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WL Thu 28 Jul
Word-Lover Started conversation Aug 2, 2005
Bath; hair wash.
A letter from AR revealed the truth: not a performance, but a film showing of one. Films and broadcasts just aren't the same as the real thing ("live"); still, it's something.
Weather forecasts for Saturday predict rain, so I packed hiking boots. I hope they won't be needed. I got everything, including the cool-bag, into the overnight bag, by dint of packing various clothes and toiletries into the cool-bag. A liking for dissection puzzles has some uses, occasionally!
Some Mustardlanding this morning (it's too addictive).
The journey to the Barbican went very smoothly, leaving me with some time to explore, aided only slightly by a map, which was not as detailed or informative as maps should be. The Barbican has a library with a good music section. Then back to the Waterfront Café where AR met me and we had a good, reasonably-priced dinner.
The film was in Barbican Hall, projected onto a screen in an aspect ratio more like that of a TV than Cinemascope. The production was the New York Met's, with Bryn Terfel as Figaro and Cecilia Bartoli as Susanna. Interval ice-creams: £2 a tub.
Finally, out to a bus stop in Moorgate, to get a 133 which the digital display in the bus stop didn't know about. (Moral: don't concentrate on the display; look at the road.)
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