A bit of culture

I went to a concert last night (Friday). It was put on by the "Brussel Operettetheater" and was held in the very grand auditorium of the KBC Bank at their HQ which is about a 15 minute walk from my apartment.

The reason for going - above and beyond hearing some lovely operetta being very well sung was to see a friend of mine from the Brussels HHH sing. Francisa (Cissy) Vanherle is a soprano as well as being the Grand Matress of the BMPH3 http://www.bmph3.com/ I have heard her sing once before in Der Fledermaus, so it wasn't such a surprise to hear wonderful classical songs issuing from her rather than the usual Hash songs.

There was a full house - of about 250 people to hear her and a tenor (Yves Saelens) sing selections from Lehar, J. Strauss and Tosti accompanied on the piano. The Hash representatives, and there were 6 of us, were under strict instructions to be on best behaviour and not to mention Hashing, beer or Cissy's Hash name.

The evening flew by.

Once it was all over I discovered that there was a House Warming party being held at Puss In Boots new house. I grabbed a lift with Higgins to the new house in the Merode district of town via a stop for chips in Place Jourdan and to buy a bottle or two at an all night shop (it was now 11pm).

When we arrived the party was in full swing. We were given a guided tour of the 5 storey house. It was very nice with a huge open plan living room and dining room on the first floor (upstairs from the front of the house, but with a small garden at the back) then on to the second floor with 2 huge bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms (though only one works as the renovations are not quite complete) and then on up to the third floor which is a vast open plan office come study area complete with its own kitchen and bathroom and then on up again to the fourth floor which was an attic room.

I had a good time and poured myself into a taxi at about 1am having drunk a lot of wine and done quite a bit of dancing.