Saturday, September 13, 2008

The Staatsoper: Is she a man or a woman?

Friday September 12

Well yesterday was Friday so...ya, you guessed it. Perry and I went to the Turkish Market. We got everything we needed, headed back to my place and then made the most delectable quiche. EVER.Now you have to know a couple things about our quiche before we get any further:
1. We had no way of measuring anything.
2. We had no way of telling how hot the oven was.
3. We couldn't read the label of the pie crust we bought so we weren't even sure it was pie crust.
4. None of that mattered because it was WONDERFUL!!

But, because our quiche was so wonderful, we lost track of time and ended having to run, and yes I do mean run, to the Staatsoper in our heels. It was quite a sight! But we made it, barely and sat on the third floor balcony for Beethoven's Fidelio. The opera, although in German, was easier to understand than expected because they "sub-titled" the opera in German. Overall, we had a pretty good understanding of it all minus one character who in real life was a woman but in the opera was playing a man only to find out that in the opera she was actually a woman who was playing a man. And now you see why we were all so confused! Here are some pictures from the Opera which is conveniently located across the street from Humboldt University.

(The view from my seat!)

(Mike and me at our seats waiting for the show to begin!)(The girls after the show)

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