[Dave, Melbourne,Australia]

After booking the ticket (via my friend in Milwaukee), my first 'preparation' was to arrange the flight from Australia. On the day of the concert (30Mar2008), I spent the morning marvelling at the ice around my hosts' house and neighbourhood. We built a snowman and photographed it wearing my swagman hat. A squirrel passed through trees 10 metres from me, but I just missed the photo. We shopped at the local supermarket and I was surprised to see yoghurt-coated pretzels, mocha almonds, cinnamon almonds, hickory almonds, jalopeno Pringles, guacamole Pringles, an enormous range of cooked popcorn and half an aisle of Australian wine! We left Milwaukee around 2pm, drove 160Km (100 miles) north to Appleton and had dinner at a restaurant across from the concert venue. With hindsight, the only extra preparation I could have used was packing binoculars for a better view from the back row of Dress Circle 2.