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Just because I'm not posting, doesn't mean that life isn't treating me well:)

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B-day
Playing Squash
Amazing visit to Rome
Gent Festival
Brussels Festival

News

It´s true... for the good and for the bad I will stay longer in Brussels..
I´m moving job (inside the same company) and will also move apartment (goodbye to dear Zaventem soon) to somewhere (still to be discovered.. Help!!) in the center.
I´ll be travelling longer and will have less (Yes, even much less of what´s now) connection to the internet!

Werchter Music Festival

During the last week of June I had the possibility to enjoy the superb Music Festival in Werchter.

First question, you may ask, where's that?
Honestly I thought that was close to Leuven as the only recommended way to get there was to go by train to Leuven and afterwards catch a bus to the place... actually, the transportation was quite cumbersome as the distances were huge between things, but on the positive side, we can always make some exercise:) It never took me less than 1 hour and half from door to door.. the place was literally in the middle of nowhere..

Also the public audience was quite huge, mainly after the 1st day.. I would say close to 100.000 people a day. I also can say that is not the most enthusiastic audience.. sometimes can even be frustrating to see people not moving or dancing while the music is echoing in your brain and mixing with your senses.. nonetheless we made the party by ourselves as the line-up was simply outstanding.

One of the main reasons why I decided to come was to get more into the new musical bands and to understand what might be worthwhile to hear more or not...

The company was also very good and key to enjoy the concerts.

Below you could find a ranking of the performance (stage performance only!!) of the musical bands that I had the opportunity to see (many were missed):

1. Pearl Jam (Day2) - Just unbelievably good! Outstanding!!
2. Muse (Day1) - What a professional play!!
3. Metallica (Day4) - They know everything by heart! And the people as well..
4. Keane (Day3) - Very good... was almost like a hit parade.. always involving the audience..
5. Kaiser Chiefs (Day2) - If the music is not the best, for music festivals it's really the kind of music that puts you in a good mood
6. The Killers (Day3) - Symphonic rock.. good performers
7. Bloc Party (Day2) - Audience seemed not to be in the same page.. I understand that they are normally very good in stage..
8. Bjork (Day1) - Was OK! First 30 minutes was gorgeous.. afterwards is getting a little bit repetitive
9. Queens of the Stone Age (Day2) - Rock and Rock and Rock!! Like a stone!!
10. The Chemical Brothers (Day3) - The concert where people got more involved with... surprising to see that the techno-rock really got into the people.. everyone was jumping
11. Arctic Monkeys (Day2) - Millions of records sold.. very very poor performance on stage.. Only the kids where jumping
12. Incubus (Day4) - a flop in my opinion... the sound was not good, that might work as an excuse.. no involvement with the public
13. Peter Gabriel (Day3) - Was he suppose to be playing here?
14. Marilyn Manson (Day1) - So many many problems with sound.. it literally didn’t have speakers... difficult for them, and with a Prima-Donna as Manson, it's even worse.. but is always fun to see them.

PS: Many Thanks for the pics and videos from A.C. and Luis!!