Tickets to La Boheme in Rome - $250
Hauling opera clothes around Italy - free
Not being able to see a thing - priceless
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Okay. Let me explain.
When we bought our tickets, we reserved the box - not the seats. There were four seats in each box so we got there early so we could get the 'best seats' in the box. But there were already two people there - who had the better seats. The problem was - we didn't realize how bad the other two seats would be....
So, basically our box wasn't where I thought it would be - it was along the side of the theatre, not the back. So it looked towards the other side of the theatre, not the stage. You can see what I mean in this photo. The stage was off to the left...
The worst part was that there were solid walls on either side of the boxes. So in order to see anything, I had to lean out (in my dress, with the boning, the boning) to see anything. And the more I leaned out the less Brad could see.....it was so uncomfortable and ridiculous.Well, anyway - here was the stage we could barely see.
Bottom line - this theatre was built when you didn't go to the theatre to see a show - you went to see and be seen. They shouldn't be selling four seats in a box. I'm glad we went - but it was disappointing.
6 comments:
Oh my! I can't believe that you ended up being able to see nothing! Gah! That really sucks! It's good that you tried though -- who would have known?
I'm sure there were people checking you out in the box though! ;)
Oh my god that totally sucks! What the hell? But funny? kind of? No...not funny.
Christielli - You know what? The one guy in the box was a priest and I'm pretty sure the other guy was a priest-in-training.
Rawbean - It wasn't funny at the time, but now you're right - it kind of is!
Chipped by the Italians. Eep. Can we blame this on poor architecture? Can we?
Whoops. I meant gypped. Damn.
TOO BAD!!! That would have been so disappointing, but maybe you can look back on it now and laugh a little? (Kind of like when we went to the Madonna concert in Prague and ended up BEHIND THE STAGE. Still not funny, but you're right-- I'm glad we went!)
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