PICTURES FROM NATIONAL NIGHT AND INTERNATIONAL BOAT TRIP SATURDAY SUNDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY SATURDAY (AFTER TASTING ROMANIAN DEATH JUICE) Dr Love the English slang section) of madness, the like of which has course Scotland...sniff :-( Boat Trip never seen before - ever - trust me. I would put togeth- easa_lovedoctor@hotmail. er a list of all the nations making “new connections” and “Dr Love vs. alcohol”: It Yesterday morning, an hour or two late, the good ship alliances, but it would take forever, and would probably has increasingly become we had finished the carefully organised procedure of making com (don’t email me Zsofia pulled away from the ageing Kassa, revealing a sure everyone was on the boat, we sat down to a very decent though - read below) involve every possible combination of nations...except of obvious that I have a com- large amount of vomit on the side of our fine vessel, petitor in match-making in meal of Deer, that mysterious Hungarian Pasta, vegetables, and so while we waved and smiled, our previous activities some clear sea-weed. But this you already know, what may This area of Umbrella is no The International Love&Drink Night the chemical we know as were visible to the silly people who stayed in Budapest. alchohol, which has served not be so well known was the scandalous amount of queue- longer called the Lover We say “silly people” because they missed out on a re- skipping, reported on elsewhere in this edition of Umbrella. corner, since after recent In the night of the nights on Saturday, also known as the to create no fewer than ally quite beautiful trip up the Danube, revealing some every single relationship on events, the corner has ex- National evening, we had it all - sweet and sour, good and of the rather breathtaking landscape along this river. As the sun set, and night drew in, the boat became dark and panded into a whole fuck- bad, love and hate, strong and weak... Almost all the coun- these two boats. My total is Also fascinating was the transition from metropolis to a about 0, which leads me to quiet, moving effortlessly towards our temporary home. Just as ing room, with at least 50 tries tried their best this year – some only with drinks, some natural landscape, one which made many comment we glimpsed the city lights, the band “Just a Sec” started up corners (like something by with other activities involved. But most of the games were the inevitable decision that on the fact that it felt like we were somewhere in the I can no longer serve the (all architecture students) giving us a soundtrack moving from Zaha Hadid) with all the a bit alcoholic as well… So how many different have you mediterranean, cruising amongst remote islands. Jimi Hendrix to the Spice Girls - perhaps not the most logical associated problems and tried? EASA community in my role as Doctor of Love, so, I quit. progression of music, but it entertained a good number of the strange spaces (like some- Some of us sang, some were deep in thought, and ship. Personally I would rather have heard Liszt as we glided thing by Zaha Hadid). The We were very happy to find out that the Nicaraguans have Adieu and farewell dear some just slept, it was a nice, peaceful moment, and readers, may your love be into the elegantly lit city, and gently kissed our sister ship Kassa. national night witnessed an brought their own rum, which was reported to be one of all of a sudden the space we have grown accustomed Back to that boring view... unbelievable amount of the best in the world by their neighbor from Salvador. And true and fruitful. I leave you to felt quite different - interesting how our perceptions loving, so much so that the it probably is! with this one poetic thought change. The only small problem was the lack of food, good Doctor had to take a however, from our old friend which led to desperate measures in some cases, some Top 5 party tracks of EASA break, only to come back One of the worst tasting drinks, good by its effect though, William Shakespeare: EASAians snacking on meat left in the sun, and bread to a complete and utter is the Romanian cuca or palinka. It is death juice served danced upon by flies and those pesky, pesky wasps. We just love the iPod-based parties this year. Anyone higgle-dee piggle-dee (see by the now famous “doctor Palinka”… No more comments “Love is a smoke made However the usual spirit kept everything going, and the and anywhere can be a DJ, huh? So Marten (NL), one of – look at the faces of people who tried it… But you could with the fume of sighs. arrival to Visegradi Castle was greeted with relief and the iPoded guys, presented us Top 5 