About 80 symphony musicians, staff members, conductor Paavo Jarvi, musicians with children and I were wondering if we'd ever get home Saturday, as we flew from Madrid to CVG.
Janelle Gelfand reports on the (eventually) happy return of the Cincinnati Symphony back to the USA after rawking Europe on tour -- a tour that la signora Gelfand has blogged in real time (just scroll down on her blog, it's all there).
Our favorite parts of the blog/diary: Maestro Paavo in sunglasses totally looking like Phil Collins (not a good thing); a massively dorky Lang Lang portrait; a Cincy musician stuck with a 500 dollars laundry bill in a Paris hotel.
(And yes, and if you think Starbucks American prices are extravagant, try it in Europe as long as the dollar stays in the tank).