Musik machen und gitarre spielen

This past Saturday morning I learned of a bluegrass festival that was happening in nearby Greven, so we packed up and biked the 20 km.  Danny, Bea, Brad and myself cooked in the hot sun for the day and later decided we would return on Sunday and catch the entire weekend of bluegrass.  On Sunday I packed my tent and sleeping bag hoping to camp and after the show finished we thought we would check on the camping situation.  They told us it was 27 euros to camp for the event but we convinced them to let us camp for free.

Just like any other bluegrass festival, you would expect to find different groups of people around a campsite playing guitars, mandolins, fiddles etc. and this would be no exception.  As a left handed guitar player, I went out in search of a group with a left handed guitar and sure enough, at the first campfire we checked we would find a lefty strummin' away.  We spent a couple late hours with this group and had a great time.

The next morning as I returned from breakfast, I found Brad talking to an older German couple.  Rolf and Sigrid are big bluegrass fans and they spend much of there summertime traveling around Europe going to festivals. We ended up spending the whole day with them and they were among the nicest and most interesting people I have ever met.  We talked about music and travel and even had a couple jam sessions throughout the day. It was a great weekend.