The Soča valley has been overrun by PIF(l)ars (nerds aka PIFparticipants in the local lingo). A weekend of preparations, initial explorations of the beautiful surroundings and introductions is behind us, but the PIFadventure really started only yesterday.
Breakfast was followed by the initial meet-up and the presentations of participants with their projects, and the afternoon was spent in building workstations. The first workshops also took place, among them we tackled hacking more or less complex locks under the guidance of John Maushammer.
A group of PIFparticipants went for a short hiking tour in the direction of the deserted mountain village Lemovje. Heading the group was our familiar PIFcomrade Dario Cortese, with the help of whom we have had the opportunity to glimpse into the bountiful world of edible plants in our surroundings, of course mostly those that are predominantly safe to digest. Some, for example Bellflowers, Wild carrots, Winter savory, Ground elder and Wild thyme, ended up in a truly tasty omelette.
After dinner most focused on workshops; the one that drew the biggest crowd was making PCBs, but some also chose to indulge in various games.
Despite #Changing weathers, we are more than ready to rise to the challenge of a week-long search for creative solutions to stimulating problems.
