I think I will do this week backwards. Today I went to a fantastic free concert in the Castle District which was a revelation. The composer was called Christian Geist and he was a contemporary of Buxtehude. I have never heard of him before and he is great. So was the orchestra and the choir.
Yesterday we had some friends for dinner (see picture) and to look at our Canadian holiday pictures. It was such a nice time to have them over, they can't be persuaded to visit too often, so this was a treat.
In the morning I went to an orienteering training event in what felt like spring rather than winter. I am still not 100% so I just did the 2900 m course and enjoyed it.
Round about Wednesday or Thursday a small war broke out in my orienteering club, upshot of which is that I am leaving and joining another club. Those of you who know me of old will realise that I have done this once before: the year was 1990 and I then left Southdowns and joined Mole Valley. Considering that that was one of the best and happiest decisions I ever made, perhaps this one will be just the same.
Another vaguely annoying event of the week concerned my Bank. As mentioned a few posts ago I was not impressed with my new bank I acquired reluctantly through merger. On Thursday I went to see them and this time I had to wait over an hour in what looked like a totally empty bank. There were not too many customers about, however they definitely outnumbered staff who were decidedly not too numerous and/or working rather slowly. Taking long breaks between customers, chatting amiably, not looking in any particular hurry. After that we had definitely decided the the CIB bank will have to do without us and prompty opened an account with the Raiffeisen Bank on the way home. Since then we had a slight hiccup in not being able to upload the picture they need for making our cards, but that should be sorted this week.
And now for the highlight of this last week: my two visits to the Opera. On Tuesday we had dinner with Robert and Volker, my opera going friends in our favourite restaurant prior to an excellent performance of Rigoletto. Then on Wednesday I went and saw Turandot with Klari and Ildi, two of my orienteering friends, which was also great. Sitting up in the gods for the princely figure of £2.20 ($4.50) is a brilliant idea. The accoustics are so good that it is positively enjoyable, even though the stage is quite a long way away. A couple of good evenings out they were!
Must go to bed now as its gone midnight.
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