A Day In My Life - June 5th, 2015
Greetings everyone!
I'm Rocio, a Mexican living in the Netherlands (for 14 years already), and I decided to document another "DAY IN MY LIFE". This time, the occasion was going to an outdoors 2-day camping-music-festival, called TAG. I thought it would be a fun day to document. :)
Fourth Edition of TAG Festival, at Son en Breugel - June 5th 2015
As it is tradition, my clock is forever running ahead. Even though it displays this time, it was actually about 9.30 when I got out of bed. Kinda early, for a weekend, and for my standards...
My place in the bed is quickly taken over by our cat, Poes. There's no getting back into bed even if I wanted to!
I wash my face and put my contacts in, though don't bother too much with my personal appearance just yet. I just kinda tie my hair back cause I wanted to go for a run.
They promised beautiful and sunny weather out there, 30°c or such, so before I venture out, I take some precautions and cover myself with sunblock.
I do a quick check of what the weather looks like, and sure enough, it's as lovely as they had predicted!
All set and ready to go for my morning run!
I didn't bring the camera with me because I have no suitable pockets to carry it around, so this will have to do as proof that I went out there and got some exercise.
Time to eat some breakfast! I fix myself some crusli-style cereal and top if off with cold, rice milk.
While I eat my breakfast I check my mail and my favorite sites. (And get once again the chance to show off my cute plushies on top of the screen.) The cats between the cheetah and the hyena were crocheted by some random person, as part of the campaign "Knit a 'knitten' for a kitten", organized by the Dutch Animal Protection society. Basically, they released a crochet pattern for everyone to make little kittens with, and later on these crochet 'knittens' were sold all over the country, the proceedings going to tend to the sudden influx of baby kittens in the summer months. I managed to find two that look just like my cats in real life. :)
After wasting enough time on sites like Facebook and such, I decide it's finally time to get showered and dressed. This is the outfit I picked for this lovely summery day.
I hit the shower, these are my current body-cleaning supplies. Yes, I use men's shaving gel because I'm a rebel like that. I also use men's cologne sometimes too, so sue me. ;) (Actually, the supermarket I usually go to doesn't carry a female version of shaving gel so this'll have to do. Works just fine!)
Clean and shiny! I don't bother doing anything fancy with my hair this time (like straightening it with the iron, or cover it in a thousand creams to keep the curls in shape.) I tie it up with a clamp and keep my neck nice and fresh! (I learned out of experience that doing my hair for camping festivals is a huge waste of time and effort. It frizzes with the humidity of the night.)
We start gathering some of the essentials we will need for the trip. We have some inflatable pillows, a travel towel, deodorant, trashbags, earplugs, insect repelent, a portable speaker, bubblegum and ciggies (I usually don't smoke except when at partes while in company of good friends, but most of the time I just end up giving ciggies away)
Time to get the backpack, sleeping mats and sleeping bags ready!
Time check, while we get everything sorted out. Time's flying by, we can't wait to be at the festival!
There's still a few items I'm missing, like water bottles and a few snacks, so I decide to make a quick run to the supermarket behind our house.That blue door is the entrance to their storage area, so I can't go in through there and need to make a round around the block.
Ahh here we go, good ol' trusty Lidl. It's a cheap German supermarket and we're so happy to have it really close by.
Quick, sneaky pic while waiting for my turn at the register.
The bags are packed and we're ready to go! Though it's still kinda early to leave.
Since the camping doesn't open until 16:00, we decide to kill some time while eating lunch. I make myself a sandwich with some mayo, mustard and vegetarian smoked ham. (For the dutchies, it tastes a lot like boterhamworst)
There had been warnings that the lovely weather would turn real nasty and ugly towards the end of the day, so I keep a good eye on the weather forecast. As you can see, it looks rather gloomy, but it's still a while to go before the nasty clouds reach us. (The red bits mean lots of rain with lightning). They also warned for really strong winds. All in all, NOT the ideal weather to go camping, but, hey, YOLO!! ;P
We look for the kitties and make sure they're both inside before we leave. We find Neko lounging at the balcony, and we usher her in.
Here's Jeroen, my husband, loading up the trunk with our backpacks.
Aaaaand we're finally on our way to the town of Son en Breugel. I sit back and enjoy the ride.
As we drive, we pass by the Animal Shelter where I do volunteer work, and I managed to snap this picture of the building. Sometimes you can even see the doggies having fun at the playground areas.
We stop along the way for gasoline, and I take this pic while I wait in the car and Jeroen goes inside to pay.
We're getting close now! I love the way the trees kinda bend towards each other further down the road, creating a very nice natural arch. It's quite impressive once the trees have grown leaves again and are in full bloom.
