70K Before Wacken 2013

[Zachia]

Moin

 

[Quark]

Moin

Moien!

One quick view; I think we can make it to 30k tops this year. Not more. (we're around 28k more or less)

So... I'm as always right!

 

[Alix]

Training! Teaching myself to tolerate beer. All in preparation....

My preparation is simply making sure my trousers are loose enough to gain +-5kg without having to buy "fat pants"

 

[Alix]

No, just not the biggest fan of beer.

They have other things

 

[Quark]

They have other things

True, but it'll cost you a fortune if you buy everything infield.
So.. the easiest things you can carry without the glass problem is canned beer. And sodas in platic bottles. (and tetra packs etc. )
Nothing you would want to put strong alc. beverages in. I don't even like beer in PET bottles!

 

[Alix]

Me too. But not that hot as it is here now. The Kempen/Campines (GMM area) is even worse. 34°C today!

I still have to check wetter.com/de for the weather in Brande-Hörnerkirchen!

Oh good, so summer has actually arrived over there
Brande-Hörnerkirchen was bloody HOT, even by my standards last year (in the day time, I was freezing at night ). I should have brought more shorts with pockets

 

[Alix]

True, but it'll cost you a fortune if you buy everything infield.
So.. the easiest things you can carry without the glass problem is canned beer. And sodas in platic bottles. (and tetra packs etc. )
Nothing you would want to put strong alc. beverages in. I don't even like beer in PET bottles!

We could only dream of paying the price they charge for Jäger in the festival supermarkets in this country, especially at festivals! A typical Australian festival punter might get drunk before arriving, pay the equivalent of €6+ for a "watered-down beer in a [disposable] plastic cup", and whinge about paying so much for beer, but would rather pay the money to stay drunk. For mixers it'd be even more.

I don't even really like most beers, but getting drunk on beer is fun every once in a while

 

[Alix]

I only ever bought one drink infield from each German festival, but that's only because I really wanted the cup

 

[Alix]

I get to sleep in unit 6am tomorrow

 

[agresionpower]

Jij bent vroeg wakker ?

The weather is getting better though.

9 over 12? ik was nog niet eens gaan slapen vriend

 

[agresionpower]

so hows the weather over there Q?
Looks like you're having thunder over there.

 

[Quark]

9 over 12? ik was nog niet eens gaan slapen vriend

Oh, dat dacht ik!

so hows the weather over there Q?
Looks like you're having thunder over there.

Every once in a while there's a thunder going over us, but in between it can be very hot again. (this morning already 30° )

But when a thunder arrives (no rain yet) it's going down by 10°. Which makes it acceptable to be outside.

 

[Quark]

We could only dream of paying the price they charge for Jäger in the festival supermarkets in this country, especially at festivals! A typical Australian festival punter might get drunk before arriving, pay the equivalent of €6+ for a "watered-down beer in a [disposable] plastic cup", and whinge about paying so much for beer, but would rather pay the money to stay drunk. For mixers it'd be even more.

I don't even really like most beers, but getting drunk on beer is fun every once in a while

But for us are expensive. €3.50 for a 0.4l beer in plastic, is, to our standards, expensive. It's just a matter of what you're used to.
Though Belgium's Graspop is more expensive per liter. (€2.50/0.25)
Easy calculation:
Graspop: 10€/liter
Wacken: 8.75€/liter

Edit Piaf zegt: And Wacken sells liter cups for €7.

 

[Alix]

But for us are expensive. €3.50 for a 0.4l beer in plastic, is, to our standards, expensive. It's just a matter of what you're used to.
Though Belgium's Graspop is more expensive per liter. (€2.50/0.25)
Easy calculation:
Graspop: 10€/liter
Wacken: 8.75€/liter

Edit Piaf zegt: And Wacken sells liter cups for €7.

I guess if we stay for long enough we'd be saying the same thing Pretty sure by the time I got around to visiting Careo and drinking actual proper nice beer, I was thinking "€3.50 for 0.5l? THAT'S AN OUTRAGE!" Then I come back home and I'm lucky to pay that for 375mL during happy hour for an Australian brew

 

[Koldawne]

Morning everyone