The Table Mountain 6:15 pm Tuesday July 16 from downtown Cape Town
I am now in South Africa for what I fully expect to be a fruitful series of auditions. In recent years we have found some outstanding talent here, as have other prospectors for vocal gold. I already had a most encouraging evening on Tuesday at Artscape and today, Thursday, I am set for further riches in Baxter Hall at the University of Cape Town.
It is winter still here and the advantage of that is that there are few tourists. And so a visit yesterday to the Groot Constantia vineyard and winery was a peaceful pleasure, as was a magnificent lunch in the Jonkershuis Restaurant.
It was good to wind down from the long journey from London. This time I flew via Istanbul on Turkish Airlines - but I was unprepared for the nightmare of connecting at Istanbul's colossal new airport. I had a 40 minute walk from the F gates to the gate A10.........look at the photo below and imagine the walk from the top distant right to the bottom left. There were some very unhappy confused people.
I will have to pass through there on Saturday night on my way home. I have two hours to make my connection - I will need every minute!
But for now I am concentrating on my auditions today and looking forward to getting to Pretoria this evening, my first visit to South Africa's capital since 1999. It is a short 90 minute flight to Johannesburg and an easy transfer from there. And it will be nice and warm!
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