Meeting Stephen and Eloy in Holland

Thanks to JULIA for sharing this story!

I was at Eloy's with 2 Dutch friends of mine and there were also 3 Slovenian + German fans. We'd just arrived when Eloy, Steo & Joey pulled up onto the drive-way in their cool Audi TT. Eloy stepped out and immediately started talking to me, whilst Steo (who's lap Joey always lies on, with the car being a 2-seater ;-) sweet) went inside with Joey.

We talked about how he was doing, and about the responses they got from people and the media e.t.c. After a few minutes he also went inside the house. Me & my friends went to our car, but just as we sat there for 2 mins, I was looking out the window and saw Eloy at the gate again, waving at us to come to him! 'Come and see our dog!' he said. Of course we stood beside him within a mater of secs (yep, I always do what he tells me to, hehe :-D), completely drooling over Joey! Ah, this dog is just the cutest dog ever; doh- how could he not be with owners like them 2!? While I was chatting with Eloy again (hmm, that's me, I'm never out of words *grin*), Joey couldn't get enough of our attention, and suddenly he went under my friend's skirt. We all saw this happening, and Eloy said: 'Yep. . . he DOESN'T like men!!', that was soo-oo funny *lol*!

One of my friend's heard Steo talking on the phone inside (guess the window was open), and she asked: 'Steo went straight in, he isn't uncomfortable or shy, with us being here, is he?' Eloy said no, then he left (probably went inside) and. . . then Steo came up to us! I shook hands and introduced myself to him. As he was giving this Slovenian girl an autograph, I asked him how the tour went. 'Very tiring, but it was great coz. . . well, you know. . .' Steo answered. 'Yeah, I know. . .' I replied, coz I knew he was referring to Eloy being there with him, as well as to the positive responses he got from the audiences. I noticed Steo's tattoo: 'Hey, it's the same as Eloy's, right? Did it hurt?' 'Yes , it is *Steo showing me his tattoo*, no it didn't really hurt. It means 'love from within'. . .'

At this point, Eloy had come out again and he was standing next to Steo. 'Are you okay?', he asked him (soo-oo caring, bless him!). S: 'yeah, I am' E: 'They're nice, aren't they?' *Eloy giving me a wink* S: 'Yes, they are'. . . Aww, thanx lots Steo ;-)!

Well, we kept chatting for a couple more mins (*me saying to Eloy: 'So. . . this is pure love, 'ey?' + Eloy answering whole-heartedly with a silent 'Yes!' and a massive glow on his face :-o*), then Steo put his arm round Eloy's waist and said: 'C'mon, let's go inside.'

Aww man, you should have seen it- they walked up to the house, with their arms round each other, with Joey [their baby ;-)] following right behind them! That was just such an endearing sight!! And so they went with Eloy turning round one last time, shouting: 'Take good care of yourself!' *and repeating it, coz I didn't hear it the first time*, 'See you next time!'; leaving me smiling from ear to ear, hehe!