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Anna Dolgikh:
The beginning of our trip was not usual this time. We were waiting for our plane at the
gate indicated in the tickets and the boarding should have begun long time ago, but
nothing was going on at that gate. And then my husband noticed that there was no plane
near this gate outside and convinced me to go and to find out what was going on. Finally
we found our plane at the other gate. Without any announcements and notifications of
the gate’s change. Oh, no, I am sorry, they were – 5 minutes before the end of boarding
it was announced something like this: “The passengers flying to Munich and still waiting
at the gate 15 are you aware that your plane will leave in 5 minutes from the gate 12?”
Or something like this. Well, I always knew that a good wife should always listen to a
husband.
Let me say a couple of words about Bamberg now. It is an amazing city, I loved it so
much! There are beautiful streets with the houses of different colours, gorgeous
cathedrals and churches, amazing abbey and a wonderful garden with roses. There are
seven hills in this city and on each hill you can find a cathedral, or an abbey, or a
monastery, or a fortress. But the most interesting thing is a feeling that this city
gives. I felt myself very special in Bamberg starting from the very first minutes we
arrived there.
The concert took place at the Cathedral Square. I should say that it was an amazing
place. We were in the Cathedral in the afternoon and I was impressed by it so much! We
have visited different cathedrals and churches in different countries, in different
places. All of them were gorgeous, but I can name only a few of them that produced
really a tremendous impression on me. I mean not their beauty, I mean their atmosphere.
And this Cathedral was one of them. I have felt myself really amazing there. So a
concert near this Cathedral was very special.
I should say that I liked the concert very much! I liked the concert's atmosphere, the
emotions the concert was filled with, I liked to see Chris’s and the boys’ smiles and to
feel lots of warmth and love in the hall.
As usually the concert began with the song “Last Night”. At the beginning of the concert
Chris said that this concert was the last in this tour but would be the best one. And
when Chris was singing the song “Missing You” I was impressed to hear how emotional he
sang the words “Well, tonight is our night!”
The set list for this concert was like for the previous ones, except the song “The Same
Sun” that Chris added to the solo part.
Chris has got lots of flowers and presents during the concert and a T-shirt with the
words “international sex god” which he tried to give to David.
I should say that I enjoyed the whole concert very much, but some songs produced a
special impression on me.
I was very much impressed how Chris performed “The Mirror Of The Soul”. While singing
this song Chris also showed us the story of this song with the gestures. And he did it
so emotionally and his look was so expressive that despite the fact that I had listened
to this song many times I was thrilled by this story as if I had heard it for the first
time.
“The Leather On My Shoes” was also the song that touched me very much at this concert.
I had listened to this song many times but it turned out that I had only understood
what this song was about but had never really felt. And this time while Chris was
singing this song I have suddenly got a feeling of being million miles from home going
somewhere without any clear plans but with the great hopes in the heart. And this
feeling was stronger than one thousand understandings.
“Moonlight and Vodka” made me smile as always. I have heard this song at many concerts
of this tour, but each time looking at Chris and these wonderful boys from this Russian
band I can't stop smiling, as they play this song really fantastic.
After the song “Moonlight and Vodka” the band left the stage and the solo part began.
And I was amazed to see Chris waving his hand to the audience after he had sung “The
Same Sun” until I saw the boys from the band who were walking in the side aisle towards
the stage waving their hands and clapping to Chris together with the audience. Oh, it
was so funny and I laughed so much looking at it!
The next song was “A Spaceman Came Traveling”. While Chris was singing it I looked at
the Cathedral that was on the right side from us and saw that its towers were brightened
with the sunlight. At first I didn't believe my eyes as there was no sun and the sky was
all in the clouds! I thought: “May be these are the lights from the concert”. So I
looked back if there were the concert's lights behind us, then looked at the lights
shining high above the stage. But no, that was impossible - the Cathedral was very high
and big and was situated in a such a way that the whole towers couldn't be brightened
with the concert's lights. But I still couldn't believe that it was the sunlight. So I
looked again at the lights shining high above the stage and thought: “It can be only
these lights, even if I don’t understand how they manage to shine at the Cathedral”.
And right in that moment these lights turned off ... and very slowly I turned my head
and looked at the Cathedral once again ... and it was still brightened with that
light... The sunlight... From nowhere... And I was looking at the Cathedral’s towers
brightened with the sunlight, at the completely overcast sky, at singing Chris and felt
that it was a miracle... And when the sunlight disappeared just when Chris finished
singing this song I could only smile...
The dancing part was fantastic! And it was wonderful to see Chris’s and the boys’ smiles
when they were playing the songs. I was also impressed by the lights, as it has already
got dark in the street, and in the darkness the lights looked really fantastic. And it
was so beautiful when Chris was singing “Say Goodbye To It All” - the lights were
changing from red to blue and then to violet! “Footsteps” was the last song of the
concert, and as usual when Chris was singing it, it was dark in the hall and the blue
lights were shining at Chris.
I also wanted to say that it was wonderful to meet many of you during this tour. And I
just wanted to say how much I was impressed with the love and warmth that were at the
meetings in Weinheim and Bamberg. Daniela, Doris, Alexandra, Moni, Sylvie, Lore, Sandra,
Doro, Monika, Claudia and Willi – it was fantastic to see you at these meetings! And it
was also a pleasure for me to get acquainted with Jacqueline in Biberach and Michaela
and Sophia in Weinheim!
Thank you very much for reading my review! I really hope that you enjoyed reading it!
Kind regards,
Anna Dolgikh
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