Europe: Days 1-15

Won a sweepstakes for a free monthlong trip to Europe for you and your 4 closest friends, so to make some extra spending money we put a band together and made up some songs and played a buncha shows with a band called White Lies in many old European theatres for many European teenagers and/or their European parents and the rest of the time did this:


Day 1: Amsterdam. Killing time until it gets dark so we can go to sleep.


Day 2: Driving to Eindhoven. First show. Late.


Day 3: Paradiso, Amsterdam. Still trying to learn songs.


Day 4: Jail, Rotterdam. This was where we figured out that we don't like putting sheets on our own beds.


Day 5: Dan makes a friend in Alkmaar (celebrating 750 years!)


Our picnic in Alkmaar. Thanks to the fine folks at Subway.


Day 6: Teylers Museum, Haarlem. Working hard.


(see above)


St. Bavo's Cathedral, Haarlem. 10-year old Mozart played that organ. So did Handel, except he wasn't 10.


Day 7: Brugge (Bruges). Frites'ed up before we even left the train station.


Brugge Cruise


Day 8: de Noordzee in Oostende, where Marvin Gaye wrote "Sexual Healing." You can see why.


French hackin', outside McDonald's, somewhere in Picardie (look closely).


Day 9: us in like 5 years.


Day 10: Paris. Tim thought the housekeeper stole his iPod. Turns out she didn't.


Day 11: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris, home of Jim.




Parisian bum eating McDonald's

Day 12: previously documented here


Day 13: Luxembourg


Day 14


Halloween in Luxembourg


Band photo, featuring unknown creepy guy, possibly Gene Simmons (at left)



photos by Will

Europe: Days 16-31

And now, the exciting conclusion. I love you.


Day 16: In a parking lot.


Day 17: Backstage spread in Hamburg. Somebody cracked the seal.


Day 18: Polizei


Ferry no. 1, Baltic Sea


Day 19: Ghengis Will. Stockholm.


Day 20: Welcome to Norway


Day 21: Vega, Copenhagen


Day 22: Ferry no. 4. Gin Rummy 500 addiction commences.


Day 23: Official premature end-of-tour photo


Day 24: Low point. Munich hostel.


Brief respite


Day 25: Still in Munich


Getting a, y'know, closer look at Munich.


Day 26: Austrian Alps


(see above)

Day 27: Shit. Forgot to take any pictures.


Day 28: Berlin 2009



Brandenburg Gate


Reichstag


Day 29: Ready to leave.


Day 30: Windy. Calais, France.


Ferry no. 5. More rummy.


White Cliffs of Dover


Aboard the ferry: three busloads of British high school freshmen, captain, crew, us.


Day 31: Sleeping really hard. Then we went home.



photos by Will!

us in the u.s., again

Found a few more from our recent visit to the United States. Look!




waiting for Hog's Platter


called, no answer


that guy was a roadie for U2 and the Stones. it's true.


X marks the spot


our Texas tour guide


El Paso