Around noon I took the train from San Jose to Sacramento. It’s a 3.5 hrs trip up San Francisco Bay. After a very enjoyable ride in nice weather I arrived in California’s capital Sacramento. I actually liked it more than San Jose as it had more offer. It was a short walk from the train station to my hotel and after check-in I had a short walk around in the city center. As it was afternoon already I soon had to leave for ARCO Arena. From my hotel I took the bus. I can tell you it’s quite a remote place outside the city. Not too much around it and apart from a bus service that stops at around 10pm you really need a car to get there!

Doors opened as usual around 7pm and I wandered around in the building before heading to my seat for the show. This time I was on the floor about 8 rows from the back. So I had a nice total view of the stage and light show. The concert itself was great again but without anything special to mention. After the gig I took a taxi back to my hotel and went to bed.

The next morning a bus took me out to the airport for my flight to L.A. which was scheduled for 12.20pm. It departed on time and after a little more than an hour I was back in Los Angeles. Again I took a bus to my hotel in downtown. After a short walk around in downtown (including a visit to Staples Center) I was hungry for dinner but to my surprise most of the restaurants and eateries were closed. It was 7pm and with most of the offices closed now the restaurants seemed to have closed as well. So I took the metro to Hollywood and had my dinner at the Kodak Theatre. On my way there I already found Phil’s star on Hollywood Boulevard. It’s right next to El Capitan Theatre opposite of Kodak Theatre.

Today I woke up, had a look outside the window and to my surprise it was heavily clouded! Even looking like rain. Forecast for tonight says it could rain by midnight. Hopefully that’s correct! But there are still chances of showers. Tomorrow it could rain in the morning but get better towards the afternoon. We’ll see. Genesis is in town so it might even rain in sunny Southern California…

Ulli