exit day 1 cont.

Had breakfast/lunch at a place around the corner, caught up with some other british journalists based out of Prague chatted about festivals, had a beer in the sun, talked politics, i remember the war the first war, the atrocity's, The EU is a hot potato here, there is resentment over romania's acceptance into the European family and Croatia's place in the line, but there are other major issues here from crime to privatisation.

What i hadnt realised is the difficulty that young people have trying to travel, i know im lucky with two passports that allow me very easy access to the vast majority of the western world, but the youth here cant travel to Europe without tedious levels of visa application etc. with that comes the burden of proof of wealth. Is it punitive that Europe still punishes Serbia over the 'missing' war criminals of the Balkan wars over ten years ago? If so it is punishing the wrong people, the youth arguably the future of this region have little connection to the crimes of the past.

Back to the festival, its big, there must have been 60,000 in front of the prodigy i couldnt get within a 1000 yards of the stage, i gave up in the end, and retired to a stage with a view over the Danube.

The site of the festival isnt that big, and tbh the numbers of people are around the size of Glastonbury, its just the intensity of the crowds and the vigour they're going for it. I have to face it im old now, jumping up and down to the prodigy isn't my thing, esp if i have to fight 50,000 for the right to do it, maybe im just tired and cranky?

Going to head out and find some brunch and wifi – am posting from same place i posted from yesterday.