Sydney, the forgotten chapter
Sydney, the forgotten chapter
Hello Wanderings Readers
How did you enjoy the opera?
The opera was lots of fun. The singing was the
traditional Italian and wonderful to listen to. The
plot was very simplistic as many operas tend to be.
The great fun was the scenery, the staging of it, how
they used it (sheep, dogs, horses, cars: all
2-dimensional), the actors' body language throughout
and the television screen with the English/Australian
slang translations on it throughout located above the
stage.
Whoever wrote the translations was having great fun
with the opera. The audience laughed throughout while
enjoying the presentation of the opera.
Basically two men were trying to whoo one pretty lady:
a poor rancher/ranch hand and a military sergeant.
The poor man tried to use a special potion to make her
love him. The potion was in a small famous Coca Cola
bottle. The last scene had all the characters taking
Coca Cola bottles from a red and white vending machine
with the Coca Cola wave logo on it. At the very end
they opened up the vending machine and it showed a
giant advertising logo. The opera was fun and ended
up a very long advertisement for Coca Cola in fun.
Charles Cave, my long-time email creativity friend and
co-owner of the CREATIVITY internet list took me on a
tour of Watson's Bay, Bondi Beach and other southern
neighborhoods.
Watson's Bay is the Pacific Ocean
opening of the Sydney bay.
We ate at a famous fish and chips pier restaurant, who's name escapes me.
Charles said it has been used as background in U.S.
commercials. Then we walked up on the high ground to
view the rain storms on the Pacific. From there we
went to Bondi Beach, walked along the sand and the
walk. Then Charles treated me to a Scandinavian ice
cream cone and off we went to drive through various
neighborhoods and their commerical areas, such as:
Double Bay, nicknamed Double Pay.
The day from Ian's home to Charles to meet his two
girls and his very English mother was great. At
Charles' home and in the car we talked about the U.S.
and English comedies we all enjoyed.
Then Charles dropped me off at the Y at the Park, the
hotel I stayed at that night in Sydney. It is around
the corner from the famous Hyde Park, very near the
city centre and the St. Mary's Cathedral.
The park is filled with very beautiful and very
large/old trees. At night they are decorated with
electric lights. Through the park I walked to the
Sydney Tower.
During the day we had been experiencing off and on
rain storms, mild to medium in intensity.
I thought the rain was gone so I left my umbrella in
the hotel room. When I entered the base of the tower
building it looked like it was clearing up for the
evening. Then I entered the elevator, no windows all
the way up.
Clearing Up I say? WRONG
It was pouring. The top of the tower was surrounded
by a rain cloud with lighting on all sides of us. It
was very dramatic and very, very dark. From there I
wandered off to the hotel to fetch my umbrella and
then off to the Opera House.
Now to tour Canberra and then off to the Snowy
Mountains tomorrow by bus where I will stay with Neil
and Barbara who I met in the states in Athens and took
them on a day tour through the Georgia mountains a
couple months ago.
Cheerio Mates
Wandering Alan
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Hello Wanderings Readers
How did you enjoy the opera?
The opera was lots of fun. The singing was the
traditional Italian and wonderful to listen to. The
plot was very simplistic as many operas tend to be.
The great fun was the scenery, the staging of it, how
they used it (sheep, dogs, horses, cars: all
2-dimensional), the actors' body language throughout
and the television screen with the English/Australian
slang translations on it throughout located above the
stage.
Whoever wrote the translations was having great fun
with the opera. The audience laughed throughout while
enjoying the presentation of the opera.
Basically two men were trying to whoo one pretty lady:
a poor rancher/ranch hand and a military sergeant.
The poor man tried to use a special potion to make her
love him. The potion was in a small famous Coca Cola
bottle. The last scene had all the characters taking
Coca Cola bottles from a red and white vending machine
with the Coca Cola wave logo on it. At the very end
they opened up the vending machine and it showed a
giant advertising logo. The opera was fun and ended
up a very long advertisement for Coca Cola in fun.
Charles Cave, my long-time email creativity friend and
co-owner of the CREATIVITY internet list took me on a
tour of Watson's Bay, Bondi Beach and other southern
neighborhoods.
Watson's Bay is the Pacific Ocean
opening of the Sydney bay.
We ate at a famous fish and chips pier restaurant, who's name escapes me.
Charles said it has been used as background in U.S.
commercials. Then we walked up on the high ground to
view the rain storms on the Pacific. From there we
went to Bondi Beach, walked along the sand and the
walk. Then Charles treated me to a Scandinavian ice
cream cone and off we went to drive through various
neighborhoods and their commerical areas, such as:
Double Bay, nicknamed Double Pay.
The day from Ian's home to Charles to meet his two
girls and his very English mother was great. At
Charles' home and in the car we talked about the U.S.
and English comedies we all enjoyed.
Then Charles dropped me off at the Y at the Park, the
hotel I stayed at that night in Sydney. It is around
the corner from the famous Hyde Park, very near the
city centre and the St. Mary's Cathedral.
The park is filled with very beautiful and very
large/old trees. At night they are decorated with
electric lights. Through the park I walked to the
Sydney Tower.
During the day we had been experiencing off and on
rain storms, mild to medium in intensity.
I thought the rain was gone so I left my umbrella in
the hotel room. When I entered the base of the tower
building it looked like it was clearing up for the
evening. Then I entered the elevator, no windows all
the way up.
Clearing Up I say? WRONG
It was pouring. The top of the tower was surrounded
by a rain cloud with lighting on all sides of us. It
was very dramatic and very, very dark. From there I
wandered off to the hotel to fetch my umbrella and
then off to the Opera House.
Now to tour Canberra and then off to the Snowy
Mountains tomorrow by bus where I will stay with Neil
and Barbara who I met in the states in Athens and took
them on a day tour through the Georgia mountains a
couple months ago.
Cheerio Mates
Wandering Alan
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