The Royal Route to HiveBeeCon, Poland - Munich International Airport, Germany
With swollen, sleepy eyes, a tired body, and an excited mindset; I decided to write this post instead of delaying. It's better late than never, even though the HiveBeeCon event is now past. When I learned about the HiveBeeCon event, I instantly decided to go. I knew I had to face a few challenges but my confusing mind somehow wanted to go to Poland again. Yes, the first HiveBeeCon location was in Krakow, Poland. I have never been to Krakow before even though I stayed in Ruda Slaska and Katowice for a month after fleeing the Ukraine war. I heard a lot about Krakow so HiveBeeCon was a great opportunity for me to visit Poland and Krakow. Poland is like my third home, I was able to make connections with this country when I was in Ruda Slaska. I don't know why but I personally love my time being in Poland and Polish people.
After considering the pros and cons, I decided not to think much and booked flights to Krakow, Poland from the Netherlands at the last moment. Yes, flights even though I had several options to go to Poland. Considering my health I took the decision to book flights instead of thinking about the cost. I am glad I made the right decision because, by train or bus, it takes around 17-18 hours to reach Poland from the Netherlands. I have experience traveling to the Netherlands from Poland by road so I know. I didn't want to take extra stress and I knew with my tiring body, I wouldn't be able to enjoy HiveBeeCon.
Gigi was someone I know and he took care of Gigi before when I went on vacation to Switzerland. Somehow I knew Gigi was with the right person but yes, a few things happened when I was in Poland that I came to know today. I am keeping that story for other days.
My flight time was 6th October, 11.00 am and I was traveling with @blind-spot. I checked in online and received my boarding pass earlier (before 24 hours) but knowing the condition of Schiphol Amsterdam Airport and its staff storage, we decided to go to the airport early morning around 6.30 a.m. From Almere city to Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, it takes 45 minutes minimum by intercity train but unfortunately due to railway maintenance, from Almere to Schiphol Airport most of the train schedules were delayed. But we were not late as we decided to go earlier.
The airport was busy and when we reached the airport, we didn't feel that it was early morning. The security check-in area was crowded and I was happy that I didn't carry extra baggage. From the train station to our flight terminal and gate, it took another 30 minutes by walking. The airport was big and I was already feeling sleepy. My head was dizzy so we decided to have our breakfast and coffee at the airport.
After reaching the terminal gate for boarding, I decided to take a nap again. Well, I couldn't afford the direct flight to Krakow to my route was Amsterdam-Munich-Krakow because I booked flights late and it was already expensive. So, I was waiting to fly to Munich first and then transfer.
After 1.5 hours of waiting, boarding started and I got into the plane.
Took some photos from the window. Nice ariel view...
I was traveling by air after 7 years. My last flight was from Bangladesh to Ukraine and after that, I didn't fly basically. I never had any problem with flying by air but this time I noticed I was having so much pain in my left ear. Wi-Fi was available so I did a quick research and this happened because of air pressure and temperature. This symptom is known as Airplane ear (ear barotrauma). I was having it quite a lot.
I really enjoyed the blue sky, green ground, and horizon, it was beautiful to see. Well, I fell asleep after a while because I was sleepy. The travel time to Munich from Amsterdam was 1 hour 45 minutes so I had no reason to stay awake and tolerate the Airplane ear.
I was trying to keep myself out of stress and wanted to clear my head as well because I was overthinking about a few issues in life.
Finally reached Munich International Airport.
The Munich airport was not as busy and crowded as Schiphol Amsterdam Airport and I had enough time to transfer so I decided to take a look at the airport shops. I was not hungry but seeing all the food shops, I felt hungry again.
Most of the branded shops I have seen before so I was browsing duty-free shops and the price in Germany. Not much price difference with Holland.
You can get a nice massage after a long flight during transit time.
Duty-free and Food shops were quite busy...
Suddenly I saw a small souvenir corner so decided to increase my magnet collection. I have been collecting some souvenirs from all over the countries and cities I have visited and I am going to add souvenirs as long as possible. Most of them are freezer magnets.
A nice magnet of Munich city even though I didn't explore Munich :P. I got a 1 euro discount because of my passport :P. I am not European :D
I was so excited while waiting at Munich Airport because only a few hours left to reach Krakow, Poland. I was receiving tons of texts and my excitement was doubled. Time flew quickly and my flight call for boarding to Krakow arrived. Time to fly again...
One thing was in my mind -
"Poland (Krakow) I am coming again to make new memories... #Hivebeecon"
To be continued...
