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ITALY TO GERMANY
Posted 11th September 2008
It’s been some time since I have been to Italy, the last time being when Julz and I went to Rimini and Rome on holiday back in 2004. Italy is a country we have liked a great deal, since we have been there together 3 times, including our honeymoon in Sorrento in 2003. Imagine my delight when I was told I would be performing at a wedding in Tuscany! I had been to Tuscany before, but only to the beautiful city of Florence (Firenze to the Italians).
We flew into Rome, and got in quite late. We had quite a long drive to where we were to stay, a lovely hotel and vineyard, close to the town of Grossetto. Being Tuscany, there were lots of vineyards making wines for the many Tuscan and Super Tuscan wines. This area was the main area for one of my favourites: Morrelino di Scansano. Some of my time at Tesco was as a wine advisor, so I remember tasting some of the wines in my training.
We woke to a wonderful hot sunny morning. We couldn’t eat breakfast in the restaurant, as the bride wasn’t aware that we were there and it was a surprise, so we had breakfast in our room. We ate our breakfast outside facing a golf course adjacent to the vines.
We left for the church about midday, and it immediately struck us how stunning this area is. The church was on a hill overlooking a beautiful valley. The village was a small one, with only about 100 people living there. It felt like they were all there to watch proceedings. The Carabinieri were struggling a bit to organise the traffic. It was a beautiful small church, dating from the 1600’s. It was a lovely service in a wonderful venue. We returned to the hotel, as I was to perform later on in the reception. I performed not long before midnight, performing Nessun Dorma with fireworks going off all the way through it.
We had a few drinks with the wedding party afterwards, and found that although a lot of the family were from Norway, about half of them were from around Sheffield! Julz and I would like to thank the families for making us a part of their celebrations and for making us feel at home.
We left Tuscany the following day, disappointed that we couldn’t spend more time here. There are so many places we would like to return to, and this one definitely is another one to go on the list.
We got back to the UK, where Julz left me for a few days to relax for a while at home. I was soon off again, however, this time to Germany. My appearance on Britain’s Got Talent is being used on a home and mobile phone advert in Germany, and to my great shock, as a result, One Chance has ended up at No1 in the main chart. Not only that, Nessun Dorma which was only available on download had made it to no 3 in the singles chart, apparently the highest ever position for a single only available online in Germany.
I arrived in the wonderful city of Cologne, and I did a whistle stop tour of Germany, including Berlin where I performed on a show aimed at teenagers. It was the first time that I had performed for a show that had a target age of 11 - 17. Our next stop was Munich where I had been invited to perform at the opening of the Bundesliga, the German football league. Performing In front of 70,000 people is a slightly nerve-wracking experience, and the crowd were quite noisy so it took a little bit of concentration to make sure that I could hear both myself and the music. It was an incredible event to be involved with, and it was an amazing atmosphere. I will have the same experience again soon when I am due to return again to the same stadium for a performance at the last game of Oliver Kahn,
Before we left for the airport, I went to a signing, and about 1,000 people arrived. It’s always a pleasure for me to meet people as I know that I only get to do what I love doing because of people buying my record and tour tickets.
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