I've started playing a bit of Minecraft again and am now looking for a server where I can play with 1.8. It's best to look for a more familiar server that is just a freebuild / roleplay server.
If you know one or have one just write in I'll go on it 😅
I can recommend you a small freebuild survival server:
Amuria.eu
However this server runs on 1.12.2
Has 32 slots, nice team, looking forward to friendly teammates.
There's a farming world for farming, a spa world, a freebuilding world
as well as an epochal world - there are various themed building areas - eg Middle Ages, Asia, …
Roleplay make the players partly with each other.