Tour--Day 3

So today, we slept in a bit and got up around 8:30 AM. I got breakfast in the bistro, which was good. I was uber surprised by how good their eggs were, especially for function eggs. And then we (Laurel, Heather, Rachel, and I) wandered the streets of Leipzig. We talked and shopped. I bought an adorable shirt at H&M (yes, I know that's a store that's in America, but it's European sizing and the shirt was cute). We kept looking around and just sort of incorporated ourselves into the culture. We met this accordion player on the street named Nikolai, who was absolutely drop dead gorgeous. Like, oh my god. Laurel and Rachel bought him a rose. And then we talked to him. He spoke no English and our German is horrendous, so the conversation was hysterical yet amazing. I got some gelato on the way which was amazing and a chocolate hazelnut freeze which was a ripoff, but was delicious. But it all as a whole sufficed as a lunch. At 2:30 PM, we left for the Gewandhaus.

The hall is so big. It's really crazy.

We rehearsed Cosi and Beaser and Candide, but not Mahler.

And in case I hadn't mentioned it, I love our section. LOVE... so this is Hillary, who I actually got a picture of, which in itself is an acheivement.

So then the Gewandhaus provided us with a "snack" of spaghetti that was honestly enough for dinner. But the spaghetti was kinda gross. However, I take free food almost anytime; I guess I'm prepping myself for college. We changed and when I was just using the toilet in the bathroom, I had 3 girls yelling at me for changing in the bathroom. When I wasn't. grrrrrr... But that's the nature of BYSO drama. The concert went pretty well. The cosi was really good and it's the last time I'll ever play Cosi Act II, which is kinda sad. The Beaser went better than it's been going in rehearsal and Fed calmed a lot of it down which sounds a lot better. We survived the Mahler and Candide went well as an encore. We got half a standing ovation, which isn't bad for the freaking Gewandhaus. Then we went to dinner (it was like 11:30 PMish...ugh). The food was okay, but they actuallly had dessert without fruit, which made me really happy. We finally got back to the hotel, packed, and girltalked until 2 AM.