It's festival time!

Today, I had the utmost pleasure of being a volunteer at a festival called the Roskilde Festival, which is 45 minutes away from me by car. I took the train, because the bus wasn't running at 6.30 am on a Sunday morning.

I was going to be there by 8 am, and begin my shift. I was there on time, as usual. I was told the kind of duties I had to perform. Basically, I had to scan the chip in the wristband on the cars, trucks and semi trucks, that wanted to enter the festival grounds. Everything went smooth from the getgo, albeit with some errors and some tailbacks, due to an Error 40. Error 40 means "The object 40 centimeters from the screen (I.E. you).

The weather cleared up, and the temperature quickly rose to 25 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Fahrenheit, to those of you that use that measuring scale). Endless lines of cars, trucks, bikes, semi trucks and workers came to my place. Even the police came through the checkpoint.

I quickly got my work down to a routine: I would stand directly in front of the car, holding my arms out to signal "stop", run over and scan the chip in their wristband, and then let them through into the grounds. If people were coming up to us, we had to tell them to walk 50 meters (164 feet) to a checkpoint for people on foot.

Of course, with this outdoors work, you get a good amount of exercise. I am currently at 27.722 steps - the best ever for me. Now, all this sounds like bliss, but me being an idiot, I forgot sunscreen, which made my arms look like a lobster with three hours to go of my 8 hour shift. So what did I do? Put on my long-sleeve shirt I wore when I arrived. It was hot, but worth it in the end

If you are wondering how many people are attending the Roskilde Festival, here are some figures for you: 8 days. 130000 visitors. About 180 acts. Spectacular art + events. International audience. Delicious food. Non-profit all the way.

It's a festival that dates all the way back to 1971, so it's pretty old by now.

If you want to attend a European festival sometime, give Roskilde Festival a shot. If only, just to see if it is worth it in the end.