I'm in Portsmouth!

After long and interesting journey..

First I went to London with a plane, to Heathrow airport. That airport is incredibly big. Here's how big it is; I went with a bus to Woking, and when I sat on it, we were driving for like 10 minutes and we were still on the airport. Unbelivably enormous.. But, everything's well organized and it's easy to get around. From Woking I went with a train to Havant, and then with a car to Portsmouth.

On one of the images below you can see something really red in the sky, photoed in London. That's the sun. Too bad I have really bad camera on my cell phone, so it didn't fall out as it really was.. I have never seen the sun more red than that one.

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Dielle has shown me a decent part of Portsmouth. We were on Spinnaker tower;

We went through many other significances of the city. I really like how's everthing built in the area. Most of the houses are built out of full bricks, which gives them kinda historical look. It's really sympathic.. and English too. :)

In Saturday we had a masterclass. I was speaking about creating melodies, Dielle Lodrick about preparing for the shows and how to improve them, and James Scott was talking about wiriting effective lyrics. I don't have much material from the masterclass at my hand right now, but we recorded everything with pro cameras, so hopefully we'll get something out there soon!

At Sunday, we went on The Cheese Doctors gig. They were playing in the Petersfield area, in some small place in the forrest, in the pub that's called 'Pub With No Name'. They were awesome.. Everything was awesome.. the vibe, the people, the band.. I even got to play few songs with them!

This was crazy!

It's Monday, and Dielle and I decided to hop in to Wickham to look around and grab something to eat. She took me out in this wonderful Indian restaurant called Veranda. The food I ate there is one of the best I ever tried. It has so much ingredients, and each ingredient fulfills the others taste. Simply unbelievable. If you're ever around, you should visit this place. 

After we ate, we went out to St. Nicholas church. It's one really peaceful place. It has an unique vibe, and the serenity just takes you over there...

In the evening, we went out on the open mic night in The Talking Heads. It was awesome. So many fellas jumping on the stage and leaving their heart out there..

I can't, 

but I must

for, if I won't,

I never will

These days I'm jamming a lot with Dielle. I have my guitar, and she has her piano, and we're having lots of fun.

Dielle was giving voice tuition in London for 2 days, and I went with her, but to explore the city. I visited almost every significant building and feature there, but have left some for the other visit. First I went to Hyde Park - pure nature in the middle of megacity. Then I went to Kensington Palace, where I had a quest to find the names in rooms of all 7 queens that were living there. Then I went alongside Albert Hall, which is a beautiful venue where famous musicians often play. Then, I went to Natural History Museum. I've seen all sorts of things there; 220 million ages old tree, dinosaur skeletons, evolution theory artifacts, collection of all minerals on Earth - from gold, iron and hemalits, to meteorits. After that I went to Buckingham Palace. Extraordinary building, and gardens around it, also. That was the first day. Big thanks to Lucy, really nice person who warmly welcomed us for a stay.

The next day I went to Trafalgar square. I was sitting there for almost an hour. The vibe of it was overwhelming. Right on it, there's a National Gallery. I've seen paintings from almost every known painter there... I really liked Leonardo da Vinci's paintings. They are made as if they're 3d. Unbelievable. 

After that I went down to Big Ben. That's something worth seeing. The parliament buildings are just awesome. Then I went along the Themes River up to the London Eye, through a street on which numerous interesting performers dwell. Exciting... Then I went to Tate Modern - incredibly big building with fine galleries, and after that to St. Paul's Cathedral. At that point, I had only 2-3 hours left and I chose to spend them at the National Museum. That museum is something simply enormous. I got lost in it when trying to get out. You search for exit, but instead you end up in another gallery. They've got artifacts from almost every bigger culture of the world. Just beautiful...

I am so glad to haver experienced London. It is not a city you can describe with words. You can just visit it, and that is only way to really know what it is. Simply incredible...

After England, Dielle and I went to Oostende, Belgium, to give masterclasses at Antony Reynaerts', our good friends' music school. It was simply awesome. I'm really glad how all the students interacted and made those masterclasses rock. We taped everything, so there might be some cool videos coming up. Right now, I've got only one from the jam I had with Antony.

That was so fulfilling, as everything else I did there. I wanna thank everyone that came and participated in all those events. There will be plenty of them coming!

Also, I just wanted to point out that Belgium is the country of cheese, beer and chocolate. I chose to stick to that, and it was extraordinary. Definitelly try Kriek beers if you get around, that's a cherry flavored beer. It rocks. And if you're going after chocolates, go after white chocolates with pineapple. That taste was unforgettable. 

Middelburg is one beautiful city in Southwest Netherlands, where I was staying for a week. In history, it was Netherlands' second most important city, the first one after Amsterdam. It has long history of numerous sea wars with England and Spain, so there are many things to be seen here. I visited Lange Jan and Zeeuws Museum.  

The city itself is a perfect balance of village and town, which is really rare to find. Heartly people, excellent food and even better beers guarantee that you'll have awesome time here. :)

I had a masterclass in Utrecht, organized by Studio Sound of Music. I was teaching about soulful playing and getting a better tone. There's not much material from the event yet, but soon there'll be lot of it, and I'll update it as I get it. Right now, I have only few pictures.

As I was returning from Utrecht to Middelburg on Saturday, I gathered with my friends in Rotterdam. We visited the Blijdorp Zoo. That's one really big and diverse zoo everyone should take a look at. So many various animals, and their habitats are made as they were in the nature. I liked the Oceanium the most. As if you were underwater... Astonishing.

In the evening, we went out in Middelburg. Fortunately, there aren't any videos of all that. :)

Excellent beers, lovely company and long nights. 

Nice way to end a 3 week journey through 3 countries...