30 Seconds to Mars: Helsinki, St Petersburg, and our Old Friend Berlin

Helsinki was great to visit again. Beautiful but so cold there that we stayed hunkered down in the hotel for most of the day off. Ate some good Finnish food at this place called Juuri and thawed out our toes. Show was everything we hoped for. Great crowd. Tons o' fun. A quick kip and off to Ruuuuuuussia.

St Petersburg was one of the biggest shows of the tour at the SKK Arena. Over 10,000 crazy Russians came to the show and it was huge.

City is so gorgeous it's like looking at a photography book. Incredible. We ate dinner in a restaurant on a giant ship anchored in the frozen snow-covered river. Weird and warm. It was completely empty but had a nice fireplace and great, great food.

Thanks for all the gifts btw. We got Russian naval outfits, an oil painting, drawings, photo books, sketches, food, food + food. Very kind. We carefully packed them up to take them home.


Berlin is always a favorite to go back to and really feels like a home away from home. The first thing I did was eat at my fav noodle shop in the world Monsieur Vuong's. They have the best food in all of Berlin. (I actually ate there 3 times in the 2 day trip). I stayed up late one night to speak to my buddy Stryker about the LA show at the Greek on May 15th (great to have him back!). Can't wait for the Greek and Santa Barbara Bowl!! Seen so many great shows at both venues... Radiohead, Tool, Sigur Ros, etc etc. Fun times comin'!!!

Had a day off finally in Berlin, was able to hang out with some old friends and I even made it out to White Trash for a minute.

Off to Prague now!

Guten Nacht!

The land of black and white.

Finland giving us a beautiful 'moi moi' (goodbye).

Love the train in Europe!

Pic by Emma.

Face in a plant!

Someone tweeted this to me. Hilarious!

Don't forget, this Saturday INTOTHEWILD tickets will be available everywhere, including Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. We hope to see you all soon!


Provehito In Altum


-j