Monday, April 29, 2002 12:33
Weather: Warm & sunny.
Location: The theatre of Epidaurus.

With a spectacular backdrop of a forested valley, imposing hills, and the pale blue sky, a seat at the top of the 15,000 capacity amphitheatre (cut into the hillside) provides many advantages. Not the least of these is the chance to enjoy the acoustics: as one woman demonstrated, the sound of paper being torn or a coin being dropped on stage carries easily 60 rows back, despite the background noise from birds and the many tourists sharing the stands.

An Italian bus tour group on our left stopped on their way out, and sang an impromptu piece -- poorly, but with spirit -- and we could pick out individual words clearly. This inspired the young Spanish group on our right: a set of 10 boys had some trouble coming up with a piece they all remembered the words to, but eventually had a couple of soccer chants, punctuated by clapping.
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