So, stories from the hotel on saturday afternoon - finally!
I can't remember what time LB and me got there - think it was around 2 or 3 in the afternoon - we just agreed to walk by to see if we could see anyone we "knew" there, no big plans really... So we walked down to the main entrance of the hotel and just a few people were hanging around outside, no real signs of the band... but then we spotted John just inside the entrance - very good sign!
So we decided to wait a little and a lot of things started to happen - John talking to the hotel personel, lots of hotel personel at the entrance, more and more people waiting outside the hotel, cars being parked at the main entrance and drivers talking about "going up north"... (I remember saying to LB "I wonder if Helena Christensen has a house up north?!
" - turns out, she does! The newspapers next day were filled with stories of U2 going to a party at her summer house...)
Fast forward about 20-30 minutes - I think! (Can't remember!) First man out was Edge!
And the crowd outside the hotel went CRAZY!!!
I was standing almost at the front (something like first or second row I think!) and people were pushing and screaming "EDGE!!! EDGE!!! EDGE!!!" like their lives depended upon it!
I tried to tell someone pushing me to calm down a little, but I just got the
like I was the stupid one!
Well, The Edge up close and in person is...
... very nice, I must admit!