Friends reunited

Monday 21st. What a lovely day today. It started well and ended well. We messed about until lunchtime catching up with washing, emails, etc., and then caught the ferry to Circular Quay to meet with Christopher and Nancy who had travelled down from Newcastle just to meet up with us. Christopher was Brigid's supervisor for her South African project (many years ago) and I knew them both from Pleshey and the Chapel services. 

Chris put me to shame as he is in training for his next marathon. Makes me tired just watching people jogging along the waterfront! 

Lunch lasted well into the afternoon with Brigid and Christopher catching up with news about the diocese, new appointments and comparing UK and Australian churches. 

When they had left, we nipped back on the ferry to change for the opera. 

(Looks a bit like a bishop's mitre.) 

As an aside, here is the cruise ship reversing out into the harbour. 

No tugs in attendance, just the harbourmasters launch to see it out. 

While they all made merry on board, we made our way to the bar overlooking the harbour. 

A quiet moment together enjoying a glass of wine before the performance. 

Then into the theatre. 

As you would expect, we were not allowed to take pictures during the performance but we did manage to snap a couple of celebrities sitting in the stalls. 

We had great seats in row B, right at the front. We were almost on the stage in the middle of the action. 

The setting for La Boheme was Berlin 1930s and it worked! We had a memorable evening and I've now got Brigid worried since we've found out that I like opera. 

Afterwards, back into the night in time to catch a late ferry home. 

A wonderful sight by day, even better by night.