Linz

Well a pretty quite day of hanging out in Linz. It had its moments though. I picked up three old reggae 7"s on the Greensleeves label fom a great little second hand record shop, Schallpplatten Fundgrube, in the old part of the city. Deb was waiting around outside and was asked for sex by some drunk guy. While she was pretty freaked at the time it was also kind of funny, and sure enough we found out that this is the area where a bit of drug dealing and prostitution goes on.

We went for dinner at the Promenaden Hof, next to the theatre and then saw the opera, Manon Lescaut, by Puccini. We had great seats. I really liked the sets and costumes. The whole thing was given a 1940s setting. Of course the singing, the music and the cast were great - including Kate. There was even an Alsatian on stage, though somehow I missed the part where it attacks someone. I think I was too busy checking out this guy, who Kate had said was skinnier than me. Never did work out whether he was, even when we were having drinks later. Was fun after the performance as Kate`s friend Miguel (who is Mexican) and Deb tried to communicate in Italian as a common language. They did remarkably well.