To illustrate how strong ties this forum creates, besides gatherings and rallyes:
When I learned that Garry and Kate, Garry's wife will be on a Baltic Sea tour stopping for a few hours in Gdansk, it gave me the idea of going up there and meet. We had a great chat and enjoyed this reunion immensely, exchanging mostly Pagoda related stories.
As it was said in another post: virtual forum, but real people, as well as great time and (from my perspective) a true added value of networking.
BTW:
I wasn't sure where this thread should belong (off-topic or events?), but put it eventually here
Kate was kind enough to take the picture below, in front of the Gdansk's symbolic Neptune statue