Comments on: Bad luck – bad travel…

By: Judy

Judy — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:41:11 +0000

Wow, Alban, what a story – you must have been exhausted! Reminds me of December 2007 when some friends of mine and I went traveling around Europe for a month – we managed to miss three flights altogether and ended up taking a 20 hr bus ride from Paris to Vienna, not to mention staying the night in a Scotland airport.

Still, I find that such crazy things make for the most interesting memories – routine travel gets old after a while. 😉 Good luck getting everything else sorted out.

By: Alban

Alban — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:17:58 +0000

thanks for all your comments – just one strange effect: while experiencing these couple of days I really felt like going through a tough time, but writing it down put everything into perspective and I almost didn’t post it because it didn’t seem so bad after all; well, this what a diary is made for – coping with adversity and realizing it ain’t all that bad! For this trip I had bought a second ticket for the cello, so it couldn’t have been broken this time by the airlines, even though you are right, Tonya, if I hadn’t bought it, it probably would have been lost or something like that…

Best wishes,
Alban

By: willo

willo — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:44:23 +0000

Oh Mann, Alban!
Sassen wir in Giessen und hÃ¶rten dir und Carlos interessiert zu- es war einfach KLASSE! – zur gleichen Zeit der Raub…unfassbar…unser treudoofes, kleinkariertes Giessen -zu solchen Handlungen fÃ¤hig…unfassbar!
Also Wir haben uns dann am Dienstag die beiden Saint Saens Konzerte angehÃ¶rt/angesehen. Klasse,auf dem richtigen Weg, denke ich! Dann erzÃ¤hlte mir eine Lehrerin der Limes Schule, dass du beraubt worden seist…ich konnt es kaum fassen.
Ich hoffe, du konntest inzwischen die meisten Teile neu beschaffen- und ich hoffe, du wirst dennoch einmal nach GieÃŸen wiederkommen!!!!
Es grÃ¼sst Willo

By: Pablo Hernandez Pagan

Pablo Hernandez Pagan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:08:12 +0000

Wao Alban,

What a story, that was hilarious, I don’t know how you managed this but at least you had a pretty good ending. May you have succes in your career. May God bless you and your family.

By: Suzana Stefanovic

Suzana Stefanovic — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:21:23 +0000

Geees ! I hate the inflexible bureaucracy,you would think someone would step out of the line for once in this case.Good thing your bow wasnÂ´t stolen.

The laptop story made me laugh-it sounds exactly like something I might do !

By: Tonya

Tonya — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:18:53 +0000

Alban,

I am so sorry you had so much trouble on your travels… bad luck indeed! I was just glad your cello didn’t end up lost or broken by the airlines… that is what would have happened if it had been me.

I am glad you were able to play your concert in Birmingham, and that you did not get in a fist fight with the arrogant Mercedes owner with the dumb face. 🙂

By: Michael Chen

Michael Chen — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:33:40 +0000

Hi Alban:
What a story! I dont’ wish that kind of excitement and “luck” on any body but may be they helped with some aspect of the Beethoven! Have you thought about selling the rights to this story to some documentary film director yet? 😉

OK Good luck for the next stretch of your tour – and I really mean it!

Michael