Do you know how to describe a developer meeting, a chocolate-making workshop, a jam session, playing a Hive quiz, making sushi, hanging around, chitchatting, and playing board games all evening in one word? Do you know? Yes, in short - that is HiveBeeCon, Day 2.
And even though today was already the third day, I simply didn't have the strength to write this post last night. We arrived at the accommodation late in the evening, and after such a full day of activities, not to mention the morning walk to one museum and going to lunch in a small group of Hivers before the official activities of the HiveBeeCon started, I fell asleep in no time. And what can I say... today was even more intense hahaha. But there are no more excuses! Here comes in a nutshell how we spent our day yesterday, Saturday, the 15th of November.
A little reminder of the schedule of the day 👆, for the curious passersby, visitors of The Kingdom, and for the Hivers.
The developers started their workshop at 2 pm. I obviously didn't understand a lot anything, so I was mostly chit-chatting with @itsola and @asia-pl. You know, kind of topics mothers can have. 😊
I needed a cup of coffee to gain strength, which @hallmann immediately offered me and prepared in the kitchen of @krolestwo. When the time arrived, at 4 pm, we moved to the workshop room to start the chocolate-making activity. Well, if you think that it is a quick and easy activity, I have to tell you the truth - that is not like that. You actually need a bit of effort to arrive at that stage to enjoy the moments of pleasure that tasting this homemade chocolate can offer.
First, the cocoa beans were roasted the previous day.
Then we were advised to wash our hands and grab a knife. The real work, which requires high levels of patience and mastery, started and lasted....
...for example, after some 20 minutes of peeling the shell of the roasted cocoa beans, I obtained this quantity. 😅
Together with @akipponn and @small.minion (and his son), we were slowly filling this plate with peeled cocoa beans. An interesting fact - we were delighted with the smell that our hands got from this activity. We joked we would not wash our hands now for a week and smell chocolate whenever we wished. 😂
There were also more people peeling the cocoa beans, like Ola, @asia-pl, @itsola and from time to time other hivers that were coming to the workshop room, like @engrave, or @ph1102. I am sorry if I missed mentioning someone, but I was too concentrated on peeling the beans! 😁
Once we had enough peeled cocoa beans, Hallmann brought the grinder. He was grinding the cocoa beans and brown sugar, obtaining a paste from it, which was later added to hot milk.
The little chocolate-making tool was heating and stirring the milk with the cocoa mixture until it was done and served in little cups! Success! 👌
The tasty homemade chocolate is definitely worth the effort of peeling the beans for one whole hour, as the result is super tasty.
For those who didn't or couldn't take it with milk, the chocolate was placed in a mould and put into the fridge for a few hours. The mould actually had the Hive logo on it, it is a pity it can't be seen from my photo.
Next activity... the jam session. Well, I was at the chocolate workshop, so I was almost late to the jam session, but no worries, as there were other people playing the guitar and the piano. Some songs were also played in this 4-hand ensemble with @danxious and @alessandrawhite in the role of singer! 🎤
I also hope @gtg will be able to listen to Child in Time recording more than once... without killing anyone because of the background noise interference. 😁
Although I could continue with the black and white keys for more time, we were called to play this cool Hive quiz held by @blind-spot! That was fun! All the questions were Hive-related, and in one moment, I was taking third place. However, others were quicker in some questions, and I accidentally hit the wrong button for one of the questions, so I went down in the list.
I was just "nearly at the podium" but it doesn't matter as the whole quiz was just for fun! Some questions were serious, others silly. The important thing is that we laughed quite a lot for the whole quiz.
Soooo, here came the sushi time. @akipponn was preparing it and those who tried it were really satisfied with the taste. Unfortunately, I don't eat sushi so I didn't try but according to those who grabbed some, it was delicious! 👌
The evening continued with board games. Many people, many board games, and a lot of fun. My husband played this version of chess.
I was fine with some easier game hahaha, not with less funny results. I can't remember the name of this one, but with your team, you had to guess the words that the leader of the group would describe just with one different word that would somehow connect them.
Connecting words is fun. 😃
Connecting people through such meetups is even more fun. 😉
Connecting keys with Hive keychains, also! (thank you @mynewlife 🙏)
So, this was day 2 of the second edition of HiveBeeCon. The day three... yeah, it was also cool, and once again I will finish with a promise hope that I will write about it soon. 😋
