Saturday, May 22, 2010

May 9th: A night at the opera

No, not the old Marx brothers' movie but a real night out!

This weekend was great as I was visited by  some old and dear friends  from Denmark I had not seen for many years. I met Jes   when I was working in Swaziland in about 1976, just at the end of that tour for me he was joined by Grethe who is now his wife. Jes is a civil engineer specialising in water resources and supply and Grethe is now a doctor. We have kept in touch over rhe years but visits have been few and far between. Anyway Jes and Grethe decided to viist Vienna to see "Carmen" in a new production at the Statsoper - they stayed with me and we  all got seats for the second night.It was a splendid evening out and a super way to finish a great weekend











Us in our finery in the bar at the interval


The inside of the Statsoper Vienna from the gallery

The rest of the weekend we did some sightseeing out in the Wachau as well as around Vienna.

Jes and Grethe at Durnstein in the Wachau


Jes and Grethe in the gardens near the Vienna Palm House at the Hofburg


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