Czechtour 2002 Adventure Team:
Steffi (first Waltari show: Rheinkultur 1992)
Shirin (first Waltari show: Rheinkultur 1992)
jOErG (first Waltari show: Rheinkultur 1992)

Saturday July 13, 3:00 am Start in Cologne; a long journey awaits us - but our tank is full of fuel, we are well equipped and nothing can stop us.

Saturday July 13, 14:00 1200 km later: the trip was quite okay so far, we already passed Plzen and Praha. Then some kilometers before our final destination Zlin, a road is closed due to roadworks: detour.

Saturday July 13, 17:00 Nobody could help us, nobody knows this mysterious "Zlin Motor Festival". Finally, after 3 hours driving around in Zlin, we arrive at the festival area. Some minutes after i manage to get our guestlist tickets (wow, really no problem), apocalypse strikes: "thunderstorm" is a nice word for what happens; we give up the idea to stay the night in our tent.

Saturday July 13, 21:00 After an underwater trip to Zlin we find a cheap hotel, leave our baggage there and drive back to the festival area. We don´t have the feeling this rain will ever stop. Some courageous czech bands are playing on stage for the audience who shelter under a rooftent in some distance. We join them freezing and drinking for a while, check the merchandize area and have a quite good czech hotdog, then take seat in the water-resistant car. Our hope to see Waltari tonight is fading with every minute.

Saturday July 13, 22:00 They arrive! We happily glide into backstage area, a small tent behind the stage, and stay there during soundcheck, having some red wine together. Kaertsy borrows Steffi´s umbrella to avoid getting totally wet.

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