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postato da NordlandLola alle ore 02:48
domenica, 02 settembre 2007

Hei hei!!!

This summer was one of the busiest in travels of my life. I travelled to Roma in june, to Riga and Tallinn in july (as you can see from my post below), and to Germany and Finland in august.

And it was so awesome !

Wacken was one of the best gigs ever !!! Even if it was my first time camping and i was not very used at it =P

We saw so many great bands (for example: (Immortal, Saxon, Blind Guardian, Norther, Iced Earth, Enslaved, Dimmu Borgir, Possessed, Sodom, Amorphis, Stratovarius, Napalm Death, Lacuna Coil...)
, met so many people in the backstage, and met greeeat italian guys: Mac, Andrea, Dario, Mauro, Omar, Pavor who was with our friend Valeria... thanx for making this Wacken so special :)

and we met our australian friend Jade, one of the most incredible girls i ever met, so strong, nice and crazy!

Some pics!

with Jade

 

with Norther... Kride

Tuomas

Jukka

Heikki

and Pete

Marta, me, Ilkka, Rock n Roll Angel and Rhiannon (from Brazil!) at Wacken:

 first row for Norther

after the gig with Marta, Lutus and Rhiannon

with Lauri Porra in the backstage

 with Hansi from Blind Guardian

with Andre from Blind Guardian

 

with Jens from Stratovarius

 

with Onkel Tom

with Biff from Saxon

with Timo Kotipelto from Stratovarius

with Oscar from Hammerfall (yeah, i know they weren't at the festival, but he's a backstage queen :D)

with Shagrath from Dimmu Borgir

we also have other pics here... thank you Mac !

http://picasaweb.google.com/mac.photoreport/RememberWacken2007/

 

Time spent in Finland was as awesome as the other 2 times i had been to Helsinki. I'd say better, cause we stayed more and cause Helsinki in summer is still nicer (not as Italy in summer :P)

We spent the first days at Lake Bodom... which is not one could imagine... it's crowded (for finnish standards), full of children and cheerful ! Marta and I were there with Sami and Taico, our friends half italian and half finnish (cousin of Lauri Porra :P) and had a great time!

And it was so funny as we met Lauri again at his jazz concert (Emma Salokoski Ensemble is AWESOME!)

Our friend Federica had met his finnish cousin (Lauri has so many cousins :P) at Inferno while Marta and I were at the gig... After the gig, Federica (after that we told her for all the week that we went to see Lauri Porra's gig) said "this guy is cousin of someone famous!"

I thought he was cousin of Jari cause he looked a bit like him. But he said... he was cousin of Lauri Porra XD

So we told him he was just in the near pub, Belly, and he got us to know him ! He was just wonderful, talking italian and being drunk (I'm ubbbriaco!), and in the end he called us "my beautiful italian girls" XD

The pic of me and Lauri has been edited with Photoshop by Cilla, a very nice italian girl in Helsinki studying Design and very far from the world of metal, but she learnt to appreciate it and we learnt to appreciate her world XD

Ludo, Marta, Fede and Cilla:

Lauri playing

(Emma Salokoski Ensemble's cd is AWESOME)

In Helsinki Ilkka showed us some great part of the city... and we hang out with Andreli (Rhiannon from Norther's forum) and his italian friend:

 

One bad thing is i couldn't go to Imatra to see Norther (and Negative), while my friends Marta and Ludovica did. But the train was 80 euros and i had my luggage broken, so i really couldn't spend these money, since i needed a new luggage (i bought a pink one :P)
So Federica and I stayed in Helsinki, and we went to see Private Line and Sleazy Dream, since she payed me the concert =) that was at Gloria, as Curium Metal Fest in March !

After the gig Arska, the bass player of Sleazy Dream, came out from the venue with a girl and Federica stopped him to ask him a picture with me. He looked very surprised! Federica is so crazy, that's why I am laughing in the pic XD

Here we are with Sammy, the singer of Private Line:

At Inferno Bar, the "Hellkittens" of Helsinki (Marta, Ludovica, me and Fede) spent some great moments...

...and met crazy people ! As Reima, Impaled Nazarene's drummer (how crazy!)

and a true legend, Andy McCoy, famous for playing with Hanoi Rocks and Iggy Pop!

we also had a lot of fun with Ilkka (Norther's merchandise guy), Viola and Tiziana (Mimi & Coco); even if they had to leave soon for Germany =/
Here 's Viola's birthday, when we were at Inferno with Vreth from Finntroll and his wonderful girlfriend Minna :)

Rhiannon's friend, Marta, I, Tiziana, Antti, Viola, Ilkka and Rhiannon!

Here we are at Bakers, where we celebrated the birthday of our friends Nicky (Spleen), also with the great Elisa!

Elisa and Marta

Nicky and Marta

with Nives and Thias, the Italian Alexi Lahio :P

and here we are at Lake Bodom, where we came again with Ilkka and Ludovica. It is so relaxing and beautiful!

At Hevimesta, in december, i met a guy - Caspar - and i had to sing with him Lai Lai Hei from Ensiferum at Heavy Karaoke, but we didn't had the time. Now i met him again and we finally managed to sing it, with Marta ! It was so funny XD

Hoping for new reports soon ! (next travel planned: Lithuania, to find Ginte, Ieva and Gedas!)

Cheers !

 

edit: some pics with my brand new Medieval Dress bought on e bay =)

 

 

postato da NordlandLola alle ore 17:31
venerdì, 09 marzo 2007

Hail to everyone ... since many of you are really curious to know how was Marta and mine's week in Helsinki , I ' m ready to tell you everything...

The reasons why we decided to leave was to see Helsinki (I've been there in december for Norther's Xmass Party and couldn' t wait to see it again; for Marta it was the first time and she was waiting for it since ages) ; to see Norther in concert, since we never managed to do it: they played in Italy only once, on 14 october 2003, and  i wanted to go - actually more for Dimmu Borgir at the time - but couldn't, and then didn't have other chances... so we decided to see them in their country=P And i was also looking forward to see the band again after they 've been so great at Xmass Party. I wished a lot expecially to see Tuomas and i also brought him a present for his upcoming birthday, but unluckily I didn't have the chance to give him by person... you'll read!

