Various trips – mainly Paris & Norway

Paris

• Sept. 2002 – first of annual Sept. trips with mum. (scroll to bottom)
• May 2003 – visiting Caroline (not much update)
• Sept. 2003 I – where I went with mum – also here.
• Sept. 2003 II – where we were nuts and went again 3 weeks later.
• Sept. 2004 – annual trip with mum. Apparently the only trip that year? Shocking!
• July 2005 – supershort trip for Live8 (Placebo).
• Aug 2005 – our annual Sept. trip, only a bit early.
• Nov 2005 – going on my own to see Dada and meet Karin – pictures.
• May 2006 – Paris with the slore and mummy Prue.
• Sept. 2006 – annual trip with mum.
• Oct. 2006 – supershort trip for Placebo.
• May 2007 – supershort trip cuz I was missing it.
• Nov. 2007 – annual trip with mum.
• Mar. 2008 – extra trip with mum cuz we had to.
• Sep. 2008 – amazing trip on my own.
• Nov. 2008 – (very late) annual trip with mum.
• Mar. 2009 – supershort spontaneous trip.
• May 2009 – Kandinsky-trip with mum.
• Oct 2009 – Placebo-trip on my own.
• May 2010 – four day trip (!) on my own.
• June 2010 – trip with Jana – pics.
• July 2010 – very lazy four day trip – pics.
• Oct. 2010 – annual trip with mum, to see Monet – pics.
• May 2011 – with mum, for Nuit des Musées (mainly) – pics.
• June 2011 – with Charlotte, first time in over 10yrs – 4 pics.
• Sept 2011 – with mum, cuz we didn’t make it to NYC – pics.
• May 2012 – to escape Jana and go see Tim Burton. Pics: 1, 2, 3. *lol*
• June 2012 – emergency Placebo trip cuz I won concert! Also one pic. *lol*
• July 2012 – Paris Plages trip (well, that was the excuse). It was ok.
• Dec 2012 – Magical winter wonder trip.
• May 2013 – Very rainy trip with Charlotte.
• Dec 2013 – sunny winter trip for Placebo.
• Jun 2014 – hot five (!) day trip sorta with mum.
• Oct 2014 – okay-ish quickie with mum.
• May 2015 – pretty nice 4 days with mum.
• Dec 2015 – post-attack trip, partly with mum
• Apr 2016 – mini visit for Anselm Kiefer.
• Sep 2016 – very hot 3 day visit with mum
• Apr 2017 – pretty cold 3 day visit with mum
• Oct 2018 – slightly meh visit with mum
• Oct 2019 – 3 days meeting with Kate et al. Argh, no entry! It was fine.
• Dec 2021 – The “no entry” continues. 2 day pandemic trip, it was very cold and I spent a lot of time outside, but it was nice.
• Apr 2024 – 2 days with mum, 9-11, saw some exhibitions on Saturday and I cycled “le tour de France de Paris” on Sunday. Sunday was great!!

 

Norway

• Dec 2003: very first Monvisit over NY’s with squiZZ and Mir and all that. (also)
• July 2004: Hytte trip with daniel.
• Oct 2004: Another visit. Entry by Mon. We went to see Miriam.
• Jan-Feb 2005: Winter-visit. We didn’t do much.
• Sept 2005: In Løken and in Trysil (Hytte).
• Aug 2006: We went to Steinkjer to look at houses. Record-trip.
• Nov 2007: Only visit that year. *gasp*
• July 2008: Long visit incl. Norway-tour. (pics).
• Oct 2008: At the new old house with mice.
• Dec 2008: 5th anniversary visit & 10th visit altogether.
• May 2009: another road trip to near Stavanger to look at horse.
• July 2009: Horse & home trip cuz MJ died.
• Jan 2010: New Year’s Trip so technically arrived in 2009.
• Sep 2011 – 5 day visit and shockingly no entry and no pics.
• Dec 2011 – NY’s Eve visit, 10 days. Update 1, 2 (by Mon). Twitpics: 1, 2, 3
• June 2012 – pre-baby visit. Entry one, entry two – some Twitpics linked from those.
• Nov 2012 – post-baby visit. Entry , also mentioned here – Lottawalk pics: one, two.
• Oct 2012 – again cuz previous one was stressful! Entry. Twitpics (all dogs): 1, 2, 3.
• Feb 2013 – Mon pre-work trip (or sth). Entry with some pics linked from it.
• NY 2014 – 10 year anniversary. Everyone was sick. Pics: one | two | three.

Various others

[some of these may be missing and will be added as I come across them. also this will not include London trips *lol* and not supershort visits to places I’d seen before like Southampton, Glasgow, Mainz etc]

