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21 September 09Sadie’s fixed her violin in Berlin by a combination of quick mastery of power tools and some internet research. It seems to have settled down, so fingers crossed the bridge will stay in place for the rest of the tour!
We (when I say “we” I really mean Josh and Sadie- I can’t drive….) drove for around twelve hours on Thursday. We’re still don’t really know how that happened- we keep kidding ourselves that we can somehow beat the sat nav; woe betide we should add on another precious minute to our arrival time.
Our home for the next two nights was the hallowed Etap, this time sadly lacking the bathroom made entirely from one piece of molded plastic for ease of cleaning. After doing a session on a nice garden on a bridge in Paris, and playing the gig which was also enjoyable and packed, we had big plans to go to a Parisian rooftop party and meet interesting people and be generally cultured and continental. Instead we ended up back in the Etap, imprisoned by its woodchipped and stained walls, devising a game based on the concept of throwing pretzel sticks out of the window, in a strange state of mind caused by lack of sleep and eating the marmalade and chocolate spread we had thriftily saved from breakfast time.
Today we went to a flea market with the lovely Pierre (who lived with Sadie and vice versa when they were children) and saw a lot of bric a brac which made me very happy. We drove to Rotterdam and saw a man at a service station wearing only a Borat style thong, a swimming cap and goggles. No explaination was given.
We’re now in Rotown in Rotterdam waiting to soundcheck and eating the most amazing meal. The show’s sold out tonight so should be a good one!