A group of us caught the Eurostar over to Belgium for a long weekend of music and Belgian beer.
After arriving in Werchter, finding James and Julie at the campsite and setting up camp we headed down to get our festival passes and enjoy the tunes There was quite a line up initially and it was very hot!
No wonder us Londoners were feeling the heat!
We hadn't seen much sun in London of late, so this was a great change.
One of Shannon's first stops was to check out the Pearl Jam merchandise.
The Pearl Jam Rock Werchter edition poster.
Blink 182 were amongst the highlights on Day 1.
Day 2 some more lovely sunshine. This appears to be sunbathing 'Belgian style'.
One of the bike parks outside the festival site. A bike would have come in very handy to save on the walking between the camp sites and the festival site.
The Pyramid Marquee
A definite highlight, of course, Pearl Jam. This was the fifth time Shannon had seen them. They still didnt play Indifference though, so will have to wait until next time.
Deadmouse closed out Day 2.
The Barn Stage.
Other highlights of the weekend included, Elbow, (Justice, one of Madonna's highlights), Kasabian, The Editors, Chase and Status, Noel Gallagher and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, just to name a few.
The official napkin or 'wapkin' was it was named, has 32 Rock Werchter 2012 band references included on it, can you find them all?
A great weekend was had by all. The festival was very well organised and the toilets were lush, compared to other large festivals we have been to in the UK. It only took us 1.5hrs from leaving our campsite to get back to Brussels, amazing, barely any queueing!
We checked out some street art once back in Brussels, on our way to check out the tourist attractions, have some 'mussels in brussels' and hit up a beer garden.
Manneken Pis.
Sean with a giant Manneken Pis and a Belgian waffle.
The Grand Place
Janneken Pis
Belgium, the home of The Smurfs
Sean, enjoying a Belgian Beer sampling session...
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