This evening, we headed over to the Sydney Opera House to watch the Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir perform Handel's Messiah, as part of their regular holiday lineup. The Opera House is just as amazing inside as the architecture is outside. The main concert hall is enormous, dominated by a huge pipe organ behind the stage, and aesthetically designed to be awe-inspiring to look at as well as being acoustically perfect. The concert included a core group of about 30 members of the orchestra, 4 vocal soloists, and the highlight being the 450 person choir backing the instrumentals. Was a very cool experience to take in a concert at one of the world's most famous venues, and certainly Sydney's most famous landmark. Afterwards, we headed over to the "Australian Hotel" to have a crocodile pizza for dinner (apparently another Sydney "must-do"). Croc tastes like chicken, albeit a little more rubbery and chewy. While eating dinner, we got to see a real-life bar fight in the streets. Wouldn't be an authentic Aussie bar without some good old fisticuffs, now would it?
Friday, December 8, 2006
Hallelujah!
This evening, we headed over to the Sydney Opera House to watch the Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir perform Handel's Messiah, as part of their regular holiday lineup. The Opera House is just as amazing inside as the architecture is outside. The main concert hall is enormous, dominated by a huge pipe organ behind the stage, and aesthetically designed to be awe-inspiring to look at as well as being acoustically perfect. The concert included a core group of about 30 members of the orchestra, 4 vocal soloists, and the highlight being the 450 person choir backing the instrumentals. Was a very cool experience to take in a concert at one of the world's most famous venues, and certainly Sydney's most famous landmark. Afterwards, we headed over to the "Australian Hotel" to have a crocodile pizza for dinner (apparently another Sydney "must-do"). Croc tastes like chicken, albeit a little more rubbery and chewy. While eating dinner, we got to see a real-life bar fight in the streets. Wouldn't be an authentic Aussie bar without some good old fisticuffs, now would it?
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5 comments:
Carrie, you look as beautiful as ever. No way I would eat crocodile pizza!
Tank
The place sounds amazing! So nice you guys got to go there during the holidays, too. And you got to dress up for a change! :)
- Audrey
Yup, was a fun time. Though "dressing up" takes on a different meaning when you're living out of a backpack. Flip-flops are our "dressy" shoes.
I want to see how cute John looked. I bet he was simply dashing.
Quoting J.T., John is "bringing sexy back."
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