After being reasonably under-whelmed by the architecture in Berlin, arriving in Copenhagen in the snow was like waking up in a black and white Christmas film.
Liz was feeling a little off so she fell into a deep fairytale-like slumber and didn’t arise until the next day. Meanwhile, I wandered through white-flecked streets in a [...]

After an exhausting 24 hour train journey north, Berlin greeted us like an ugly drunk. And by that I mean everyone there was either ugly, drunk or both. And it was difficult to tell which was the result of which…
There were large old woman with square heads and hard faces that looked as though they [...]

At this point, we had been in Italy just 3 days and had been given 2 bottles of wine, a bottle of grappa, 3 cookbooks and 4 teacups. My bag was getting heavy, my stomach was always full and the only time I’d touched my purse was to buy one bottle of water.
Gig number three [...]

Italy is destroying my life. It just doesn’t get any better than this so I
may be dissatisfied with everything that happens to me from here on in.
Everything I eat is my new favourite dish. Every gig is the best yet.
We arrived in Italy exhausted from traveling by plane, train and bus from
Amsterdam to Asti. Our [...]

I now have the wonderful Liz Smith in the tour party for tour management and good company. We met up in Amsterdam. Of course it was in the rather large Central Station and of course it was rush hour but we managed to find each other eventually and quickly set about being in Amsterdam. I [...]

Skip ahead 2 days and I’m on a train back to Paris , completely drunk and apologising to the woman seated next to me with a, “Sorry if I smell like cigarettes and wine - I’ve just been to Bordeaux…”
How did I get here? I remember leaving Paris, happy to be heading out of the [...]

Paris, Je t’aime!
Yes, I love Paris. I knew I would. I’d seen enough films.
And what’s more, I think it loves me too.. if strange men constantly telling me I’m ‘magnific!’ counts as proof.
We were so relieved to leave Euro Disney and travel into Paris proper on Friday! As a fitting tribute to our [...]

Where do I start?? I thought I had experienced suffering before in my life but nothing comes close to living in Disney village!
Perhaps I should back up a few days. London. My second London gig was a far cry from the first. Armed with my guitar and a few CDs, I hopped onto the tube, [...]

Well, I’ve been in London for 3 days now and so far I’ve been robbed, sworn at, bruised by hail, frozen by snow and soaked by puddles. I love this city.
5 days ago I boarded a plane in Christchurch airport and spent the next 32 hours in a timeless, cultureless, germ-filled vacuum. Then I woke [...]