DAYS 4 AND 5 AT SZIGET: TIRED BUT STILL STANDING: BY GREG DOREY, BRITISH AMBASSADOR, BUDAPEST
Our Sziget team is tired, especially Terez who has been there every day so far, but they’re still standing, enthusiastic and ready to help British visitors to the Embassy tent. Saturday was definitely UK Day on the Main Stage, with The Subways, Editors, Klaxons, Manic Street Preachers and Placebo, one after the other.
For those of you staying on in the wonderful city of Budapest after the Festival:
- Remember to go on keeping your passport, money and travel tickets safe - there are people around who would like to relieve you of them.
- Don’t believe anyone who tells you that the Hungarian police are relaxed about drugs - they are not. Penalties for drug use are strict, and strictly enforced. We can’t get you out of prison.
- If it looks to good to be true, it probably is - be wary of bars recommended by taxi drivers and strangers. Always ask to see the price list before you order food or drink.
- Avoid hailing taxis in the street - some drivers will over-charge visitors. Get a recommendation for a reliable dial-a-cab company from your guidebook. All of them have English-speaking operators.
I won’t be at Sziget for Day 5 tomorrow - I’m patron of an U16 Football Tournament at which two British teams (Sheffield United Academy and Caversham AFC) are playing and I’ll be cheering them on to victory at the Vasus Sports Club ground. Who knows - some of those young players may be competitors at World Cup 2018, which will hopefully be in England.
For those of you at Day 5, enjoy! (Especially Maximo Park on the Main Stage.) And see you next year at Sziget!
