Short nights in the forest and wonderful days in Poland

Hey hey hey! Didn't hear from me in a while, huh? Well I was busy with my "do-all-that-you-want" time :)

Well a couple of weeks ago me, my girl and several friends went out to the forest between Moletai and Utena to spend some quality time in the nature and celebrate the shortest night of the year. It all went fine even if the weather wasn't and we didn't have enough room to try my new Aerobie pro throwing disc out :)

We had some beers, played with the dog a lot, fished a little bit, cooked soup and meat in the fire etc.

Some pics from those days:

And now I'm having my holiday and just came back from a huge festival Heineken Open'er 2008 in Gdynia, Poland. This year the weather was amazing so we got to spend a couple days in the beaches of Sopot and Hel and spent several hours in the oldtown of Gdansk. Besides that we've seen lot's of superstars performing live for us and all that huge crowd. A little bit about each and every band we got to see...

Editors. It was a nice introduction into what we gonna go through during the festival days, but not too much.

The Raconteurs. One of the most impressive rock-style bands I've seen live so far. Jack White is simply amazing and I still keep hearing "Steady as she goes" in my head.

Fisherspooner. The best performance during the festival. It's a pity that they played at the same time as Dj Vadim did, but I think me and my girl did a right decision to see this show. It was like all-in-one music, vocal, modern dance, clothing and visualization performance that's hard to describe.

Roisin Murphy. Sounded pretty good, but not too good to keep as alive. So we went to sleep.

Interpol. Solid performance, looked and sounded great. Something the other indie-rock bands should have a look at.

Jay-Z. This Jiggah knows how to control the crowd. I wasn't expecting much from a rap band but they really did what it takes to make a wonderful show.

Goldfrapp. Not bad performance at all, but my girlfriend felt bad and we had to leave. That damn festival-fast-junk-food...

Massive Attack. The band I expected most from. I really enjoyed their "attack" but that's it. They didn't play many hit-songs, the performance was simple and predictable.

The Chemical Brothers. These guys have been on stage for too long, I guess. Yeah, they know how to make sounds and yeah, they know how to use visualizations, but all that simply isn't enough anymore. After staring at the stage for some time we left the festival area and went to sleep.

That's it for now, here are some pics from the trip: