well its a little more than a week since i got back and i thaught i would put some propper reviews out and cap this blog properly
1) Garden Festival - Zadar Croatia
Wow is all i can say - Gail and Eddy you have done a fantastic job, the musical lineup was mostly mediocre (baring soil and pimp & Crazy P from this) mid level DJs playing non challenging music at best easy listening - but you know what - it doesent matter - the music wasnt what it was about - it was the sun, the beach, the beach bar, the people and most of all the VIBE. a friendlier bunch of peeps i couldnt ever ask to meet, everyone who was there was lovley!
the temperature was a even 35 every day - the skys were cloudless, the water was azure.
the accomodation was excelent seconds away from the main festival site, the basement of a little house, with a lovley little old lady who ran it - all in all excelent - this is an event which will be talked about for years after.
2) Exit festival - Novisad Serbia
you know what it was OK, not great - line up was good - but a lot of lackluster performances - Beasty Boys - your getting Geriatric, Lauren Hill your mediocre, Snoop Dogg - dull, Basement Jaxx - not your best and ive seen you regularly since the early days of brixton hill. Prodigy were the only mainstream highlight but the crowd was insane and intense.
Site - pretty novel but the festival suffered from being nocturnal, it would have worked so much better if there was some of it during daylight hours.
hotel putnik - served it purpose relativley close to the festival site - about 15mins before the killer hill clime to get onto the site, stupidly 70s, hessian wallpaper - you know what - it was OK!
Resteraunt - Archiv - gets 10 points - lovley little place around the corner from putnik - great food, and the terrace has wifi stolen from a local hotel.
3)into romania - 30 hr trip, 2hr bus to belgrade then 4hr wait in belgrade for train - train from belgrade to tiamasora, then a night train from Tiamasora to Cluj - Most surprised by Romania - stunningly beautiful, great people good vibe, also great to see my parents who i havent seen for ages, they seem to have relaxed into the romanian vibe pretty well with dad doing his usual things, and mum back into her artistic endevours.
3 day roadtrip during the romanian heatwave taking in the Carpathian Mountains and the cities of Sibiu (European city of the year) Brasov (Dracula country) Sinaia (very pretty ‘alpine village’ and ski centre) and Sigisouara, old citadel.
all in all 100% different from my 'normal life' but most required
