STEWART COPELAND

by **GinaSuperCat** on 13 Sep 2007 00:27

Having a complete blast...Dive and I are heading out to the airport first thing tomorrow for Amsterdam.

We'll say 15:00 for the meetup, just for good measure but really it's a stop by if and as you like kinda gig...(That is, hoping that our flights don't have any delays and no hotel issues, etc.)

Till tomorrow, MMMMEEEEOOOOOOOOWWWWW, y'all!!!!

by **nancyrose** on 13 Sep 2007 00:56

I am so excited for all of you!! Have a great get-together and an absolutely spectacular show!

GSC, I KNOW you and the flag will get to where you need to be!
GO, CAT, GO!!!

Dive and SS, so sorry your travels have not gone flawlessly! May the rest of your European journey hold only fabulous surprises!

Hugs to everyone!!

by **policerule** on 13 Sep 2007 01:21

i've never seen a group of more devoted fans...

have a great time guys!

by **DirtyMartini** on 13 Sep 2007 03:06

Thanks for checking in, Miss Kitty. Please do let us know when you guys have arrived.

And that goes for all the rest of you travelers as well!

Safe travels, everyone, and have a great time!

by **Maud138** on 13 Sep 2007 05:48

[quote="GinaSuperCat"]Having a complete blast...Dive and I are heading out to the airport first thing tomorrow for Amsterdam.

We'll say 15:00 for the meetup, just for good measure but really it's a stop by if and as you like kinda gig...(That is, hoping that our flights don't have any delays and no hotel issues, etc.)

Till tomorrow, MMMMEEEEOOOOOOOOWWWWW, y'all!!!![/quote]

I would love to be there for the meetup, but I think I'm not gonna make it. You (as pitch-go-er) have to be sure you be in the stadium very early, otherwise you won't get a wristband for the first section.
I'll be waving to the flag and to you from the side-seats.

Did you all know that both concerts in Amsterdam aren't sold out!! I was shocked. You can still buy tickets.

by **Dietmar** on 13 Sep 2007 07:51

I don't think that you should worry about this. The 1st one was officially sold out. Maybe some tickets came back and are being sold again.

Düsseldorf is sold out for a long time, but thepolice.com still writes that you can buy tickets.

The tiny Mannheim venue (about 12.000) was sold out first, but now a few tickets with bad sight are being sold again.

Amsterdam will probably be FULL.

by **Maud138** on 13 Sep 2007 08:06

last week and today there were adds in the national newspapers: THE POLICE last tickets....

But I guess you're right: The Arena will be too full...

by **Dietmar** on 13 Sep 2007 08:43

TV channel Nederland 3 will show EVERYONE STARES today at 20:25 h.
But I guess I'll prefer going to the Arena.

by **Maud138** on 13 Sep 2007 08:50

[quote="Dietmar"]TV channel Nederland 3 will show EVERYONE STARES today at 20:25 h.
But I guess I'll prefer going to the Arena.[/quote]

Yeah me too. Is Stewart filming again this time?

by **Divemistress of the Dark** on 13 Sep 2007 09:58

SEE YOU SOON, Dietmar!! You don't know how it thrills me to be able to write that...Thanks a million for the well wishes from everyone else. It's fun to know that dozens of people are traveling with you in spirit (a topic discussed at length over several drinks last night amongst international citizens of SC.net...)

I'm at Schiphol waiting for Gina to get in. Due to some circumstances that don't make a good story, we were on different flights (although I will say this: all weekend I've been telling people I'll row to Europe in a dinghy before I fly through Heathrow again; as of this morning, I've revised my story. I'll swim here myself, using flippers and pool water toys, before I ever set foot in Heathrow again...Gina flew out of Luton, so here's hoping she had an easier time.)

We can't get into our B&B until 2 PM, so we'll run in there, change clothes, and run back out. We got like zero sleep last night (stayed out too late drinking at the bar with Hannah and Smudge...thanks ladies, truly it was delightful) but we're going to be up for it all, I think...

Gina's slightly late, so I'm beginning to be a bit concerned something happened. I'll keep y'all posted.

by **Divemistress of the Dark** on 13 Sep 2007 10:14

All righty...she's here. Just barely! But safe and sound. Luckily there's fog in AMS this morning and her flight was delayed.......

by **smudge** on 13 Sep 2007 10:19

[quote="Divemistress of the Dark"] We got like zero sleep last night (stayed out too late drinking at the bar with Hannah and Smudge...thanks ladies, truly it was delightful) but we're going to be up for it all, I think...

quote]

Hey! Glad you both made it. Apologies for our horrific 'national' airport. And don't blame me if you were up late drinking - I left you at 10pm!

Have an absolute ball guys. Lovely to meet you.

k

by **dafttart** on 13 Sep 2007 11:51

Ah yes, Heathrow; not quite the jewel in the crown of UK airports

I'm glad that you girls all had a fab time last night. Instead of coming along and joining in the fun, I had the delight of going to a meeting at my son's nursery school followed by an evening on my own babysitting the kids - hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Dive and Gina, I hope you have a FAB time at the gig and make the most of Amsterdam :lol:

lol, Helenx

by **DirtyMartini** on 13 Sep 2007 12:52

[quote="Dietmar"]TV channel Nederland 3 will show EVERYONE STARES today at 20:25 h.
But I guess I'll prefer going to the Arena.[/quote]

Heh. Good choice, D.

Thanks for checking in, Dive.

by **Divemistress of the Dark** on 13 Sep 2007 13:04

Sorry we missed you, dt. Real life does intervene on the fun sometimes.

I wish I could blame you and Hannah, smudge...instead I blame the vaguaries of the U.S. exchange rate, which landed us in a hotel on the other side of the world...we didn't get back until after midnight...and I didn't even get us lost this time. Oh well. We're both pretty sleepy but doing all right.

Gina just ran out to the Arena to try to get one of these wristbands written about earlier. I'm going to really try to make the meetup, but I've never been to Amsterdam before and I'm not at all confident I can find this place (I've never been on the Metro and the train timetables were in Dutch); I noticed there were no attendants at the trains; and the hotel desk says it'll be over 100 euros to take a cab out there. Wish me luck. Gina may make it if she can get this wristband issue sorted, but we really have no information at this point so no telling whether she'll score one/if there's a long line/etc. She's trying to find Dietmar but we have no mobile number for him, so he may wind up with the flag tonight.

Pity we didn't know about this wristband thing in advance, but that's how it goes I suppose. (I've got a seated ticket tonight so I didn't have to head over early.) Hopefully we can find some of you at some point, we just hit some unexpected snags (we both very nearly missed our flights...can I just say that when an airport hotel shuttle advertises rides to the airport, the signs should indicate it doesn't go to one of the terminals, rather than relying on you to figure that out?) We took a wrong turn on the train when we first got to Amsterdam and lost a lot of time, etc.

Sigh. It'll still be worth it - I'm excited to see the boys...it's just part of those lessons you learn when you first travel to a new place. See some of you very soon, I hope. Dive

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