Festi'Neuch - Party of 1

We snuck out for date night before my dad and Cindy left to a music festival called Festi'Neuch. It is a four-day festival with artists ranging from Marilyn Manson to Puppetmastez, most of which we had never heard of. We were however pleasantly surprised to see one of our all-time favorite bands, Morcheeba from the UK. We listened to them quite a lot in our Pre-K (or pre-kids) days and had already seen them once in San Francisco. The best part was the Festival was on the lake within walking distance from our house and my dad and Cindy were here to babysit! Everything fell into place perfectly.

We had an awesome time and thoroughly enjoyed the two sets that we watched, aforementioned Morcheeba and Swiss-born Sophie Hunger. All in all it was a fantastic night however the main reason for this blog is to highlight two interesting Euro idiosyncrasies that we happened upon.

1. Euro Urinal

In bright daylight, upon leaving the tent after Sophie Hunger had played, we stumbled upon a few European gentleman who couldn't seem wait to go to the bathroom and, apparently, here they don't have to.

Ingenious? Lazy? Unsanitary? You decide. But definitely unique.

2. Silent Party

A custom that we were incredibly dubious about was called the Silent Party.

Upon walking into a very large tent, each person is handed earphones. Glancing around the room you see people milling around, drinking, and many dancing. Seemingly only to the music playing in their heads. We then realized that that the Silent Party is essentially just that. Each person grooves to their own beat, perhaps even dancing in a circle and singing to their friends or loved ones but all the while wearing their headphones. To one side of the room there was a DJ area set-up and about 5 women, I believe they were called Girls on Deck DJ'd for the evening. When we finally were ready to partake and we hesitantly put our headphones on, I realized how amazing the music was. Wham! Salt n' Pepa! Lots of old 80's faves! And we stayed and became believers of the Silent Party. Hoping to bring this trend back to the US upon our return.

Watch this video of Hardy. Notice the lack of music.

Even the Prepsters get into it!

Hardy getting his groove on.

Believers!

XOXO,
Lilli & Hardy