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LordRahl 11:04 am UTC 07/03/07 |
| In reply to: | Thanks to all for a most excellent Steintrip! - judibogus 09:54 am UTC 07/03/07 |
| I am happy you guys had such a fun time. I was looking at pics and got really excited seeing your adventures. Welcome home. Glad you made it back safe. > Well, Ann and I are back in Berlin for one day before > flying home tomorrow, and I just wanted to dole out a > bundle of thank-yous to everyone who helped make this one > of the best Steintrips ever! > > To all the Steingang who joined us, both in Berlin and in > Budapest: Markus and Antonina, Sandra, Will, William, > Hennie, Laci and his lovely wife. Special thanks to Dave > and Julie, who guided us to the best places to see, and > for the loan of a cellphone to help us stay 'connected' > and make sure we all got to the same place at pretty much > the same time; to Brian, who inadvertently broke my fall > when clumsy old me just happened to find and trip over the > ONE pothole in the pavement in the posh shopping district > of Budapest, and saved me from doing more damage to myself > than just a couple of bruised knees; to Derya, who gave us > the 'cook's tour' of all the best sites in Berlin, and > helped guide us through the intracies of the Berlin public > transportation system; and of course to my best Steinbuddy > Ann, who surely got the short end of the stick by having > to put up with me as a traveling companion; I am so glad > for your company (I REALLY hate traveling alone, and your > presence helped immensely!), and for your generosity. I > always go into these trips severely underfunded and on the > slimmest of shoestring budgets, and the Budapest taxi > fares you generously sprung for saved us a lot of sweat > and shoe leather! (And I DO apologize for taking us on > that marathon trek on Sunday morning!) It was so great to > have the opportunity to see everyone again, and hope it > won't be too long before we all get to party together > again; > > To Steve Rinkoff, a real prince of a guy who treated us > like visiting royalty in Budapest; gaining us entree to > the after-show cast parties; paying for our drinks, > introducing us to cast, crew, producers, and other > luminaries; showering us with posters, cast photos, and > other neat stuff; and generally making us feel SO welcome > so far away from home. > > To Vampirok Balja producer Edit Simon, who was so very > gracious, and nice enough to call cabs for us so two > middle-aged ladies didn't have to walk through some very > rough parts of town to get back to our hotel at two in the > morning; > > To Gernot Kranner, the original Vienna Professor > Abronsius, who was kind enough to spend time with us at > the after-premiere party Saturday night, and regaled us > with stories of how he almost passed up the role of a > lifetime in Vienna (but, luckily for us all, didn't -- and > the rest, as they say, is theatrical history...); > > To all the cast and crew of Vampirok Balja, who (outside > of a few props that refused to cooperate, and some scenery > that tried to eat the actors) put on a pretty darn good > show to equal or, in some cases, exceed the current and > past productions we've seen. You surely earned your > standing ovation and three curtain calls; > > To cast members and Anna (Magda), who seemed thrilled that > we enjoyed her performances so much, and Gabe (Koukol) who > shared with us his secret theory that Koukol is actually > Rebekah's illegitimate son, and therefore Sarah's > half-brother (and who just missed getting gored by the > scenery during Act 2); > > To director Cornelius Baltos, for asking our frank opinion > of the Berlin and Budapest productions, and who appeared > sincerely interested in our comments; > > And, again, to Ann ... just because I literally cannot > thank her enough! :-) > > And, finally, to Jim, for writing the gorgeous music that > gives us the incentive to travel far and wide to see the > various 'Tanz' productions around the world ... > > I had a GREAT time, and I look forward to us all doing it > again (perhaps in Holland or Belgium next time!) > > -- Judi | |
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