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I made it! 17 shows in 17 cities in 17 days. Not quite Mijo’s 43 but a big effort nonetheless!

Our not-so-secret show at Taqueria Florian was packed, and I was amazed to see old friends from Australia mixed in with folks I have met elsewhere in Germany during this tour. It was incredible that friends from Hamm, Goerlitz, Jena and Weimar were all on hand to see me off!

Steffen was once again great as an opener, and I had the great pleasure of introducing my friend Ray Mann to his first audience in Berlin. It will no doubt be the first of many, he really nailed it. And for once I managed to get through my last show of a tour without losing my voice! A new high.

And now after just a few hours sleep I am Heathrow-bound. Surreal.

Lena just had a good laugh – as I stepped into the car to leave for the airport I managed to plant my foot in a big pile of dog poo. And that’s seriously the absolute worst thing that happened on the tour! We have been incredibly lucky and so many people came together to make it happen.

It’s been unforgettable and a real privilege. Hope I see you all again soon.

Yeah! MG Action Town!

So it rained like a true German summer today. It poured down and washed out our Garden concert. Our gracious host Nadine scoured for extra options and we ended up playing in a large flat, where I learned the true meaning of ‘High Tea’, among other things.

MG is among a slew of cities that closely border each other to Germany’s west, alongside better known cousins Koln and Dusseldorf.

It has its charms. We stayed in a cute top floor apartment with bell-shaped windows and had a nice healthy argument from breakfast until 4pm. And then it rained again!

Big thanks to Dat Nadinchen and Markus especially for some great stories and hospitality.

The office.

This morning it dawned on me as I woke that I am incredibly lucky.

In Mainz last night, yet another bar filled with great characters, and I sang with confidence and thoroughly enjoyed the performance. I met wonderful people like Robert and Bandit.

We are sold out of peregrine albums.

Back home High Tea is booked out every week, and I feel a little bit of that experience in every show here.

I am young(ish), I am in love, I enjoy my job, I live in paradise and have great friends across the world.

And it is mostly thanks to you.

They say that if you step into the stream in Freiburg’s old town, you have to marry a local girl. There are a lot of other reasons to hang out here.

1. It’s a stones throw from the Bodensee (below) and Austria in one direction, Basel in Switzerland in another, France in another and the rest of Germany the other.

2. It’s wrapped on most sides by the black forest.

3. One of the gargoyles on it’s aincent Cathedral is mooning somebody. (remember mooning? it was all the rage before planking).

4. Vaubar.

It was a great show, and a real highlight to meet many of the folks afterwards. Thanks so much to Benny, Chris, Tim and Andrew.