Last weekend was
a lot of fun. I got to see a new corner of the world and my favorite
band live. The latter for the third time. The former, though... I can
barely even count the times I’ve traveled to a new location as
a tourist. After all, I’ve been to damn near 20 countries at
this point in my life.
I could try and see if I can list them all off the top of my head, but I’d rather save the space.
Either way, Birmingham was a rather nice place. I can’t say I fell in love with it, though. I was under the impression it’d be a less city-like place than London, but alas, I was proven wrong. Still, it certainly wasn’t a bad place. And I especially liked how quiet it was around the immediate surroundings of the hotel I stayed at.
How about Haken, though? Do I even need to say? They were amazing - just as much so as the two previous times I’d seen them. But then again, I’m a biased motherfucker - after all, they are my favorite band. And for a reason. They made me fall in love with progressive metal. And I can’t thank them enough for that.
I should be careful not to get side-tracked again.
Aside from the aforementioned, my favorite experience from the weekend trip was at an instrument store, where I had the pleasure of laying my hands on an 8-string guitar. I don’t even know how much time I spent just playing the thing. It was simply too fun.
So overall, I had fun in Birmingham.