Chapter eighteen: Samba metal
Translation:
- Dan: Sepultura invited us to Brazil!
- Image two: How can Panther converse with that Mexican? He speaks no foreign language.
- Image two: He drank the bottle of Vodka we had for the road and now he is fluent in six languages!
And now for the narration.
Chapter 18 - SAMBA METAL (that is, skywards, flight to Brazil)
When Tortharry were heading to their tour in Brazil, for some of them it was the first flight ever in their lives. The guys bought the cheapest flight tickets possible, with departure from Vienna instead of Prague. They drove to Vienna then, left the car in a paid parking lot and went to the check-in. It was already a time when one must almost strip naked on the airport to pass through the various security checks, which proved difficult, since all of them wore heavy Steel or New Rock boots, so even getting those off turned out to be quite a feat.
During a stopover in Madrid, the band got a bottle of Smirnoff vodka from a Freeshop, thinking that they would have just a few shots and then perhaps hit the sack. In the end, only Martin and Máca fell asleep. Dan and Panther got all the way to the bottom of the Smirnoff bottle, and after Dan got tired and also went to get some shut-eye, Panther, who spoke no foreign language, spent the whole night talking to some Columbian, who was flying from Denmark back home to see his family. Afterwards, Jirka spent long time recollecting all the various details form that guy’s life, leaving the rest of the band wondering about what alcohol can do to one’s language skills. If only one could practice it at school :-)
In the morning, Jirka woke up Dan, telling him that some flight attendant keeps harassing him and he has no idea what she wants. As it turned out, she was asking Panther to put his table down so that she could serve breakfast, and since Jirka was already sobering up, it was beyond his comprehension :-)
The year is 2007.