A Night at the Opera

For Malcolm's birthday, I bought us tickets to see Verdi's La Traviata performed by the Bavarian State Opera company at the National Theatre in Munich.  We caught the train into town and had a bite to eat beforehand at a nearby bar.  We realised that we really do live in suburbia.  Munich was alive and exciting - very different to Lohhof/Unterschleissheim on a Thursday evening!  The opera was fantastic.  People were dressed beautifully and the inside the theatre was amazing.  Photos were not allowed inside but we snuck in a couple before the performance.  During the 2 intermissions we had a glass of sparkling wine and promenaded around the opulent interior of the opera house along with everyone else all going in the same direction!