Monthly Archives: May 2003

All the folks involved in the festival seem really nice. I’ve gotten to meet all the vocal and conductor interns over the last couple of days. One pleasant surprise (which would not have been a surprise if I had taken … Continue reading →

After a whopping hour and a half at home, I took off again, this time for the Hot Springs Music Festival. Got to Atlanta, Texas, a bit before 9pm, where I had dinner with Dave Price, his dad and his … Continue reading →

Woke up at 5 am for some unknown reason. That would be 11pm Monday real time. Grabbed my PowerBook and started warwalking. Found a bunch of hotspots right by the hotel, but they must have had a MAC address list, … Continue reading →

Lazy morning, since plane not til 11. Uneventful flight to Heathrow, where I parted company with my folks as they continued on to Johannesburg and then Australia for the Rotary convention. I took the Picadilly line into town, stopping off … Continue reading →

Went to the Augustinerkirche this morning and heard their resident choir and orchestra do the Bruckner Mass in E minor…outstanding. Got recordings of three of there other services. Went to the Museum Quarter (they converted the former Imperial Stables into … Continue reading →

Got up at 5:50am…voluntarily.It was so I could catch the 7:15 to Budapest. My folks get up early anyway (don’t know where they get it from), and we had a little breakfast at McDonald’s before I took the tram to … Continue reading →

I love travelling with my parents…the hotels are much nicer. Breakfast at the Imperial is always special, even without the Imperial Torte. While getting into the car with Kurt and Erica, noticed the sign for tomorrow’s concert at the Musickverien: … Continue reading →

Found out in the morning that they have 100BaseT ports in the desk-doh! The Lanesborough is a wonderful hotel. Fabulous breakfast of toast, tomato juice (it’s ok…tomatos are bad, but I think of this as made from tomato blood), orange … Continue reading →

Slept til 9:30 Wed. got cleaned up and checked out, and met Syl by the Gaiety Theater (seats 1100 (which is closer to 800 than 2000…I should have bet), but seems much more intimate than the Cullen). Had more coffees … Continue reading →

Joe Rawley was kind enough to take me to Intergalactic on his lunch hour. Interminable time to check in…over an hour. 45 minutes on the tarmac. Fun. At least this time, as opposed to the SJD trip, the AC worked…and … Continue reading →