Munnich Day Off
What a great city this is! I walked to marienplatz today from the hotel, it was a long walk but it was beautiful. I walked through an area called Schwabing and found a great café, they had soy milk!
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Munnich
The Drive
Was uneventful and pretty short from Stuttgart to Munnich. We were determined to go out on the town when we arrived in Munnich.
Munnich by Night
We went to this really great touristy typical German pub with a live band in Ledderhosen playing "oom pa pa" songs in 3/4 time. The beers we ordered were in HUGE mugs (see photos) it was a litre of beer! Jann and I danced to the last song of the night the band played. We ordered some food (yes they had something vegetarian for me) I had potato balls in mushroom soup! It was HUGE. We just got our order in 1 minute before the kitchen closed and we were promptly kicked out 5 minutes before closing time. They seem to be very 'time efficient' here in Germany.
Then we stopped off and one more NICE bar for a last beer before we called it a night.
The Venue
Was built for the 1972 Olympics. It's pretty NICE!
Russ and Jody went out to do some laundry and I am just hanging out in the hotel lobby trying to decide if it's worth the 20 euros for the internet before I go to the venue (in three and a half hours) I think I can wait for the free internet at the venue....
I held out and I am enjoying my free internet here at the venue.
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Paris
The Drive
Right after we got off stage in Luxembourg, we hopped in the van and drove to paris. We arrived in Paris at 1am on a Saturday night. I can't believe how BUSY it is at that time. It was like rush hour. And those traffic cirlces are absolutely insane! There are NO lanes, just people cutting across traffic. I was glad to not be driving. Although I have seen so many Vespas and SMART cars, that i sometimes wish I were driving!
The Next Day
I went out exploring. I found one of those big traffic cirlces we went through the nigth before and they had closed it to cars, and they were having a great market there. It seemed much more peaceful without the traffic.
I also saw lot's of scooters here! And had a nutella and banana crepe!
The Gig
Was good, I thought, although I rushed good mother a bit. The crowd seemed to like us even though for a lot of them, it was probably the first time they had heard of Jann Arden. Jann ALWAYS sings SO great, it's so inspiring just to close my eyes and get caught up in the music. I did that for the first time on tour tonight. I also, looked out at the audience, they seemed friendly looking back at me.
We also said goodbye to Nikki on her last night in Paris.
As usual, we ran off stage, dropped of our ears and packed into the van. We probably were on the road a mere 10 minutes after we got off stage. We are getting really fast at that.
The Drive
Our diver Torbin, is a really good driver. He drives FAST but he is very careful. He is just describing a horrible accident he witnessed, pretty gross. Jann joked with him tonight "Hey Torbin, how's the tour bin'?" He didn't get it but even after we explained it to him he didn't laugh! Ha ha ha. He's German but speaks perfect english, just doesn't get our sophisticated canadian humour I guess.
We play Stuttgart tomorrow and Munnich the next day, then we have a day or two off in Munich. Michael has a Hugo Boss sponsorship (i think) so they are going to take us to the Hugo Boss outlet to get some cheap clothes (relatively).
I just noticed that we are going 190km/h. I have NEVER gone that fast before and been on the GROUND. But we did make the last stretch of the drive through germany pretty FAST!
Luxembourg
The Flight
We flew in to Luxembourg the night before the show. The flight was the last one to leave before the weather turned bad in London and when we landed in Luxembourg it was in the middle of a downfall. You could see the storms on either side of us as we landed. We were lucky to make our take off and landing and not be delayed. We will be traveling mostly by van now until Rotterdam where we fly back to London then Toronto on June 1st.
Immigration was a breeze as apparently Luxembourg is a tax haven, so people often work in Germany or France and live in Luxembourg. Not sure if it's tax free or just low taxes.
