Yearly Archives: 2016
Prague Performances
On this stay we performed the day after we arrived – twice, in fact. Our scheduled concert was at 6:30 PM, in the Church of the Holy Saviour, near the Old Town Square in Prague; but we had an appointment … Continue reading
Driving to Prague
We all packed up again, piled into the now familiar black bus, and hit the road for Prague. I was surprised to find that, once we got out of Vienna, we were largely traveling on secondary roads – well paved … Continue reading
Eisenstadt and Esterhazy
The date stamps on my photos suggest that the last photo I took at the Schönbrunn Palace was time-stamped 10:53 AM, and the first photo I took at Eisenstadt was time-stamped 2:19 PM. We didn’t spend 3 hours on the road … Continue reading
Christmas Day Walk
Yes, I know it’s May. 2016 has been an extremely weird year, and one of these days I’ll blog it. But I recently got the photos sorted, processed and uploaded from the walk I took around Lake Temescal, in the … Continue reading
Vienna and the Schönbrunn Palace
The day after the Stephansdom concert, we had a bus tour of the Ring, followed by an organized group tour of the Schönbrunn Palace, then a drive into the countryside to visit Eisenstadt, where Haydn is buried, and Esterhazy Palace, … Continue reading
Singing at the Stephansdom – Concert!
Soon enough, it was time to put on the performance dress, collect the music folder, and head for the bus, for an 8:30 performance. The bus dropped us off across from the cathedral, right next to the place where the … Continue reading
Singing at the Stephansdom – Waiting to Sing
Jim and I found that we could only handle 2 restaurant meals per day on this trip, because the food in Hungary, Austria, and the Czech Republic is so rich. So after our nap on concert day, I walked down the … Continue reading
Singing at the Stephansdom – Rehearsal
Our first day in Vienna was very full. Rehearsal was at 8:45 AM, which meant, be on the bus by 7:45 AM, and off to the cathedral. Since we had a different orchestra in each location (all arranged by the … Continue reading
On to Vienna
The day after our successful concert in Budapest, we packed up, loaded the bus, and set off for Vienna. This is how a performance tour works. We had no agenda except to stop in Györ, a small town along the … Continue reading
