Berlin

I’m in Berlin now. I have been here for just over a month. Tractile is playing all over Europe (especially Italy and Germany at the moment). As i’ve told many a soul, the simple fact that there are more restaurants around the corner from me than in all of Sarnia made it a worth while move. It’s nice to be some place with things to do and places to go, all the while being able to be a hermit when desired and avoid civilization. The biggest perk to being here is probably access to the rest of Europe… (and Europe having access to me - playing shows and the like). Interestingly enough (or not), the most appealing and interesting things so far have been the discovery of different consumer products at the grocery stores and the like. Right up there though would be clubs that don’t even open until well after most North American’s bedtimes and the wealth of entertainment and talented musicians/artists playing every week. On the more mundane front, I miss having the quality of internet access we have back in Canada.

I purposely left my camera collection in Canada because of the space it would take up and the inevitable distraction they would become, not to mention huge drain on the time and wallet (development and supplies, etc). I hadn’t touched any of that stuff for months anyway.. I might have to cross over and buy something digital and compact soon though. Even though I don’t feel like it, it’s considered a crime by some to not take pictures of things when seeing the world like this.

Apartment hunting and visa fun is next. Plan on recording lots of new material as well. Things will be busy.

You can wake up now. The boring account of my last month is over. Exciting stories will surely follow…