We left on the 1st morning, after one night awake at the airport... well, at least this time there was Marta with me, while when i left from Norway i spent the night at the airport alone...but still it was so tiring ! Ahh, Finland, how many things we do for you XD btw, after Milano-London and London- Tampere, other 2 hours of bus , finally we were in MAGIC HELSINKI ! and actually, we were expecting to find it way colder... since until a few days earlier, the temperature was about - 20 degrees... but now, during the day about 0 degrees... actually i would have like to experience a colder temperature, but since i managed to get sick maybe was better so XD It was also snowing and raining XD  and the atmosphere was very different than when i went in december: that time the city was crowded and excited for Christmas, the main street was filled with St. Thomas Xmass market... while now, it was all much more calm and still...but i liked it the same=P

The first day, we went in our hostel, we bought the ticket for the festival at Gloria, and we found out the venue was so near to our hostel... this was luck ! And then, we went to sleep at about 22 - we were too tired!

The second day was the big day... We just spent the morning sleeping and preparing for the gig... and then, at about 17, we went outside the venue. We always forget that for concerts in the Northern Europe you don't need to go there hours before=P ... There was none... but we called Ilkka, the merchandise guy from Norther, so to give him some bottles of wine we had brought for Norther and one for his birthday. He was so nice with us ! He brought us to take a beer, but i took a coffee - the barman couldn't believe i didn't want alcohol XD Well, it's not my fault if i am coffee- maniac !

We talked to Ilkka, but after some time he had to go back to the venue... we went with him, and Heikki , the drummer from Norther. came out to take the wine XD and he kept asking if it was for them :D He looked quite happy !

Then Ilkka told us we could wait until the gates to open since there wouldn't have been much queue... so, we went back to the hostel and then we went to the gig at about 20.30. The bands playing:

Pe 2.3:
-Norther
-Codeon
-Dead Shape Figure
-Insert Remedy
-Farmakon

They were good, but unfortunately i was in the first terrible day of my period, and i had also pain at my feet for the high heels, so only Norther's music could make me enjoy the show - and they did, ahh if they did, they made me forgot every pain!

Here there are all the pics i took during the concert

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26927163@N00/

 

It was just amazing, they played all the songs from the new EP except Close your eyes, and No Way Back was just ... incredible, you really can feel that song, and both me and Marta were about to cry for the emotions !!! And she risked her life twice, once for a bad thing and once for a good..P the bad was that a terrible guy in the 2nd row (as me...she was in the 1st row) took her and was strangling her... and the good one was that Petri sang with her the whole chorus of Frozen Angel... i was really worried for her to faint=P but she's strong, hehe !

I loved the first seconds of "Omen", when the keyboards' part was recorded, so Tuomas didn't have to play and he waved his hands smiling at the public... and later, i also had my part of angina... before the beginning of the bis, Tuomas threw 2 balloons that layed on the stage from the previous bands 's exhibitions, and me and Marta took it... we still like to believe he really threw them at us as a thank for the wine, since he really seemed to give them in Marta's hands (i was in the second row)... in this moment starts my odissey for my balloon to come home safe XD and i succeeded !

By the way, the song Norther played where one from the first album (and my fave, but well nowaydays it's right they play the new stuff) that was Released, one from MoM: Blackhearted, than 2 from Solution 7 EP - Day Zero and Hellhole ; Death Unlimited , and the whole new ep except Close your eyes.

A hell of a show=P

 

After the gig, we went outside the venue, thinking that if we waited long enough we could see the band coming out... but it was sooo cold =/ so we wrote Ilkka, and he replied that they were doing an interview and probably someone from the band was going to Inferno. I would prefer to wait until morning, i really didn't mind about the cold... but Marta said it was better to go away and see if they came at Inferno... from there, i wrote another sms to Ilkka, sayin we were there and that i also had a birthday present for Tuomas. After some time we were drinking, i was quite sad for not managin to meet the band - at this moment i put my nose on the window, 'cause i had seen Tuomas and Jukka outside coming to Inferno !!! So i started being so happy, because they would surely enter and we could meet them, and i could give Tuomas my present. But at the same time, destiny decided it was not the case... the terrible guy that had bothered Marta at the concert was still there, and she was trying to get free from him; and then she was stopped by a woman asking her telephone number, 'cause she's making movie. In the meanwhile, i had finished in one second my drink and i had taken my jacket from the wardrobe, ready to go towards Tuomas and Jukka - i could have done it !!! but i was waiting for Marta, and when she came, they disappeared !!!! I asked to the security guy if he knew where the guys from Norther had gone, but they said no. So i went out to see, and saw none. This was the time when i realised we had lost them, and it was like i lost 10 years of life - well i am not joking, try to understand me, it was only my fault if i let them go since i had all the time to go to them when i saw them... I was cryin desperate in the cold outside the Inferno=P and from that day i have some kind of gastritis XDDD better not to think about this...

At the end we went to sleep, thinkin of the concert. At least for that, it had worth the trouble of everything :D

The following day, we met my friend Elisa, she's from Modena but lives there... and she's sooo nice XD I met her for the first time when i went in Helsinki in december and told me lots of gossips... same this time, and i love her Modenese dialect XDDD

Then we went at the second day of the festival, with Entwine... actually, i enjoyed only the first band...

La 3.3:
-Entwine
-Rytmihäiriö
-End Of You
-Omnium Gatherum
-Mensura

I liked a lot the first band we saw... Mensura perhaps... they were playing great metal with use of keyboards and violin... the violin player was a girl with incredibly long and blonde hair... their music was really particular and nice !

But i didn't like much the other bands... i was specially disappointed by Entwine... they told me they were good, but i really didn't find anything special in them !

Edit: and i forgot to mention, that at both gigs there was a guy behind the mixer, which looked so much like Tuomas. He could be his brother Lauri... (not Jukka, 'cause in the pic he's different...) we have to indagate=P

At some point, with saw Heikki, but he was with his girlfriend, so we didn't disturb him... but then, Marta got a message from Ilkka, saying just "Heavy Corner!" ... Marta and I, tired of the concert, ran towards the pub - i remembered a little bit where it was, the rest was done by the map=P - well i think it was during this "quest" that i got sick... but finally we arrived ! and we saw at a table Ilkka and Kride !!!!!!

