// Toisesta blogista tänne siirretty kertomus Satun ja mun 2017-vuoden kesäkiertueesta. Seurattiin siis Paramoren After Laughter -kiertuetta, joka alkoi Euroopasta.
Wow. It’s been a while since I wrote anything. Being in college and having to write things on a regular basis really kills the creative writer in me. The reason I came back to this blog was the fact that time goes by WAY, way, WAY too fast. I vividly remember looking forward to all these trips I have already made, emphasis on the word ‘already’. I want to have some proof of those memories. Want to write something down, before I forget all of it.
Wow. It’s been a while since I wrote anything. Being in college and having to write things on a regular basis really kills the creative writer in me. The reason I came back to this blog was the fact that time goes by WAY, way, WAY too fast. I vividly remember looking forward to all these trips I have already made, emphasis on the word ‘already’. I want to have some proof of those memories. Want to write something down, before I forget all of it.
So, Satu and I spent a month together this summer traveling all over Europe. We visited nine countries (ten, if you count me running to a café in Czech Republic when our bus to Berlin stopped there), while following Paramore on their first tour of their new album, After Laughter. The tour, appropriately named “Tour One”, stopped in the following cities and countries:
We skipped Edinburgh (a logistical nightmare, too expensive for us), Hungary (we are not big festival fans), Czech Republic (same reason, we were offered free tickets though, but only once we had already booked all travel, ugh!). We went to the following shows:
15.6 Dublin, Ireland
16.6 Belfast, UK
18.6 Manchester, UK (Satu got a high fever and had to miss this one)
19.6 London, UK
21.6 Bristol, UK
24.6 Cologne, Germany
25.6 Tilburg, The Netherlands
27.6 Paris, France
29.6 Vienna, Austria
2.7 Berlin, Germany
3.7 Hamburg, Germany
7.7 Stockholm, Sweden
9.7 Turku, Finland (festival, but in our home country so we had to go!)
12.7 Copenhagen, Denmark
14.7 Tonsberg, Norway (festival, but the last date of the tour so…)
16.6 Belfast, UK
18.6 Manchester, UK (Satu got a high fever and had to miss this one)
19.6 London, UK
21.6 Bristol, UK
24.6 Cologne, Germany
25.6 Tilburg, The Netherlands
27.6 Paris, France
29.6 Vienna, Austria
2.7 Berlin, Germany
3.7 Hamburg, Germany
7.7 Stockholm, Sweden
9.7 Turku, Finland (festival, but in our home country so we had to go!)
12.7 Copenhagen, Denmark
14.7 Tonsberg, Norway (festival, but the last date of the tour so…)
Satu and I were joined by multiple Paramore fans, to split hotel costs and just to have a grand ole time on the road. We traveled most of the tour with an English girl named Sophie, an English girl Josie who has made appearances on this blog before as well, and Meri, who is from Finland like us. We met many friends while on tour and made some new ones, but there are sooo many I can’t even list all of them.
So the question we heard the most was… how did you afford to do this? Well. I made a spreadsheet and you can now call me a self-proclaimed Excel Queen. I budgeted our accommodation, traveling costs, and tickets. The tickets were easily the biggest portion of the money we spent, but in total we only paid around 2,000 euros (each) for a MONTH-long trip expanding over 10 countries. Pretty good budgeting in my opinion, considering the concert tickets were about 600 euros of that. We mostly stayed at hotels, except in Manchester and London (friends’ houses), and in Berlin, Dublin, and Copenhagen (hostels, with private rooms because we would find some fans that would split them with us).
I will go over each tour date in the next blog posts. Now it’s time to go to bed.
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