party tracks. We Fun English wash that away with the best ever Irish coffee. More whis- Being purged, a fire spar- curiosity. absolutely agree – “We are your Friends” is the best slang key than coffee, but cream makes it just perfect. And the kling in lovers’ eyes. Being for 6 a.m. dances. green from their flag does not wash off with cold water, vexed, a sea nourished We quickly split into two groups, one supposedly off to Just for fun, we so…yeah, green people around is fun. the castle, and the other to play international football. with lovers’ tears. What is 1. Justice VS Simian thought we would search it else? A madness most Reports say that not many made it up to the castle, The Dutch only brought crackers, and we almost took it as instead choosing to chill out on the fine banks of the “We Are Your Friends” out some interesting discreet, a choking gall slang you may not know an insult, but the next day the orange cuties gave away Danube - we can’t say we blame them. The other 2. Tiefschwarz “Ghost- and a preserving sweet.” in English, (but always their national cigarettes with orange filters and Dutch flags party eventually reached a full size football pitch, and track (Blackstrobe wanted to know) such on them, made specially for the World Cup. Lovely! Count- William Shakespeare after some apparent disagreement between the Irish remix)” as: ed in. Another remark for the Finnish – please bring a Santa and Italians, football took place on a small side pitch, 3. Christopher Just + “gobble deegook” and Claus next year! A series of pictures with happy drunk kids with the Irish showing everyone their rather bizarre look- Rafael “Popper” sitting on Santa’s knee in midsummer will be the craziest. “gibberish” (nonsense) ing sport, Curling, involving the use of wide sticks to hit a 4. Para One “Turtle We must include it into the EASA guide. hard ball long distances. Oh the Irish! “higgle-dee piggle- Trouble” dee” (mess/all over the 5. Wolfmother “Woman place) The presidents of Latvia and Lithuania arrived though, Val- Meanwhile the Italians eventually invited some new “wee” (small in Scot- das and Vaira, holding hands. Vaira did her best and man- people to their game and it became a fast paced, (MSTRKRFT remix)” tish) aged to find her bed after the event, Valdas had too much sweaty match of a similar (or better) quality than that “banter” (conversa- palinka though, so the Lithuanians found him in the sea of Best Bars, Clubs of the world cup final, except without any diving or vio- Party animals on tion/jokes) vests on Sunday night… And he was saying “I luv cock” as and Events: lence of course... The two teams were a mix of Italians, board! “good egg” (a trustwor- well. Bad boy. Greek, Turkish, Austrian, and a lone Scottish guy - still thy or reliable person, For those of you tir- the whitest guy in Budapest - but scoring one of the few Two Latvian girls, the like our very own Dr The Russians offered an arm wrestling event. Our editor ing of drinking from goals of the game - bring back Scotland to the World party animals from last Love for example) Agne was very successful! Some of the matches lasted for the expensive bar on Cup!!! year’s EASA have arrived “heebie jeebies” (an 15 minutes or so, and you had to consume a special drink the boats, we have come today. They hitch-hiked uneasy or nervous feel- before starting… Marko, the most correct guy in the world, across an exhaustive Nationalistic nonsense aside, the walk back to the boat from Milan and are ready ing) beat them all. One happy winner, he is, we must notice – he list of the best bars was another reminder of the interesting landscape sur- to parrrtyyeyyayaaaahh- “that’s a rip-off” or happens to win everything he involves himself into. Nice. and clubs according rounding Budapest, what a beautiful country. Once hhh. “I was ripped-off” to “Pesticide” the hu- During this wildest ever (in its real sense) national party we (when you get over- mourously named daily FOUND! charged for something, had few unpleasant accidents. Two of the participants commentary on thi fine CLEA INVITES EASIANS like when you buy a were taken to the hospital with serious problems. One of city. Go to www.pes- Latinamerican Architecture Students Or- vodka mixer at the Kas- the Greek girls faded out while the crowd was in the peak ADVERTS Loads of stuff are found and brought tiside.hu/ and click ganization (CLEA) invites easians to attend sa bar) of drinking, and the Dutch bumped his head into something to the info point, so please come on the “best bars and to this year’s ELEA (Latinamerican Architec- “rough as a badgers sharp which left a decent hole on his forehead.