Bill's Tour Blog - Part 2

Hi everyone!
Today we had a day off in Chicago and it was gorgeous. But let's start from the beginning - at the Detroit show and the Oakland signing session at Hot Topic. Well, the show in Detroit was awesome since the venue there was really beautiful and the fans were just incredible...we couldn't ask for anything better!

the day after the show we departed on our tour bus for Oakland where we met our fans in one of the Hot Topic stores in a mall. The employees at the store were at least as astounded as we at how many fans came out to the signing - it was huge!

To me these signing sessions are always something very special because we get to meet the fans face-to-face and hear so many of their stories, they tell us what moves them and also share their feelings. This is truly inspirational and I get so many ideas for our new songs from that - thanks so much for all of that!

after the in-store we headed towards Chicago. Georg and Tom talked pretty much the whole way about the fans...like who was the sweetest girl or whose number they'd love to have - such dreamers they are sometimes! A highlight on the drive to Chicago was a stop at one of the supermarkets! The bus dropped us right in front of the entrance and I have to tell you: I love these gigantic supermarkets - they just have everything you want, including my favourite sweets, all the fruit you can dream of and even birdhouses - seriously, they carry birdhouses... crazy! On top of that they didn't even have a cashier - all I bought I had to scan myself at a station where I also had to pay...but you'll get all the inside scoop about this little supermarket adventure on Tokio Hotel TV soon!

Shortly thereafter we finally arrived in Chicago where we had a day off! As usual we slept in really late but I also wanted to explore the city, which is why we got up particularly early - at 3pm. Gustav had already gone out long before and Georg refused to get up so I had to bug Tom until he finally said he would join me to check out the city! Downtown Chicago was gorgeous - the sun was shining and it had this summer flair that put everyone in a great mood! Chicago as a city seems just perfect - it was a mix of these huge buildings like you see in NYC and the summer flair you experience in L.A., which is basically a perfect mix! Tom and I grabbed a coffee and pretty much explored the city for the rest of the day - Tom was like a tourist the whole time since he took pictures of everything. At the end of the day we visited a cool restaurant on the beach and enjoyed the sunset while having dinner...absolutely WICKED day!!!

That's it for now...
Take care,
Bill