Hotel Dagmar Ribe

This may be one of the most emotional blogs I write. And today was one of the most emotional days I've experienced on tour thus far. I've never felt such a conflict of emotions before. My stomach, mind, and thoughts were pulling me in every direction possible. Allow yourself to be vulnerable when reading. If you want to cry, cry. If you feel angry, allow yourself to be as you feel. Above anything, learn. Realize. But do not accept. What I am ...

... 6. And an adorable cocker spaniel named Tino! It's going to be a great week.

And it's a free week! We have no Vattanfall performances this week. It's like a vacation! :)

And yesterday I got some great news! I am the new music intern and blog assistant! So I guess I'll be busy for the last 5 weeks but I'm completely and utterly excited! I can't wait. You should read the blog! They'll be different from what I post on here and come from the thoughts ...

... 3 hour drive to Esjberg and the ferry back to Harwich and Jasper slept the whole way which made it a nice cruise. He only woke up as we approached the harbour which meant we only had to sing about 3 chorus' of "wheels on the bus". In fact I distinctly remember making up a hybrid version of this song with incorporations of "old macdonalds farm" into the words. e.g. "the pigs onthe bus go oink oink oink.......". Lizzie disputes this as she says she made it up which I ...

... and well informed.

Even though we liked the museum we were ready to move on to the town of Ribe, which is the oldest town in Denmark and also had a hostel and an island near it which appealed to us. The hostel had room for us and we learned it’s been voted one of the top 10 hostels in the world. We could see why. It was very clean, had a nice shared kitchen, had a laundry (that took ...

Finally a new country to add to the list. It has been a while since I went somewhere new. Of course, I don't have time to spend extra days here on this short trip between London trips. And work is going to keep me busy. Hopefully I will be able to do a little sightseeing in the evenings. Stay tuned.

... method work when rational methods were all so rotten? He had an intuitive feeling, growing rapidly, that what he had stumbled on was no small gimmick. It went far beyond. How far, he didn't know." Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance This describes, more or less where I'm at. I've always been a very logical, common sense, kind of guy. No more. I've experienced so much in the past year and a half that ...

... they were playing , he didn't speak much English, but said they were a 'big band, very good' so we followed them. There was a tent set up with a bar and lots of tables and chairs. There were a whole bunch of drunk military band people already there (good to see nothing changes) and we got a beer and settled in to watch the band. They weren't to bad, played some good charts and the singer was excellent, so we had a good night. We were hoping to head to ...

23/3- flew to denmark where shell bell picked me up. 24/3- spent the day with everyone. 25/3- spent the afternoon travelling to georgie's school where i stayed over night. 26/3- got picked up by shell bell, got the plane home after helping a woman who ran out of gas.

... a more expensive cabin resulted in free breakfast and a free mini-bar in the room! En-suite shower was the best for the next week. Upgrade also allowed us to have an exclusive cooked breakfast in a special section of the restaurant with no kids. In Denmark, leaving the boat was equally smooth - cars in front start driving, we drive and we're on dry land in another country. Cursory examination of the passports and we're waved through.

Arrived safe and sound in Esjberg. Ferry trip went without a hitch. Nona didn't even puke! Driving on the right hand side of the road is a cinch as long as everybody stays out of my way. There are windfarms as far as the eye can see. We are staying in Ribe just south of the ferry terminal. We're practicing the local lingo before heading to the pub for some Danish beer!