 

they were with their girlfriends and other friends. We sat and start chatting with Ilkka, that was already a bit drunk XD and we drank a lot of Lonkero, my fave finnish drink... this time i found out there's also with cranberry=P Kride thanked us for the wine, he looked so kind with us ! And we told him congratulations for "No way back" Ep number 1 in Finland !!! 

After lots of drinks, we went to take another drink, and Marta said "Lola...that one is Jukka!!!" and me "you are right!!!"... so, we went to talk to him also XD he also thanked us for the wine, but he was quite drunk... and we had such a great time... he tried to teach Marta the right pronunciation of "Hyvaa yota" or "good night"; and he did us such funny autographs XDDD ... at the end of the talk, i gave him the present for Tuomas,should i trust???=P he also told us "don't try to understand these autographs tomorrow morning" ... and we also kissed him on the cheek and hugged him... at the end, Marta said God is Jukka XDDD

 

We came back home a little earlier than 5 , and we went to sleep, 'cause the following day we had to meet another Jukka; a friend of Marta from Heinola...

he was very shy, but also very very nice !!! We went to eat something and talk, and then we visited the Senate square with Tuomiokirkko and hanged around in the city... How i love Helsinki !!!!

On monday, we went to take a tea with Elisa and my friend Niky, who lives there also... and still we talked of gossips... Finland seems to be a very small place ! We had a lot of fun with them ;)

Ah, the second time we went to Inferno, we were approached by 2 short haired and 30 years old metalheads... but they were nice and when they told them we were too young or had boyfriend, it was not a problem for them... In Italy surely they wouldn't leave us in peace=P

Well by the way i guess i told you the most important things that happened to us during this holiday... I really cannot wait to finish my studies and try to move to Helsinki... or well, at least, i cannot wait to see again Norther in concert and to go back to Finland ! Marta sais i am totally different when i m in Italy or in the North ... and she's right... I dont have a satisfatory life in Italy, but in those place i always have great time.... everything is better XD

Well btw, hope you enjoyed my report, cheers !

 

Ah, and not to forget XD Thanx Norther for being the best !!! Thanx Ilkka, you are great - sex and metal XD!!! C ya at Ensiferum gigs !!! Thanx Elisa and Niky, Metal spie! XD and thanx Marta , great collegue of a great holiday !!!

postato da NordlandLola alle ore 06:14
lunedì, 11 dicembre 2006

Hyvää iltaa!

Since i really don' t know where to start from; i guess i will start from the beginnin'=P and before i wanna tell you that this time i will write a part of my report (the one dedicated to Norther) both in English and Italian , so my friends in Italy that cannot understand English or find it easier to read it in their mother tongue =P Will be able to do this. So... read the white part if you want to read English and the light blue one for the Italian version (Finnish flag colors ^_^)

Dal momento che non so proprio da che parte iniziare; credo che partiro' dall' inizio=P , ma prima voglio avvisarvi che stavolta scrivero' un pezzo di report (quello dedicato ai Norther) sia in inglese che in italiano; così i miei amici in Italia che non parlano inglese o trovano piu' facile leggerlo nella loro madrelingua=P potranno farlo. Quindi... leggete la parte in bianco se volete l' inglese e quella azzurra per la versione italiana (sono i colori della bandiera finlandese ^_^)

But also this time i really want to warn you from the grammatical errors... it is 3.15 o clock and i cannot sleep properly from when i left to Helsinki; so forgive me the errors, please!

by the way... I still cannot believe to all that happened !!!  I guess i won't sleep even this night, i need to much to tell everything =P

Ma anche stavolta voglio prima avvisarvi degli errori.... sono le 3.15 e non riesco a dormire bene da quando sono partita per Helsinki; quindi perdonatemi gli errori , perfavore!

Let's just give a brief introduction to people who were not aware of my crazyness yet. I had my last exam on the 6th of december; and about 2 weeks ago, after talking with Marta, i discovered the Norther party in Helsinki on the 8th. It didn't have to take much for me, to ask parents the money, find an affordable flight, ask to Niky met on internet if she could give me an accomodation... and after all these things proved to be ok; i decided destiny to be by my part and i left in the afternoon of the 6th, a few hours after finishing my exam, heading to the country which was my biggest dream ever to visit.

P.S. I ADDED SCROLL BARS... SO BEWARE DON'T MISS SOME PARTS OF THE REPORT BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED IT =p




6 and 7 december

 

I just went to Kristiansand's station and took the 17.17 train (not a nice hour since 17 in Italy is an unlucky number... but challenging the destiny once again seems to have been a good thing...)

It was quite fun to see that they turned the train seats so people never travelled in the opposite sense than the train direction... in Italy this would surely be science-fiction

By the way, i was sooo worried when my travel started... until 5 or 6 months ago, it was too much for me even to take the train for a place which was not Milan. And now i was there, all alone, so far from home and ready to take trains, buses and planes heading to a dream which i have from years and years and that i had decided to reach 2 weeks earlier; and to see people from a band which i don't know from so many years as for example Iron Maiden, Metallica or Blind Guardian, but who gained such an important place in my heart.

At about 22 i came to Oslo Sentral Station; and from there i had to search the train going to the airport; when i found it i bought the ticket, and finally reached without problems the Gardermoen airport. The problem started when it came to finding a decent way to sleep... yep, didn't i told you that i spent the whole night all alone at the airport to take the 8,30 am flight? XD By the way, i tried to lay on two seats and feel asleep. Of course i was too excited and most of all not comfortable to do it; but i was so tired for the exam and the travelling, that i think i managed to sleep one hour or two.

Useless that i bother you with all the informations about the travel; it is enough for you to know that i did the check in the next morning, and finally went on the plane.... it was shocking that i was really going to Finland, and all the time i repeated in my head that i couldn't believe this.

