The Journey Itself Is Home

Here are two photos. The first one is of the Arena, the second one of the Roman temple.

The concert yesterday went OK. The audience, some 8000 people, were making waves as we entered the Arena, which was very funny, but much appreciated!

It was a bit strange being on stage again. I felt slightly disoriented and thought I didn’t play too well. But the Brass was very good and Björk was really powerful.

It was Ragga’s birthday a few days ago, so before we played the encores Björk sang Happy Birthday for her. I didn’t know she was going to do that, but spontaneously accompanied her on the piano. Björk’s singing made the crowd hysterical and the people began screaming “RAGGA, RAGGA, RAGGA…” until she came on stage for a few seconds. It was a great audience.

I have been walking around the center of Nimes today. It is a lovely place. The people are kind and the town itself is charming. There is a Roman temple here that is amazingly well preserved. Unfortunately there is nothing to see inside. I understand the temple has been changed into a movie theatre where you can see a 30 minutes’ documentary on THOSE STUPID ROMANS as Asterix called them - if memory serves me right. I would have preferred to see how the interior of a Roman temple looked back then.