Sonntag, Juni 04, 2006

Weimar - National Theater

My stomach was whining for dinner, but I need to search for the famous statue of Goethe and Schiller, and more importantly, the theater where Franz once conducted in when he was residing in Weimar.

But where was the theater?! I really hate the confusing map... Should have gotten a better map, but too late for that. I eventually wandered from the "Franz Liszt" Musikhochschule into the start of Park an der Ilm. Ja, Goethe's park is that big. Crossed the famous stone bridge across the river - and then down to the small tunnel in the bridge. Haha, it was fun. Did something dangerous there but not going to tell. :P Who knows if Mum actually read these blog entries! I wandered around some more and came across a "Neues Schloß" (New Castle). Okay, it was closed anyway (it was already after five) but the courtyard was still opened to the public. Nothing significant to mention, except that I liked the design of the Schloß pretty much.

And so, after much time I finally found the National Theater. Back in Munich I had planned to perhaps catch an opera in the theater (since Franz was once there!), but I changed my mind. There was an opera (or musical - I wasn’t not sure) playing at the theater alright - Maria Stuart, written by Friedrich Schiller, but perhaps I should just give it a miss and go have my dinner before heading back to my hotel. It was, anyway, already close to 7pm (the time when the performance starts) and I doubt there will be good seats left.

posted by empress @ 6:00 PM