I landed to Helsinki's airport a little later the Finnish 11 am... 'cause the fly is 1,30''; but Finland has the time one hour different than Norway and Italy... and what's more; the plane was a bit late. From the airport i took the 615 bus; that Niky told me to take to reach the central station.... and a bit earlier than 12... I WAS IN HELLLSINKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII !!!!!!!!!!!

The first song i listened to in Finland was "Treacherous Gods" by Ensiferum... and the destiny would told me it was a good choiche to choose Enska ^_^

This is my shocked and amazed face....

I was in the city of my dreams; all alone and i had to wait 4 hours before my friend finished working, so i could spend them in the city as i wanted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had my faithful travel guide bought at the Agders' university bookstore; 3 maps because of my usually terrible sense of orientation (that in this city would prove its qualities) , and a list of the metal pubs which i wanted to see from such a lot of time.

The first image i have of Helsinki, is a lot of children skating on the ice near the station.... it was so nice...

Then ,thinking "before the duty and then the pleasure" (even if this is usually not one of my mottos XD) i thought that i would have better buy a red bull to stay awake and then i started visiting the city: the first important thing to see was the Seenantinori; which is the Senate Square... if you have in mind a white cathedral that is your image of Helsinki... that one is Tuomiokirkko, and it is there. I could find it so easily, that i can't believe it... even if it is really easy to find ^_^ and try to imagine the strong sensation; when you only have seen that one in thousands pics, and finally see it live.

After seeing this; i headed towards the famous (at least for me=P) Kauppatori; the fish market similar to Bergen's one, with lot of fish and souvenirs.  But before going there; i found a very nice souvenir shop, and there i bought the first thing bought in Finland (oh damn' it, that was actually the red bull. But let's not consider it=P) ... a reindeer peluche with Finnish flag, and i called it Lauri ! Mister Porra would be very proud of that

Here leaves the boat to Suomenlinna... i would really have liked to go there; but really i didn't have the time, and maybe in summer it is nicer...

The shop where i bought Lauri:

and Lauri:

 This is Uspensky Cathedral :

I had checked all the addresses of the most important metal pubs and clubs: Hevimesta, Tavastia, Nosturi, Heavy Corner, and the Bar Loose which is not metal but is in Porra's top friends on MySpace. While i was heading back to the city center, i found the Hevimesta...  where a few days earlier my friend told me there were Heikki from Norther and Jani from Sonata Arctica (they are from Kemi, but he's in Helsinki to record something). Here's the pic:

 Here i asked to some Japanese to take me a picture... the statue had a t-shirt on her XD

I had checked on a internet site the main event in Helsinki those days; and i found St. Thomas Christmas market in one of the main streets, Etalaesplanadi... so i decided to spend some time there...

There were a lot of interesting things, and i was greeted by Santa Claus ^_^

At this time i decided to spend some other minutes walking throught the city center; and i wanted to search were the Bar Loose was, but i forgot to write down the civic number, and since Fredrikinkatu is quite long, i wasn't able to find it. But still it was a great occasion to see another part of the city!

At 16, i came back to the station, because at 16.10-15 i had to meet with my friend Niky that would pick me up and we went to her house together, by train. She lives with a very nice finnish guitarist called Petteri, his drummer Arto, and with a soooo beautiful kitten, Behemoth ! I suddenly fell in love with this wonder of cat and spent with him most of my time at their house

 

After a shower and eating, it was time to decide if going out again... i really didn't want to miss something in Helsinki, so i told Niky that i really agreed to see some place. I told her that in the day i wasnt' able to find Bar Loose, but i was really curious if maybe we could find there Lauri =P and we decided to challenge the age limit of 22 (i am 21) and go there. She called also a friend of her, Elisa: she is from Modena, but she lives and works in Helsinki, and came also... they told me all the funny stories experienced in Helsinki or in other places, and it was very interesting =P too bad only that Lauri wasn't there

 

8 december

8 december... the grand day !!! I only had one thing in mind when i woke up, that was Norther's party. But since Niky had to work in the day, and still i didn't want to miss anything of the city, i decided to go to her until the city center and then going alone to the Historic museum.

Pics taken on the way to the museum:

It is really a cool place ! There is all the history of Finland, from the stone age to nowadays, and a cool section dedicated to the Sami people. Here's the skeleton of a seal and some skulls XD

and this one was in the 20th century section ... i couldn' t believe that in a historical museum there were Him's cd... and also Harry Potter !

Then, i would have liked to go to Kiasma's modern art museum, but i only had 2 hours while waiting for Niky to finish her work and going home with her; so i spent them walking in the center...

The names of some of my husbands, that the destiny showed me XD

Other images from the center...

a HUGE commercial center full of great things :

.... then i walked again in the city and in St. Thomas market.... and then i was in the other main street, Pohjoisesplanadi, where i took pictures to this bass which as soon as i have the money i will buy XD

and to this guitar:

... i bought something at St. Thomas (a black and violet made in Finland viking hat) ; and then i went to search for Tavastia, and found it:

After some other walking in the center, i came back to the station, met Niky and we went home... ready to prepare for the party !!! (after drinking a coffee with Bayleys, so i didn't go completely withouth alcohol in the body, risking to faint...)  It should start at 20.00 and last till 2.30 am; but Niky wanted that we go out earlier so we could go to the Hevimesta and see the Metal karaoke... and what's more; Petteri was not feeling very good, that was another reason to come back earlier. But i was hoping that we could stay more time as possible... and, most of all, that everyone of the band would come !!! I thought that maybe Petri could not come; because he's the only one who doesn't attend the forum, that is where i had read about the party... and i was really hoping he came of course XD ... Niky said that, according to her opinion, if someone wouldn't come, that would be Tuomas, because she says he's the one that seems less interested in parties... and again i was hoping so much that he would come (also because if not Ambra would be very sad.... my friends Martikki, Ambrikki and Valerikki wanted so much the autographs!) ... but my secret hope was this one: that Jari Mäenpää, the former singer from Ensiferum and now singer of Wintersun, came ... that would be so amazing !!! I had this hope, because he's in some "Behind the scenes" of the band, and he' s also in Ensifuerum dvd, so he must be friend of the band ('cause Petri is the singer both of Norther and Ensiferum); also because he plays in Wintersun now with Jukka which is the bassist of Norther.

