Today has been the worst so far. I woke up and that that I posted a
picture of earlier had pissed all over my sleeping bag, and I had to
throw it away. We were supposed to meet up with the other van at 9 to
start the drive, but we didn't get together till after 11. So I've
been in the back of the van for 6 hours and we still have another 2
and a half. The a/c is broken and I'm sweating like a pig. It's so
humid and I feel really gross. Hopefully we make it to the show
tonight and we have a great time. I guess there are supposed to be
some Americans at this show.

Mike Rules

Hanging out in France.

We stopped here (still on Angouleme) on our way to Spain to take a
group photo. We were standing on a cliff about 70 feet above the
ground overlooking the city. The show we're playing is a matinée, so
hopefully we can do some walking around the city since we didn't get
to do that too much yesterday.

This is the river right outside the venue we played at last night in
Nantes' France. At night, all the rings light up in different colors.
It's pretty cool. It was only our second show, but the reactions have
been great. So far, we've made over $550, and that's just from merch.
Last night we got to stay in a hotel, and I got an actual bed. We are
stuck in traffic on our way to the next city we're playing. Angouleme,
here we come.

The entire town is reminding everyone of hot fuzz.

The next couple of posts are pictures that I've taken around Pietz's
home town with a population of 200.

Wade, Franken & Joe hanging out in Pietz's house.

i am sitting in a house in Merbeck, Germany. population 200. i have been keeping a detailed account of everything in my tour journal. i will either re-type it all or scan it in an post the whole thing in my terrible handwriting. our flight got in 2 hours late and there was a 3 hour drive from Frankfurt to Merbeck. we are just hanging out today and going to the Netherlands. Our first show is tomorrow. and hopefully i can get more than 3.5 hours of sleep tonight.

im waiting for chad to pick me up, then were going to get joe. then we all head up to LAX, and wait around for our flight to leave.

i am still sick.

i hope this is a totally positive experience. check back for more.