Trike Euro Log: Strife In Greece

Bulgaria: played in Sofia in a bar called FANS. It was a hard rock/ metal bar, but they liked us anyway. At least, some of them did. One very tall fellow said many nice things to us afterwards. I cut the set a song short due to the pain I felt with every breath.

Now we're in Thessaloniki, Greece, staying with Marta, who had arranged a show for us in a place called Sknipa, but the gig wasn't solidified. I thought it was. Anyway, she fed us screwdrivers and we watched Youtube until 5am. Marta is originally from Toronto, but has lived here for ten years.

My fucking back isn't getting any better. Performing is not enjoyable feeling like this. Went to a clinic in Sofia, Bulgaria yesterday. They took an X-Ray of my back. My ribs are okay. Not broken. But there was a white dot on the x-ray. The woman's prognosis was bronchitis. I just find it strange that it would be in the same place as my pain, yet unrelated to the fall. The woman said it's probably a sprain. I don't know. I just know it fuckin' hurts. They gave me two different types of pills and lotion.

Bulgaria seemed like a nice place. Sorta wish we coulda spent more time there. In fact, I would have liked to, if I had known the next phase of the tour would be HELL. Costly, stressful and painful.

Thessaloniki, Greece. Travelled five hours to get here, but when we got here, we realized that without GPS or a VERY exact map, it's virtually IMPOSSIBLE to find your way anywhere. We got impossibly lost. None of the gas stations sold city street maps ("you get them in bookstores" I was told. Great). We drove around for hours and hours, doing U-Turns, getting into fights, crying... At one point, exhausted, I exclaimed "This tour is no longer fun. I can't handle this anymore". Perhaps travelling by train IS easier. I dunno.

There are also some personality conflicts and tension that is adding to the lack of enjoyment on the tour. I don't want to get into details on a public blog, but it's tense.

Tomorrow is Athens, but if my back feels the same, performing will be painful and NOT enjoyable. Well, enjoyable to a degree, but pain shooting through my back and torso every time I breathe. Two days ago I was hell-bent on cancelling the next phase of the tour. I still might, depending on how painful the next few shows are on my body.