A very confusing roundabout

That's what this tour sometimes feels like - a very confusing roundabout. On Saturday morning we left Eastleigh and drove towards Selsey and Bunn leisure Park. 

Little did we know that the cold car was the warmest place we would find in the upcoming 24 hours. Bunn leisure Park is a place with 2000 caravans and a huge entertainment complex and no heating system what so ever. (maybe they have one but they just don't use it)

And little did it help us when the staff told us that last year at this time people were sunbathing. Well, not this year. 

We had decided already in Finland that we would go a bit wild and crazy and sleep in a caravan this one night. 

Why, I ask myself? 

Sometimes the glamour and the bling bling feels very distant from an a cappella singers life. 

Welcome home girls! 

In the girls caravan the temperature was above freezing point. In the boys caravan it wasn't. 

The backstage room was the only warm place in the whole area.  And the spirit was high.

And Linda was crying and Anna was trying to choke her gently.

The gig went fine once we were able to open our frozen jaws and the crowd at Selsey seemed happy and made sure we felt warm. 

The next day we left the wonderful Selsey very early in the morning and headed towards St Albans were we had a gig in the evening. We have almost nothing to complain about St Albans, the hotel rooms were warm, the audience was great, but the breakfast out on the terrace was a bit too much.

So we went to eat at the best breakfast place in town.

There are clearly a few things that makes us sad and a few things that makes us happy. In that way we are very simple people. Good food makes us happy.

Look at that happy face. Who would't want to have hot chocolate with marshmallows for breakfast?!

Today we arrived to Wavendon, Milton Keynes. Looking forward to the gig tonight! At least the hotel rooms are warm.

He is so ready for Wavendon! The question is: is Wavendon ready for him?

The UK tour!

Here we are in the English countryside on our first UK tour. This morning we woke up in Eastleigh at the Ellington lodge hotel where we also had a gig last night.

The hotel has a bar where non members like us are welcome.

We landed in Birmingham on Thursday morning. Hasse and Greg had arrived a day earlier with our technical equipments and a van and they were kind enough to pick us up at the airport. The left hand side driving doesn't seem to be a problem for Hasse, that is why he will be driving for the whole tour!

While Greg and Hasse were roading and building the rest of us focused on the more important things. Like food.

In Birmingham we performed at the JamHouse. The place was packed with students who in the beginning of the show wasn't quite sure of how to behave in front of four Finns dressed in white and singing Final countdown, was this for real?

Yes it was for real and when we came to our last song which of course was Bohemian Rhapsody we actually didn't need to sing at all.  The crowd was singing for us. Wonderful!

The next day while Hasse and Greg were roading and building we were focusing on the more important things. The local cheesecake.
Jonte: why are you doing this to me?! Why?!
Kasper: I am so happy I didn't have any cake, not jealous at all, just happy!

After the cheesecake we had to do a very soft version of a soundcheck.

The gig in Eastleigh was lots of fun. We told the crowd that before the night was over they would all be dancing. And so they did!

After the gigs we like to hang around as a group and just share our thought and feelings of the evening.

Enjoying each others company.

Also Hasse, our light guy, is enjoying our company.

Today we are heading towards Bunn Leisure Park in Selsey!