Tosca's tears on our heads

Friday was a pretty lazy day for us as the BBQ last night lasted quite long and we were exhausted and tired from food and drinks. Kerstin met up with a friend for breakfast, which consisted of only coffee and a piece of breadroll as the ordered soft-boiled egg was forgotten by the waitress. Lateron we have planned to meet Sandra for lunch in Dornbirn but due to heavy traffic Heidi, Kerstin and Markus ran late, and so Sandra already ordered her food as she had to head back to work. For us three patience was an absolute must, as the kitchen seemed to have been under quite some pressure and it took an hour to deliver our set menu! Luckily patience is a virtue which we have and so we were not too bothered.

The rest of the afternoon was dominated by preparations for our cultural evening, Puccini's "Tosca" on the floating stage in Bregenz to which Markus has invited a few clients over to Austria. The gloomy weatherforecast (thunderstorms) did turn out to be true and it started pouring at 1730 and we already did expect that we might not see the opera on the floating stage but rather inside in slyghtly less impressive performance. At 2030 the decision was taken that the outdoor performance has been cancelled and it became clear, that we are going to see the slim version. A shame, but better than no opera at all!


No ever-changing hi-tech floationg stage...


... but a dry & slim version of Tosca instead

The performance of the artists and orchestra was absolutely stunning and we are glad to be part of the very exclusive group of people who have seen the in-house-version of "Tosca" - no matter if the stage did not change at all during the performance.

We are looking forward to next year's "Aida" and say Good Bye to Floria Tosca

Kerstin & Markus