Had another fun and busy weekend. Went out with friends on Friday night. At the end of the night we went to a cafe on a corner and just hung out having a few drinks and chatting. Said goodnight to them, started walking home and ran into someone else I knew, we ended up going out to some other random place that ended up being really cool. I didn't get home until after the sun came up, we had a great time. It's so fun meeting random people from all over the world and hearing their 'story' and their point of view on things.
Saturday night I went to Vienne (a city about 100 km away) and went to the kick off for the Jazz a Vienne (a 2 week jazz festival) with a guy from work and some random guy I met the night before. The drive was nice, I really enjoy driving in the countryside, and the city was pretty cool. We got there a little early and just walked around. We got some pita bread stuffed with lamb kebhab from a stand on the side of the road, good stuff!
We picked the wrong alley to try to use to enter the concert. Apparently this was the alley that protestor's were planning on using to make their point. Not really sure what they were protesting, I just know that they were mad and that they kept calling those of us with tickets 'sheep'. We moved to a different alley where police actually let the people go through, the protestors followed us. Nothing got too out of hand. Apparently the police were expecting it, cause there were 3 busloads of them there in full riot gear. The protestor's were just loud.
The concert was pretty good, nice classical jazz. It was held in an old Roman amphitheatre, the sound was pretty good. Since it lasts two weeks with different artists I may go back. A couple pictures are posted here.
Afterwards we walked around end enjoyed the city. We heard a couple other bands at different bars/restaraunts. Then we stopped to get something to eat at what looked like this little outdoor cafe. My food was outstanding. When I walked inside to go to the bathroom I discovered it was an incredibly nice looking restaraunt. The lobster and crab tank was the biggest I've ever seen! It was two levels, with a waterfall between them, and rock walls for the backside, so they didn't even look like tanks. It was probably almost 1000 gallons overall.
A group played at the cafe that was pretty good. They were actually the main reason we stopped there and got food. The group is called Mouss. They play jazz, but with an arab and african rythm influence. The vocalist has a good voice, and plays the stand up bass. It was pretty interesting. A few of their songs are here, here, and here.
Posted by Brian at June 29, 2003 11:36 AM