Initially I had some thoughts about whether or not should I go, but in the end I grabbed the opportunity and departed. And this was, without any doubt, one of the best decisions in my life. I had so much fun, met many new wonderful friends and scouts from all over Europe. It was a week filled with various captivating activities, interesting discussions and chats, and many great moments spent together with other scouts. Simply an amazing experience.

It’s only a few days since I returned home from IMWe, but I’m already filled with sadness and sorrow for not being able to be with my new friends. Now I understand why people keep returning to Rieneck for years and why aren’t many new faces at this event each year.

This is such a fantastic experience, that is much much more than just a plain international scout gathering. IMWe is a family, which I feel being part of now as well. That’s why I’m already impatiently counting the days towards IMWe 2011, which is sadly still far in the future. Well, let’s hope there will be a reunion somewhere in the vicinity, which I’ll be able to join.

On a lighter note, I’ve upgraded my blog to the latest wordpress version, and fixed the commenting system which was causing some trouble lately. Oh, if you haven’t noticed yet, we’re no longer using the SezWho plugin. They’ve been acquired by JS-Kit, which uses a similar system, which is richer in functionalities, even a bit too rich if you ask me. And since it offers so many options, it makes the commenting interface too complicated and bulky, complicated to a degree that I feared it would do more damage than good. And it doesn’t support Gravatars! How could they forget about them?!