So, this is "parting ways" :( ..... not forever I hope, cause I miss you already, all of you ! I had the best time of my life and I wanne thank all that took part in this .....this peculiar and wonderful adventure of the "Magic Bus" ;) Hope to see you next year !!! ..........or prefably before...lol..... Cannot mention all 55 - 60 of you, but ...thx Robert for breakfast and hoovering and cheesy grins and for being an all around terrific person, thx Gitta for saving my butt whenever I got lost and for organizing tix and lines and whatever else needed at any time, thx Stian for being such a persuasive pain in the arse and a perfect princess and someone to trust to be wysiwyg, thx Sandra, Pip and Fran for mysteriously geting me 3 row in Verona..lol....and again Sandra for a place to stay and being a good sport about being woken 13.00 :D I know I wouldn´t have been ;),
thx Keith also for putting me up for two nights, showing us a great time in London, and smiling when having to lock me in at 05.00 in the morning.... ;D, thx Jenn for all your support and your caring nature, thx Barry for rescuing my phone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, thx Phillip and Lorcan for being .......so sweet....lolol......., thx Randall for always lifting the roof up and Darcy for taking care of us all in every possible way, thx Babs for sewing my button, for songs and always being positive, thx Marit....THX !!!...for being you :D, thx Jason for carrying my 25 kilo bag around London, for filling my stomac with a splendid steak, for stories and understanding, thx Bowman for finding my beloved cap, for always crazy gesturing arms and wild-eyed funny ways, thx Ed and Lou for the most needed shower in my life and for being who you are :), thx Sid for having the broadest smile on the bus and being so much fun, thx Paul for sticking it and taking care of us, thx Grant and Sean for making it possible, making my dream come true, thx Eneh for limitless understanding and support in all matters, thx Aija for exotic shopping - lists....I´ll mail you for translations ;), thx Tom for the effort on "smile" ;),thx Leslie for all night conversations that helped keep my sanity, thx Niall for making me smile in my beard if I´d had one and Maggie for being Maggie, fun and positive :), thx Brian for always getting up early to take care of queuing business and for being a caring and sharing person :D Hope all turns out well in the end ;), thx to Mirella for ALL your help, which we truly could not have managed without !!!,thx to PJ for providing the kick I needed to take charge of my life again and finding the essential pieces I left behind many years ago. I wont waste another day. Thx to my family for having enough love and faith to let me go. Almost finally, thx to each and everyone that came on the bus, if only for a day or two, I did not forget you and your faces are all clear in my mind..... there are many I wish we had some more time with !! You danish lot for instance ;) ...and also thx to all the lovely people we only met in the lines or in the venue.....so many friendly people, I wont ever forget....and thx Omar for the tequila...he he....and the mask, what a gesture ! I will treasure it :)
And finally, thank you Carlos, for everything....for sharing, listening, understanding, always being there when needed, for the joy and the pain, the tears and the laughs and the comfort and conversations, silly hats and chimney smoking, you will always have a space in my heart :)

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.....ALL.....and if ever in Norway, knock on my door, you are all welcome in my home any time :))))))))))

Thoughts and LOVE to all of you!!

Pin ;)

pictures and posts

Hi everyone! I think it would be cool if everyone on the bus left a message about your adventures every now and then. I've also seen several picture sites of you traveling folks, and it would be nice to collect them all here!

see you in Bern, have fun in the meantime,
Mirella :)

Hi to the magic bus!

I agree with Randall, and now that I finally saw the bus being very real, and blue: it's pure magic!



Hi there, I don't know if and when and how you can read this, but I'd love to know how you're doing, and say hi to *Jenn who we left in your safe hands yesterday night after Antwerp. I loved Dublin, Arnhem, and Antwerp (from Soon Forget on, I started to feel good pretty late) and now we're completey exhausted already! After a short 'recovery period' Dennis and I will see you again in Bern, until the end in Zagreb. We'll drive with my own car, call it the magic Volkswagen ;). 3 shows down, 10 more to go!
I think apart from the music the most amazing about Pearl Jam are their fans. So many great people, unbelievable! It's so good to be able to spend some time with some of them/us!
Here's a picture of me and Dennis, taken at this years Roskilde Festival. For the people who haven't met us yet.
See you all soon!!!

groetjes,
Mirella :)

P.S.: you're all very welcome to join the Bugs mailinglist, if you haven't joined us already
P.P.S: one of my friends is looking for standing or 10C tickets for any of the upcoming shows. After Arhem and Antwerp she got the PJ fever again :)

....I'm Ready to Go Already.....

