I believe that there are things in our lives that somehow define who we are, and that we cannot stop trying to experience over and over again. And in the last couple of weeks I faced some of these special things for me: software maintenance, a visit to the mythical Hungary and a backpacking experience (with musical background!).
I visited Budapest for the fourth time in my life, and I can happily say that it still offers me new and amazing things to do. This time it was excellent local cuisine, history lessons, forgotten views, and of course, the Sziget music festival. Though the musical level might not have been as good as other renowned european festivals, it was still worth the trip, if only to experience a true festival tradition of beer, music and non-sleeping for over a week!. To be honest, the non-sleeping part was not so much because of non-stop partying, but because I'm probably leaving that part of my life behind...
Anyway, the festival was also special because I had the chance to meet again and old friend from Mexico. We shared both good and not-so-good experiences (oh, my feet!), but actually that's what these trips are for: to have some tales to share when you meet again and get a laugh or two at them =).
The musical background was so good this time because it spanned through different key moments in my life, and somehow allowed me to connect with others around me. I'm talking about listening to Blur, and having a flashback to 1998 when I used to listen over and over a live version of Country House in one of my brother's old cassettes. Then another flashback to 2000's new year's eve when I listened to The Universal (in one of my brother's CDs) while waiting for my parents to come back from their shopping. Or the time I tried to decipher Girls and Boys, or when I felt Tender was such a good song that it deserved to be played continuously!.
Anyway, though I liked Blur while growing up, they weren't my favourite band, that would be Oasis. But what I've felt with the passing of time is that Oasis' songs may not have aged as well as I'd have hoped. Maybe I'm saying nonsense, and when I hear them live again I'll go crazy, but I'm ranting about all this because before Blur played in the festival I had the chance to talk with the people around me (some guys from Denmark and another one from England) and they had the same thoughts as me!, with similar flashbacks!, and with very similar Britpop tastes, one of them even say that it was like listening to his childhood all over again. Meeting people so similar to you is always interesting =).
And finally, I'm really thankful to the software maintenance community because they found interesting some of my current work, and I'll have the chance to discuss it with them next month, while visiting another mythical place =).
And it looks like we might have made it,
yes, it looks like we've made it to the end.
