after leaving moscow we have two flights. first into zurich then on to lisbon…this of course always concerns me when it is not a direct flight. i’m perpetually worried about the gear making it to the next city….the flights were fine and i passed out for the journey…once in lisbon, i found that my flight case did not make it in…and, in my tired state of mind i lost it…i was very upset, thinking that it was still in moscow….our show was in 6 hours and we had a 3.5 hour van ride to the theatre…the person at baggage claim was very nice and helped me find the bag was in zurich and would be here in 90 minutes…so we had a glorious lunch outside by the waterside in the warm bright sun of lisbon…later we picked up my case – all intact…the road will make you sweat, let me tell you.

so the journey begins…we end up finally in viseu…

i go directly to the theatre to set up…we soundcheck…then back to hotel for a 5 minute shower and change…the show is ok…for me it was terrible (better than how i felt inside)…aside from not sleeping in a bed for 48 hours, the production really annoyed me…really bothering the vibe…mix wasn’t happening in my monitors throughout so that made it a struggle for me and the lighting consisted of bright white landing lights and spots….no colouration that i can recall…always bright…so no vibe on stage really….but, we made it thru the show…but i wasn’t too happy with my playing that night….not a great way to end this short tour…but 3 out of 4 to me were really great fun with london being our best….tomorrow we travel back to lisbon in evening then depart back to philly in the am…..as always, jorge and crew here in portugal are absolutely wonderful…they continue to make our stays our home away from home…now time to sleep in a bed.