In addition to theatres of Greek and Roman origin, we will be visiting at least two dozen theatres built beween 1500 and around 1900. PERSPECTIV - the Association of Historic Theatres in Europe has organized several "theatre trails" around Europe:
"To make it as easy for you as possible to experience this very special European cultural heritage, selected historic theatres are being connected up to form a European Route of Historic Theatres. The European Route consists of various part routes, each combining about 10 theatres, offering a pleasant journey of about a week.
In autumn 2007, the first part route was inaugurated: the German Route. Since then the European Route expands every year. Watch it grow and try the Nordic Route that will take you to unique historic theatres in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Go on holiday in the south and visit the oldest theatres in Europe plus some very special private theatres on the Italian Route. Live like a prince and follow the Emperor Route to theatres of the nobility in the Czech Republic and Austria. And learn everything about historic theatres in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK on the Channel Route"
We also hope to see a number of performances; a short list appears on another entry in this blog. Purchasing these ahead of time, and having them at the box office on arrival would be very convenient. Apparently we should have firmed up our itinerary earlier, because at both the Commedie Francais and the Bregenz Opera Festival, two of our "must sees," there is no provision for what we know as "will call." They want only to mail you the tickets. Now it is just too late. I had held off until we were really committed to the trip and to specific dates, since some of these tickets are not inexpensive. The medium ticket for Bregenz in $125.
Very hard to believe that they have no facility to hold your tickets until the afternoon of the performance. It seems unlikely there will be tickets available to purchase on the day of performance. But, as Jody said, we really want to see the setting in the lake, and we may be able to take the tour during the day for 10 euros each. . .and save a couple of hundred for another event. A possibility!
It should be noted that both of these companies, French and Austrian, replied to my email inquiries rapidly and with great kindness and concern. Amazing how a little politeness and civility can smooth a difficult situation.
Packing - We have started. The Renault Wind has only 10 cu. ft. of trunk space, whether the top is up or down. Having camped on the Harley Softail for 7,000 miles a couple of summers ago, we should be able to fit everything. Just to be on the safe side, I built a luan box, 2'-0" square and 2'-6" tall, exactly 10 cu. ft. Everything has to fit in "The Box." We've loaded all of the camping equipment, which is really our housing, bedroom and kitchen for the summer. The box is about 2/3 full. It looks like we'll be fine. How we get all the gear on the plane is still a bit of a question. Last time we went to Italy, we put all of the camping gear in my backpack, and all of the clothing in Jody's. My bag was three days late to Venice, causing us to rent a campground bungalow for three nights and drive in to the airport everyday to check on the bag that had been shipped to the Carolinas. This time we will try to split the contents so we won't be without a major component. Looking at a checked bag each, and a carry-on each. We should be fine.
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