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Anarquendor goes Basel
May. 29th, 2012 11:07 pmLast Friday we packed our things and piled everything in a large stationwagon before waving goodbye to our home and setting out for Basel. Tim, who had taken a nap in the afternoon, had overslept (not necessarily a bad thing, if it means he's not sleepy afterwards) so we left around ten o'clock.
Driving was good. It's been a while since I've been in a car and Tim took us towards Venlo. We took a wrong turn near Eindhoven though, but in the end we managed to get into Germany without problems. After the first 200 kilometers we took a little break and after maybe 300 kilometers we switched drivers.
It had been 5 months since I last drove a car, so it took a bit of getting used to. The stationwagon was packed to the brim with four people and our luggage and weapons, but I got the hang of it pretty quickly, and drove some 250 kilometers as well. Tim took a nap in back while I guided us down South, into France for a little bit. The route navigation took us into the regions near the borders and although it wasn't a bad road, it was annoying to drive 70 down a dense forest and not see a thing in front of me. Finally we were back on the highway, and continued apace. By 2 am traffic is really minimal, and the only thing slowing us down were roadworks where the speed limit was 80. Mostly, driving was just following the white lines on the road as our route was pretty straightforward.
Tim took over for the final part, and I woke as we were closing in on the Swiss border. In the east the sky was getting lighter and when we arrived at the location we found several people had stayed up drinking, hoping to catch us.
I nearly didn't recognise Andrew (Bibi), but I was very tired. I sent Simon and Andy (Finn) a text message and woke them up -- apparantly they were already at the terrain. They crawled out of their tents to welcome us.
We were given one of the empty tents and we set up our beds quickly. It was past five am, and we could do with a few hours of sleep.
The next morning we said hello to everyone and scrounged some breakfast. The games wouldn't start until after noon, because people were still arriving, setting up camp and getting ready. We tried out the archery targets for a little bit, and slowly changed into our costumes. I had brought my leather boots and dreads, and this always takes longer than one hopes. Still, we were done well before the game started.
( Continued below here... )
Driving was good. It's been a while since I've been in a car and Tim took us towards Venlo. We took a wrong turn near Eindhoven though, but in the end we managed to get into Germany without problems. After the first 200 kilometers we took a little break and after maybe 300 kilometers we switched drivers.
It had been 5 months since I last drove a car, so it took a bit of getting used to. The stationwagon was packed to the brim with four people and our luggage and weapons, but I got the hang of it pretty quickly, and drove some 250 kilometers as well. Tim took a nap in back while I guided us down South, into France for a little bit. The route navigation took us into the regions near the borders and although it wasn't a bad road, it was annoying to drive 70 down a dense forest and not see a thing in front of me. Finally we were back on the highway, and continued apace. By 2 am traffic is really minimal, and the only thing slowing us down were roadworks where the speed limit was 80. Mostly, driving was just following the white lines on the road as our route was pretty straightforward.
Tim took over for the final part, and I woke as we were closing in on the Swiss border. In the east the sky was getting lighter and when we arrived at the location we found several people had stayed up drinking, hoping to catch us.
I nearly didn't recognise Andrew (Bibi), but I was very tired. I sent Simon and Andy (Finn) a text message and woke them up -- apparantly they were already at the terrain. They crawled out of their tents to welcome us.
We were given one of the empty tents and we set up our beds quickly. It was past five am, and we could do with a few hours of sleep.
The next morning we said hello to everyone and scrounged some breakfast. The games wouldn't start until after noon, because people were still arriving, setting up camp and getting ready. We tried out the archery targets for a little bit, and slowly changed into our costumes. I had brought my leather boots and dreads, and this always takes longer than one hopes. Still, we were done well before the game started.
( Continued below here... )