In all the excitement of arriving there and finding a suitable spot for our tent, I forget to take pictures of us putting it together, so here's a pic of the final result. This tent is about 14 years old, and still going strong! Also, take note of the beautiful, blue and cloudless sky. Storm? What storm?? :D
Once we're all settled, we look for our friends and we find them chilling outside of their hippie-van. (Campers and RVs were also allowed at the camping, not just tents.)
All this tent building has made us hungry and thirsty, so we go for a can of beer (while it was still cold) and nom on some salt-and-pepper peanuts.
Time check, and I get to show off our camping-band, which gave us unrestricted access to the camping area as well as the toilets around the festival terrain. It says "press" but we ain't nothin' of the sort! Everyone had a press band in there ;)
At 18.00 the festival terrain finally opened, and Jeroen and I decide to go check it out. It's still pretty much deserted, I think people got spooked from the bad weather predictions. We still manage to find the massage tent owned by one of our friends. The picture Jeroen is pointing at is actually my own back. We could submit pics to serve as decorations for the massage parlor, so that's that. Jeroen's picture actually won 1st place and he got a free massage! Only his pic was not hanging there yet, so I can't show it to you.
A better view of our friend's massage tent. She had her share of interested customers!
At this point we notice that the wind is kinda picking up, but it's still sunny and warm so we're not too worried. We decide to grab a bite for dinner. Jeroen went for a pork bun and I had one with egg salad. It was actually rather tiny and we were kinda considering go grab something else to eat, but we kinda got distracted with the surroundings.
The camping is right in the middle of the grounds belonging to a large horse-riding school, and sometimes they let the horses loose, and they like to run around, like these guys. Quite majestic to see... till they start rolling around on the ground and loose all regalness they possessed. ;)
Here's one of the DJs in action while people dance to the beats. Notice the sky full of clouds now? Yeeeah, those distant clouds are certainly getting closer and closer. We are informed that there's a contingency plan in place: if things get nasty, they'll stuff us all inside a horse dressage arena.
For now, things are still nice and warm, although a bit windy, but that don't matter. Here's one of the DJs livening up the place.
Jeroen and I take a little break from dancing and we grab a drink. I go for some apple cider they were advertising, and I was NOT disappointed, it was delicious! However, our moment of rest didn't last long. In a matter of minutes, the wind picked up like mad. We were hesitating whether to go find cover at the arena, not sure what to do.
The decision was quickly made for us as we are told to evacuate the terrain, while the decorations from one of the podia were blown away, as you can see here. I never noticed the blue tarp heading in my direction, but you can clearly see it on the pic. It flew RIGHT into me, just like in the cartoons, and wrapped me all over hahaha. It was hilarious, and was just glad it wasn't anything hard or dangerous. I suddenly have to stop laughing and close my eyes because we get hit with a sandstorm.
Yuuup, we were right in the middle of that, I couldn't breathe, or see and my mouth was full of sand, I could feel it grinding my teeth hehehe. That only made my hayfever much worse, too. Oh well, I was still having fun all in all!
Here we are, nice and safe from rain, hail and lightning. They were still having lessons at the arena, so the festival people mingled with the students and horses for a while. The horses were kinda nervous but no accidents or mishaps happened, that we know of.
The bad weather calms down a bit, but we're still not allowed to go to the camping area due to lightning. So we just chill outside the arena and bide our time. The mood in the area was excellent, and people had brought some portable speakers too so we had music to listen to. The organization was also handing out free drinks, so kuddos to them!
Selfie time! I kinda suck at this selfie thing and ended up chopping Jeroen's head. Sorry, Jeroen!
So much for the blue, blue sky we had earlier that morning.... I was trying to see if I could get some of the lightning, but no luck.
The storm picks up again and we're all ordered back inside the arena, where we linger for about an hour or so. The owners of vans and campers are allowed to return to the terrain after a while, so we walk back with our friends and take refuge inside their van, nice and warm!
We had thought that the weather would have put an end to the party on friday, but we heard that there were still some DJs putting up an act at the festival terrain, so we decide to go check it out. But first, porta-potty break!
It was true! The organization arranged for a little party to be held in the middle of the terrain, with lights and all! The area was packed and everyone was in great spirits.
Bit of a blurry impression of the small tent and everyone huddled inside.
I join in and dance my little heart out along with them! It had cooled down enough to wear a jacket, though. But I wasn't freezing to death or anything.
Dancing with The Husband. (I know you're wondering by know, so, here you go: I'm 1.58m (5'2") and he's 2.04m (6'9") XD
Love the laser lamp on the background!
The moon looked kinda cool and scary, behind the tree branches, but this picture doesn't make it justice.
Aaaand here's our final time check, back inside our cozy tent, ready for bed, to recover some energy to be able to party on the next day!
Good night everyone, hope you enjoyed the pics as much as we enjoyed our day!
