cool nights, hot days

Saturday 9th September 2006

4:26 p.m. Thursday night went well, despite it being fairly quiet. There was a young couple on their way back to the UK who had been on about a week ago. They sat on one of the tables next to the piano for most of the evening and requested several songs, which was good.

Last night was a lot busier and for the first time in quite a while a large proportion of the audience were of a younger generation – namely a large group of German students – which helped to make the evening successful and enjoyable. They stayed right until the end when they all left and the bar was empty. Played a few songs last night which I haven’t played much while I have been on here, such as Mammia Mia by Abba, Everything She Does Is Magic by The Police, and Turn Back Time by Aqua. In total I played 29 songs throughout my three vocal sets which I think is a record. That’s an average of nearly ten songs per set!

Had a more than ample lie-in this morning, but still managed to walk to the town and back this afternoon. The weather was superb, warm but not unpleasant, with a sea breeze, perfect really. Came across a small bar on the sea-front called ‘Bras’, and a curious statue and sculpture on the beach.



Walked in the dunes a bit, before turning back, stopping off in ‘The Old Barrel’ Irish Bar (which has mostly American paraphernalia in it) for an Iced Tea. Noticed that the name of one of the main streets leading up to the sea front was ‘Harwichstraat’ (Harwich Street).



Despite it being a Saturday it should be another fairly quiet one tonight, we are at about half-capacity again, as the holiday season is fast drawing to a close.

Only four trips to go after this one, until I have my next break.

Sunday 10th September 2006

11:30 a.m. Last night went fairly well but was very quiet by the time my final set came round so I just played instrumentals.

Another nice day today, am probably going to town in a while with some of the people from the band, need to do some shopping and might go for a quick drink after.