AFTER STARTING THE DAY WITH A SHOT OF VODKA, KEJMY TOOK US TO PRAGUES FINEST VEGAN CURRY HOUSE FOR LUNCH AND ICE CREAM FOLLOWED BY A STROLL AROUND THE CITY. AS THE TEMPERATURE WAS 37 DEGREES WE DECIDED TO CUT OUR VISIT SHORT, GET BACK IN THE VAN AND DRIVE BACK TO SEE BERTL IN WIENER NEUSTADT.
THE JOURNEY SUCKED - AS SOON AS WE REACHED THE AUSTRIAN BORDER, THE WEATHER TURNED FROM SCORCHING HEAT TO TORRENTIAL RAIN AND GNARLY LIGHTNING STORMS.
WE FINALLY REACHED THE SANCTUARY OF BERTL'S HOUSE, LET OURSELVES IN AND DRANK AS MUCH OF HIS BEER AS WE COULD. THE RENTOKILL GUYS RETURNED FROM BAND PRACTICE AROUND MIDNIGHT, BERTL WAS WASTED AND AS FUNNY AS EVER.
WE CARRIED ON DRINKING AND TALKING SHIT FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE CALLING IT A NIGHT.
DAY 16
IT WAS SO HOT IN BERTLS' FRONT ROOM THAT NONE OF US COULD SLEEP, WE LEFT FOR HUNGARY AND AFTER A THREE HOUR DRIVE WE ARRIVED IN SUNNY DOROG – JUST OUTSIDE BUDAPEST.
WE PULLED INTO A SPAR AND CALLED THE PROMOTER, WITHIN A FEW MINUTES WE WERE MET BY STEVE, PETER AND MARK, THE THREE LEAST HUNGARIUN NAMES I HAVE EVER HEARD. WE FOLLOWED THEM TO PETER'S HOUSE WHERE WE WOULD BE STAYING, HAD SOME FOOD AND HEADED TO THE BEACH.
THE WEATHER WAS SCORCHING AND THE GUYS MADE US FEEL EXTREMELY WELCOME, WE ARRIVED AT THE BEACH TO FIND A BEER HUT BLASTING OUT TECHNO REMIXES OF METALLICA SONGS, UNBELIEVABLY HOT GIRLS IN BIKINI'S AND CHEAP HUNGARIAN BEER, WE WERE IN PARADISE! AFTER A FEW BEERS, SOME SWIMMING AND SOME WELL DIGUISED PERVING WE HEADED BACK TO PETER'S HOUSE.
WE WERE STAYING IN AN AWESOME LITTLE GUEST HOUSE AT PETER'S PARENTS HOUSE, WE MET HIS PARENTS AND HIS DOG, ATE SOME FOOD, THEN HEADED INTO TOWN. WE STARTED OFF AT A BAR WHERE WE WERE BOUGHT A FEW ROUNDS OF SHOTS. I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL WAS IN THOSE GLASSES BUT IT DEFINITELY GOT US IN THE MOOD FOR A NIGHT OF PARTYING.
WE MOVED ON TO THE VENUE WHERE WE WOULD BE PLAYING THE FOLLOWING NIGHT AND WERE INTRODUCED TO ANOTHER LOCAL DRINK. DINOM DANOM – IT TASTED LIKE WATERED-DOWN VERMOUTH AND WAS ONLY 10%. WE NECKED A COUPLE BOTTLES AND RETURNED TO THE SHOTS WE'D HAD EARLIER.
AT THE BAR WE MET A FOOTBALL HOOLIGAN WHO LOOKED LIKE THE EVIL BOSS FROM BIKER MICE FROM MARS, HE INSISTED ON TELLING US HOW MANY MILLWALL FANS HE'D HOSPITALISED WHEN THEY CAM TO BUDAPEST. WE POLITELY GOT THE FUCK AWAY FROM HIM AND CONTINUED DRINKING WITH OUR NEW FRIENDS.
DAY 17
TODAY WE WOKE UP PRETTY FUCKING HUNGOVER, AFTER AN ONION AND PEPPER SOUP BREAKFAST WE DECIDED TO HEAD STRAIGHT TO BUDAPEST. IT'S AN AMAZING CITY, BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, STUNNING ARCHITECTURE AND MORE EASTERN EUROPEAN ASS THAN ANY OF US COULD HANDLE! WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE BEST CITIES WE'VE VISITED.
AFTER A FULL DAY OF SIGHT-SEEING WE HEADED BACK TO DOROG FOR AN AFTERNOON BEER AND SLEEP BEFORE HEADING TO THE VENUE FOR SOUNDCHECK. WE KNEW TONIGHT WAS GOING TO BE SICK, BY THE TIME WE'D UNLOADED THERE WERE ALREADY OVER A HUNDRED KIDS ALL GETTING LOOSE ON DINOM DANOM.
14 ALIEN OPENED THE SHOW AND FINISHED THEIR SET BY PERSUADING NICK TO PLAY BASS FOR A BOOZY BLINK 182 COVER, IT WAS GOOD FUN! REFLECTED PLAYED NEXT WHO WERE GOOD TO WATCH, THE CROWD WERE OBVIOUSLY UP FOR THE SHOW TONIGHT WHICH WAS AWESOME. KAL WAS PRESENTED A BOTTLE OF WINE HALF WAY THROUGH OUR SET FROM A YOUNG GIRL WHO SAID HER DAD WANTED TO OFFER IT TO US, AFTER ACCEPTING THE WINE (AND THE FACT THAT KAL MAY WELL NOW BE ENGAGED) WE GOT PISSED AND FINISHED THE SET. WE PLAYED ONE OF THE LONGEST SETS WE'VE EVER PLAYED AND HAD PEOPLE CROWD SURFING, SINGING ALONG AND PLAYING AIR GUITAR FROM START TO FINISH, IT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS WE'VE PLAYED FOR A WHILE AND A GREAT WAY TO FINISH WHAT HAS BEEN ONE HELL OF A TOUR!
AS WE ONLY HAD TWO DAYS TO GET FROM BUDAPEST TO CALAIS WE DECIDED TO STICK AROUND FOR A COUPLE HOURS, DRINK AS MUCH AS WE COULD WITH OUR NEW FRIENDS AND HEAD TOWARDS THE FERRY PORT. UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD TO MISS OUT ON A HOUSE PARTY WHICH ALWAYS SUCKS BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY BE HEADING BACK TO HUNGARY AS SOON AS WE CAN!
DAY 18
AFTER THE SHOW HARRISON DROVE TO VIENNA WHERE WE DECIDED THAT WE SHOULD EACH DRIVE FOR 5 HOURS THEN SLEEP FOR FIVE HOURS. PETE REACHED NURENBERG, PHIL GOT US TO THE NORTH OF GERMANY. HARRISON WOKE BACK UP AND DROVE TO BELGIUM BEFORE PETE FINISHED THE JOURNEY TO CALAIS. WE'D DRIVEN FROM BUDAPEST TO CALAIS IN 20 HOURS, ONLY STOPPING FOR DIESEL AND RED BULL. WHAT A FUCKING TERRIBLE WAY TO SPEND A DAY!
WE WERE A DAY EARLY FOR OUR FERRY SO WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE HIT AND BUY A NEW TICKET BACK TO ENGLAND. PHIL GOT US BACK TO BRIGHTON WHERE WE ALL AGREED WE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE OR SPEAK TO EACHOTHER FOR AT LEAST A WEEK.
WHAT AN AWESOME THREE WEEKS!
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