crazyruthie's avatar
awesome! 
 
damn, i've even been to strasbourg! what was it like, to meet personally? have you met other da friends? .....since it was a devmeet?
RichardLeach's avatar
Strasbourg is great, isn't it? That cathedral! And Gutenberg square - we had lunch there after walking and shooting pictures for a couple of hours.

It was BIG fun to meet Ulrich. It was a fast visit because I was in Europe to see friends in Geneva, but with Germany right there we had to find a way to meet and we did - he drove and I took a train. I knew that in person he wouldn't be exactly the way he is online - because none of us is - but he is a great guy online and he was a great guy in person. It was a devmeet of the two of us :) and one of my sons was with me too.

I've also met Laura Holmes, she turned out to live two hours away from me when I was in PA - even closer now I'm in CT - and we get along so well that my wife and I and she and her husband get together twice a year for a long lunch where we catch up with each other about everything. People of a certain mindset say that social media push people away from each other but my experience has been exactly the opposite! There are other deviants I know it would be wonderful to meet but haven't had the opportunity.