There’s a certain pattern to autumning in Budapest if you’re into catching the best lights and colours as they spread slowly over the city. Phase one, occurring as September turns into October is mostly a lull, when nothing seems to be happening, the temperature decreases but the trees seem adamant to keep their zesty summer…
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Summer of the Incompetent: How We Climbed Hármashatár-hegy
Every now and then I plan a post and then somehow things get out of hand and oh wow, it’s next year in March. To my excuse, our fearless outing into further urban forestage took place just before Sziget, and we kind of got busy with other stuff afterwards. Also, really, it’s only just September…
It’s Always the Shoes- Sziget One Month On
In case you thought it’s too early to think about next year’s Sziget, think again. The first super discounted tickets will be on sale for 25 hours on the the 25th of September- so okay, days on Sziget do seem at least 25 hours long, but the 25th of September hasn’t been officially prolonged,…
Some Mondays are Better than Others- Sziget Day Four
The fourth day of the festival proved to be the polar opposite of the third when it comes to concerts, as if it was trying exceedingly hard to make up for being a Monday-not that you really know what day of the week is when you’re on Sziget: from 4 PM both the main stage…
The Lull in the Middle- Sziget Day Three
Sziget’s third day was the first genuinely hot one at this year’s festival, although, to start the post with the mother of all stereotypes, the Brits in the toilet queue claimed to have been irrationally hot since Thursday. Sunbathing people populated the main stage area in the run up to the day’s concerts, which unfortunately…
Rappers of the World Unite- Sziget Day Two
Saturday begins with the odd realization that the festival has only just begun in earnest- and is already heading into it’s second sold out day, a far cry from early times when it never occurred to you that tickets would not be available at the entrance. Many other festivals don’t even have day tickets anymore…
There Will Be (No) Miracles Here- Sziget Day One
Arriving on the Island at noon has the perks of absolutely no queue at the entrance- there is already a rather sizable queue at the Luminarium though, which we’ve had to pass on for the past years for exactly the aforementioned reason. So little time, so much to do, we quickly trudge by the French camping and witness what might or…
Love The Way You Lip Sync- Sziget Day Zero
There’s always that one Sziget day you have to grind your teeth and accept that someone apparently larger than life is gracing the main stage for your own good and the happiness of others. I say your own good because it’s clear as daylight that the festival needs big days to pull it along, make…
Of Sausages and Rain- Sziget Day Minus 1
I had been pretty impressed with the way the new entry system works, which did not seem to get clogged in spite of the ID check- people who’d gone to the island earlier in the day confirmed that they had smooth sailing up to the first top up point and queuing at one of those, well, that’s the sweet sound of…
It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Sziget
I’ve never been an ace at maths (except scoring awfully well at a machine placed test once, which was either a fluke, or a serious reason to doubt the efficiency of AI for the time being), so I always count the number of ’my Szigets’ on my fingers- suffice to say, by now I always…
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