I'm writing on Friday because I was out late last night. I attended the season opening concert of the Bordeaux Opera Symphony orchestra held in a new venue "L'auditorium de Bordeaux." This hall has the audience surround the orchestra and the acoustics are fantastic! A contralto from the opera sang some Wagner, and the other selections were orchestral-- Boulez( ugh!), Ravel and Debussy (Bon!).
I discovered something I didn't know about French women: they have huge bladders ( evidently). When I went to the WC at intermission I saw only about 5 women there! In the US the lines would have been immense! How is that?
Yesterday morning I took a bus tour of the city. I liked doing it after I had walked around a lot the previous day because this gave me the big picture. When my Road Scholar group begins, we will see more places-- museums, churches, etc, so I don't feel the need to visit more sites now. Instead I'm enjoying my book " the Cave Painters".
The weather turned much cooler than when I first was here. Feels more like autumn.
I'm happy to be missing the incessant insanity on US tv -- the election-- tho I do get a bit of news on BBC tv. The Hurricane news is pretty scary. It was fun to see the actual announcement of the Nobel Peace prize live--- since I'm in the same time zone. I tried out the small hotel gym while watching the announcement.
I'm ready to meet my new group tonight! 😊
Jane
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