Barge Pool Although we've noticed extremely high water levels in the past couple of weeks, recent flooding throughout central Europe seems now to be easing. The city of Budapest was recently on high alert as the banks of the Danube broke after yet more record rainfall. Luckily for us, we seem to have missed the [...]
Curry Night The outside temperature has been in the mid 90's for a while now and sun lotion is applied as a matter of course before venturing out but venture out you must in Vienna as it's quite a place. A city rich in architectural delights, Baroque castles, gardens, monuments and the famous Ringstrasse, a [...]
2013mkeuro_19th_June_2013_-_Regensburg Tuna Carpaccio Feeling the full effects of last night's over indulgent midnight feasting, I woke late and planned my final visit to the Villa Kennedy gym and pool. Still just enough time to order the Bircher and write a bit of a rushed diary entry, finally posted in the Regensburg dressing room. [...]
2013mkeuro_18th_June_2013_-_Frankfurt Villa Kennedy After our wonderful jaunt in the Scandinavian countries playing to amazing audiences in occasionally inclement weather, it is great to be back in Germany again, host to so many fabulous shows in the past. The dramatic temperature change has been most welcome although the change hasn't been gradual in any [...]
2013mkeuro_13th_June_2013_-_Stavanger Improvised Swag This morning in Bergen I opened the curtains to see rain like I've not seen for a while and thought to myself, those mountains are really doing their job today. Rain seems 'wetter' here for some reason and the mere 3 yards from the hotel doorway to the car was [...]
2013mkeuro_12th_June_2013_-_Bergen Fjords and Rain Bergen, also known as the Seattle of Europe is surrounded by seven mountains and rejoices in 275 days of rain per year, caused by a weather phenomenon known as orographic lift whereby the already moist and mild North Atlantic air is forced from low elevation to high and the [...]
Seagulls Attack Even though Helsinki is probably the most North Eastern capital city in Europe, incredibly, its climate is still influenced in some way by the Gulf stream. This means that Winter temperatures don't drop to the harsh levels its Northern Latitude might suggest. Conversely, in the Summertime the weather can be gorgeous and our [...]
Northern Light After a truly amazing whirlwind week at the Royal Albert Hall we all welcomed a five day break from the schedule. For the Brits it meant some valuable time at home with the families and for me, an opportunity to shut down the computer for a few days. . . . Back on [...]
Cherry Cheesecake As this UK bank holiday weekend gets into gear, finally the weather takes a turn for the better. The sun is out and in 24 hours, the temperature has risen about ten degrees. For the rest of the band, it's another frustrating journey out of central London congestion down to Brighton but for [...]
Jerk Lamb The weather this year in the UK has been unusual to say the least and the Northerly airflow is now making it feel like mid winter but at least when the sun DOES come out, it is warming. The journey for me today was likely to be the longest drive of the tour [...]
