After the cemetery we were happy to be alive and hungry. Nothing reinforces that feeling better than a chocolate torte from the Café Bazar. It was quite busy and we were lucky to get a window table. There was an eclectic mix of folks in the café; an older guy reading his newspaper, four teenage girls sitting and giggling the entire time, two gals meeting on a Saturday afternoon and a pair of couples squeezed into a two top. So many life stories to invent. We walked back to the hotel and got ready for the concert. First we went to the bar for Gin and Tonics from Viola and a Cesar salad for dinner. Then off to the concert we go. It was a 20 minute walk to the show . It was already dark and the temps were dropping. We booked a fine concert of Mozart and Vivaldi at the Mirabelle Palace's Marble Room. The concert had 6 musicians three violins, a harpsichord a bass and a cello. These six played the Mozart pieces and a guest violinist came out for Vivaldi's Four Seasons. The Greek soloist Dimitris Karakantas was a whirlwind of energy. Dimitris and the other musicians all played on period instruments. The concert lasted two hours and we started back at a little after 10 PM. We did the walk in less than the 20 minutes it took us to get there. This was partly due to the 36 degree temperature motivating us to hoof it.
Lots of cafe folks
What time is it?
Time for a torte
Making lots of hot drinks
Yum!
https://www.cafe-bazar.at/en/
Salzburg in the light
Peak Leip leaf peeping time
A new kind of tonic for our GnT's
Cheers!
Woof says Fentimans
Viola at her bar station!
The selection in dramatic light
Bitters with special glasses. Supposed to be a good vitamin rich hangover cure
Salzburg in the dark
The Marble Hall in the Mirabelle Palace
It was not damaged in the 1818 fire
It is very ornate
Big and old like me!
The fanciest orchid platform that I have ever seen
A painting on the wall of the hall
The ceiling makes me dizzy
Tune it up, torque it. torque it!
The harpsicord player had to wheel his own harpsichord into the venue.
It is a thing of beauty
Here we go!
Dimitris ready to saw on that violin
We was very expressive, stomping and taking huge breaths during the performance
What shall I play?
Intermission pictures
Still another hour, yippie
The last bows
Out go the musicians
Folks hamming it up foe pictures
The horse flies at night
The cliffs are lit up at night
Yikes its chilly, thank goodness for the elevator ride, its the only time we slowed down
Bundle up!
The proof is in the frozen pudding
