Photos from Day 1

Now that I've gotten on Alex's laptop, I can upload photos from yesterday!

Me with the percussionists in front of Schoenbrunn Palace

A group of  us in the gardens of the Palace (I'm third from the right!)

Vienna in the evening - very pretty!

I'll see what I can do tonight/tomorrow for photos from today. They may end up on my Flickr account because it's so slow to upload to Blogger.

Today is more sightseeing in Vienna (some of us are thinking of walking to the Hofburg (the imperial palace)), followed by a one-hour trip to the town of Matzen where we'll rehearse, have tea and then perform. I'm doing the Habanera, sax trio is doing the Super Mario Bros. Theme, and I've got solos in both the Big Band pieces... looks like I'll be spending the trip going over my sheet music trying to remember things I should have rehearsed. All our bus trips are done in the same coach - we have our driver, Wolfgang,  until we get to Paris. Wolfgang is hilarious and his coach is lovely, so we're all very happy with this.

More photos tomorrow if I can.

- Jo 

Day 1 in Bali

The Flight Over
Six hours is a looooong time when you're on a Virgin flight across the country. Nice views out the window at times, nice view of The Simpsons on the TV at other times. Lunch was excellent, thanks to a rather delicious vegie pie.

Sunset over Legian Beach.

The Hotel:
The resort is amazing. Pretty much sums it up. We're really close to the pool, and then the beach is just another 50m away. Our room is really nice, but we We've already tried both pools, the bar, one of the restaurants, and room service. Think we may have this all worked out!

The Sunset Bar. You get the idea.

There's two pools, the normal one and the lagoon, which is the pool which has rooms that open out onto it. Both have bars, so Mum's happy. The whole resort is really big - about three times the size of Beacon Caravan Park, so we don't know where everything is yet. Tea tonight was toasted cheese sandwiches and wedges for me, despite the fact that there's a Balinese, an Italian and a Japanese restaurant here. We promise to be more interesting in the future. :p


Drink of the Day: Heineken beer
I'd like to congratulate Germans for coming up with a way to take the taste of an ashtray and put it inside a beer bottle. Not sure I'm that into it...
(In case you forgot, Mum is having me try one alcoholic drink a day while we're over here.)

Added to the blog :D

I managed to add myself to the blog, so here I am posting before I leave. Meanwhile I've got the CD player on loud - I need to get my fill of great music before I leave and all I have is my little iPod earbuds.