Show a little faith there's magic in the night
At the end of October, Oliver and I spent an extended weekend in Tallinn (Thursday October 30th to Sunday November 2nd). I flew with SAS via Stockholm and Oliver came from Cologne with LOT via Warsaw. We met up at the airport in Tallinn in the evening and took the local bus from the airport... Continue Reading →
This past weekend Oliver and I flew to Manchester for yet another concert. This time it wasn’t a big rock act or anything flashy. It was Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, two American musicians I barely knew beforehand. I’d only heard a few songs on Radio Paradise and I think that’s where Oliver first discovered... Continue Reading →
I fly to Düsseldorf all the time just to transfer to the train that takes me to Oliver in Cologne. This time, though, we actually had business in Düsseldorf, a concert with Ed Sheeran. Our plan was simple: base ourselves in Cologne and catch up with our friend Carina along the way to Düsseldorf. I’d... Continue Reading →
I first saw The White Buffalo back in 2019, when he played a free concert at Liseberg in Gothenburg. That was the first time I heard his deep, raspy voice live, and it made a big impression on me. When Oliver found out he was coming to Hamburg, he asked if we should meet there.... Continue Reading →
Oliver and I went to Munich for the weekend to see Robbie Williams on his Britpop Tour 2025. We are always looking for reasons to meet and, as we’ve done lots of times, we like to combine it with some music and a bit of travel. Returning to Munich is always a treat. We’ve seen... Continue Reading →
It’s been just a week since Bruce Springsteen played his final show of the tour, and already the road has called again – this time to Warsaw for Guns N’ Roses. In between, life has been a bit hectic: I celebrated Christopher Street Day 🏳️🌈 in Cologne on Saturday, followed by my birthday 🎈on Sunday... Continue Reading →
After a couple of slower-paced days filled with gelato, sightseeing, and the book signing, Thursday arrived—Show Day! To this day, I always get butterflies in my stomach when it’s finally time for a concert. This one felt especially charged: the second Milan night and the last show of the tour. Since Sunday, we’d been trying... Continue Reading →
With two days off between the Bruce Springsteen shows (Monday 30.6 and Thursday 3.7), we took a little trip on Tuesday to Lecco by Lake Como. We wanted to escape the blazing hot and overcrowded streets of Milan. We had heard that all other Bruce Fans were going to the city Como so we choose... Continue Reading →
We arrived early Sunday morning and Milan greeted us with two things: brutal heat (35°C) and a not-so-warm welcome at the hotel. Our room wouldn’t be ready until 15:00 and the staff gave off such a bad vibe that we decided to carry our backpacks around rather than leave them. To kill time and to... Continue Reading →
After a rest day in Cologne with time for laundry and recovery, I was back with Oliver again and on our way to Gelsenkirchen. Sylvia and her friend Martina were going to drive us there and back, so we wouldn’t have to deal with overcrowded trains. We had some doubts about this one. Many fans... Continue Reading →
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