"Obese or not Obese, that is the problem"
...... or
"Nightmare
on Elbow Street"
Day 5
This will be
my first trip to the far north of Norway and to begin with we fly from Oslo to
Bodo, about 80 minutes.
We all met at
the airport and it was fun flying together. We donīt do that much, we usually
meet at the destination.
The flight
itself was uneventful but the scenery was spectacular, almost impossible to
describe and every view was like some kind of magnificent postcard.
The
difficulties began at the airport in Bode when the person driving us was more
interested in having me take pictures with him and signing albums for his
friends than he was in taking care of us.
It was the
first in a series of challenging things we would have to deal with, being way
out in the sticks and working with extremely enthusiastic but professionally
inexperienced people.
We work hard
as a band and I work extremely hard as an individual to prepare ourselves for
every show, every professional event and all we ask for are the tools to do our
job.
We send out
detailed technical and general riders in plenty of time, so that, on those
occasions when we donīt have our own back-line, everyone is fully aware of our
needs and priorities. Most of the time this is all dealt with satisfactorily.
Suffice it to
say that this was not one of those times but, as always, we battled through and
in the end had a great show.
After the
normal moments of signing and taking pictures I headed quickly back to the
hotel. By now, my mind was firmly fixed on going home and I wanted to sleep as
much as possible.
I think I
fell asleep before I even finished my prayers.
