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January 27, 2006
Mozart's 250th Birthday
Today, after meeting up with Stacey in the morning, we squared away our hostel situation for the next few days. The last two days the three of us will be sharing a triple room at a hostel that has wireless internet so hopefully we'll be able to do some major uploading now that the computer is fixed.
For lunch we met with one of Stacey's friends George who now lives in Sydney. They actually met working together in England where they became friends. He showed us around a bit and took us to a great place for sandwiches which we ate by the Rocks overlooking the harbor. We will probably be meeting up with him again tomorrow to head to the beach.
After George headed back to work, we all jumped on a boat that was giving a tour of the harbor. It was a great sunny day, and the sailboats were out in force.
Tonight we did something very unique. In the botanical gardens overlooking the harbor and city skyline, the Sydney Orchestra preformed Mozart on a floating stage in the harbor for his 250th birthday. Afterwards, Amadeus was shown on a huge outdoor screen, a movie I had never seen before but would definitely claim is one of the best films I've seen in quite some time.
While the official tickets were sold out, we set up camp on the grass above the barriers where we had a partial but stunning view of all the action. We had Indian curry which remind me I will never picnic with again without napkins and utensils, although it was delicious. Stacey politely toughed out the movie even though she was not feeling well and was lulled to sleep by the great music. Once it was over we jumped in a taxi, dropped her off at her hostel, made sure she was ok and then were back at our place a little after midnight to call it a night.
Posted by Peter Mork at January 27, 2006 10:53 PM
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