Brno - Day 4

I'll be honest....this post is mostly about food.  Just sayin'

This morning we were given a traditional Czech breakfast at the hotel.  Our choices were ham and eggs or sausage.  I'm not really crazy about eggs, so I ordered the sausage....

After breakfast we hopped in the car and drove to Brno, Czech Republic.  It was a quick drive (3 hours) and upon arrival Dan and I went out to grab some lunch. 

This was the menu...

 Pretty easy to read right?!?  Luckily the waiter was very nice and he hooked us up with some great food.  We both had soup, and goulash.  It was very yumma!

After checking in to our stylish hotel....

Dan and I went for a walk around town. 

We saw some interesting things, including this ad for meat

Then we went to play our gig at Klub Alterna

After sound check we were taken out to a great restaurant for dinner.  The food was great, and we were all on our best behavior!

We had a fantastic gig at the club (best one yet!)

Afterwards we stayed to hang out with the manager Daniel.  We had some drinks...perhaps a couple too many!

One of the bartenders taught us how to pour a proper pint.  Dan was almost awesome.

Tomorrow we are off to Prague!  Very exciting.  Rest is necessary.  Good night for now...Thanks Brno and Klub Alterna!

Day 3 - Teplice

Today was a bit of a rough one.   I think this was due to the combination of little too much fun last night, going to bed at 4:30am and jet lag.  But we had a great gig, so that made it all worthwhile!

First off, a little aside about the van we are renting.  I was pretty sad when I saw our giant stupid black van.  I was excited about driving on the Autobahn, and this didn't seem like it would be able to keep up!

What I soon discovered is that even the vans in Germany are super-well made.  This one happens to be a Mercedes, and I was soon doing 150km/h on the Autobahn!

Now, back to our travels.  We hopped in our speedy van and drove 4 hours to Teplice, Czech Republic.  It was a beautiful drive through the country side, and we saw some beautiful stuff.  Unfortunately I was driving so I don't really have any pictures of that, but I did take this one while we were stopped getting gas. 

 

Speaking of gas, the super van only takes Diesel.  I went to the gas station in CZ and the nozzle didn't even fit in the tank!  But, I carefully filled it anyways, and only spilled a bunch all over me and the floor.  Oops.  I should have just followed the advice on the side of the gas tank, and played trumpet in a wheelchair.

We arrived in Teplice around 3:30pm at our hotel, the Hotel Dexter.  It was a neat place, with flat-like apartments.

After a brief rest (and run through the city by Dan and I) we headed over to the aptly named Teplice Jazz Club.  It was a cute spot, and we had a great gig for an appreciative audience.  

 

After sound check, Dan and I went on a little roam around town.  Here's some scenery pics! 

Tomorrow, we are off to Brno, Czech Republic.  More fun to follow!

Pfaffenhofen - Day 2

I got to watch the Leafs game (game 1) on my puter. They looked like garbage in the 1st, but they won...Hooray!
Had a tough time sleeping...I can't imagine why....

In the morning, Adrean and I did some grocery shopping before we went to the airport to pick up Dan and Joel. Saw some strange things at the grocery store...

Afterwards, Adrean and I drove to the airport to pick up Dan and Joel...

Then we drove to Pfaffenhofen Germany. Upon arrival, Dan and I went on a walk to find some lunch, and check out the town. I had the schnitzel. It was great


We played a super fun gig at the Kunsterwerkstatt. It looked like a woodworking shop, but the audience was awesome, and they loved the show! We had a great hang afterwards as well.







When we got back to the hotel, we watched the exciting end to the Brewers-Diamondbacks game.Joel was really excited the Brewers won!
On to Teplice, Czech Republic!