This are Petteri and Niky on the train to the party:

and me, with my viking hat bought at St. Thomas market

when came to the station; we went to an "Arkioski" (a shop) where the shop assistant was something incredible, with blue eyes like a husky and long black hair... but of course we didn't want to be late at the party, so we took the tram number 6 towards Telakkakatu (in Italian this name sounds quite funny=P) and to the Nosturi; the venue of the party !!!

Here's two pictures of Norther :

 

 

I was shivering so much, and before going in, i thought it was for the cold outside... but when i didn't get calm entering, i realized that was because i was so nervous ^_^"

Tremavo un sacco prima di entrare; ma pensavo che fosse per il freddo... poi, quando non mi sono calmata dopo l' ingresso, mi sono accorta che era per il nervosismo ^_^"

We payed 3 euros for the entrance (i think it is so honest; also included some free beverage!), and while going in we suddenly met Heikki (the drummer of the band) and Ilkka (the guy of the merchandise). Then, at one table i saw Kride (the guitar player) with three girls; while playin'... i really dunno how to translate it in english, in italian it's "calcetto"... by the way one thing to play the game of soccer=P there there was Jukka (the bass player of Norther and also of Wintersun).

Abbiamo pagato 3 euro per l' ingresso (penso che sia onestissimo; includeva anche dei drinks gratis!), e all' entrata abbiamo subito incontrato Heikki (il batterista) ed Ilkka (il ragazzo del merchandise). Poi, a un tavolo ho visto Kride (il chitarrista) con 3 ragazze; mentre che giocava a calcetto c' era Jukka (il bassista dei Norther e dei Wintersun).

I was really shocked, and it was good that Tuomas, Petri and Jari came later; because if i had found all of them when entering i dunno if i could survive XD ... by the way, as a first thing i presented myself to Ilkka and Heikki, because they were the ones i had talked to in the forum, and i asked Heikki the autographs for my friends... but i hadn't asked him the picture because i was still too nervous , and later i forgot to do it =/

Ero veramente shockata; ed è un bene che Tuomas, Petri e Jari siano arrivati piu' tardi; perchè se li avessi trovati tutti subito all' entrata non so se sarei sopravvissuta XD ... comunque, come prima cosa mi sono presentata ad Ilkka ed Heikki, perchè con loro avevo parlato nel forum, e ho chiesto ad Heikki gli autografi pe le mie amiche... ma non gli ho chiesto di fare una foto perchè ero ancora troppo nervosa, e dopo mi sono dimenticata di farla =/

I came back to breath a bit to Niky and Petteri; and then i decided to go to Kride... and i approached him saying "Hi Kride, could you give me some autographs for my friends in Italy?"... and it seemed to me that a girl looked at me with funny expression, which i thought to be 'cause i asked the autographs; but i later found from Elisa that "Kride" is pronounced as written in Italian... when i found it out; i felt quite ashamed XD By the way, he was very nice to me, and wrote me the autographs for my friends. I asked him if he thinks that Norther are going to play at the Wacken this year, and he said he hope this is going to happen.... me too XD so i will go there !

Sono tornata dalla Niky e da Petteri per respirare un po'; e poi ho deciso di andare da Kride... l' ho approcciato dicendogli "Ciao Kride, mi potresti fare degli autografi per le mie amiche in Italia?"... e mi è sembrato che una ragazza mi guardasse divertita, ma credevo che fosse perchè gli ho chiesto gli autografi... solo che piu' tardi Elisa mi ha detto che "Kride" si pronuncia come è scritto in Italiano... quando l' ho scoperto, mi sono un po' vergognata XD Comunque, è stato molto simpatico con me, e mi ha fatto gli autografi per le mie amiche. Gli ho chiesto se pensa che i Norther suoneranno al Wacken quest' anno, e ha detto che spera di sì... lo spero anch io XD così ci andro'!

Then, we took the pic:

 

at this point i came back to drink and talk with my friends. And i was sayin' "It is so bad there are no Petri and Tuomas, because they are probably the ones i most wanted to see" , but Niky said she was sure that they would come. And i asked Petteri if it was normal that all the people were so calm and didn't ask for pics and things like that... he said it is not so common in Finland, also because almost everybody know each other. So i hope, i didn't seem to act too weird =P

a questo punto sono tornata a bere e a parlare coi miei amici. E dicevo "Che peccato che non ci siano Petri and Tuomas, perchè sono quelli che piu' volevo vedereee", ma la Niky ha detto che era sicura che sarebbero venuti. E ho chiesto a Petteri se è normale che tutti fossero così calmi e non chiedessero foto e cose così... lui ha risposto che non sono cose così comuni in Finlandia, anche perchè si conoscono quasi tutti. Quindi, spero di non essere sembrata troppo strana =P

After some time, i saw Tuomas (the keyobard player) coming in from the door ! The first think i thought was Ambra of course  (she's break doll in the Norther's forum) and since she cared so much about that autograph, i just waited for him to sit with Kride and other and i went there. I just asked if he could sign these autographs, and one for a very special fan, who studies music and admire him so much his music and him XD so i asked if in that autograph he could add a smiley or something like that. And he drew a small heart... i was so happy for Ambra, that you can't imagine XD i think he thought the autograph actually was for me XD XD XD because i looked too happy.

Dopo un po', ho visto Tuomas (il tastierista) che entrava ! La prima cosa a cui ho pensato è stata naturalmente Ambra  (break doll nel forum dei Norther) e, dal momento che ci teneva così tanto all' autografo, ho aspettato che lui si sedesse con Kride ed altri e sono andata lì. Gli ho chiesto se poteva firmare gli autografi, di cui uno era per una fan veramente speciale, che studia musica e ammira tanto lui e il suo modo di suonare XD quindi gli ho chiesto se in quell' autografo poteva aggiungere una faccina o qualcosa del genere. E lui ha disegnato un cuoricino... ero così felice per Ambra, che non vi potete immaginare XD penso che lui abbia pensato che l' autografo in realta' fosse per me XD XD XD perchè ero troppo felice.

