Carmina Burana
While walking the streets, plotting ways to get coins for the bus, we saw a poster for a production of Carmina Burana in the Teatro Colon Opera house. Here for 3 nights only, and in our price range, IF we kind of skipped any major meals. So we retreated to merely empandas ( not a hardship ) and made our way to the Opera. It was simply staged and brilliantly choreographed in a combination of ballet and modern . Used our bird watching binocs from the back of the second balcony. It was thrilling.
(SC - I totally agree. And the theatre was amazing. An Art Deco place dating I´m guessing from the 30´s. Incredible acoustics. The chorus and principal singers were amplified, but even whan it was just the dancers, we could hear their feet moving against the stage. And we were in ¨superpullman¨. We´re talking way up there. From where we sat, looking down on the stage was like looking down a black diamond run. You didn´t want to trip walking to or from your seat.)
On Saturday we took a bus to the Palermo district and just walked around there all day, enjoying the weekend crafts fair and outdoor music. Once again, we had to try anything to get coins to take the bus. Example: act like you are going to buy 3 candies or 3 oranges, ( they say 2 pesos), then , change your mind and buy only 2, so they have to give you coins in change. But they often just up or down the price or throw in something else so no change is involved. Other alternative is to take the Subte ( subway) where you can buy tokens. Or just walk. We retrieved our back packs and got on the all night bus to Mendoza. Arrived here as the city slowly wakes up on Sunday morning, and have found a cheap hotel. There seem to be signs everywhere about tours to bodegas and hiking. Will just have choose which one to take next. Next blog will tell you what we found and what we tasted. CT
(SC - I totally agree. And the theatre was amazing. An Art Deco place dating I´m guessing from the 30´s. Incredible acoustics. The chorus and principal singers were amplified, but even whan it was just the dancers, we could hear their feet moving against the stage. And we were in ¨superpullman¨. We´re talking way up there. From where we sat, looking down on the stage was like looking down a black diamond run. You didn´t want to trip walking to or from your seat.)
On Saturday we took a bus to the Palermo district and just walked around there all day, enjoying the weekend crafts fair and outdoor music. Once again, we had to try anything to get coins to take the bus. Example: act like you are going to buy 3 candies or 3 oranges, ( they say 2 pesos), then , change your mind and buy only 2, so they have to give you coins in change. But they often just up or down the price or throw in something else so no change is involved. Other alternative is to take the Subte ( subway) where you can buy tokens. Or just walk. We retrieved our back packs and got on the all night bus to Mendoza. Arrived here as the city slowly wakes up on Sunday morning, and have found a cheap hotel. There seem to be signs everywhere about tours to bodegas and hiking. Will just have choose which one to take next. Next blog will tell you what we found and what we tasted. CT
posted by Axolotl at 8:02 AM
1 Comments:
Ha ha! It sounds like they are even stingier with coins than in France. This is a fascinating problem to have, though...
Here in Seattle it is crisp and clear and the fall colors seem to go on forever - for W coast that is :). Also my friend Kat (the belly dancer) got married last night. There was a lot of dancing, both disco and belly. Fun!
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