I must confess I started the last day with a slight feeling of lack- this had been a great week, no doubt about that, with the risk of sounding cliché- Sziget always is a great week, but something was missing from the experience and I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. The re-arranged stages unsettled…
Category: Sziget festival 2015
From Zen to Crazy- Sziget Day Four
When Sziget starts, like in the reckless years of your youth, you assume it will last forever. Then of course it never does, and towards Saturday evening there were tell-tale signs of approaching doom: the Dutch running around with branches, cause they want to take a bit of the island home, people of all nationalities…
Budapest! Budapest!! Budapest!!! I Feel You- Sziget Day Three
As we were walking across the K-bridge it became evident that the crowds queuing to get in were considerably larger than during the previous days, but also crossing the security check point faster. In true Sherlockian form we immediately deduced these are day ticket holders, who are less of a hassle for the guards as…
How to Be a Groupie-Sziget Day Two
The day began with some casual sky watching, as the more technically adept Sziget goers had checked their weather apps and found out storms might be brewing across the city. They didn’t, of course, at least not above Sziget at any rate, but some cloudage occurred late in the afternoon slightly breaking the sweltering heat….
The Gods of Rock Bring Wine and Mathematics- Sziget Day One
After two days of missing out on the ritual, I finally pulled myself together and had the classic pre-Sziget meal in Szeráj, the veteran of Budapest’s ever expanding and changing Turkish fast food scene. As I was sitting there and munching exactly the same dish as ever in the past thirteen Sziget years, it dawned…
Everyone on Sziget is Secretly Belgian- Day Zero
It’s always delightful to start a post with breaking news, so here we go: the lava hot dog is back. It is less delightful not to be able to provide photographic evidence, but our sheer joy at encountering the sublime food item combined with a devastating hunger made us realize only too late that, before…
Sziget Begins Where Robbie Williams Ends- Day Minus One
In times of extreme boredom, like let’s say on a long distance bus or when stuck in an airport during a transfer, I entertain myself with idle thoughts, such as imagining a superbly civilized alien society visiting our tiny planet, and deciding, based on some totally random human behaviour, whether to spare it ultimate…
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