by Anna S.
Nick, Kev and Howie arrived in Stockholm yesterday and got to the hotel late at night. It was mayhem at the time of their arrival cause a lot of paparazzi showed up and stood in front of all the fans blocking our view. Plus there were a few drunk fans so it was all just crazy crazy. Kevin tried to sign the best he could and so did Howie. Nick pretty much went straight into the hotel and I don't blame him. He was getting mobbed the most, especially by the photographers.
Since we sort of felt "cheated" since we had been waiting there for over 12 hours and these photographers just showed up and ruined everything, we decided to stay there. Shortly after Nick and Howie came out and went into the van and drove away.
An hour or so later, the van came back and Nick went inside the hotel, but this time he signed autographs and stuff to the fans since most of the annoying ones had left and we were all pretty much civilized. I had made myself a "Sphynkter" hoodie and I said to Nick, "Hey Nick, do you like my shirt?" and he looked up from signing and took a good look at it and went "NIICE!" with a grin on his face. He came back outside a few minutes later and hopped back into the van again. Apparantly Nick and Howie went to Max Martin's restaurant East and had dinner with Max and Rami.
We decided to wait for them to come back late at night. When they got back it was around 4:30. Nick was with friends. Nick came out of the van and a fan asked (there were only 5 of us there now!) "Nick, do you have a minute?" and he said "Well, I always have a minute". He lit himself a cigarette. When he saw my Sphynkter shirt again he yelled, "SPHYNKTER" and then I yelled, "SPHYNKTER" and then he yelled, "SPHYNKTER" yet again, lol. He took pictures with each and everyone of us. He was very very funny and nice. Howie was very quiet and we almost didn't see him coming out. I got a hug from him and he said he loved my shirt as well.
All photos are copyrighted to Anna Schroder and were used with permission.