• Barcelona (April 2003) with mum – pics.
• Bourgogne (June 2003) with mum – pics.
• Riga (Aug 2004) – visiting Lo, more and pics
• NYC (May 2005) – trip with daniel – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and pics.
• Stockholm (Dec 2005) – visiting Vega and seeing Fugees.
• Copenhagen (April 2006) – visiting Charlotte
• NYC & DC (July 2006) – trip with Charlie and Jimmy: 1, 2, 3, travelog, pics.
• Alsace (Aug 2006) – Colmar & Strasbourg and Placebo.
• NYC (Sep 2007) – Trip with mum that was a bit of a disaster.
• Scotland (May 2008) – Aberdeen, the coast, the Highlands… pics.
• Athens (March 2009) – visiting Aspa and Elena, and pics.
• Dorset (April 2009) – trip with mum – pics.
• NYC (Aug-Sept 2009) – trip with mum – pics.
• Stockholm (Nov 2009) – went for Placebo concert and stayed with vega, and shockingly there is no entry and no pics!
• Bath (July 2010) – long weekend on bike (pics only).
• Cornwall (August 2010) – 5 day trip with mum (many pics here).
• Thessaloniki (September 2010) – for Placebo and visiting Aspasia – pics.
• Cologne Mainz Frankfurt (October 2010) – I know I said I wouldn’t list these, but this completes the nice continuity of having something every month from July to Dec. 😀
• Rome (November 2010) – visiting Claudia – pics.
• Hong Kong (December 2010) – first time, yay! (you could say visiting Joanne) – pics.
• Venice (April 2011) – trip with mum – pics.
• Normandy (May2011) – 3 day trip with my 125cc – pics.
• NYC (October 2011) – all on my ownsome 🙂 – pics.
• Berlin (March 2012) – visiting Jana / Maria Mena concert – one pic! *lol*
• Devon (Easter 2012) – with Mandy & Ronald (pics only)
• Edinburgh (April 2012) – visiting J and for Placebo – here’s two pics. *lol*
• Vienna (August 2012) – visiting Alexandra (and general sightseeing trip – first time since 1999!). Also pics.
• Helsinki (Sept 2012) – went for Placebo which was cancelled. Saw the city anyway. Pics.
• New York (June 2013) – absolutely amazing trip with much bike riding. Pics.
• Portsmouth (August 2013) – Mini bike trip for Neil Gaiman. Pics.
• Stockholm (August 2013) – MJ celebration and general fun with Vega.
• Leeds (November 2013) – Placebo with my perfect Thomas. Pics: 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6.
• Den Haag / Amsterdam (December 2013) – Placebo and Cindy and kruidnoten.
• Rome (July 2014) – Placebo and walking around. Some pics, more pics.
• Germany (August 2014) – Mönchengladbach (Placebo), Köln (Anna), Frankfurt Höchst (T&K) and Mainz (Rizzi).
• Edinburgh (Feb-Mar 2015) – Placebo and J. (view 1, 2)
• Montreal / New York (June/July 2015) – Pride and 4th July and endless cycling.
• Warsaw (Oct 2016) – Placebo and visit with mum.
• Moselle(Sept-Oct 2021) – 3 day bike trip with Tristan.

Placebo concerts

Obviously some of these will be mentioned as Paris/other trips above, but I need a permanent record of them as well, so why not here. Maybe one day I’ll try to piece together other concerts I’ve been to.

Tuesday Aug 12th 2003 Luxembourg Kockelscheuer Ice Rink
Monday Oct 20th 2003 France Amneville Le Galaxie

Monday Mar 1st 2004 UK London Brixton Academy
Tuesday Mar 2nd 2004 UK London Brixton Academy
Tuesday Mar 30th 2004 UK London Brixton Academy
Saturday Jul 3rd 2004 France Arras Festival
Friday Nov 5th 2004 UK London Wembley Arena

Tuesday Jan 24th 2006 UK London Koko recording
Wednesday Mar 15th 2006 UK London Virgin performance
Sunday Apr 9th 2006 UK Birmingham Academy
Tuesday Apr 11th 2006 UK London Alexandra Palace
Wednesday Aug 16th 2006 France Colmar Wine Festival
Monday Oct 2nd 2006 France Paris The Bercy
Saturday Dec 9th 2006 UK London Wembley Arena

Tuesday Mar 6th 2007 UK London The Coronet Theatre
Wednesday Mar 7th 2007 UK London The Coronet Theatre
Friday Jun 8th 2007 Germany Regensburg Donau Arena
Friday Jul 6th 2007 Luxembourg Esch Red Rock Festival

Tuesday May 12th 2009 UK London Shepherds Bush Empire
Saturday Jul 4th 2009 France Arras Festival
Saturday Oct 24th 2009 France Paris Zenith
Friday Nov 13th 2009 Sweden Stockholm Globens Annex
Wednesday Dec 9th 2009 UK London O2 Arena

Friday Aug 13th 2010 France Colmar Wine Festival
Friday Sept 10th 2010 Greece Thessaloniki Earth Theatre
Monday Sept 27th 2010 UK London Brixton Academy
Tuesday Sept 28th 2010 UK London Brixton Academy

Wednesday April 25th 2012 UK Edinburgh HMV Picture House
Saturday April 28th 2012 UK London Sundance Festival O2
Friday June 22nd 2012 France Paris A Rock @ Le Bataclan
Friday Sept 14th 2012 Finland Helsinki Ice Hall Cancelled. Fuckers.

Friday Nov 8th 2013 UK Leeds O2 Academy
Sunday Dec 8th 2013 Netherlands Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
Tuesday Dec 10th 2013 France Paris Bercy
Monday Dec 16th 2013 UK London Brixton Academy

Thursday Jul 24th 2014 Italy Rome Rock in Roma
Wednesday Aug 20th 2014 Germany Mönchengladbach Warsteiner Hockeypark

Saturday Feb 28th 2015 UK Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Saturday Mar 12th 2015 UK Bournemouth O2 Academy

Saturday Oct 29th 2016 Poland Warsaw Torwar
Wednesday Dec 14th 2016 UK Brighton Centre

Tuesday May 9th 2017 Luxembourg Esch Rockhal
Monday Oct 16th 2017 UK Portsmouth Guildhall Cancelled. Fuckers.
Tuesday Oct 24th 2017 UK London Brixton Academy