Monday, April 29, 2002 12:33<\/p>\n
Weather: Warm & sunny.<\/p>\n
Location: The theatre of Epidaurus.<\/p>\n
With a spectacular backdrop of a forested valley, imposing hills, and the pale blue sky, a seat at the top of the 15,000 capacity amphitheatre (cut into the hillside) provides many advantages. Not the least of these is the chance to enjoy the acoustics: as one woman demonstrated, the sound of paper being torn or a coin being dropped on stage carries easily 60 rows back, despite the background noise from birds and the many tourists sharing the stands.<\/p>\n
An Italian bus tour group on our left stopped on their way out, and sang an impromptu piece — poorly, but with spirit — and we could pick out individual words clearly. This inspired the young Spanish group on our right: a set of 10 boys had some trouble coming up with a piece they all remembered the words to, but eventually had a couple of soccer chants, punctuated by clapping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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