London Part one- Hanging out with rock stars

So, why are you in London? Well, I know these guys in a band . . .

Totally worth it. First, I love the Flobots, second, I love London. I knew I would love London. There is so much to see that it is a bit overwhelming at time, but it is great. I don't think it would even be possible to get bored here. So anyway, I booked a ticket and came. Ta-da! London. The first two days of my trip were very Flobots centered. When I arrived in London, I hopped directly on a train to Manchester for the first of their two Britain shows. When I got to Manchester I ran into a bit of a problem when the girl I was supposed to stay with never came and got me from the train station. No problem, I went to the show and met up with the band and they made sure I was taken care of- sleeping on the tour bus! They were great enough to clear out a bed for me and let me ride with them back to London. Sleeping on a tour bus with a rock band. How cool is that? When we got to London, we just kind of hung out for the day while they got ready for their show that night. I found the girl that I was supposed to stay with in London (no miscommunication this time, no problems, great person) and got settled. I then met up with my friend Ria at the show. The last time I saw Ria, in fact, was at the Flobots show in Denver 6 months ago on the day before I left for Albania. She lives in Northern Ireland, but met up with some of her friends from Uni (that's British for University) for the concert. It was great to see her and get to spend some time with her and her friends. Unfortunately, I didn't get to spend too much time with the band after the London show (they had to go do press interviews and who knows what else the next day), but at least I did get some face time on the bus and two awesome shows. Too bad it will probably be another two years before I get to see them again . . .unless their tour comes to Albania :).

Performing "Rise" in London