The third leg of the tour has started. It is a little hard. I spent almost four sedentary weeks in Iceland and I find the different tempo now difficult to deal with. But I’ll soon get used to it!
I have been strangely absent minded today. I forgot my reading glasses on the plane today. And my headphones. And something else on the hotel I spent last night in…
I hate it when I lose things. But Björk told me recently that one has to just accept it when one is touring. When you keep changing hotels you are bound to be forgetful at times.
We have now arrived in Nimes in France. The Brass Band, Mark Bell, Númi and me flew to England yesterday, spent a night there and then flew to Montpellier today. Björk had arrived a bit earlier; in fact, I haven’t seen her since the inauguration of the music club I keep mentioning!
I took a walk around the center of Nimes today. I was pleasantly surprised when I came across a Roman amphitheatre, the Arena of Nimes, which I didn’t even know existed. And was even more surprised when I saw a poster with a familiar name: BJÖRK. Under her name I could see that WE are actually playing in the Arena!
I will get to play a gladiator, it seems…
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August 20th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Best of luck and warm wishes to the whole crew on the second journey! I also hate to lose stuff though the glasses seems to be the worst.
Any way hope your able to keep everything with you, my trick is whenever I’m about to get off the bus or something I do a quick pocket check. Also have a great time in the arena! thanks for the blog Jónas!
August 20th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
I’ll keep my thumb up for you, in case you need it, Jónas
August 21st, 2007 at 3:54 am
Not only during the performance of “Declare Independence,” you should not only have a flag to raise, but RAISE YOUR GLADIATOR SWORD!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:08 am
A sword? Now, that’s a good idea!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:09 am
What was it that they said, oh yes: “We who are about to die, we salute you!” Maybe THAT’S what we should declare!
August 21st, 2007 at 2:31 pm
The arenas are sand-covered as it was useful to hide the gladiator’s blood. It is very common to find arenas in South France : you can find some in Arles, the famous arenas of France. There are arenas in Fréjus, and in Nice where they organize the Int’l Jazz Festival. Maybe one day Bjork will play there ? We can dream !
I will go to the 23rd august show in Nîmes. I’m going to spend the day stalking in the city after some brass girls, a jonas sen, or a bjork ….
Cheers
Romain