My sister will be here in an hour and a half, meaning that I will have lost half my blog readership. Well, lost internetly, but found somewhere around baggage claim. Speaking of which, I probably ought to begin the hike to Waverley. Look for a full update on her time here in a week. [Spoiler: We'll be making a three-day tour of the western half of Scotland, replete with tourbus and guide. Also a small taste of Festival, Fringe. And a crash course in Edinburgh, mostly on foot, led by yours truly.]
Kathryn, do NOT be jealous of me going to the opera. It was weird. They were wearing these bulky animal costumes and clonking boots which might have been okay except that their footsteps drowned out the sound of the orchestra (Oh look! A band!). The plot was supposed to be about the circle of life or something deep, but it really seemed to be more about animals getting it on. It was an opera, though, so plot really shouldn't matter as long as the music is good. It wasn't. I mean, it wasn't BAD - but most of the singing was monotonous, the orchestration was unremarkable, and I hope to heaven no one from the production reads this. It would be so disheartening! They were all skillful - I just wasn't interested in the piece itself. But then, I have only ever seen very classical sorts of pieces. The Marriage of Figaro. Samson and Delilah. And I was listening to Puccini before leaving the house! What do you do? But then again, I was distracted by my seating companion. Five so
I'll just have to work twice as hard.
ReplyDeleteYeah, me too!
ReplyDeleteUgh you Other two Jens are so annoying!
ReplyDeleteHave fun with your sister.
And make sure your haggis and blood pudding are safe before you chow down.
I decided not to indulge in Haggis although Mollina may make me change my mind. I'm not all that excited about it. I'd rather have sausages and mash.
ReplyDeleteHaggis is good.
ReplyDeleteI'd eat it, although I'd leave anything with "blood" in the title alone...
I ate some haggis. It wasn't too bad. Quite rich in flavor. Good with potatoes.
ReplyDeleteNo blood pudding, though. :-P
haggis is good with potato. I don't understand really what the problem is...
ReplyDeleteTwinkies are worse for you
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