Winter 2005 Tour | Opening for Eleni Mandell in Europe

And off we go...The back of the van packed up in Amsterdam.
Sid and Jack in the back.
The view from the back. Quite beautiful really.
Sid, Jack, and tour manager Jessamyn Lee.
Jack in hotel room in East Germany.
Oh, the magic of reflection.
Sid in one of our many luxury hotel suites.
Sid at a pub in Berlin after the show. Eleni Mandell drummer Kevin Fitzgerald sets up a shot.
Sid and Eleni's bass player Ryan Feves.
Sid pre-show at Berlin's Tacheles.
Jack, same place.
Jack in Belgium in front of what the Europeans refer to as a "very big building."
Sid learning how to follow the rules.
Sid shooting super 8 film in Ebenssee, Austria
Jack got Sid to take a photo with these t-shirt lovin' SHQ fans.
Winner of the "best store-front" award
Sid and Jack sound check at Objekt 5, Halle, Germany. Eleni and band look on.
Sid during one of many snow-filled days
Sid enjoying a smoke in front of one of those big buildings you've heard so much about.
Sid and Jack on stage in Dresden, Germany.
Sid during his pre-show routine of writing with a smoke and a coffee.
Sid and Jack rocking the haus.
Jack expressing his inner child. Plus our kick ass van. Nobody could tell it was a rental.
Jack catches Sid in a slumber.
Right back atcha. Train Station on our way to Frankfurt to meet back up with Mandell and co. after a day off.
Jack in Wendelstein, Germany.
Jack's damn inner child again. Sledding in Munderkingen, Germany.
One of the best days of the tour...Munderkingen, Germany. Jack and Sid spend the day with the Schreibers, whom Sid lived with for a couple of months in 1990.
Jack by the Elvis Shrine at the venue in Frankfurt--Dreikonigskellar.
Sid in Frankfurt. Two sold-out shows--so packed it was super hard just getting too the stage.
Jack at Frankfurt show.
Perfect time for Sid's super 8 film camera to run out of batteries.
The venue in Rubigen, Switzerland. Weirdest venue ever. Run by a troll.
Winner of the "best band name ever" award--backstage in Geneva, Switzerland.
Sid doing his best imitation of a crazy Frenchie we met at the show in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland.
Jack's attempt at the imitation. Clearly the winner.
Jack back stage-Austria.
Sid and Jackin Luzerne, Switzerland.
Sid and Jack on stage in Rubigen, Switzerland.
Beards in full bloom...the German and the Frenchman.
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