port(ugal)

lisbon is amazing. we took a very long, uncomfortable night train on thursday and arrived in the city around 8 friday morning. after finding breakfast and getting used to portuguese we managed to find the most incredible hostal for 16 euro a night.

we walked around the city, which happens to be one of the more hilly places i´ve ever been to. similar to San Francisco. our friend Elise has a friend studying abroad in lisbon, and he was able to show us around and take us to see a very old fortress/castle and a cathedral. both of these attractions were situated on a hill overlooking the entire city. absolutely stunning.

on saturday we went to the beach. it was about 4o minutes outside of the city by train. the view was breathtaking and the people were all very carefree! we had excellent portuguese cuisine and sangria (my favorite part). also, some hippies were playing music which was fun...

lisboa

i am currently in Lisbon, Portugal. i don't have my computer, sadly, but i will blog once i return...

going to see wavves tonight!!

espana

on sunday i arrived in Aranjuez, Spain. I am staying with a family of 4: Coral, my mother, Julian (11), Coral (9), and Marcial (7). It has been interesting living with younger siblings, but everyone has been so nice and acomodating!

our house is very beautiful. there is a pool in the backyard with a beautiful view of the mountains. my family also has two very small baby chickens taht roam around freely in the backyard! so cute!

yesterday we started classes. i got to know the professors and everyone a little bit better, and eventually i met some spanish students from the college here. they were nice. we drank some beer and learned more about the town.

i will blog as much as i can-- the internet in the house is sporadic...

new dork

played in Northampton, MA on Tuesday and New York on Wednesday at the R bar ( I won't post my pirate joke). New York was full of energy, and the show was wonderful! I really enjoyed playing with Julia Francis and of course, my sisters band CoQ10! It was a great night with lots of great people!

i am staying in the most incredible loft.

tomorrow, Espana...

new england

We played a show in Keene, New Hampshire on Friday at the Starving Artist. It was a cute little community-run art space that puts on shows occasionally. On Saturday we went to Cape Cod to celebrate a birthday...beautiful town. Now we are in Boston.. I think we are playing a graduation party tonight...

This is our friend Bjorn's dog. Her name is Maiden--yes, as in Iron Maiden...

toronto, ontario

Toronto was definitely the best place
we played yet! We stayed at a beautiful
house with amazing people in an awesome
neighborhood. We couldn't have
asked for anything more!
Thank you to everyone who
made these dates so great!!

Possibly the best part was seeing this
sailboat at the marina!!

In New Hampshire right now, off to Cape Cod tomorrow for a brief repose...

tour magic!

on tour with Busman's Holiday! Having so much fun, but I think my camera is temporarily out of commission... I'll work on that...

We have been playing shows with Eric Ayotte (also in the band Halo Fauna), whose music is excellent. It is a pleasure to hear him every night!

Right now we are in Toronto. We played a show last night at the Cameron House, which was a pretty upscale, swanky bar, but luckily a lot of people came out to see the show. The people we are staying with are so giving and interested in what we are doing! Eating lots of good falafel, as well...

Paul is fixing to buy a Philly Cheesesteak in every city we go to...

Tomorrow we drive to Buffalo, NY...