After having a good break in October ’07 (Swiss Tour), I
awaited the most historic event, and that is seeing Paco de Lucia LIVE!!!
On 5 November ’07 we saw Paco de Lucia perform live at the
KKL in Luzern. “Who is Paco de Lucia?” you ask. Paco de Lucia (or as Duncan and
I call him Pako di Looth-ya) is a
guitar legend, a living icon of Flamenco guitar since the start of 20th century!
More about him at his personal site or Wiki. His ticket was not so cheap (150.- CHF), but watching the guy live was
f@!#%?kin’ amazing, at the same time made me feel like a real guitar n00b!
After the Paco de Lucia concert I was the cook at Chantale’s
birthday party. Never thought BBQ’ing for a group of 50+ people can keep me really
busy, especially when the grill had unlabeled broken knobs and not enough
lighting at the start. But the party was great, good organization, there was
lots of MEAT and food (esp. bread)!
Last Saturday, thanks to Julianna, scored free tickets to
see an opera for the first time. Loved the music (Julianna was playing the piccolo),
but watching men and women telling a story by screaming with music in the background seemed a bit repetitive,
especially when they sang in Italian. The cool thing is having German subtitles
while people perform live :) So got an idea what they were yelling and
screaming about.
On Wednesday last week it finally snowed here (earlier than
last year), and yesterday headed up Rigi with Philipp. Of course, no walk
through snow is free from a snow fight, and like always, I won the snow fight!
The weather on Rigi and the views were fantastic, photos are here.