More "Glamour"

We started off the day by bussing to Oakland, CA and were able to have a private security check and a tarmac departure, avoiding the airport lines completely. All went well on our brief charter flight to Eugene, Oregon, a beautiful gem of a city that the orchestra last visited in 1989.

On the busses to the hotel, we were warned that not all of the hotel rooms were ready for us to check into yet so we were prepared to find a late lunch and wait it out. Many of us chose the restaurant in the hotel and were treated to excellent planked salmon but also a view of the luggage truck getting stuck under the portico of the hotel. It was quite entertaining to watch the truck drivers trying to get the truck out without further damaging the ceiling of the portico.

Many of us were in for almost a 2 hour wait before finally receiving our rooms and resting up before the evening's performance. We played in the Hult Center, which is celebrating it's 25th anniversary and there was a lovely reception after the concert where we were greeted by the mayor of Eugene and many loyal supporters of the arts.

Tomorrow we will fly to Seattle and will perform our final concert Tuesday evening before flying home on Wednesday. I want to say that I will be happy to be home and "off the road" for awhile, but I am departing for Rome on June 1 where my husband and daughter and I have been invited to perform at the Vatican, so I will have just enough time to do laundry, teach half a dozen students, and repack before the next adventure!