Summer Tour 2009
Each year Pola and I attend the European Juggling Convention. We like to combine it with a 3 week holiday in the same area/country. Then we perform at a few street show festivals. Having a camper van makes this trip a highlight of our year, and a real break from the normal plane and cruise ship traveling I do for work. That said, I’ll be doing one cruise gig in the middle of the holiday as we didn’t get as much street show work as we’d have liked.
The above map shows a rough route, but I’ll be updating the map in real time on the Sosauce.com trip app as we go along. The current plan involves:
Visit Pola’s friends and parents in Aachen, Germany.
Visit Brussels.
Visit Paris (including a bike riding rally game).
Visit the Dune de Pylat, the largest sand dune in Europe.
Surfing in Biarritz.
A vague two weeks that are empty of any plans, but will be spent in the North of Spain.
The European Juggling Convention in Vittoria.
See the Pamplona Running of the Bulls. The San Fermin Festival happens at the same time as the EJC, and only 100km away. And before you ask; no, I won’t be running in front of the bulls myself. I’ll watch from a distance.
Visit friends in Lisbon for four or five days.
Visit Madrid
Visit Andorra. This will complete my set of visited European Microstates.
Visit Zurich. Pola will meet friends and family in the area. I’ll fly off to do a cruise ship gig (details later).
Perform at the Feldkirch street show festival.
And back to Berlin for the second weekend in August!
If our trip to Greece two years ago is anything to go by, this summer is going to be awesome! Updates on this blog and via twitter.
From the 10th till the 12th of July a Fantasy/SF Con will be held in Gijón, not far away from Vitoria. In the past years a lot of important authors attended the con and gave talks. Famous names include George R.R. Martin, Tim Powers, Lois McMaster Bujold, Samuel Delany, Richard Morgan, Joe Haldeman and Christopher Priest.
I don’t know which authors will be attending this year, but since you will in the region it could be interesting to you.
You can find more information in the website (in Spanish, sorry):
http://estaciondenieblas.org/