Bratislava: Day One

I think I like this city more than I like the other cities even though so far, its been raining the whole time.

I like the fact that my hotel has a t.v. so I can check out what's hot in the music scene in Europe. That's how I discovered Muse and Placebo; two bands that aren't on rotation in the mainstream in North America, but are big in Europe.

If I were musician, I'd like to be big in Europe because its so easy to tour. Countries are so close to each other, you can drive and be in the next big town in about an hour. In Canada, because of the praires, big cities are far away from each other.

I also discovered some German words that have made appearances in music. For example, "Achtung" means warning, and the band U2, used the word on their album, naming it "Achtung Baby".

One of my favourite bands, Anberlin, has a song called "Autobahn", and I saw the word "Einbahn" a few times on street signs. I also noticed that the singer, Stephen Christian was wearing a European style coat last winter when I met him, so clearly he likes Europe too.

I think one day, I will learn German and Italian and French. Then I can move to Europe and live there for a while. I plan on living in England, Australia, California, Italy, Germany, France, and maybe New York before I settle down in Toronto. I want to raise my kids in Toronto because it's such a multicultural city and I want my kids to be cultured and accepting of different cultures. (Although I read somewhere that Finnish children are smarter because their education system is much better)