One interesting story about the trip was that when we all were going through immigration in Australia, one of the double bassists, Damien, was stopped and his passport confiscated. It turns out that it had gone through the wash and was slightly damaged. Disaster! The group had to go on, and nothing could persuade the immigration officer to return Damo´s passport. One of the orchestra managers, Kate phoned Erin who works in the MSO office and asked her to do what she could. Apparently she worked miracles. Damo got a new passport (he said the woman at the passport office was extremely helpful) and was on a plane by midnight--only 7 hours behind the group. He had a completely different trip, through London and arrived in Valencia where he caught a cab to Castellon. He arrived at the hotel 8 hours after the rest of the orchestra. AMAZING!
Today we will begin rehearsals. Everyone seems pretty happy and ready to go. Yesterday I walked with a group of musicians down to the port of Castellon (about 1.5 to 2 hour walk) and had a l0vely lunch on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea. After lunch we slowly made our way back. The weather was a unseasonably warm 21 and very sunny but with a nice breeze. I could easily get used to this!
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