8 REASONS WHY I LOVE SUMMER FESTIVALS

 I have expressed my love for summer music festivals many many times. They is the reason why I wait for Summer, why I love summer. I went to my first festival a long time ago, when I was 16 years old and since then I can't (and don't want to) imagine my summer without them. The only word I could find to describe them is an experience. Every festival is different, every one surprises you and you never know what each one will be like. I've already been to 13 of them and I am not planning to stop anytime soon. I only have hopes to someday expand my horizon and go to other countries where festivals are even bigger. These festivals are a completely different world, a whole new universe and I can‘t remember my summers without them and it's really impossible to describe what it feels like.
Of course, they aren't everyone's cup of tea and to some people camping for the whole weekend doesn't seem like a very enjoyable thing to do but to me that's exactly what I love. Mornings aren't usually that nice at the festivals, you have to wait in a line to get into a shower or buy food, the weather could easily make the festival a bit horrible but there are way more reasons to love these festivals!

1.   Spirit like nowhere else. I sadly didn't grow up with hippie parents and I am really jealous of those who did, so I have no clue what the real hippy life was, except for what movies and Internet have taught me. I admire hippies in many ways and one of the most important things is the carefree spirit. So when I‘m at summer festivals, one of the most important things is the atmosphere which is never like it is there. Those three days at the festival unite everyone so much and everyone is so calm and chill and friendly. I love it.

      2. Everyone [almost] is your friend in the festival. It‘s very important to choose the right company to go to an event like this, but there is no doubt you‘ll find new people to chat there. It depends on the festival, there are the ones where you could just come up to people in a very early morning and just join them for a song and there are the ones where people aren't as inviting. But people are way friendlier there at these festivals than they are in an everyday life, there is no doubt and that's is very nice.

3.    Music. The main thing probably should be music, they are the music festivals, after all, although there are times when music really isn‘t the main point. But I have to admit, music never sounds better live than in the open air. Yes, the quality may not be the best there in the nature but you get the experience which you just wouldn't get anywhere else. And there is that surreal feeling when you are standing under the stars surrounded by the woods and you hear a great band singing live.

   4. Time starts to go really differently once you‘re there. Time slows down there, which is very cool. Three days seems to last for a lot longer but once it's over it seems like it all just went by in a second.

5.     Festival fashion. It just doesn‘t get better than this. I always look at these girls who look so great so effortlessly and I just can‘t pull these looks off so well but I‘m still trying hard. There isn‘t a thing you couldn‘t wear there, there are people walking around in onesies or in Borat's costumes and you can wear the biggest bow in your hair, the biggest hat or the most colorful outfit and it will be great.

   6.  Sleeping in a tent. I am one of these people who actually enjoys sleeping in a tent. I‘ve done it countless times so I‘ve found ways to sleeping comfortably in a tent and it doesn‘t really cause me problems. I do enjoy it in a way, it is also an experience. I do not enjoy sleeping in a tent only when it‘s pouring outside or it's boiling hot, then it‘s a no-no. Other times – love it!

 7.       Sleepless nights. You are only allowed to go to sleep early on the first night. The second one must be as long as it‘s possible, it‘s great if you go to sleep when the sun is rising. And that‘s is such a nice feeling. It somehow feels amazing to go to sleep when the sun is already up and some people start waking up but you know that you‘ve used every minute of the night and didn‘t waste precious time in festival sleeping. You can sleep at home and sometimes sleep just gets the best of you, but it's important to try staying awake for as long as you can.

 8. The feeling of being in a crowd. I am not usually the biggest fan of huge crowds but once I‘m in a festival, the feeling of everyone around you clapping or screaming lyrics to their favorite song along with the band on the stage is absolutely wonderful and it‘s incomparable with anything else in the world, really.