I asked him and Kride to check the pm; because Ambrikki and Martikki (and me of course) are interested in doing Norther's italian fansite and fan club; and so we wrote them, but i asked if they are interested, and Tuomas said of course, because it's always a good promotion for the band, and what's more there's not many people in Italy that speak very good English. He also asked me about my travel (he read on the forum that i came) and how long i was going to stay in Helsinki; but since i was so nervous, it was amazing to see that i didn't know what to say, and he was him to ask the things, for example what i study... i said that i study English and Norwegian; but that actually i wanted to study Finnish, but i couldn' t move to do it  and i started speaking bad of Norwegian and very good of Finnish people XD XD XD ... I also said that i expected more people at the party, and he said he did too, but probably more people would come... and to him and Kride i asked if Petri was going to come XD they said yes, and i said, luckily, because i have a friend who cares so much about his autograph...

Ho chiesto a lui e a Kride di guardare i messaggi privati; perchè Ambrikki e Martikki (e ovviamente io) siamo interessate a fare il fansite e il fan club italiani dei Norther ; quindi gli abbiamo scritto, ma gli ho chiesto se erano interessati, e Tuomas ha detto certo, perchè è sempre una buona promozione per la band, e inoltre non ci sono tante persone in Italia che parlano bene l' inglese. Mi ha anche chiesto riguardo al mio viaggio (ha letto nel forum che venivo) e per quanto tempo sarei stata ad Helsinki; ma, dal momento che ero nervosissima, è stato incredibile vedere che non sapevo cosa dire ed era lui che mi chiedeva le cose, per esempio cosa studio... al che gli ho detto che studio inglese e norvegese; ma che effettivamente volevo studiare finlandese, ma non mi potevo trasferire per farlo  e ho iniziato a parlare male dei norvegesi e benissimo dei finlandesi XD XD XD ... gli ho anche detto che pensavo che sarebbe venuta piu' gente al party, e ha detto che anche lui lo pensava, ma probabilmente altra gente sarebbe arrivata... e ho chiesto a lui e a Kride se Petri sarebbe venuto XD loro hanno detto sì, e ho detto, per fortuna, perchè ho un' amica a cui interessa molto il suo autografo...

 

Here's Tuomas and me:

 ... and i was still talking to Kride and Tuomas, when i looked outside the window and i saw... Jari Mäenpääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääää !!!!!!!

... e stavo ancora parlando con Kride e Tuomas, quando ho guardato fuori dalla finestra e ho visto... Jari Mäenpääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääää !!!!!!!

The singer of Wintersun (actually he played and wrote the whole album apart from drums) and former of Ensiferum that i was hoping so much to see  !!! I think i told to Tuomas and Kride "OOOOH, THERE IS JARI, I WAS HOPING SO MUCH THAT HE CAMEEEE !!!", and i went away to go to him =P=P=P

Il cantante (ma ha scritto suonato tutto l' album, batteria a parte) dei Wintersun ed ex-cantante degi Ensiferum che speravo così tanto di vedere !!! Penso di aver detto a Tuomas e Kride "OOOH, C' è JARI, SPERAVO COSì TANTO CHE VENISSEEEEEEEE!!!!", e me ne sono corsa da lui =P=P=P

He became so much my idol in the last times, that i really couldn't imagine to see him really. He was with a girl and some friends, and had Amon Amarth sweatshirt... i have always liked him, he has such an intense face, but i think that in live he's still nicer (well, i guess this is the same also for the others... the one that stroke me more is Tuomas... live he's amazingly beautiful! Even in the forum someone wrote that his/her mum said that live he's so cute) ... and very tall, which i didnt' expected also from him (Tuomas and Petri are so tall=P but from them i expected it).

E' diventato così tanto il mio idolo negli ultimi tempi; che davvero non riuscivo a credere di vederlo dal vivo. Era con una tipa e con degli amici, e aveva la felpa degli Amon Amarth... mi è sempre piaciuto, ha un volto così intenso, ma secondo me dal vivo è ancora meglio (bè, è lo stesso anche per gli altri... quello che mi ha colpita di piu' è stato Tuomas... dal vivo è stupendo ! Anche nel forum qualcuno ha scritto che sua mamma ha detto che dal vivo è bellissimo) ... ed è altissimo, cosa che non mi aspettavo da lui (Tuomas e Petri sono altissimi=P ma da loro me lo aspettavo).

By the way, i went to Jari, and this time also Niky came, because she cares more than him than Norther... she also told him this XD while i was too nervous to say something intelligent, but i stated i appreciate sooo much his music with Ensiferum and Wintersun...

Comunque, sono andata da Jari, e stavolta anche la Niky è venuta con me, perchè le importa piu' di lui che dei Norther... glielo ha anche detto XD mentre io ero troppo nervosa per dire qualcosa di intelligente, ma gli ho detto che apprezzo cosììì tanto la sua musica con gli Ensiferum e Wintersun...

This is my pic with him... i can't believe i have it !!! I am so happy !!! He was great, really.

At this time, since i was already in the part of the room where Jukka was, i went to him also... together with Tuomas, he was the nicest to me !!!!!! He also looked happy that i came from Norway for the party; he asked me how long i had travelled and if i came alone (he also had read that i came in the forum) , and he asked me which part from Italy i come from... then he asked me if i knew some people in Italy... i told him about the "Behind the scenes" of Norther; and he said that it's nothing compared to what they usually do XD... and then i did suchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh a funny thing XD XD XD i said that i wanted to download the new album of Wintersun but i asked him "it's not possible that's that one, 'cause it's not out yet... isn't it?=P" and he replied me but he had a strange expression, so i realized that it's not fair to say to the band that you download their cd XD XD XD XD XD but i added that of course after i would have suddenly bought the original one !!! Hope he believed me XD but he was so nice; really

