The author attended their first OSCON Europe conference, which had around 500 attendees compared to the US version's 4K attendees. They spent two days at a booth, engaging with attendees and participating in the "SWAG war" competition among exhibitors. The authors discussed various topics with attendees, including Couchbase vs. other NoSQL vendors like MongoDB and Cassandra. They also highlighted key features of Couchbase, such as its high performance cache, Key-Value store, and Document store. Additionally, they emphasized the importance of team building and networking opportunities at conferences, mentioning conversations with colleagues and interesting people like Leslie Hawthorn from RedHat. Overall, the author enjoyed their experience and looks forward to attending future OSCON events.