"But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."- St. Peter. "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." - Jesus.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

The Ballet

One of the cultural experiences that just has to be tried in Russia is to go the ballet or opera. Novosibirsk has a very impressive opera and ballet theatre. We had to take Dan along. It was also a first time to the ballet for me. Melody has been in St Petersburg before.


Tonight's ballet was a french one called Jiselle. See if you can work out the Russian letters for yourself.


It was about love. Fancy that. Two men fought over a woman they both loved. Different people were promised in different directions and everyone got very upset. In the end Jiselle died of a broken heart. Well that was the end of act 1.


In Act 2, she magically came back to life for a little while to have a bit of a dance with her beloved. Then she went back to the grave again. All very artistic.


For Ted in Kelowna, take a note of the embarrasing statues in the background. The ballet was a nice novelty to go to, but I am sure that I will only go to take guests. Maybe next time we will go the opera.
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2 comments:

Stephen Said said...

Hey Paul, it is amazing to think after all those years, you made it to Rus! I am so excited for you mate. Well done for your diligence, committment and faithfulness. You got there. I hope it is everything you had hoped for, and so much more!

Monday, January 22, 2007 5:35:00 AM
shinbone #4 said...

Looks Amazing!

Saturday, February 03, 2007 8:02:00 AM

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