Mt de Marsan, France

Each day is better than the last - can this possibly continue? To be honest this blog has a 2 day lag so I know the answer is No. But at the time everything felt amazing and we were unstoppable.

the drive from Basel to Mt de Marsan was something ridiculous like 13 hours but it yielded the BEST strawberries I've ever had - that Hansen bought at a gas station

an unbelievable dinner - thanks Raf, Alex and Julian :)

i think this area was called 3 rivers

oh god i need make up

walking on the one of two streets in Mt de Marsan

look at this face!

setting up merch...soo much merch

beautiful poster by Julian

singing a song - me making bobby frustrated

this is what it looks like when a small room full of french people smoking sings you happy birthday

and this is what i look like when i'm embarrassed

mmm french wine

blurry fans

Un cafe a emporter, S'il vous plait!

birthday tiramisu

Dima eating some anchovies - I ate one too and you know what it was totally tasty

the great heist! Blanche recommended we go to her mom's house to raid it of all the alcohol

escaping the french terror that was her stepdad - he hates americans!

i love julian's cartoons

Armangac - typical of this area

happy birthday to me - thanks France, for being so awesome!

Basel, Switzerland

Day 2 of our million day tour took us to Basel which was only 45 minutes away from Freiburg. This made it possible for our new friends Arne and Flo to come with us - they are rad so stoked to have them along for the ride.

morning in Freiburg

breakfast dessert

lovely afternoon bike ride in Germany

we put bike rides on our rider

German friends looking at shopping cart fire

shopping cart fire

Basel, Switzerland - where everyone has only one eye

The Rhine

I Love Switzerland

Hirscheneck - where we played

This photo is because of Jeremy Lemos

Pre-Show Coffee

for friends of nick cave

this show was totally awesome - Hansen sounded amazing

Me - doing nothing as usual

Bobby singing to his new best friend

The Sea Sick...or Sea Sail. Same Same.

4am after party - had to wake up at 630am the next morning. Bad decisions not documented because my camera battery died.

Freiburg, Germany

Guten tag!

So day one of our million day tour was so perfect that everything else is just going to be a disappointment. Well, hopefully not, but seriously major fun and awesome times. Here are some of the highlights of Day 1.

the international terminal at O'Hare is a joke

SARS

Bird Flu

H1N1

we beat the system by taping our sleeping bags together and thus only checking 2 pieces each which, by the way, were FREE! Air India rules - don't let that 1985 bombing fool you.

parkour

hanging out at the Frankfurt airport

Schiltach - prettiest town in the Black Forest

home of Hänsel und Gretel, Rumpelstilzchen, and Witches to be burned

Bobby stoked to be here

The Black Forest - beautiful photo taken by Chris Hansen. Totally looks like a Robert Bateman painting.

Punk Slumber Party

seriously 3 ingredients but the best snack ever

we were spoiled, 5 different kinds of vegan cakes

Paletazo

Fun Bobby

Serious Bobby

lockpick pornography

actually it explains how to lock yourselves together when protesting, but I like to imagine it's about how to pick a lock

romantic candlelight vegan dinner - thanks Arne for the most delicious food ever

Paletazo fan - Gerald

Bobby and Arne pretending to be 15 and drinking in the backseat

but it's allowed here!

Hilariously Awesome!!!!

3am hallway - everyone's sleeping and I'm in the office uploading photos.

Europe Tour

Tomorrow we fly to Europe for what will probably be the most fun, sleep deprived, alcohol/caffeine fueled adventure I've had in a while.

My plan is to update this blog a little more frequently than facebook and kinda save that for the end of the trip or perhaps a day off. Not that anything we do is really going to be a must-read. But I bet my Mom will be stoked to keep up to date with my on goings. Thanks Mom!



ps - this amazing tour poster I created is inaccurate. We are actually gone until June 15th. But Hansen is only going to be there till the 22nd.