Friday 13 June 2014

Romania fortnight begins...

Sitting in the exquisite beauty of Sibiu (or Hermannstadt if you prefer - both names are in use!)...
Very lovely here, and the present sunshine is very welcome (as welcome as the coming huge storm which we are promised is not...)

We sang last night at The Cisnădioara Fortress (20 minutes drive from Sibiu) an amazing place - which was on top of a very steep climb (luckily we had time to get our breath back before we sang.

Here are the altar and the grand entry:





A lovely space in which to sing and we started very early, singing some Hildegard of Bingen! Then took the time-honoured journey through to the present day - our appreciative audience came with us with great joy - and were happy with our Romanian and German intros - tho' their English also appeared very good!
A slightly scary walk back down the hill in the pitch black - but a great experience...

Next two nights we are still here, but in the Thalia Hall in the City...

Glad England appear to be able to play cricket again - wonder how our Rugby U. and Football teams will fare tomorrow!?

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