The Hotel Bar
The hotel was up on a hill, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. There was a beautiful forrest all around the hotel, and a beautiful light rain was falling. We imagined the local Luxembourgers lived in the wood with bows and arrows (probably not entirely accurate). Russ ordered and entire bottle of smirnoff vodka and Nikki, Russ and I sat around for hours drinking it, as the Bublé crew slowly piled in to the hotel bar. They all seem very nice and seem like they are a real "team".
Nikki, laughing until she cries at the hotel bar.
The Gig
The next day we took a 30 minute van ride through town and into a really industrial looking area. The venue is RIGHT next door to what appears to be an abandon steel factory.
The catoring is amazing. I had a great soup and nice bread. Bublé travels with his own catoring. While we were eating the sky turned dark and it started raining, then it turned to a hale shower, it was quite intense. Our sound guy is doing sound for brian adams in florence tonight and apparently brian was rerouted due to weather, we're not sure if he will make it to the gig.
London
The Gig
It was at a club called Dingwalls (The Jam have played there) in Camden Town.
This is Camden Town.
A friend of Ron Chamberlain's, who i had recently met on myspace, came to the gig and she sent a bottle of Champaign to our (tiny) dressing room. Her name is Kirstn. After the show I went out and met her and her two mates (that's what they call friends here). One of her mates, Russ, turned out to be Ron Chamberlain's (Jann's production manager from the last tour) brother. We chatted for a while and then we arranged to meet at the BEST coffee shop (near Carnaby street) the next day.
Kirstn, Jann, Russ Chamberlain & Nikki
Covent gardens @ Night in the rain
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Monday, May 15, 2006
Jet Lag
Sitting in the bar at the City Inn in London, drinking.
We are determined to stay up late tonight!!!
It's nice here, a bit cool and overcast.
We had a really nice walk around today, mostly in Chelsea!
Loving it!!!
Gp
Friday, April 28, 2006
Laura, Reg and Me.
Laura, Reg Dubkowski and I out for drinks...YES Reg is drinking 1/2 Guinness 1/2 Coke
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Sunday, April 16, 2006
New Ashley Photos
Got to do more shots with Ashely. She was in town visiting from London. Kendal Deckart was on make-up & hair, and Frock providing some GREAT clothes! Thanks a lot!!
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Here Comes the Sun
I LOVE the sun. It's starting to really pour into my place now, in the evening. After a long winter of NO direct sunlight. I like it.
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Sunlight
I am starting to get DIRECT sunlight through my north facing window! THIS IS GOOD! But it disappears before you know it! I had to capture IT and the smile it put on my face to feel it's heat today!
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
The Lights on the Ceiling
These are the lights in my place. I brought them back from my mom's flat (in London) when she lived there. They are for the wrong voltage so they are very dim. I like it! I blog anything don't I...
Friday, March 17, 2006
Singers, Songs & Strings
We had the amazing opportunity to play with The Hart House Strings @ The Great Hall.
See all of my photos of "Singers, Songs and Strings" here.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Christine Bougie becomes a Woman!
Local Toronto guitar player, Christine Bougie turns 25! Her party was PACKED with unknown local singer/songwriters/musician types it was a real who's who (or should i say who's that?) of the local Toronto music scene. C'MON PEOPLE GET OUT AND SEE SOME LIVE MUSIC!!!!
Saturday, March 11, 2006
A Beautiful Day
Great day today. It felt like spring. It will be SO nice to be able to take photos without gloves on soon. I can see all the colours starting to wake-up with the sun.
Ate at Pulp Kitchen (yummy vegan food)
Hung out with my good friend Hannah...
Took two photos of my building and pasted them together...This is where I live!!
Thursday, March 09, 2006
A New Drink
I learned about a new drink tonight from my friend Reg Dubkowski. It's half Guinness and half coke. Now to think of a name for it. How about a Sweet Lassie. Ok somebody help us out...what should this drink be called? Reg is an amazing artist AND music fan and ladies....he's SINGLE...
Drinking @ Mitzi's Sister
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