I love where I live. In a city of concrete apartment buildings, I am pretty lucky to be able to live in the top floor of a villa on a quiet dead end street in the center of the city. Some pretty important things are close to my house including the Romanian president's mansion, a very nice mall, and the opera house. Last year I walked by the opera house almost every day, but never looked into actually going. This past fall while it was still warm outside, I heard an outdoor concert playing and decided to check it out.
I dragged my room mate out with me and we joined a crowd of about 2000 people for a beautiful outdoor concert complete with fireworks!
I decided I needed to take advantage of being so close and look into going to the opera more often, especially when I found out that balcony seats could be purchased for as little as the equivalent of $3!
I also worked with the drama teacher to organize a field trip to the opera with my music students. I made reservations to take my students on a Friday night, however when I called with the final number to book the tickets, they had changed the event and were no longer selling student tickets. It was frustrating, but a very common occurrence in Romania. Thankfully, we were able to get tickets to another show, and I had a great time taking my students to see The Barber of Seville at the end of November.
This week I plan to go see The Nutcracker!
I dragged my room mate out with me and we joined a crowd of about 2000 people for a beautiful outdoor concert complete with fireworks!
I decided I needed to take advantage of being so close and look into going to the opera more often, especially when I found out that balcony seats could be purchased for as little as the equivalent of $3!
I also worked with the drama teacher to organize a field trip to the opera with my music students. I made reservations to take my students on a Friday night, however when I called with the final number to book the tickets, they had changed the event and were no longer selling student tickets. It was frustrating, but a very common occurrence in Romania. Thankfully, we were able to get tickets to another show, and I had a great time taking my students to see The Barber of Seville at the end of November.
This week I plan to go see The Nutcracker!
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