A pretty good day at the event. Fairly hungover and mingining, but not too bad. The day did drag a bit, but I've been a lot worse. Patrice and Veronika headed off, so the team is getting smaller. Been a bit of a stress with all sorts of nonsense from the executives.
Back to town and tapas
Went back to the same part of town as last night and had a few beers and tapas. Was a great little restaurant and the food was delicious. Tried a little bit of everything. Then a night cap on the way home for an uber.
Naff breakfast at the hotel. But was well needed before heading over to the arena.
We are go.
Had a bit of fun getting the stand to look good. Had the idea of using a banner to hide all of the boxes and bags. Worked pretty well, although a bit less orthodox.
Updated profile picture. Knackered ad only had like 4 hours sleep.
Don't use the big coffee button!
Damiani,
Damiano, Veronika, Me at the booth.
The shittiest sandwich I think I've ever had.
Patrice and Lizzie do their workshops.
Decent attendance, packed house.
Wine cheese and Chicken
Went out to Fasterpay offices for some free food and booze. Was a pretty weird place, looked more like a Chinese restaurant. There wasn't much in the way of chicken. Quite a good laugh though. Lots of wine consumed.
Walked down to the bullring. Was nice enough, but nothing going on down there.
Went for a bit of a boozy party.
Got a taxi to an old part of town called Bairro Alto. Was pretty much packed out with websummit folks. We had a bit of a hanger on join us, some investors dude, he was nice enough. Then we went dancing till 2am. Was a lot of fun!!!
Ready to start the day. Breakfast was pretty naff and a tiny little hotel restaurant was crazy busy.
Checking the booth out.
A bit of a pain checking out the booth. UK vaccine passports weren't accepted. Plus we are partners not exhibitors. Ots pretty amazing how it will all come together. Suzanne was pretty surprised that we were able to get in. This place is absolutely massive. We are in a great spot, which is nice. They messed up the graphics though, I think there was some confusion when we sent through the hi
Damiano on the stand
Coffee after checking the booth.
Found a nice little place to have a couple of coffees and get some work done digital nomad style. Coffees are tiny out here.
Lunch of the best octopus
Had lunch with the guys. The first time of meeting Patrice, nice guy. The grilled octopus was really amazing. Probably better than I thought. Not at all chewy and very meaty. Full of smokey flavour. Glad I went for something a but different.
Opening evening at websummit.
Pretty amazing to see this manynpwkple back together. Something like 48k people over the three days. The system to get in was all a bit ridiculous, which included QR codes and masks. Like they are ever going to help people. Was terrific to see people all having a good time though.
The Facebook whistle-blower. Left halfway though.
Founder of Black lives matter, a bit preachy and they had to run some music to get her off.
Massive arena. Was great.
Cool to be back.
Rounded it off with a beer at the end with Damiano. Then the place mysteriously just shut down.
Meal at Tivoli Oriente Lisboa Hotel
Nice meal at a hotel with the team. Went for pasta, which was rare for me. Then a last beer on the rooftop. Was a nice view and the temperature was lovely.