyone face-to-face and the food was incredible at the dinners. My wife and I took one day to do a side trip to Sintra to tour the town and the castle. We also took a day to see the presentations at the LX Factory. Yeah, anywhere in Asia is problematic for me. Western Europe is far more doable when flying from North America.
I played my ukulele and we had some other musicians there.
I wouldn't be keen on going to the US for now. There are a few events around Europe though. I went to HF in Amsterdam by train.
That's it! I remember. I don't blame you for not wanting to come here, the mid-to-large sized cities are downright dangerous right now. I would have left a long time ago if I could've—probably either somewhere in the UK or The Netherlands. I first started looking into becoming an expat around 2016 but it didn't work out for various reasons. Europeans are very lucky to have such a good rail system!
I was in the eastern US and Canada a couple of years ago with no issues. We used some trains then, but nothing to match the speedy ones across Europe.
Canada is completely different, in my experience. I've traveled a lot to Montreal and through Toronto with zero issues. A lot of our cities have become lawless, especially after dark. There's no way I'd take public transit, day or night, in any major US city right now. The next time I come to Europe I plan on staying at least a month or two. It's so expensive to fly over the Atlantic these days it makes sense to stay a while and experience as much as you can during one trip. I'd like to flying into London and stay for 7-10 days and then take the rail to explore the rest of Europe.