10. Under the banner of heaven, we dream out loud.

Remember when I told you, about my epic plans, about my epic trip, that were epically shattered into epic number of pieces? Actually, this epic trip was truly epic. It took me one month to get over it, I'm lying because I'm not over it yet and now I am finally able to tell you something about a trip to completely detached from reality city of Gdańsk.

The city itself is pretty nice. Not beautiful, as in my opinion Cracow, but very very nice. It also has some magic, but in Gdańsk there is this unique atmosphere of stopped time. Old Town is pretty big. Bigger than we have in Poznań, and much more mysterious.

If you'd like to look for a place to drink with friends till late night, there was maybe one or two. Instead of this you could easily find a man playing his guitar in The Green Gate & join him for a song or few.

Artus Court with Neptune's Fountain.

The fact is that Old Town full of people in a daylight, becomes a city of ghosts after midnight. Incredible contrast. We had only 2 days to discover this place & it wasn't enough.

W booked an apartment right after we knew about new date of the concert. It was hard to find something not that expensive & available for this long weekend, but we did it. Funny fact: the evening before our trip, someone tweeted something that turned out to be real something and we found out that our apartment is right next to band's hotel. We could pass by the hotel every time we were leaving our apartment. You should see faces of two Russian girls when they asked us how long we are walking around the hotel & we told them that we are staying right next to it. It was priceless.

Radisson Blu hotel, view from Długi Targ.

One of our faves was Mariacka Street where you can find stands with various products made of amber. We were walking this street even few times each day.

Stand with amber products on Mariacka Street.

St. Mary's Church, view from Mariacka Street.

Actually, out top of the faves was Motława river with all beautiful buildings & promenade by the river. It looks amazing especially at night. You can eat dinner on board the Black Pearl & who knows, maybe a pirate part of you will awake.

Townhouses by the Motława river.

Black Pearl

Green Gate, view from Green Bridge.

The main part of our trip was concert of obviously Thirty Seconds To Mars. We were extremely excited to see them again in Poland. It's the greatest pleasure to travel, visit new places on the occasion of your favourite band's concert.

The setlist was quite normal. Without any fireworks in the form of rare old school songs from first two albums.. Wait. There was one. They played an acoustic version of From Yesterday, which is one of my two favorite singles.

Intro: Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

1st: Up In The Air

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28. 10th: Hurricane
29. 11th: From Yesterday
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Top things to remember: Bambi The Deer passing by us at the concert; tv wanted to make an interview with me but I ignored them; our picture on dziennikbaltycki.pl; shared backyard; view from our apartment; and many many more...

9. Can you hear it? It's the sound of my heart breaking into pieces.

Have you ever felt this overwhelming sadness that your epic plans for epic trip were epically shattered during one epically bad day? No? Well, then believe me, it's the worst feeling ever for someone who's made to be on the road with friends.

When days like that come to ruin my mood I have those few songs, maybe not to cheer me up fully, but at least they are able to relieve some of my negative emotions. Actually, last few days were that bad, that I'm not even able to be pissed or sad. My inner Joker is awaken, so I laugh hysterically & answer ironically. 

So here's the list of my music medicines.

• If we're talking about Joker, this is one of my latest findings: Scars by Boy Epic. The song written for upcoming Suicide Squad movie, inspired by The Joker played by Jared Leto.

• If I should pick one song which can magically release me from all my anger, that would be Attack by Mr Leto's band called Thirty Seconds To Mars. 

• Everytime when I'm losing my faith, when I'm about to let go of my dreams & goals, I have to listen to Rise Above 1 which I found some time ago, looking for Bono's solo performances. Here we have one young artist from Broadway Reeve Carney feat. living legends of rock music Bono & The Edge. 

• I've always had something for Adam Levine's voice. She Will Be Loved was one of my fave songs not only from Maroon 5, but from all bands that I like.

• Once I saw Lost It All on YouTube. Curiosity made me check a band called Black Veil Brides because I've heard a lot about them, so I wanted to check what is so special about them. Well, I'm not in love with Andy & his friends, but this piece of music art is very close to my heart.

These 5 usually help me get through bad days. I'd love to hear all of them live one day. 

