9.10.2010 Lausanne

Good morning Lausanne! Today we are playing in the coolest venue so far, Les Docks. We arrived Lausanne around twelve a clock and after a short breakfast I, Niilo and Urski decided to do some sightseeing as the gig place was located very near the city center. I looked pretty good-looking music store with google maps and off we went.

We ended up wandering around endlessly through very steep streets and found practically everything else except this one music shop we were after. The city was however very beautiful and people were very nice and helpful with our orienteering task. Except for the last guy who gave us the wrong directions. Niilo and Urski decided to head back while I made the last attempt to find the shop. Luckily I managed to do it. Very nice looking shop but of course they did not have any tuners or anything else except guitars. However, I met few fans that wanted to take picture with me and I had nice chat with the owner of the shop who was a musician himself. Actually it turned out that he had been touring with Black label Society and had made a customized pedal box for Mr. Wylde. Of steel of course.

As it was really nice day I bought some lemonade from the nearby corner store and went to chill in the park for a while. Even though it is already October, it feels like summer in here. Only few fallen leaves reminds from the upcoming autumn and winter. When I got back to the venue it was already time to do a sound check. The stage was pretty big and we managed to get very good overall balance in no time. We were supposed to have dinner at 5 pm but it soon turned out that we would not get any food until 7 pm. But this did not bother that much as we had bit later stage time today, which gives you enough time to recover from stuffing yourself up with all delicacies. The show itself was again super and the crowd was amazing. We love you Switzerland and will be back asap!

Ville F./INSOMNIUM