{"id":343,"date":"2011-07-17T08:22:29","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T07:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corkcitygamelan.ie\/blog\/?p=343"},"modified":"2011-07-26T08:49:29","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T07:49:29","slug":"where-am-i-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corkcitygamelan.ie\/blog\/where-am-i-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Am I Now? (updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am away on a short summer vacation, but where<\/em> exactly am I?<\/p>\n

\"where<\/a>Clues: The picture to the left shows one of the best known opera houses in the World. The picture on the right shows the unusual branded ATM outside the opera house.<\/p>\n

The performance season is only five Weeks each year, there are about 54000 tickets for each season, and the typical waiting time after applying for a ticket is between five and ten years. The price for a seat with a view of the stage is between 155.00 and 280.00 Euro. There are “listening only” and “restricted view” seats which cost somewhat less.<\/p>\n

I actually took the pictures on a past visit to this town, much earlier in the year. The trees are a lot greener now. Here is nother one of the same opera house, from a greater distance, taken with a long telephoto lens. You can tell by comparing the pictures that it is sitting on a hill.<\/p>\n

\"that<\/a>The first correct answer out of the hat after I return (July 21st) wins a No-Prize<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> For a while, it looked like nobody was going to claim the award. Immediately after my return, though, I had several calls, all of them with the correct answer – so, I decided to award all of them a No-Prize, three in total.<\/p>\n

I was in Bayreuth. The opera house is the “Festspielhaus”, donated entirely by King Ludwig of Bavaria to Richard Wagner for performing only<\/em> his operas. Wagner’s fund raising skills also convinced the King to build a rather beautiful villa for him… I thought the Wagner-branded ATM is a nice cryptic reference to all this.
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