Looking for OT

[barfle]

So, I guess you haven't had a chance to get to one of those Internet cafes that are all over Europe yet, since we haven't heard about the standing ovations, bouquets thrown at the stage, lingerie thrown at the stage, and offers of marraige, even if it's just for the evening.

Reviews! Let's see some reviews!

[Marye]

I too was hoping to hear about all of European begging OT to stay.

OT! We are waiting for notices....

[Marye]

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[Serenity]

The "fat lady" will be singin' in Salzburg tonight.

[dkm32]

OT is probably too business dreamin' of Gelato to remember any of his friends back home!!!

[Serenity]

If OT can't get to one of those internet cafe's he'll be going through BBB withdrawal symptoms. He's supposed to sing in Munich tomorrow morning. What if he's not having fun at all! Maybe they're being strict and using him as cheap labor like Bart Simpson at Kamp Krusty! We'll have to wait 'til he sends us a signal....

[dkm32]

OT has a friend that he uses that way..his name is even "Roadie". Remember him? He posted a few times when OT was in the hospital.

OT sez the roadies eat better than the singers, so maybe he'll volunteer to be a roadie

[Marye]

We seem to be a boring lot without OT..... sigh...

[Novus]

We're not that boring. How many times did a platypus wander through our newsgroup when OT was around? And how many times since he's been gone?
So if you measure interest by number of platypus sightings, we're no more boring without him.
-J

[OperaTenor]

I never saw any internet cafes whilst on the road. I had so much fun and so little sleep!

Novus, ever seen Dogma?

[Serenity]

OT you need a laptop, PDA or picture-phone. We're waiting patiently for Hula Lula.

[OperaTenor]

SDCAE European tour 2003, July 21-22:

We flew out of San Diego for Dulles at 8am. At Dulles I followed Barfle's advice and a friend and I had a couple of Black & Tan's on tap at Old Dominican. Very tasty. We flew from Dulles to Frankfurt through the night, and I was able to sleep on the plane for a few hours as I had stayed up all night the night before (my tried and trusted method for figthing eastbound jet lag). From Frankfurt to Prague, and we landed there at about 9:30am their time. We were not to check in to the hotel until 3pm, so we had a walking tour of old Prague. We were all hot and tired, but it was worth it. This is a view of Prague Castle from the old town side of the Czech bridge over the Vltava (the Czechs are very sensitive about Smetana's work being popularly known as the Moldau): ): <img src="http://www.operatenor.100megs24.com/WifeCage.jpg" alt=" - " />

We saw this trio at the entrance to the presidential residence. They were very good, but the lead singer was better on his flute. <img src="http://www.operatenor.100megs24.com/Trio.jpg" alt=" - " />

After the castle tour we had our first concert at the old St. Nicholas church in the old section of Prague. We had a full house and the concert went very well, especially as it was our first on the trip. We sang everything except Totus Tuus.

To be continued.....

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[Marye]

Nice you are back OT!

I look forward to reading about the rest of your trip... particularly all the standing o's...

Looks like great weather.

[OperaTenor]

July 23 continued....

After the concert we had more free time to explore and forage. A group of us wandered the old section for a while the crossed the Charles bridge. In the middle we came across this quintent playing Dixieland jazz: <img src="http://www.operatenor.100megs24.com/Dixie.jpg" alt=" - " />

After we crossed the bridge we found what would be just about the anti-McD's (for Annette's benefit). That's me with a wine glass stuck to my mouth: <img src="http://www.operatenor.100megs24.com/Dinner.jpg" alt=" - " />

And this was my dinner of venison: <img src="http://www.operatenor.100megs24.com/Venison.jpg" alt=" - " />

Now I'm out of photos until tomorrow.

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[Marye]

Now I'm all hungry!

[Selma in Sandy Eggo]

The dixieland quintet is a hoot! Notice: the trumpet player has eight - count 'em - eight mutes lined up and what does he have on his horn? A third sock!

[Marye]

Selma LOL !

[Nicole Marie]

Thanks for the pics OT. Now I really miss Europe.

[Valerie]

oh prague! i will get there someday

yes - smetana and dvorak are considered gods

so, where's the picture of the cage for unfaithful husbands? or do the women just shoot them and bury them in the backyard?

thanks for the pictures - they are lovely

[Marye]

So, where's the picture of the cage for unfaithful husbands? or do the women just shoot them and bury them in the backyard?

LOL! That explains its absence.