Well, it's been great to be back
home... for a couple weeks at least. Kristi and I are heading out
today for Australia! Yes, the Wilsons are about to invade the land
down under as part of a VPO tour that will also include stops in Hong
Kong, Macau, and Japan. I'll be gone for about 4 weeks,
but Kristi will be with me for the Australia portion of the tour. My
parents have (graciously) agreed to watch Eli while we're away.
I am planning to do a tour journal much like
I did back in February/March, so keep your eyes peeled for photos and stories from my first ever experience in the Southern Hemisphere!
In
the meantime, here are some photos from the last part of the Saito
Kinen Festival, a two-week tour in Beijing and Shanghai. Not much
happened there... mostly just hanging out in between orchestra
rehearsals and performances... so I think the photos will give you a
good picture of what it was like. The one thing I would say is that I
really enjoyed getting to know the other musicians in the orchestra. It
was also very cool to experience an orchestra besides the VPO. It
taught me alot.
Catch you on the flip side... of the world!!! Wow. I'm such a dork.
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| Beijing: the air quality capital of the world. |
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| What a difference a day makes! |
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| With Randy outside the Performing Arts Center in Beijing |
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| CCTV Building in Beijing |
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| The view from my hotel room in Shanghai...very different from Beijing |
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| The two tallest buildings in China... for now. |
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| 100 floors up at the world's tallest observatory |
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| Looking DOWN on the Jin Mao Tower = creepy. |
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| The Oriental Pearl Tower |
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| Think there are enough apartment complexes?? |
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| I do not envy these guys' jobs. |
