* So if anyone was outside the venue & thought they heard Sandra singing, it wasn’t her! It was a tape of her vocals & the guys played along to that.Īfter soundcheck finished, Henning came to have a chat with us. Something i STILL cant get my head around is the fact that Sandra never seems to do soundchecks with the guys* (The only time I’ve know that to happen is if they’re doing a show for TV OR first night of a tour) I really should have worked out straight away what they were gonna do, but i was a bit slow if i’m honest. What was that little drum set all about? The screens looked cool as they depicted images from back in the ’90s. It was interesting to see how they had the stage set up. All 3 of us managed to do it.We were walked through & went up on the end of the side balcony. I remember Andy having some kind of beef patte with a bun, followed by apple pie complete with slagroom □ I’d prearranged with Henning that i’d phone him when we got to the venue as we wanted to see the soundcheck etc. I think we all might have had food there. The 2nd photo is of Jorge “Checking out the competition” □ Our next stop was “Cafe Kalkhoven”. Walking along another street we saw a couple of interesting things. It didn’t give a dam.(See what i did there? □ ) Eventually, we stopped off at “Rooie Neli’s” & had beers. As we walked along various streets i saw a fuck off big bird sat on a car. We had a brief little game of “indoor mini basketball” ! We all then left for more wandering around.As we were going past Melkweg, we saw the tour bus was there so i had to take a photo or Andy & Jorge next to it. Jorge & myself had breakfast in the hotel.It was quite nice.(Andy was at his hotel & went to Bagels & Beans) Later Andy came to the hotel & i took him up to our room. As it was still raining, we walked to central station & took a tram back to our respective hotels. Had a couple of drinks & then decided to head “home”. I stayed a night there years back as The Old Quarter was sold out. (I wasn’t the only one who noticed it!) As we’d been there a while already, we decided to go visit another bar, just up the road. Sorry,but not sorry, to say it, but, Benoit was being a bit of a dickhead. Was nice seeing Kitti again as hadn’t seen her for a long time. It was good to get out of the rain ! After numerous txts from them, Kitti & Benoit came to the Old Quarter. It was some kind of Dutch Stew & was gorgeous!). Not only that, but they stopped doing the evening meal which we loved. We stopped staying there when there was a change of management & the cost wasn’t as good value as previous times. (That’s a place we’ve stayed at a few times over the years. So we decided to go have a beer at “The Old Quarter”. We told him we’d show him around the “Meat & 2 veg” section for a laugh □ By the time we got down that end of the city, it started to piss it down. Jorge had only previously visited there with female company, so he was keen to visit again. Once we’d finished, we decided to have a walk to the Red light District. We were lucky to get a table as it was very busy. We walked up & down the street & eventually decided to go in the Sherpa Nepelese restaurant.(We’d been there before on a previous trip, so knew it was good). Jorge also seemed quite impressed with the room.Įventually we went out for a wander & arranged to meet Andy near The Bulldog on Leidseplein, to try find a place to have a meal together. Soon enough he was here & i went down to meet him. I decided to just chill there until Jorge arrived. Whilst this hotel was nowhere near as “plush” as the Hilton, it served it’s purpose & was good value for money (also added bonus of being closer to Melkweg etc). Apparently, he went to Moco Museum to check out the Banksy and Roy Lichtenstein exhibition…& i’m sure that he would be going via various bars □ Once the room was ready, i went up & was quite surprised how good it was. As the room wasn’t ready yet,i stayed in reception whilst Andy went off again. Later Andy came back, we had some rubbish coffee & then left to go check into the hotel i’d booked for me & Jorge.It was very close & as we’d passed it the previous day, no trouble to find it. Of course, he had to ask Urethra at reception for directions (Any excuse eh mate ? □ ) As i didn’t have a great nights sleep the previous night, i decided to stay there a bit longer □ (Hey, at least Andy can joke about the snoring lol). I think he’d planned to visit a couple of museums. Whilst still at The Hilton, in the morning, Andy went off for a wander. On Saturday the 4th of November Jorge was due to arrive.
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