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Well done on the discount! I love your ariel shots, although I got a touch of vertigo. I'm not the best flyer. I can't wait until your next installment. 🙂
Well, I guess I told you when I was booking my flights and the direct flights were way more expensive than I had imagined. Also, I couldn't find a cheaper option to Krakow with transit so easily. So, luckily I got the tickets because the flights were fully booked. I will write a continuation tonight otherwise I won't be able to finish my 36-hour trip to Poland.
Transport can be a pain at times. When I travel down to the South of England, the coach fares are cheap but it's a long journey. I only have to change in London. If I caught the train it is 3 or 4 times the amount of the coach fare. I'd also have to change train 2 or 3 times. I'm lethal if I'm left to travel on my own. I'd never get there with so many changes. You did way better than me.
I was not alone so it was easier otherwise I would have been lost in the airport and probably missed the flight. I can imagine the pain because if you are traveling from one side to another, it costs a lot if you take the direct route. And changes/transfers are painful...
Hope to see you again soon and talk more! 🥺 sorry, I was a bit tired with my big belly. Safe trip back home!
You came with baby-bump and that's enough, we all appreciate your presence and wish you good luck with the upcoming good news. Congratulations and hopefully we will meet again and talk more...
How nice! Thank you so much! 🤗 And I look forward to meeting you again ❤️
Me too...
Thought I recognised the airport, don't know Munich but Hamburg looks pretty much the same and they sure have those massage corners too.
Fridge magnets are great! Not too over-the-top souvenirs, would be my choice too!
Maybe most of the airports in Germany followed the same designs. Well, in my opinion, some airports in the world are exceptional but most of them are designed following the same pattern.
I have been collecting fridge magnets recently wherever I go, I find them interesting because they hold a lot of good memories...
So long in Hive and it is only now that I can get to know you through the narration of your experience, very nice to meet you. I have seen several posts of the meeting in Krakow and all of them transmit me the emotion that you lived, but I see that you will tell it more in detail, already this beginning of your experience has been wonderful through your words. I am very happy for all those who have the opportunity to meet, here in Venezuela we humbly also do our local meetings, but Krakow, wow, for me is a dream, Happy beginning of the week...
Thank you so much for such nice feedback, well sometimes we feel lost in the blockchain and it's almost impossible to know everyone on the blockchain. I personally love Poland because of my previous memories but this time, this meet-up was exceptional. I hope one day you will be able to join such meetups like hivebeecon or hivefest and get to know people around the world. I will probably finish writing my meet-up experience tonight...
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There's no stopping you! Brilliant! Can't wait to see all the photos from HiveBeeCon with all the other great folks who attended.
Best wishes as always and thanks for keeping on posting even though I'm sure some times you really don;t feel like it.
Hello @nathen007 sorry for the late reply. I was here and there and completely forgot to reply back. I hope you are doing well. I already posted my experience at KBK and unfortunately, I haven't taken enough photos. I borrowed photos from Hivers :D because I was tired and so busy talking with almost everybody.
The trip was so short, I only spent 36 hours in Krakow but it was nice...
Thank you @thekittygirl and @innerblocks
It's good that you are traveling, it can do you quite a bit of good.
I didn't know there were massage points in airports, I've never traveled that far.
I hope it continues to advance and improve step by step.
This was a short trip but worth it as I was able to meet good people.
This was also new to me because I hadn't seen it before, probably nowadays, this facility is available and to be honest this is a good service when you are having a long flight or transit. It is relaxing.
You made the right decision to travel by plane. 18hrs in a bus, that's pretty terrible. But true, can be mucho less expensive. Munich, I really like that airport for transit. Whenever I passed by that one, I could stay in the same hall, most of the time just a few doors further down or up the hall for connecting flights, that is when both are within the Schengen zone.
Anyways, was really nice to meet you. When you and your husband like to go for a cup of coffee or something, we aren't living that far apart 🙃
NJOY the weekend.
Thank you so much and it was lovely to meet you in person who lives near our city, not very far away from me. I really liked our discussion and your concern about the Ukrainians living in the Netherlands. I really appreciate it.
We can go for coffee whenever you want to, we can arrange a small meetup somewhere in Holland. By the way, He is not my husband :D :D He is one of my closest friends and partner in crime :D Hahahah... We travel together most of the time because we stay at the same location...
Ahhhh partners in crime: Shall I inform the police? 😂😂😂 {sry for my bad joke} Are you on Telegram?
Hahahahaha... Yes I am on telegram and you already found me :D
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