Shirley - the van - fully packed, sun shining and listening to the Pulp Fiction soundtrack we were off! A five hour drive and a quick stop at the Border Shop before we hit Hamburg. Astra Stube was a great venue. We had pasta ata restaurant near by and on our way back to do the show we walked into this funky Calypso band on the street. Dancing the streets back to Astra Stube were we were greeted by german beer and jaeger shots. The audience was amazing and the night was perfect. After the show our host, Nils, took us out to a bar "There's an afterparty tonight, it's YOUR afterparty!" (...Happy birthday darling, we love you very, very, very much...) Late night, Christian disappeared with Nils to this restaurant that was right next to the slaughterhouse and had schnitzel. Since me and Gustav are vegetarians, we had another beer instead.........
October 12th,
We woke up at the booker's place and walked down to III&70 where we had breakfast waiting. Off we go to Krefeld and the next show. Kulturrampe was very nice, thank you Peter for travelling 70 kilometers to come to the show!!! We were all pretty tired from the Hamburg party so after te show we went back to the hotel room. There's so much strange stuff on TV in Germany....especially late night. A wheel of fortune - topless. Christian is in chock.
October 13,
I love Amsterdam.... We got in to the city, amazed by all the canals, old houses...it's like a fairy-tale world! We met up with our friend Alma who were kind enough to let us stay at her place for the two nights - an apartment full of dancers!
October 14, We were taken to the beach with Signe, who helped us book the Desmet Live show and the show at 'SKEK. It was a very very relaxing day. The show at 'SKEK that night went well, Signe played one of her songs with us.
October 15, Lloyd Hotel....wow, the building was so impressing!! Huge old thing that used to be a youth prison in the eighties. We got a room with authentic interial design..... The show was great, one of the best so far, and we had the best double bill ever - the three of us and four opera singers! We met a girl, Larare, who was a guide and she offered us a tour around town the next day.
October 16, After walking the streets of Amsterdam we went to Desmet Studios again to do our second radio show. Larae showed up and took us out to town for a night out. French fries with mayo, a walk through the red light district (Christian and Larae even went to a peep show - came out laughing hard...) We found a great cafe/bar where we spent the rest of the night.
October 17, Sitting in the rain after a good night's sleep and a shower - imagine that! Larae let us sleep in her amazing apartment. And so, about to leave to go to Belgium. I'm glad that we got a few days in Amsterdam, thank you all people for helping us out and giving us a great time!
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