Tuesday, July 15, 2014

State of Exit

After a healthy breakfast of bacon and eggs we continued on to Slovenia. In Maribor we stayed at the same place like last time on our Vespa trip through former Yugoslavia.
Next country on the list was Croatia. Which we reached early in the afternoon and could go for a swim in the nearby Jarun lake. A stroll through the old part including some pivos (beers) and a meal later we returned to our hostel in a former office building.
To reach Belgrade in time to pick up Rainer we took the autoput (motor way) all the way to the Serbian capital. Here we stayed for two nights: Pasquals 4th, my 3rd and Rainers 2nd time here ;)
On thursday morning we packed our bags and headed to Novi Sad for the Exit festival. 
A bit later Aed and Patrick joined us and the Exit crew was complete. The following days all blend together: Mojito in town, music at the fortress, party till the wee hours of the morning and directly to the breakfast buffet before sleeping till the afternoon. 
This festival in the old Petrovaradin fortress attracts all kind of people from over 60 nations. Playing electronic, rock, raegge, salsa, punk, karaoke, folklore, world music and more. Sadly the festival wasn't what it used to be. A large part of the fortress was closed, they served Tuborg beer, had less stages and it rained! =\ Nevertheless we made the best of it ;) 
Worth mentioning was Pretty Ligths, We Love Machines, Yus Yus, Jaguar Skills and of course Skrillex. 
After four days it was over for Aed, we said goodbye to each other during breakfast and went to sleep. Around noon the four remaining squeezed into our mighty Opel and headed on to Sarajevo.


Friday, July 11, 2014

Patchy - 53

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Monday, July 7, 2014

To the Urban Art Forms, Graz

We left Switzerland on the first of July and drove north to Konstanz to pick up the ship horn I ordered online ;) I will tell you more about it once we have it installed... 
From there we took the long and scenic route along the lake Constance all the way past Munich to Salzburg. There we checked out the old city and had some beers, no shortage of places to go out on a Tuesday, impressive! ;)
The following day we visited the fortress, including the Rainer Museum, overlooking the city. Even walked up instead of taking the funicular! ^^
Next stop was Steinach, which turned out to be wrong as we needed to go to Stainach. Luckily they were only 50km apart on our way to Graz. Once at the right place I bought a multi fuel stove and we kept on trucking. In Graz we stumbled across the old town and by accident bumped into the local CouchSurfing meeting! We exchanged phone numbers to meet at the Urban Art Forms festival and then headed on to a party for some Erasmus students till well past midnight, on a Wednesday. Nobody seems to work here... ;)
The next day we picked up some Candy and drove to the festival. We had a reservation for the TentHotel, rows and rows of installed tents where you only have to bring a sleeping bag. Looked a bit like a refugee camp but the location was immediately at the entrance to the main stage. Can definitely recommend this!
The next three days went by way to fast as we passed the nights with some awesome acts on stage and the days at the lovely Schwarzelsee. The lake was right at the campsite and you could borrow stand up paddling boards (free of charge) or just sit in the water and enjoy the sun.
On Sunday afternoon we met again with Lisa from Couchsurfing for a breakfast of bacon and eggs before dropping off Candy in Graz and continuing on to Maribor.


Friday, July 4, 2014

Patchy - Medicine

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Patchy is Steff and his buddy making nice music! Check out the video to Medicine using the Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy movie from 1976. All explicit scenes removed though ;)



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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Status Update (July 02, 2014 at 07:00PM)

After a nigth and some beers in Salzburg we made it to Graz. On the way we bougth a stove in Stainach after stopping in Steinach first ;) @ 47.071201,15.441116