I'm Rocio, a Mexican living in the Netherlands (for 14 years already), and I decided to document another "DAY IN MY LIFE". This time, the occasion was going to an outdoors 2-day camping-music-festival, called TAG. I thought it would be a fun day to document. :)
Fourth Edition of TAG Festival, at Son en Breugel - June 5th 2015
As it is tradition, my clock is forever running ahead. Even though it displays this time, it was actually about 9.30 when I got out of bed. Kinda early, for a weekend, and for my standards...
My place in the bed is quickly taken over by our cat, Poes. There's no getting back into bed even if I wanted to!
I wash my face and put my contacts in, though don't bother too much with my personal appearance just yet. I just kinda tie my hair back cause I wanted to go for a run.
They promised beautiful and sunny weather out there, 30°c or such, so before I venture out, I take some precautions and cover myself with sunblock.
I do a quick check of what the weather looks like, and sure enough, it's as lovely as they had predicted!
All set and ready to go for my morning run!
I didn't bring the camera with me because I have no suitable pockets to carry it around, so this will have to do as proof that I went out there and got some exercise.
Time to eat some breakfast! I fix myself some crusli-style cereal and top if off with cold, rice milk.
While I eat my breakfast I check my mail and my favorite sites. (And get once again the chance to show off my cute plushies on top of the screen.) The cats between the cheetah and the hyena were crocheted by some random person, as part of the campaign "Knit a 'knitten' for a kitten", organized by the Dutch Animal Protection society. Basically, they released a crochet pattern for everyone to make little kittens with, and later on these crochet 'knittens' were sold all over the country, the proceedings going to tend to the sudden influx of baby kittens in the summer months. I managed to find two that look just like my cats in real life. :)
After wasting enough time on sites like Facebook and such, I decide it's finally time to get showered and dressed. This is the outfit I picked for this lovely summery day.
I hit the shower, these are my current body-cleaning supplies. Yes, I use men's shaving gel because I'm a rebel like that. I also use men's cologne sometimes too, so sue me. ;) (Actually, the supermarket I usually go to doesn't carry a female version of shaving gel so this'll have to do. Works just fine!)
Clean and shiny! I don't bother doing anything fancy with my hair this time (like straightening it with the iron, or cover it in a thousand creams to keep the curls in shape.) I tie it up with a clamp and keep my neck nice and fresh! (I learned out of experience that doing my hair for camping festivals is a huge waste of time and effort. It frizzes with the humidity of the night.)
We start gathering some of the essentials we will need for the trip. We have some inflatable pillows, a travel towel, deodorant, trashbags, earplugs, insect repelent, a portable speaker, bubblegum and ciggies (I usually don't smoke except when at partes while in company of good friends, but most of the time I just end up giving ciggies away)
Time to get the backpack, sleeping mats and sleeping bags ready!
Time check, while we get everything sorted out. Time's flying by, we can't wait to be at the festival!
There's still a few items I'm missing, like water bottles and a few snacks, so I decide to make a quick run to the supermarket behind our house.That blue door is the entrance to their storage area, so I can't go in through there and need to make a round around the block.
Ahh here we go, good ol' trusty Lidl. It's a cheap German supermarket and we're so happy to have it really close by.
Quick, sneaky pic while waiting for my turn at the register.
The bags are packed and we're ready to go! Though it's still kinda early to leave.
Since the camping doesn't open until 16:00, we decide to kill some time while eating lunch. I make myself a sandwich with some mayo, mustard and vegetarian smoked ham. (For the dutchies, it tastes a lot like boterhamworst)
There had been warnings that the lovely weather would turn real nasty and ugly towards the end of the day, so I keep a good eye on the weather forecast. As you can see, it looks rather gloomy, but it's still a while to go before the nasty clouds reach us. (The red bits mean lots of rain with lightning). They also warned for really strong winds. All in all, NOT the ideal weather to go camping, but, hey, YOLO!! ;P
We look for the kitties and make sure they're both inside before we leave. We find Neko lounging at the balcony, and we usher her in.
Here's Jeroen, my husband, loading up the trunk with our backpacks.
Aaaaand we're finally on our way to the town of Son en Breugel. I sit back and enjoy the ride.
As we drive, we pass by the Animal Shelter where I do volunteer work, and I managed to snap this picture of the building. Sometimes you can even see the doggies having fun at the playground areas.
We stop along the way for gasoline, and I take this pic while I wait in the car and Jeroen goes inside to pay.
We're getting close now! I love the way the trees kinda bend towards each other further down the road, creating a very nice natural arch. It's quite impressive once the trees have grown leaves again and are in full bloom.
