After three week of touring across Europe, on the verge of getting sick, averaging 4 hours of sleep the past few days, being pulled over by the border police today, and generally feeling worn down, we arrived in Ljubljana.
We immediately went to Matt's (Dub Trio's EU live sound engineer) house. His parents, Dora & Boris, greeted us with a firm handshake and big hugs. NICEST PEOPLE. We then sat down to an amazing lunch of vegetable matzo ball soup (very healing), parsley'd potatoes, mushrooms in cream sauce, rocket salad, steamed vegetables, and patitza for desert. All washed down with a fruity and slightly effervescent red Slovenian wine. It was so great to get a home cooked meal.
A couple hours later, upon arriving to Gala Hala for sound check, we found a nicely stocked backstage...thanks Kaja. And our good friend Dornik brought us a great bottle of Slovenian red fermented grape juice (Simcic, Refosk 2008). We then made our way to dinner at a decent Slovenian Italian restaurant. The garlic cream soup was rich, bursting with flavor and was exactly what my body needed to help encourage my white blood cells to get their shit together.
After dinner, back at the club, we enjoyed a little Slivovitz as a digestif before taking the stage...thanks again Kaja. The gig was fierce and pummeling!!! GREAT CROWD! GREAT SOUND! GREAT ENERGY!
All in all it was a healing (except for the lack of oxygen due to the excessive amounts of cigarette smoke in the club), fulfilling, generous, and great day in Ljubljana.
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