Part 3 Wonder Festiwall

In america, the first thing that you picture when you hear of a festival is cotton candy and funnel cakes! Yet in Denmark, when you say festiwall the first thing they think of is blasting music, øl (beer), and most of all castle ruins!? The beginning of the weekend brought many opportunities to me that i have never experienced. It all began when i was invited to Wonder Festiwall. I was a little hesitant of course because i was invited by some friends that i did not know well. Although my host family urged me to attend and get the experience. So i accepted the invite. Now a danish festiwall is not one day, it is all weekend. Plus you dont leave and come back, you sleep there over night for 2 nights! So i packed up my sovepose (sleepingbag) and my toothbrush and hiked out of the house for the beggining of my adventure. When Christian arrived to get me, i threw my bag in the back trunk and we left town, but as i sat in the back seat i realized how long we were driving. I thought to myself, "If for some reason i get lost out here, i have no clue on how to get home!" Once we pulled up i saw the ruins of Hamershus Castle. Apparently the festiwall took place in the fields infront of these ruins. It was too cool!

Camp was already set up once i arrived, so i lucked out and didnt have to put together one of those annoying tents with a thousand peices. With in short time the music began to play and the drunks began to walk! It was soo odd to see so many young people so wasted. (Mostly because the drinking age in Denmark is 16)Another thing that was quiet funny was the way Danish ppl dance. They tend to sway their arms and point at each other. (hahahaha) I think if they flapped them any faster they may have taken off like a bird! When night fell the camp was filled with echoes of techno music blasting from the DJ's tent and people laughing. I called it a night around 1am thinking i would fall asleep easily and see what tomorrow brought. And then the wind came, along with the cold! I woke up in the middle of the night to temp. about 9-10 degrees celcius ( almost 50 degrees fahrenheit)And the wind was blowing strong enough to blow over tents!

When the morning arrived along did the RAIN! It poured till about 1pm and although it was raining, the music still went on. Luckley my host family didnt think i brought enough warm clothes so they brought me my big heavy winter coat and some money. (I think i have the best host family ever!) That night became more comfortable with my friends and opened up a little...more like alot! We were dancing and singing and having a great time! Let me tell you though, i am not very big on dancing in front of people. I think everyone is staring at me! Well to top this off i was pulled up on the stage where the DJ was and had to dance in front of everyone! I started slow but then i realized people liked the way i was dancing because it was a little different than others. It felt so good and i had a blast! I pulled up my other friend from Venezuala (NINA) and we broke it down foreign style!!!

The weekend brought so much fun and great memories! Surprisingly the music was really good and the castle managed to still be standing by the end of it! I thought from all the amps & BOOMS, it would be in peices. I went home on sunday afternoon Wet again (because it began to rain again) cold and covered in mud. Sunday ended in a hot shower and long nap!

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Kyle Lyon (USA2DENMARK)