When Brenda's away...

Hey all! Well, I'm a bachelor again. At least for the week. Brenda left me all alone in Frankfurt (with all of these dangerous Frankfurtians, I might add) and went to New York City. Brenda has a great role (Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor) coming up in May and she is going to NYC to work with her teacher. Her parents decided it would be a great opportunity to see Brenda so they are with her in NY as well. While she's away, I'm going to go up to Hagen, Germany to visit my good college friend, Jeff. He's been down to Frankfurt twice since we moved here and it's about time I go up and visit him for a change.

My last performance of Parsifal was on Monday. I must say, I really enjoyed performing the role of the 3rd squire. I had some good singing to do and I got to be on stage with some great people. It was a wonderful experience.

Frankfurt is definitely in bloom and I didn't even have to look outside to find out. All I had to do was look at the mountain of kleenex surrounding the garbage can. That's right, pollen is in the air and my allergies are going crazy. Last year, things got so bad that I had to get an inhaler and some steroids to fight allergy induced asthma. I'm hoping that somehow my body has adapted to it's new country and will not react as strongly this year. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Well, that's about all I've got. I hope you all had a nice Easter. We celebrated the day by eating delicious Mexican food courtesy of the McCowns. Nothing says Easter like refried beans. Until next time, have a great week!