A questo punto, siccome ero gia' nella parte del locale dove c' era Jukka, sono andata anche da lui... insieme a Tuomas, è stato il piu' simpatico con me !!!!!! Anche lui sembrava felice che fossi venuta dalla Norvegia per il party; mi ha chiesto quanto avevo viaggiato e se da sola (anche lui ha letto nel forum che venivo), e mi ha chiesto da che parte dell' Italia venissi... poi mi ha chiesto se conoscessi qualcuno in Italia... gli ho parlato del "Behind the scenes" dei Norther; e ha detto che non è nulla paragonato a quel che fanno di solito XD.... e poi ho fatto una cosa cosìììììì divertente XD XD XD ho detto che volevo scaricare il nuovo album dei Wintersun ma gli ho chiesto "non è possibile che sia quello, perchè non è ancora uscito... o no?" e lui mi ha risposto ma aveva una faccia strana, al che mi sono resa conto che non è molto bello dire a un gruppo che scarichi i loro cd XD XD XD XD XD ma ho aggiunto che naturalmente avrei subito dopo comprato l' originale ! Spero che mi abbia creduta XD ma è stato così simpatico; davvero

Then a girl took us this pic:

 

 ... after this, i came back to my table, but i was regretting very much that i hadn't ask the autograph for me to Tuomas... so, when he was coming back from the toilet, i called him XD and he sat , and i asked him the autograph. Then i said thank you sooo much; and that i will spread the word of Norther in the whole Italy  perhaps i exhaggerated a bit, 'cause he had to go XD but i would have regretted not asking the autograph for me...

... dopo di cio', sono tornata al mio tavolo, ma nel frattempo mi ero pentita di non avere chiesto a Tuomas un autografo anche per me... quindi, mentre tornava dal bagno, l' ho chiamato XD e lui si è seduto, e gli ho chiesto l' autografo. Allora l' ho ringraziato un sacco; e gli ho detto che portero' il verbo dei Norther in tutta Italia  forse ho esagerato un po', perchè è dovuto andare XD ma mi sarei pentita di non avergli chiesto l' autografo...

The time was passing; Petri was not coming, and my friend was saying that if he didn't come for 23, we would have gone... so i was prayin'=P and every blonde long-haired guy that was entering, i was thinking he was Petri XD... well, finally at 23 i saw a face out of the door... and instead of fainting, as i thought, all my nervous went away in a second, and i felt completely calm ! Probably, as Marta says, because my blood was completely frozen in my veins. But my mission was completed, i could see him=P he looked already quite drunk...

Il tempo passava; Petri non arrivava, e la mia amica diceva che se non arrivava per le 23, ce ne saremmo andati... quindi pregavo=P e tutti i tipi biondi e lungocriniti che entravano, pensavo fossero Petri XD... bè, finalmente alle 23 ho visto una faccia fuori dalla porta... e invece di svenire, come pensavo, tutto il mio nervoso è sparito, e mi sono sentita completamente calma ! Probabilmente, come dice Marta, perchè il sangue mi si era gelato completamente nelle vene. Ma la mia missione era compiuta, sono riuscita a vederlo=P sembrava gia' abbastanza brillo...

 

... when he came, everybody sorrounded and hugged him =P

...quando è arrivato, tutti lo hanno circondato e abbracciato =P

... and someone put on his head a Santa Claus' hat !

... e qualcuno gli ha messo in testa un cappello da Babbo Natale !

 ... i went to him, because i didn't want to lose time, since a guy was organizing a karoke singing "Still of the Night" from Whitesnake... and i thought that maybe Petri was going to sing=P so i went there and asked if he could sign the autographs from my friends in Italy... and he said "where???" and me "Italy" and he said "you are from Italy???!!!" and me "yep" and he said " I HAVE TO SAY YOU ARE INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " and i told "thanx, i know XD XD XD"... this is cool; Petri Lindroos stated that i am crazy!!!

... sono andata da lui, perchè non volevo perdere tempo, dal momento che un tipo stava organizzando un karaoke cantando "Still of the Night" dei Whitesnake... e pensavo che magari Petri stava per cantare=P quindi sono andata da lui e gli ho chiesto se mi poteva firmare gli autografi per le mie amiche in Italia... e lui ha detto "dove???" e io "Italia" e lui "vieni dall' Italia???!!!" e io "sì" e lui "DEVO PROPRIO DIRE CHE SEI MATTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" e gli ho detto "lo so, grazie XD XD XD"... che figata; Petri Lindroos mi ha detto che sono matta!!!

By the way, it was fun 'cause when i asked the autographs he did only one, and gave me back with a satisfied expression. Then i dared to say "well, you should do other 3 of these"... and what's more... "and my friend Marta told me to say that you have the best unclean vocals in the scene!!!!! She's a great fan of you... could you please do a smiley or something like that on her autograph?" ...so he asked "is your friend a <he> or a <she>???" and me "a she !!!!" ... so he drew a very funny little metal girl... he took some time to do it !!! (you will see it in the autographs' pictures)

Comunque, è stato divertente perchè quando gli ho chiesto gli autografi ne ha fatto uno solo, e mi ha ridato i fogli con un' espressione soddisfatta. Allora ho osato dire "ehm, me ne dovresti fare altri 3"...e poi..."e la mia amica Marta mi ha detto di dirti che il tuo cantato non pulito è il migliore sulla piazza!!!!! E' una tua grande fan... perfavore, mi potresti fare una faccina o qualcosa del genere sul suo autografo?" ...e lui ha chiesto "il tuo amico è un <lui> o una <lei>???" e io "una lei!!! ... al che ha disegnato una divertente bambolina metallara... ci ha messo un po' a farla !!! (la vedrete nella foto degli autografi)

He also wore Children of Bodom's sweatshirt=P ... here's our pictures !!!!!!!! I was longing for so long for this ^_^

Indossava anche la maglia dei Children of Bodom=P ... ecco la nostra foto !!!!!!!!!! Era un bel po' che speravo di farla ^_^

 

... and now, i really have to write my impression; since the main reason i went to Finland now was to see Petri =P ... well, talking about his beauty, he's of course soooooo beautiful... but not a lot more than i expected... that would have been REALLY impossible !!! But in the whole evening, i was stroked more by Tuomas and Jukka, they are both WAY prettier than i expected, most of all Tuomas is very very beautiful and nice. Kride also is great, while it's bad i didn't speak to Heikki much... and Jari is god, there 's no need to add anything ^_^

