Those of you who entered our Rock en Seine competition and weren’t successful should look away now as our winners Sophie and Selina are about to share with you the amazing time that they had partying over the bank holiday weekend at Rock en Seine in Paris.
Sophie
I wanted to share our fantastic weekend we just spent at Rock en Seine in Paris. After being picked as the winner of this fantastic competition the next day we were on the Eurostar to Paris drinking champagne with brunch and chatting about which bands we wanted to see. The lineup was brilliant – Oasis, MGMT, The Prodigy, Vampire Weekend, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I couldn’t believe we were there – it was so spontaneous!
Saint Cloud encapsulated what you see when you think of France, it had some wonderful street cafes and winding streets, we even saw a wedding at the local church.
We then had 3 days at Rock en Seine where we were treated to music from Keane, Vampire Weekend, the Klaxons, Prodigy, MGMT, Calvin Harris, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Madness, and The Offspring but sadly not Oasis!! This festival was set in the grounds of a spectacular park including old ruins and statues upon the River Seine.
The sun shined for us all weekend, and with Rock en Seine being on a much smaller scale than those in England, you could really get involved and for us even to the front row for a couple of our favourite acts.
So after a long weekend of jumping around in the sun on my picnic blanket to the likes of Vampire Weekend and Calvin Harris and crowd surfing to MGMT, I’m feeling pretty exhausted but it’s all well worth it!
I had a fantastic time and would definitely recommend Rock en Seine for those looking at going to a festival next year, you should try a European festival as it was truly a great experience.
Selina
In the last year I have had a pretty difficult time of it – my father passed away really suddenly and then my stupid (ex) boyfriend of 8 years just broke up with me. I have had amazing support from my friends and family and I have been trying to keep really busy doing things I love.
Me and my best mate Soph had been emailing each other all week to try and decide what to do for the bank holiday weekend. Then Soph found out about a Little Break Big Difference competition through facebook.
She entered on my behalf because she knew I really wanted to go to the Rock en Seine festival anyway and that I needed cheering up. I am passionate about music and I absolutely love festivals, so it was a genius idea to enter, but I didn’t think we’d win.
We were so excited when we found out a few days later that we had won! I screamed!
I am so grateful to Eurostar for giving me this amazing gift – i really had such a good weekend. And also to my brilliant friend soph who made it so fun!
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