Up in the hills of Norway is the beautiful ski town: Oslo. Much of my home town seems to have been designed after these Scandinavian alpine cities, so in a strange way I felt right at home in the mountain lodge. After we flew into town, we took a rather long bus ride up the steep and snowy hills. We sat in the hotel for a couple hours before our rooms opened up. It made for a nice chance to take a look at the ski jump in the distance, formerly for the Olympics. Inside, there was a cool snowflake statue that frosted up. Ok truly, I’m bored just sitting in the lobby haha.
Off to the “Spektrum” for the show. The stage is set up so that the stage sits on the longer wall, making for a wide audience where the seats rose steeply from the floor.
We found out another opening group, Sandra Lyng, would take the stage before us. With a big, main room joining the dressing rooms, we heard them warming up and chatted with the Backstreet Boys as we all passed through. I got the chance to sit in the stands and chat with Maria before the soundcheck. Maybe because of that or the feng shui of the venue, but I felt good getting ready.
For the first time I got the chance to really take in the Backstreet Boys’ show and study what they do. Their interactions, their dancing, their show flow. It’s put together really well and it makes sense why they’ve been so successful.
After a more routine (and successful post-show singing than Stavanger), we made it back to the hotel where I slept better than I have in a while. The flight wasn’t til mid morning (a luxury for us) and I got to wake up to a snowy mountain scene outside my door. A glimpse of home.
Quick note, today I was able to achieve my hands-free selfie to take a commanding lead over Alfredo in our burgeoning selfie war. Check it out: @richardrobot on Instagram.
