In Anno Itinerantur - E is for Evening

In the past year since travel opened up for Australians Robert and I have taken several journeys at home and overseas. While I posted many photos of these adventures on Facebook I want to leave a more permanent record of some of our adventures. 

This challenge provides me with opportunities to share my photos and stories while recording some personal history. I plan to share photos and stories from our travels between April 2022 and March 2023. My theme this year is In Anno Itinerantur.

Travel is exhausting so, if we have been touring all day, we will usually be found  having a quiet dinner, watching TV news (if we can find some in English) and fortifying ourselves for the day ahead. When were are cruising on Regent and don't have a tour at dawn we will often take in the show which is performed in the theatre each evening.

When there is an evening sailaway we may go up on deck to enjoy the views as we head back out to sea. We particularly enjoyed our departure from Cairns which I described in an earlier post.

Two evening events made a great impression during the past year.  First was the Vivid Festival in Sydney last May when we spent three nights at a city hotel to be close to the action. I put photos and comments in a blog post at the time. We hadn't visited Vivid since 2013 and it has certainly grown. I would love to go to this event again.

Sharing the evening light parades through the eyes of our grandchildren when at Disney Park in Tokyo was an experience that I relished. We adults enjoyed this just as much as the youngsters. Following are some images from that cold January evening.

Two days later, at DisneySea, we stayed to view the evening show and watch the Disney volcano erupt. While this was spectacular I preferred the parade at the Disneyland.

Whenever we visit London we take in some West End shows. On our visit last year we managed to see three: Grease, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical and a golden oldie My Fair Lady. I enjoyed all three of these very different musicals but found that the actor who played Tina was exceptional. 

When we arrived for the Tina show we were told that there would be a delay. Apparently some of the cast were ill (Covid??) and they needed to sort things out. We waited patiently for over an hour while things were organinsed. It transpired that the young woman who performed the role of Tina that night was the understudy's understudy. 

Grease at the Dominion

My Fair Lady at the Coliseum (I'm often early)

Tina at The Aldwych