... e ora, devo proprio scrivere la mia impressione; perchè il motivo principale per cui sono andata in Finlandia proprio ora è stato vedere Petri =P ... bè, parlando della sua bellezza, è ovviamente stupendoooooooooooo.... ma non tanto piu' di quanto mi aspettassi... bè, sarebbe stato DAVVERO impossibile !!! Ma in tutta la serata, sono rimasta piu' colpita da Tuomas e Jukka, sono tutti e due MOLTO piu' belli di quanto pensassi, soprattutto Tuomas è veramente bello e simpatico. Kride anche è un idolo, mentre purtroppo con Heikki ho parlato poco... e Jari è dio, non c' è altro da aggiungere ^_^

But Petri really looks like an elf... a drunk elf perhaps=P but his face is perfect

Ma Petri sembra veramente un elfo... un elfo ubriaco, forse =P ma il suo viso è perfetto


me with beer and the free beverage they offered... some kind of punch that i put 3/4 of this out of the glass because i was too nervous to drink with the band XD

io con la birra e il drink gratis che ci hanno offerto... una specie di punch di cui ho rovesciato 3/4 perchè ero troppo nervosa a bere con la band XD

me and Niky:

Petteri and Niky... they are such a perfect couple

this is a pic i took before going... and before going we also talked to the others and to Jukka we also asked if he wanted to come to the Hevimesta after party XD

Here's out autographs... as you can see i only have the ones of Jari and Petri, 'cause they were the 2 i most wanted, and the one of Tuomas, 'cause as i told you i decided after talking to him that i wanted also his very much XD

Then we went to the Hevimesta for the heavy karaoke; Elisa reached us there, while Petteri went home 'cause he was not feeling good and in these days he's recording with the band... at the Hevimesta we met a young blonde guy which kept on sayin' he sings and plays guitar in 3 bands... but he was nice so i booked with him to sing "Lai Lai Hei" from Ensiferum; i was drunk enough to do this... but i found out that there's 1 or 2 hours booking queue XD so i wasn't able to sing !!! We went home, me ready to watch all the pics in my camera thousand times, and with a happiness rarely felt in my life=P also 'cause i could bring to Marta, Ambra and Valeria their autographs... and believe me, the happiness to see their comments when i told them about Tuomas' and Petri's smiley were priceless  [ i kept on sayin' that Tuomas had been very romantic, and Elisa and Niky told me "Holy innocence!!!" XD XD XD]

Poi siamo andate all' Hevimesta per il karaoke metal; Elisa ci ha raggiunte lì, mentre Petteri è andato a casa perchè non si sentiva bene e in questi giorni sta registrando con la band... all' Hevimesta abbiamo incontrato un ragazzino biondo che continuava a dire che canta e suona la chitarra in 3 band... ma era simpatico, quindi mi sono prenotata con lui per cantare "Lai Lai Hei" degli Ensiferum; ero ubriaca abbastanza per farlo... ma ho scoperto che c' erano 1 o 2 ore di fila XD quindi non ho fatto in tempo a cantare !!! Siamo tornate a casa, io ero pronta per riguardarmi migliaia di volte le foto nella mia macchina fotografica, e con una felicita' raramente provata nella mia vita =P anche perchè avrei potuto portare a Marta, Ambra e Valeria i loro autografi... e credetemi, la felicita' nel vedere i loro commenti quando gli ho detto delle faccine disegnate da Tuomas e Petri è stata senza prezzo  [continuavo a dire che Tuomas è stato molto romantico, e l' Elisa e la Niky mi dicevano "Beata innocenza!!!" XD XD XD]

 

9 december

I dunno how i managed to wake up the following morning; but Niky decided that we had to do "alternative tourism" and so she brought me to the cemetery... and it is very beautiful... and it's full of squirrels!

then we walked until the Sibelius park... would you imagine from this pics; that it was about 3 pm?

Then we went to Elisa' s house (she's neighbour of someone from 69 eyes!!!) and then home; here's me with Behemoth:

In the evening; incredible episodes happened... me, Niky and Elisa went to the Heavy Corner, because according to Niky that could be a place that Jari attends... and there was a premonition 'cause when we went in there was "Dragonheads" from Ensiferum...

We went in (the limit age was 20.... luckily, now you' ll find out why) and after some time THE POLICE came to check our Identity Cards!! I suddenly recognized the policewoman who was checking us; as the one that in the end of Children of Bodom's new dvd brings Alexi away. But i thought it was not possible... so she was checking; and it seemed there was something wrong 'cause the normal Id was not enought=P but i said "you are not the woman from Children of Bodom's dvd???????" and she looked amazed and said "no...no....well...actually, i am!!!" and then she was so pleased XD and going away she greeted us and told me "it's amazing that you recognized me!!!" XD XD XD that was incredible ... but that was not enough... because after some minute i saw a figure behind us going to buy some drink... and i whispered "Niky... don't turn... THERE'S JARIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!" and really, i couldn't believe to meet him again... he was with the girl of the previous evening and some friends, and sat with them. I didn't dare to go to him again =/ perhaps i should have drunk more XD XD XD

 ... and then home... that was so sad to think the best 3 days of my life were going to end =(

 

 

10 december

I went with bus to the airport (Petteri could have drive me, if he didnt' have to record for his band... i write this because it is a cool thing XD XD XD); and took the plane, then 5 hours bus until fuckin' Kristiansand...

... the most shocking thing; was to switch language from Finnish to Norwegian... from the language of the Elves, to some fuckin' terrible Norsk dialect heard on the bus...

but everything was dreamlike in Finland... it was all exactly like in my dreams: the language, the people, the music, the parties, the places, the atmosphere... and i hope sooo much that in January i will manage to go and find my friend Alice in Erasmus in Turku =)

And i am always more sure that after finishing university, i wanna move to Helsinki for as more time as possible !!!

Paljon terveisiä ja kippis ... (greetings and cheers)

Lola

P.S. this time i expect many comments =) please !