Monday, July 29, 2013

Summer 2013 - Germany, France, Spain

**Fusion Festival**

About an hour north of Berlin, on an old Russian airfield was reclaimed by a buch of hippy artist-types and converted into the yearly 4-day party called Fusion Festival. Chelsea, Dave, Felix and I went to check it out.

But first things first, the fellas needed new hair cuts, so Chelsea and I sat them down in a field and gave them the business mohawks they so desired. 

 Felix was ready
 Dave was unsure
 We weren’t sure what a “business mohawk” really was, but gave it our very best.
 Success! (Success?)

We didn’t take very many pictures at the festival, but I was really impressed by many of the structures and wanted to document some of them. 

 The old Russian bunkers have been converted into stages or, in this case, the Kino (cinema).
 


 This one is a stage
 An arch of living trees – when you look at the size of the people, it’s impressive to think how old those trees are!
 
 Chelsea, our friend Phil, and Felix check out the scene from the top of a bunker.
 

**France**
Felix and I packed the van and drove down to the Atlantic coast of France – excited for surfing, warm weather, and the ocean.
 SuperHirn and a bottle of wine – what could be a better combination? Sunset at Messanges beach.
 




 The best pain au chocolat in the world just after a wake-up swim in the ocean – what could be a better combination? Sunrise in Anglet.
 One of our favorite surfing beaches in Anglet



**And on into Spain**
 What a beach! And right in the heart of San Sebastian
 I love San Sebastian, but in the middle of the day in the middle of July, it was a bit too hot and crowded for me and Felix.  We went in search of the perfect beach for camping and surfing, knowing that the wave forecast for Spain was terrible and finding a place to park the van overnight right on the beach in the tick of tourist season is pretty much impossible. And then we found it – the perfect, secret beach!!!! Just east of Mundaka, surrounded by rocky cliffs, a little stretch of sand and dune grasses. We stopped for the night and made dinner. …
 …and drank beer and ate cherries
 Felix checks the surf at sunset – great view from the back of the van!
 I know. This is one of only 3 pictures I took including surfboards or wetsuits. Hard to believe we were on a surf trip. We had the sunset surf of dreams here, though, at the secret beach we just so happened upon.
 Heading out from out secret little beach.
Next stop: Pampalona. We may have been the only ones in the city who didn’t realize it was Running of the Bulls until we got there and saw all the people dressed up in white and red. Quick, let’s get out of here!   

Nowhere Festival!

Erwin, Robin, Felix, me, Chelsea, Dave, Robert, and Sinziana!

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