A Night at the Opera…
Last night was my first ever trip to the Opera! I went to see Opera Ireland’s production of Madama Butterfly with my girlfriend in the Gaiety Theatre(pictured on the right), Dublin. It was sung in Italian but on the right and left of the stage were hung boards that gave the English subtitles. The production was excellent and the singing was really good. The leading lady was especially good and we were able to appreciate some of the great things that opera singers are able to do with their voices. Puts x-factor to shame for sure 
. However while the show was excellent, the seats we had were pretty awful. I paid €60 each for a couple of box seats that I hoped would allow us to see everything that was going on. The fact that they were still available at an almost sold out performance should have told me something! They we terrible. We were aware that there were six seats in our box and that we would have to share, little did we know they were going to be so small that we felt uncomfortable sharing such a space with the family that happened to be in there with us!
Arriving in Kenya… African Journey Pt. 2
View part 1 here if you haven’t already…
The flight went well - I love flying, and its even more enjoyable with BA - and with the banter and a good book and some in flight entertainment, the nine hours seemed quite short… well as short as they could be. With the earlier delay I was heading [...]
Heading out to Kenya… African Journey Pt. 1
During the summer of 2006, due to my beautiful girlfriend working in a hospital in Nairobi, I had the chance to head out to East Africa when she was finished working so we could go on safari and do some travelling around in the region.
The trip to Kenya started in reality about 6 weeks before [...]
