" Nire Tour Diary" Archive
Nire: German Love (Its Been Given To Us) (Berlin, Germany)
0 CommentsPosted on Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
We left Vienna Tuesday morning and began our trip north toward Berlin, a route that took us straight through the Czech Republic. This was the most alienating portion of our journey. Little English was spoken and we were met with suspicious stares along the way. The countryside was beautiful and we’ve heard great things [...]
Nire: The Seattle of…NOW! (Vienna)
0 CommentsPosted on Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
After a long sleep in Liuk, we woke up refreshed and headed into southern Germany. We took turns driving / terrifying each other on the Autobahn. The roads are incredibly straight and wide (that’s German engineering for you) and easy to navigate. No matter how fast we found ourselves going (up to 170 km/hr!) there [...]
Nire: Skipping Nights of Sleep (London, England)
0 CommentsPosted on Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Somehow between leaving Galway, playing shows in Dublin and London, and flying over to the mainland, we forgot to leave time for any proper rest. This was not a great idea. We could really use a tour manager (where are you, Yoni!?). Needless to say, this part of our trip has gone a bit [...]
Nire: A Deadly Night In Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
0 CommentsPosted on Monday, August 27th, 2007
(No worries—”deadly” means “awesome” over here)
Before heading out of Galway Thursday morning, we drove to a place called Salt Hill on the outskirts of town to check out the diving situation. What we found was a multi-tiered platform touring over the beautiful bay with all manner of people (most in wetsuits) hurling themselves off into [...]
Nire: Nire Dance Party! (Galway, Ireland)
0 CommentsPosted on Friday, August 24th, 2007
We awoke yesterday to beautiful weather in Galway. We’re told that autumn comes early in this part of Ireland, but a warmer day gave us a chance to shed our hoodies for a bit. The venue we played last night was literally underground, an amazing old wine cellar currently owned by the local police [...]
Nire: Fifty Shades of Green/Book, Bell and Candle (IRELAND!)
0 CommentsPosted on Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Fifty Shades of Green (Tuesday, August 21)
Ireland is a long, LONG way from Portland. After 24 hours of traveling (3 planes, a half day of layovers, and the rental car drive from hell), we were met by a welcome face (Ciaran of Crayonsmith) in Dublin. We showed up looking and feeling much like the undead [...]
