Since last writing I have spent large amounts of money on tickets to various European entertainment venues - the Munich Opera House (
Billy Budd - Benjamin Britten); the Spanish Riding School in Vienna (pretty white horses); and the Musikverein (LSO with Colin Davis playing Dvorak 6 and Beethoven 2)
My ticket for the LSO is a 6 euro standing room ticket - I probably won't be able to see or hear anything. However, on the grounds that, having just arrived in Vienna after a 24 hour plane journey, I will probably fall asleep if I sit down for any long period of time, it seemed like a wiser investment than 41 euros for an actual seat...
Other than spending lots of money on concert tickets (I have also been tempted by the possibility of Ute Lemper in Amsterdam in April, Janacek's
From the House of the Dead, Adam's
Dr. Atomic, Bach's
St. Matthew Passion and the North Sea Jazz Festival - unfortunately I missed the
2006 International Jew's Harp Festival) I have been looking to buy long sleeved shirts in the middle of a Sydney summer. Ergo, I have not been having much luck - I am severely tempted just to turn up in Europe with 4 shirts and buy some more when I get there.
Since last writing I have spent large amounts of money on tickets to various European entertainment venues - the Munich Opera House (Billy Budd - Benjamin Britten); the Spanish Riding School in Vienna (pretty white horses); and the Musikverein (LSO with Colin Davis playing Dvorak 6 and Beethoven 2)
My ticket for the LSO is a 6 euro standing room ticket - I probably won't be able to see or hear anything. However, on the grounds that, having just arrived in Vienna after a 24 hour plane journey, I will probably fall asleep if I sit down for any long period of time, it seemed like a wiser investment than 41 euros for an actual seat...
Other than spending lots of money on concert tickets (I have also been tempted by the possibility of Ute Lemper in Amsterdam in April, Janacek's From the House of the Dead, Adam's Dr. Atomic, Bach's St. Matthew Passion and the North Sea Jazz Festival - unfortunately I missed the 2006 International Jew's Harp Festival) I have been looking to buy long sleeved shirts in the middle of a Sydney summer. Ergo, I have not been having much luck - I am severely tempted just to turn up in Europe with 4 shirts and buy some more when I get there.
