One spontaneous adventure...

Last saturday after the Moonsorrow-concert I made acquaintance of a guy named Aki. We were chatting a little bit after the concert and when Honoka left me, he stayed with me waiting for my bus to leave at 5 am.
Now, this thursday he gave away a free entrance to a festival in Helsinki called Unioni-festival. I've been seeing posters for this festival everywhere and I was so sad that I could not go there because there was going to be Insomnium and Arch Enemy playing. But since I've already been to Helsinki last week and I'm constantly being low on money I decided not to go there. Well... but then it happened that he actually made it possible to skip the entrance fee for the concert. Still I was thinking like maybe the whole day if I'd want to go there or not (Of course I wanted to go there!) and calculated how much the bus tickets would be. In the end they turned out to be some 28-ish euros because I booked so late. I think that was pretty okay for seeing two bands I really like!

It even got more crazy. When I arrived to Helsinki, Aki was mentioning "Ah, by the way, we're going to meet Arch Enemy at around eight."
I was like "What? ... Wait ... what?!"
Of course, that was the day when I just left my camera at home. xD As usual. If something like that happens I always forget something anywhere.
I was pretty excited because I've never been backstage in my whole life before. Apart from that ... well, these band people are just people like you and me. They use the same toilet paper as we all do. (Hopefully...) Still, it was interesting to see these people from so very close. And to be present when an interview is just being taken is also very interesting.
And uh ... to prove that I was there there's been made - of course - a photo too. xD

Ah, I just don't like how I look there. But no one looks really amazing. Alissa can look so much better.
Of course, as always in situations like that, I end up saying something entirely stupid. This time it was "I like your hair!" as if I was just some ... girly fangirl-thingy. xD But it's true, her hair is pretty amazing. (I wonder how often she has to dye it to keep the blue colour upright...)

Also, I of course left more money than I actually wanted because I had to buy this Insomnium t-shirt.
And the prices for alcohol in this club were just like hell. 6,50 for one beer! I'm so looking forward to going back to Germany if it comes to affordable alcohol. Other than that, I'd really like to stay in Finland forever. <3

Needless to say that the rest of the evening was just plain amazing! I missed almost the whole gig of The Man Eating Tree because I needed to get some cash for that Insomnium t-shirt but what I've seen has been quite nice.
Lost Society was also a new band for me but their live performance was really enjoyable. These guys just have so much energy! Amazing!
Of course, Insomnium was great! I actually discovered them only this year just a few weeks before I went to see them live at a festival in Germany. But I really love their melancholic music.
And Arch Enemy. Whoah! I saw them already at Wacken and at Rockharz. I think Alissa is doing her job pretty good! Although I must say I never saw them live with Angela, so I can not really compare it.

Yes... I've been here in Finland for a bit more than a month now and already been to three awesome concerts. I'm very curious about what'll be coming up next.