Among the endless forests and roads, sometimes you can find an oasis that was hidden from the human eye, that stayed there for thousands of years, and one day was discovered by people. Sometimes you may not even know that a few kilometers from you is the "pearl" of the forests. And so, two days before the event called "Hivefest", we were able to see a fairy tale of lakes and peace that has been made for years. And this is... Plitvice Lakes! A unique place with extraordinary views, but let's go in order.

After traveling around Europe and solving many questions and problems, we finally decided to go to our beloved, hot country, Turkey. And finally, before leaving for a long and tiring journey, we visited Krakow for a few days, a place with an incredible atmosphere of coziness and antiquity. But during the visit, we were able to visit several of the most unique places that I have seen in recent years, and I will write about only one of them in this post. So we walked down the street in anticipation of the surprises waiting for us in this place, looking at all the tables in front of us. And so we finally came across the right one. I present to you.......the Museum of Illusions! I have never been to a museum like this before, and I rarely go to museums (almost never), so it was super interesting. The entrance ticket cost $12 per adult.

And the third day! As you may know, there was supposed to be a cruise on the third day, but it was canceled. So the third cruise day of Hivefest was spent indoors as the weather forecast called for rain and storms. Nevertheless, it did not upset us, on the contrary, it made us happy, because we love billiards almost the most of all sports. Someone else said there would be poker, and we'd love to see that. It was always very interesting for us to watch the poker tournament and unfortunately we didn't make it, as we overslept for all the other early risers. And so we finally, having rested for all the past days, arrived somewhere for the second hour. It was written that Billiards was supposed to be played from morning to four o'clock, so we were a little upset that we didn't come earlier, but we resigned ourselves and started playing.

And the second day! That time we also got up early, but already a little later. Today everything took place in the ancient huge palace, which looked very majestic and impressive. Upon arrival, we parked (in 20 minutes) and came to look for the entrance. Thank God we saw a group of people with name tags around their necks, so we quickly found the entrance. The opening of the day was at 9:00, but we decided that we could skip the start. But the beginning was not very ordinary today. Today, the owner of this palace himself, the Roman Emperor Diocletian, will be honored to speak at the podium. He was giving a speech, but we couldn't see it because we were late. But now I think that I really regret that we didn't come on time. From all the posts and photos, I understand that it was such a cool part of that day. But when we arrived, the emperor was still there, and we were able to take a photo. But it makes no sense to be sad, and it is better to just continue the story about this day.

And it's Day 1 of Hivefest! The last night we fell asleep not too early, and the next day was difficult for us. In general, we are not early risers, but how can we not get up on the first day. Today, the day began at 8:45, and the first lectures at 9:00. Getting up at seven in the morning, in order to wake up at least a little, we drank a cup of coffee each, got together and drove to the lectures at the Mestrovic Gallery. As usual, we didn't manage to get together quickly, and we left at about 8:20. As I mentioned earlier, we live 9 kilometers from the city center, so our journey took (according to the GPS) 20 minutes. Of course, we managed longer. After arriving, we had to park quickly, but in Split it is impossible, so we looked for a parking space and parked, we had another 30 minutes. But as it turned out, the place where we parked was forbidden, so we had to look for another place. And so, since I wanted to listen to the beginning, I ran, and my @olga.maslievich and @bugavi went to look for another place. When I got a couple of meters to the entrance, I couldn't help but recognize the Hive flag who was standing and helping the Hivians find their way to our place. When I arrived, in front of me I saw a large Gallery that looked like something from Greek mythological tales, and on the side in the middle of the lawn, I was a small "house" made of a special transparent coating and fittings. There were many chairs inside, at the end there was a stage, and in the middle there was a statue from probably the museum on the territory of which today was made.

Hello everyone! As all my readers know, we have come a long way to attend the upcoming Hivefest. And after our trip, several days have already passed, that is, it would be good to tell about Hivefest itself! So, after our visit to Plitvice Lakes, we immediately set off on our way to Split. We had a great time here, but we were tired after a few hours of walking. But this trip was still great because almost the whole way we drove behind a red Tesla belonging to @gtg. Driving this way, it was not so tiring and boring for us. Later, already closer to Split, since we were going to different addresses, we had to split up. And having arrived at our apartment, which we rented a week before, we went to bed already before waiting for our tomorrow evening. Let me tell you a little bit about my relationship with Hivefest. I've been at Hive for 4 years now (compared to the 8 years of my sister @bugavi and mom @olga.maslievich it's nothing) and until now, I've never been to Hivefest. Unlike @bugavi and @olga.maslievich who were already in 2018 in Krakow. And I was very happy to finally attend this exciting event. Therefore, we sat down and at dinner we went to the first meeting with the community.