Chapter 343
The short free time in Paris ended, and we boarded the plane again.
The next destination was London, England, where the second stage of the world tour would be held on November 17th.
"It's definitely England. The weather is so gloomy."
As soon as we left the airport, the characteristically cloudy sky of England greeted us.
Chae Eun-gyu buttoned up his coat to the neck, looking up at the sky that looked like it might rain at any moment.
He had been saying for a while that we should wear a trench coat in England, and he really did bring a brown trench coat.
"Doesn't it look like it's going to rain?"
".........I'll check the weather."
At Heo Yu-bin's words, Ji Yoon-chul quickly searched the local weather.
The youngest's complexion suddenly worsened.
"...Hyungs. It's going to rain all three days we're in England?"
"Oh, seriously."
"Really?"
"Yes."
Song Hyung-bin checked Ji Yoon-chul's phone as if he couldn't believe it.
I also checked my phone screen over Song Hyung-bin's shoulder at this depressing news, and it really was showing rain clouds over and over again.
"But it's fortunate that the O2 Arena where we're performing is a dome! We won't get wet."
Yoo Min-ha, who was wearing a thick padding, still had positive thoughts.
This kind of positive mindset is what we need right now...
"Hey! It's pouring rain!"
"Hyung, hyung! Umbrella, umbrella, hurry!"
"My head's all wet!"
Just 20 minutes after arriving in London, rain started to pour down.
Some people like the rain, but none of the Seleste members welcomed the rain.
"It'll be hard to take pictures like this."
"That's right. It's hard to go anywhere, the weather is dark, so the pictures don't come out well, and it's humid and damp."
While moving to our accommodation, Kang Si-yoon and Heo Yu-bin looked out the window and talked about their worries.
In particular, it was a huge blow to Kang Si-yoon, who had been waiting for the free time the day after the concert.
"Oh, why is the weather like this when I try to go to the concert!"
"That's right. We were supposed to go watch the soccer game."
"It's a long day to go."
There are several things that come to mind when you think of England.
Among them, there is one thing that comes to mind immediately for young people who like sports: the English Premier League, or EPL.
English football is so famous around the world that some people visit England just to watch Premier League teams play.
Kang Si-yoon, who loves sports, had been looking for tickets since he heard that he was going to London.
Due to bad weather, we're on the verge of winning the underwater game.
I patted Kang Si-yoon on the shoulder.
As I said earlier, what we need now is positive energy.
"Don't hang your head too low, Si-yoon. Just think positively."
"Huh?"
"Watching an underwater game like this might be a special memory compared to a regular game. When else in your life will you get to watch an English soccer game in the rain?"
"That's true."
"If you wear a raincoat, there won't be any problems, and it's better to be cool than too hot, right?"
Fortunately, Kang Si-yoon's expression gradually brightened after hearing what I said.
"Well, when else would you watch a soccer game wearing a raincoat? Now that I hear it, it's special, just like you said."
"It's easier to think of it as a natural law, since Britain has more rainy days than sunny days."
After arriving at the hotel and unpacking, we decided to take a quick tour of the places near the hotel.
Even though it was raining, we had little free time because the concert was tomorrow, so we had to use our time as efficiently as possible.
And maybe because I spoke positively in the car earlier, everyone seemed to have less to worry about the rain than before.
'Come to think of it, Owen sent me a list of recommended places the day before yesterday.'
Owen, who was born in the UK in the real world.
When ge heard that I was going to Europe, he sent me a short personal message of places I had to visit when I visited the UK.
As I searched a few places on the list, I felt grateful for my brother's meticulousness once again.
'Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, we should go this route first.'
With Owen's list in my possession, I suddenly became a guide to London.
"Where should we go, Guide nim!"
"First, we should just go all the way down here, but, come to think of it, isn't something strange?"
"What?"
Kang Si-yoon, who had been pushing my back, tilted his head.
I clenched my fist at his innocent behavior that was deliberately trying to tease me.
"Do I have to carry the camera for filming and guide the way?"
"No, you figured out where we were going. Then, naturally, you become the guide. I can't just say, "Let's go here!" If I go down a strange path, what will you say?"
".......That's true, so I can't refute it."
"Right? So please guide us well~."
I got fooled again today.
Still, I was grateful that Song Hyung-bin held the umbrella for me while I was busy with both hands.
"Thank you, hyung-nim. The ungrateful bastard who pushed me forward didn't even give me an umbrella."
"Leave him alone. Live like that and be punished by heaven later."
"Hey, you guys! I can hear you cursing me!"
No matter how gloomy and rainy the weather was, London was London.
The unique streets that felt different from Paris were impressive.
"Wow, the palace is really big!"
"Look at the guards in front, hyung!"
"Oh, are those the famous still guards?"
The grand atmosphere of Buckingham Palace immediately stole everyone's attention.