In all the excitement of arriving there and finding a suitable spot for our tent, I forget to take pictures of us putting it together, so here's a pic of the final result. This tent is about 14 years old, and still going strong! Also, take note of the beautiful, blue and cloudless sky. Storm? What storm?? :D
Once we're all settled, we look for our friends and we find them chilling outside of their hippie-van. (Campers and RVs were also allowed at the camping, not just tents.)
All this tent building has made us hungry and thirsty, so we go for a can of beer (while it was still cold) and nom on some salt-and-pepper peanuts.
Time check, and I get to show off our camping-band, which gave us unrestricted access to the camping area as well as the toilets around the festival terrain. It says "press" but we ain't nothin' of the sort! Everyone had a press band in there ;)
At 18.00 the festival terrain finally opened, and Jeroen and I decide to go check it out. It's still pretty much deserted, I think people got spooked from the bad weather predictions. We still manage to find the massage tent owned by one of our friends. The picture Jeroen is pointing at is actually my own back. We could submit pics to serve as decorations for the massage parlor, so that's that. Jeroen's picture actually won 1st place and he got a free massage! Only his pic was not hanging there yet, so I can't show it to you.
A better view of our friend's massage tent. She had her share of interested customers!
At this point we notice that the wind is kinda picking up, but it's still sunny and warm so we're not too worried. We decide to grab a bite for dinner. Jeroen went for a pork bun and I had one with egg salad. It was actually rather tiny and we were kinda considering go grab something else to eat, but we kinda got distracted with the surroundings.
The camping is right in the middle of the grounds belonging to a large horse-riding school, and sometimes they let the horses loose, and they like to run around, like these guys. Quite majestic to see... till they start rolling around on the ground and loose all regalness they possessed. ;)
Here's one of the DJs in action while people dance to the beats. Notice the sky full of clouds now? Yeeeah, those distant clouds are certainly getting closer and closer. We are informed that there's a contingency plan in place: if things get nasty, they'll stuff us all inside a horse dressage arena.
For now, things are still nice and warm, although a bit windy, but that don't matter. Here's one of the DJs livening up the place.
Jeroen and I take a little break from dancing and we grab a drink. I go for some apple cider they were advertising, and I was NOT disappointed, it was delicious! However, our moment of rest didn't last long. In a matter of minutes, the wind picked up like mad. We were hesitating whether to go find cover at the arena, not sure what to do.
The decision was quickly made for us as we are told to evacuate the terrain, while the decorations from one of the podia were blown away, as you can see here. I never noticed the blue tarp heading in my direction, but you can clearly see it on the pic. It flew RIGHT into me, just like in the cartoons, and wrapped me all over hahaha. It was hilarious, and was just glad it wasn't anything hard or dangerous. I suddenly have to stop laughing and close my eyes because we get hit with a sandstorm.
Yuuup, we were right in the middle of that, I couldn't breathe, or see and my mouth was full of sand, I could feel it grinding my teeth hehehe. That only made my hayfever much worse, too. Oh well, I was still having fun all in all!
Here we are, nice and safe from rain, hail and lightning. They were still having lessons at the arena, so the festival people mingled with the students and horses for a while. The horses were kinda nervous but no accidents or mishaps happened, that we know of.
The bad weather calms down a bit, but we're still not allowed to go to the camping area due to lightning. So we just chill outside the arena and bide our time. The mood in the area was excellent, and people had brought some portable speakers too so we had music to listen to. The organization was also handing out free drinks, so kuddos to them!
Selfie time! I kinda suck at this selfie thing and ended up chopping Jeroen's head. Sorry, Jeroen!
So much for the blue, blue sky we had earlier that morning.... I was trying to see if I could get some of the lightning, but no luck.
The storm picks up again and we're all ordered back inside the arena, where we linger for about an hour or so. The owners of vans and campers are allowed to return to the terrain after a while, so we walk back with our friends and take refuge inside their van, nice and warm!
We had thought that the weather would have put an end to the party on friday, but we heard that there were still some DJs putting up an act at the festival terrain, so we decide to go check it out. But first, porta-potty break!
It was true! The organization arranged for a little party to be held in the middle of the terrain, with lights and all! The area was packed and everyone was in great spirits.
Bit of a blurry impression of the small tent and everyone huddled inside.
I join in and dance my little heart out along with them! It had cooled down enough to wear a jacket, though. But I wasn't freezing to death or anything.
Dancing with The Husband. (I know you're wondering by know, so, here you go: I'm 1.58m (5'2") and he's 2.04m (6'9") XD
Love the laser lamp on the background!
The moon looked kinda cool and scary, behind the tree branches, but this picture doesn't make it justice.
Aaaand here's our final time check, back inside our cozy tent, ready for bed, to recover some energy to be able to party on the next day!
Good night everyone, hope you enjoyed the pics as much as we enjoyed our day!