Spring is finally here! And I managed to make a trip to the city after 5 weeks!
Well Aggie also believes it's spring - she's happily resting in the warmth, and sunbathing every now and then. The past week has been pretty amazing as it was sunny and warm. But today the weather took a drastic turn and it's now wintry again. Aggie doesn't seem to notice though - she's always satisfied with what she has.
The other day I saw a whole bunch of flowers blooming near the tram stop, and since I just missed a tram, I decided to take pictures before boarding the next tram.
Stopped at Bourke Street and the General Post Office (GPO), which has since been converted into a shopping centre. It feels so good to be back in the GPO! There's a Japanese restaurant within GPO, which is pretty authentic and serves reasonable portions too!
Witnessed 2 street performances on the way up Bourke Street. And just by coincidence, I captured this moment. It seems as if the lady selling CDs is gossiping to her friend about scamming the blonde old lady on the right of the picture, to buy a La Rumba CD or something...but in actual fact I've no idea what they were talking about. Oh, and this description was from one of my friends.
And here are the performers! 2 guitarists, a bassist and of course, a singer. There was this instance where one of the guitarists looked as if he was showing off for a cameraman (a few pictures down). Performance was really intense but the performers definitely looked like they were enjoying themselves. They performed a few tracks from their La Rumba CD as well as other bonus songs.
And here they are - taking a break. This is the guitarist who looked as if he was showing off for the camera...just chilling out at the stall and smoking...
And there were some people who came and shook hands with him, possibly to tell him how awesome he was. I was sitting near him, and he WAS awesome.
Just across the road there was a South American musician playing panpipe music, and selling CDs. He was pretty popular too...
And he had some shaking doll in front of him, with a money basket...possibly for donations? He was doing pretty well though, and attracted a lot of people.
Just some snapshots of him playing his panpipe. He always looked as if he was concentrating on the music.
I decided to head down to Regent Theatre - where Love Never Dies by Andrew Lloyd Webber was held. And just before I crossed the road, I noticed someone had placed a cigarette stub into one of the sculpture's mouth! Pretty funny...
And here are the pictures from Regent Theatre.
I love the lights on the ceiling - it makes the place look so posh and theatre-ish...
And around that time, some people were filming something outside the theatre. Possibly something about Love Never Dies?
Oh, and just in case you were wondering, I took this picture from a mirror.
Banners praising the musical. There was also a preview at the box office and at the main entrance, as well as a massive banner on the ceiling.
Theatre was not open yet, hence the lights were dim. But the inside was absolutely gorgeous!
And this is how the main entrance of the Regent currently looks like.
So I walked down and went to Flinders Street...and on the way I passed St Paul's Cathedral, one of the biggest cathedrals in Melbourne.
ACMI - the Australian Centre of the Moving Arts - where I am going to watch a production of Dame Joan Sutherland's story. Can't wait for that!
Had to head back to college after that, but it was definitely good to be out and about again! Even Aggie thinks so...I guess...