Back from China!

After four weeks in China with no access to facebook or blogger, I'm finally back! 

Though a forced break was somewhat nice, it just feels so good to be fully connected to the world again.

Yesterday, we had a marathon travel day (an strangely apropos description, since it actually consisted of a little more than 26 hours of travel). We left Shijiazhuang, China, by bus at 4 a.m.; then, we caught a flight from Beijing to Geneva, Switzerland, with a layover in Moscow; finally, we were picked up in Geneva and rode to Courmayeur, arriving around midnight (6 a.m. in China).

Here is the unbelievable view this morning from my hotel window in Courmayeur, Italy: 

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Funnily enough, yesterday also happened to be my three year anniversary of joining Barrage. 

...three years! Where did the time go?! And what better way to celebrate three years with this band than to set foot in so many countries? 

Too cool.

We're here to perform for Celtica, my absolute favorite gig with Barrage, and also one of the first gigs I played back in 2008. I don't anticipate having much time to blog this weekend, but we head back home on Monday for a short break, so I'll be blogging away furiously when I get home.

Off to sound check for our first gig tonight!