This weekend was really packed. There were so many things happening. Got to meet up with a bunch of lovely friends and had one of my best time at TwitchCon.
The weekend started with my friend Yungul arriving on Friday. He was going to stay with us for the weekend, because on Saturday we had plans to attend TwitchCon where we would meet up with more friends. Nothing much happened that day. We just got bubble tea and then headed home. We were originally planning on going to the a carnival, but both Yungul and my boyfriend were quite tired so we decided to move it to Sunday and just spent the rest of the day chilling, gaming and just getting settled.
Saturday was the big day. We woke up at around 10 am, ate something small before our friend picked us up and we drove to Rotterdam for TwitchCon. We arrived a bit later than planned because we got stuck behind two suspension bridges, but at least there wasn’t a queue to get in by the time we arrived. We presented our tickets, got our badges and goodie bags and headed in to the event. The event itself wasn’t as big as it has previously been, but it was a decent amount to things to see. We met up with a couple of streamer friends and most of the day was just spent walking around with them and hanging out.
They did have a artist gallery area which I went into at least 3 times. I bought myself a couple of nice things. A Espion beanie, a red panda mouse mat and a Sylvion key chain. My friends also got some things for themselves. I even did my first IRL stream from the convention, which was really fun. We did disconnect twice, but besides from that both the audio and the visual was good, so I might do more of those types of streams in the future. We peaked at 14 viewers which is more than we usually have during streams.
We stayed until they closed at 6pm and then we were planning on getting something to eat, but non of the places around the even had space for us. There was also a rock concert happening, so there were a lot of people in the area. We eventually decided to just hang out for a bit with our friends and then get some MacDonald’s on our way home.
After driving and picking up the food, we just headed back to my apartment and hung out, watched some YouTube while we ate. Nothing more really happened on that day.
Sunday we were planning on going to the Sinksenfoor, which is like a huge carnival that is being held close to us every summer for 4 weeks and I thought it would be a fun experience for Yungul. He did however sleep until 4 pm, so we ended up being there during the evening, which wasn’t that bad. The temperature was nice during that time. We did have some showers of rain, but nothing too bad. At the carnival we did a couple of things
We first took a ride called “Big Splash” which was just your typical water log ride. Then we did some small attractions. One where you got an X amount of balls, depending how much you pay and then you roll them up a lane and try to make them fall into 1 of the 5 holes which had different scores on them. I hit the 500 score 5 times, which definitely is a personal record. The boys hit 1 x 500 each. After that one we did where we had like a gun with small pellets and tried to shoot down cans and then the last one we did was archery.
We also tried a couple of foods and drinks. I had a Cuba Libra and then I tried a corn dog for the first time. We also ate like a potato slices on a stick. I had a lot of fun overall ^^
Fast forward till today. We headed out at around 4 pm so that we would have time to get something to eat before Yungul had to catch the train to the airport. Sadly the public transport perfectly lined up so that we missed the one bus and one tram and had to wait until the next one. We got the city, got some more MacDonalds and then headed to the train station.
After I left Yungul I decided to pick up some bubble tea on my way home since I was in the city. I picked up one those scooters that you rent and headed over to bubble tea place. After getting my order I was heading back towards where I usually take the buss to get home. I found one of those dedicated parking spots for these things and tried to park it, but every time I pressed “end ride” it told me to confirm that I was standing in a parking spot. I used my camera and even though the app did say that I was in a parking spot, it still didn’t allow me to end my ride. It took me like 5 attempts on 5 different locations before I finally got to end my ride. Then it was off to the bus which were suppose to arrive at 18:50, but for some reason that bus just vanished. When the bus did arrive I went on and sat down. I already started to fall a sleep since I was really exhausted and my feet hurt. I forgot to activate my tickets and two stops in there was a control and I got fined. So today was a REALLY bad day for me, especially mentally. Straight after I got home I headed to my bed and did a smoll cry. Now I’m just going to hang out with friends and try to decompress for the rest of the evening.
Despite the fact that today was horrible, I did have a fun time from Friday till Sunday. I’m ready to go back to normal and not going anywhere for the next months xD I hope everyone had a nice weekend and didn’t get caught without a ticket.
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