Hi!!

I'm Wanda from New York..... I'll be catching the shows from Bern to Berlin and will be jumping on the bus from Pistoia to Prague.....I can't wait to meet everyone and a big THANK YOU to Pinon for organizing this.... you've done an awesome job :) And Barbara if you're reading this....I'm Maria's friend from NYC and will be meeting up with you guys in Italy ;)
Safe travels to everyone!

So...this time next week, the tour would have started. Whose doing Dublin too?

Whose doing Dublin too?

OMG !!!
I just spotted
the ETB - crow, burt ;)

Hi, I´ve set up a photobucket account
for the ETB, you can find the link
in the links column. It is pretty empty now,
but I gather it will be filled up as we go :)

10C tickets for Lisbon (Night 2) and Madrid available for transfer.
Have hospital appointment, so can't make the trip.
Face value only, of course!

HELP !!!
Need a couple of decent
Antwerp tickets !!!!!

OK, so I guess it´s
official. I am stark
raving mad, cause
look at what I´ve got
on my shoulder as of
yesterday ! Uh...hope it
heals quickly :s

Geeez.........

You got good eyes, Dane !
Thx for the heads-up, and
congratulations and best wishes to
you, untitled :))))))))))))))

Thought this cake - pic was kind of
appropriate :D
Happy Birthday and dig in !!

Thought I´d put the t-shirt image up, cause
it´s so fucking great :D .... and gonna be so cool
in orange on blue...... very visible..lol....
You really outdid yourself on this one, burtschips.
IMO anyway ;)

:D

Good Afternoon ladies and gentlemen.
Your Captain would like to introduce to you....
your chief engineer....or galley boy...lol... ;)

Stian is very busy working up the money for
this "vacation" ..... he says "HI !!" and is
looking forward to meeting you all :D

A new addition to the
ETB - series :D
Muhaha, a big wave is
haunting the bus.
A big wave of PJ - love ;-)
Thank you, burtschips, it´s
fu##ing grand...and I am still
hungover...... lol....

"A Parisian Affair" by burtschips :D
"maker of the etb-series"...lol...
A very appropriate birthday drawing, if
I may say so myself... ha ha ha..THX!!!

ok... so I have to admit my head is spinning a bit,
when it comes to the "ticket-issue", so please bear with me
and correct me on the following if I have failed to get a
clear picture ;)
Carlos gives up his spare 10c Zagreb to Stians nephew, which
is great, but if possible, it would be good to get Carlos another
one, which could also be a regular GA ticket.
Then there is Praque, where we need two spare 10c tickets, one for
Stians nephew and one for Carlos´s friend.
Then we take Berlin ;) .... there we need one 10c for Stians nephew.
I have one spare 10c Madrid,1 GA Berlin and three (possibly four)
Bologna tickets (non-10c) which can all be used for trade in this
matter.
So, have I gotten this right ? blllllllrrp....... and you know.....
if anyone can help or have suggestions....whatever.....cough it up ;)

Praque, Berlin, Zagreb
We desparatly need 1 10c ticket for each of
those venues. They are for Stians newphew
and if anyone has a spare or know of
anyone who does, let me know. It would
mean a whole hell of a lot to me :)
btw..I guess GA would do to ;)




image by burtschips...thx ;)

Hi again :)
Working on a button and constantly
consulting burtschips (lol..thx)
This is were it´s currently at.

This is me and me angel in Rhodes last year :-)

Hi all, this is me ;) ...who are you ?
Let us see your faces :)

'I hope this works, somehow.'

hello all...cool blog thing...any way we can wrap june into the end of August so we can get the tour rolling? Long hot summer ahead.

Will post pic over the weekend or wait until after my holiday in 3 weeks and im all tanned and handsome. Well, tanned. Burnt probably.