There was also a luxuriously decorated garden right next to the palace, so it was great for taking pictures.
The problem was that on rainy days like today, both the subject and the photographer had a hard time.
"Eun-gyu hyung, move the umbrella a little further back! My butt is getting wet!"
"You asked me to move it forward earlier, but now it's the back?"
Chae Eun-gyu was fiddling with the umbrella next to Song Hyung-bin, who was taking a solo photo of Heo Yu-bin.
Heo Yu-bin, who had hoped the umbrella wouldn't come out, was stubbornly posing in the rain.
'It's really hard to take a single picture.'
In this kind of weather, it seems like the best thing to do is just hold the phone and take a video for vlogging.
Ji Yoon-chul must have thought the same as me, so he sat down next to me and waved.
".........Seleves, it's raining a lot in London, what's the weather like in Korea?"
"Right now, there's a battle going on across from us to get the best shot."
I turned the camera around and film Song Hyung-bin, Chae Eun-gyu, and Heo Yu-bin all at once.
But since I took the picture from far away, it seemed to have a romantic atmosphere.
We left Buckingham Palace and headed to where the Thames River flows.
When we arrived near the famous Thames River, Big Ben and the London Eye, world cultural heritages, came into view at a glance.
"It's really pretty!"
"If the weather had been a little better, the pictures would have turned out better."
Song Hyung-bin looked at the Thames River flowing beyond the railing.
Perhaps because the water had risen due to the rain, it was much grayer than it looked in the photo.
After taking a few photos of Westminster Abbey and Big Ben, where the lights were starting to come on, we came to a unanimous agreement.
"Shall we go to the hotel?"
"Let's sleep."
"Let's have something simple at the hotel restaurant."
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"London, we love you guys!"
Our second concert of our world tour
As the weather forecast said, it rained heavily on the day of the concert, so we were worried that it would be difficult for fans to come.
The audience, who were close to 20,000 people, braved the rain and came to the 02 Arena to cheer us on.
Thanks to the safety precautions we received during the Paris concert, there were no particularly dangerous scenes this time.
We told each other that we would continue this momentum and successfully tour Germany, Spain, and Estonia.
Kang Si-yoon happily went to Old Trafford to watch the EPL match he had been looking forward to.
"This is the second largest in England!"
"Wow.......... I think this is the first time I've seen so many people gathered."
"Of course. Over 60,000 people can come in?"
I looked at the view of Old Trafford for a while.
Jamsil Baseball Stadium, where I went to throw the first pitch, was also large in scale, but it was incomparable to overseas soccer stadiums.
'The players who always play in such a large place are amazing.'
As I looked at the stadium, I suddenly thought about what it would feel like to perform in a place that could accommodate 60,000 or 70,000 people.
If it's a place that can accommodate 70,000 people... I guess I should think of the Imperial Square in
It's like performing on stage in the middle of Imperial Square, so it feels different.
It's not a bad feeling. Instead, my heart is pounding and I feel excited.
Everyone watched the game wearing white raincoats because of the rain.
Me and the other members didn't feel any particular discomfort, but Heo Yubin kept pulling down his hood as if he was feeling suffocated.
"Huh? Isn't it better to get rained on?"
"You seem to like rain after getting rained on while taking pictures the day before yesterday?"
"That's definitely not the case, but it's much better to just get rained on than to cover yourself with a raincoat."
Still, it wasn't a heavy rain, so it was bearable.
The soccer game was fun and exciting, but the cheering song sung by 60,000 spectators was truly the best.
Everyone's voices resonated through the sky, combining into one to create a tremendous resonance.
Seeing this scene in person made me feel even more greedy.
Just imagining all these people singing our song together makes me shiver.
After finishing all our schedules in London, we went to Germany without delay.
Unlike England, the weather was nice and clear, so we were able to leisurely tour the city of Berlin, and also try some German specialties.
"It's definitely different."
"Really? It's different from the sausages we eat in Korea?"
"I thought this schnitzel was just pork cutlet, but it tastes completely different."
Schnitzel, which is fried pork similar to pork cutlet, and Wurst, a traditional German sausage, had a completely different taste than they looked.
Yoo Min-ha and Chae Eun-gyu, who liked German food very much, went one step further and tried another pork dish, Eisbein.
"Is that really boiled pork without removing the skin?"
"At first glance, it feels like pig's feet..........."
Here, the final winner was decided.
Chae Eun-gyu couldn't overcome the texture of pig skin, and Yoo Min-ha said that it really tasted like pig's feet and finished off the ice bar deliciously.
After the Berlin concert, we went to Madrid, Spain to meet with 20,000 overseas fans.
We prepared for the long-awaited last concert while enjoying the slightly mild Spanish weather despite it being winter.
The last stop to mark the end of our world tour in Europe.
We are heading to Tallinn, Estonia.
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