3.10.2010 Porto

I woke up at noon to the bumpy bus ride. We were strolling up and down the narrow streets of Porto’s old town, and the ride was something compared to a roller coaster. Slower though.

We made it to the venue. There was a huge storm going on, so load-in happened in pouring rain and whirling wind. Local stage-hands helped a lot, so I didn’t actually even get wet. The venue was a cool spacious building, where everything was painted pitch black. Really classy interior, but when it came to the backstage we found it to be unfinished. No hot water at all and at there were only wires sticking out of walls and ceiling where there should have been lights and sockets.

The rain had paused for a while, so we left and went to explore the town a bit. It turned to be a really beautiful old city with narrow streets and lots of stairs. Amazingly high bridge turned to be a negative experience for hung-over hippies. Local seafood cuisine turned out to be a pleasant one. Very nice town, we shall be back some day in more pleasant weather!

The night turned to be a good one. That seems to be the usual standard for this tour. The venue was full of eager metal-heads and we gave them our best shot. Definitely one of the best shows on this tour this far. We enjoyed our time after the show on the merch booth meeting some Portuguese fans. Eventually the night proceeded to showers and load-out. If I recall correctly we had an intention of staying sober and going to bed early this night. We failed. Cheers!

Ville Vänni