2. In the city of blinding lights.

Title: lyrics from City Of Blinding Lights by U2.

Counting days to events is one of those weird things I like to do. Counting to concerts, festivals, even to birthdays! But sometimes I have those moments of insane obsession about movies, when I am counting for the movie premiere. Just like now, when I'm waiting for "Dracula Untold" with Luke Evans as a Vlad The Impaler. Just few more days... Promise to post my review here! Already got my ticket to see it so.. Tuesday, come faster, please!
Anyway...

Last year in October, I was counting to my first trip abroad. It was the second thing I was THAT excited for in my entire life. I was going to London, a place from the top of my "too see" list, and there I was about to meet my idols. Three men with their music that changed me & my life. Let's call them The Three Diablos. I kinda like this nickname for them. However, this period of time was full of excitement, shivers, plans, laugh & most important - faith that dreams are possible.

Stuff with London theme can be found anywhere in almost every shop. I used to believe that London isn't as cool as New York or Los Angeles, but everything has changed. I found myself feeling like at home there, even though it's one of the most dangerous cities in Europe. If there could be a chance to move out from Poland, London would be my pick for sure.

Hot chocolate with a view at London Eye - perfect for cold day in the middle of November.

My favourite spot was that side of Thames from where I could drink hot chocolate from Starbucks & stare at London Eye talking about nothing with my bestie. It was amazing to feel so good in a different country far from home. Yes, I could live there.

Buckingham Palace. 

We both loved squirrels in St. James's Park. They were so cute! But Buckingham Palace was majestic! Big, & breathtaking, unfortunately we missed Changing the Guards. At least we have something left for another trip on our "to do" list.

Me at Waterloo Station wondering where to go.

Red buses at Westminster Bridge.

What made me smile? A lot of red buses & characteristic taxicabs, especially around Trafalgar Square. I was so fascinated by this view. Finally I've had an opportunity to see with my eyes things that I used to see only in pictures or paintings. Maybe it's not a big deal for someone, but for me it was.

Trafalgar Square with National Gallery.

My 2nd favourite spot was Trafalgar Square. Full of tourists & street artists, with a very long queue to National Gallery, with a Nelson's Column, became one of the many reasons why I love London. It was so magic to be there, where action of one of the books I've read takes place. With the eyes of my imagination I saw main characters, what they were doing, where they were going... Awesome feeling.

Millennium Dome with O2 Arena inside.

To be fully honest, nothing of those above compares to the Millennium Dome with O2 Arena. Not because it was prettier or more interesting (it wasn't!), but because it brought me the most beautiful memories from this trip. I've spent there about 12 hours. Most of the time, it was just waiting in line, but we've got pizza as a dinner from band & band crew, & we've also met few very nice people there.

Anyway, the main point of our trip was concert. It started with soundcheck. The band was obviously in a great mood & goofing around on the stage was the best proof of it. Then for me there was meet & greet with the band, including signing session & picture with The Three Diablos Thirty Seconds To Mars. Believe it or not, but it wasn't that easy to pose for a photo. There even wasn't enough time to think about smile or put it on your face! The concert itself was a pleasant change from concerts in Poland. People were calm, if you can be calm at rock concert, & you could see whole families, grandparents with their grandkids, or parents with their kids. In Poland it is quite hard to find someone above 18 years old at their show, pretty sure that it's because of how media here describe them, so yeah, I was surprised.

Natural History Museum

T-Rex is "alive"!

Since I remember, I always wanted to see this famous museum. My childhood dream came true & I could spend some time with loud T-Rex at Natural History Museum. The building itself made a big impression on me.

Mailbox near St. James's Park.

Street next to Trafalgar Square.

Audience during Thirty Seconds To Mars's show, song called "City Of Angels" at O2 Arena.

Squirrel in St. James's Park.

Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace.

I miss London. I miss its multiculturalism, freedom of being different. You can wear whatever you want & it's nothing shocking in London. You can speak the weirdest language on earth & still it's nothing shocking there. London is one of those places where time stopped running centuries ago, but still flows in its own rythm.

Hope to get there back sooner than soon.