Berkeley Rep and Opera in the Park

July 5th brought about a journey to Kensington, California first where we dropped off our suitcases and headed to Berkeley Rep for a personalized tour from Joanna. What a wonderful place to see the arts in full bloom! Thanks Joanna for letting us see where glorious theater is produced.

 

After lunch, and some more World Cup Soccer where Netherlands won in a shoot out, we headed to San Fransisco with blankets in tow for the Opera in the Park adventure.
The sisters held our place in line while the "kids" headed to explore the sights. Finally at 6:30 Drew, Caroline, and Joanna raced in first to secure our front row seats on the outfield. We placed our blankets down and proceeded to gather hot food before the opera began at 8:00 PM.

The Opera was La Traviata and was beautifully performed.  The sun went down and the wind picked up and we covered up with ALL the blankets we brought with us and then bought additional sweatshirts trying to stay warm. We made it through the first two acts and then scooped up our supplies and raced for the warm car.

The sisters proceeded to sleep at the Doubletree Inn while the rest of the group slept at Joanna's. 

Sunday morning we headed out to Cafe Leila's for a wonderful brunch.

 Then headed to the Kensington Farm and Art Market before heading back to Sacramento and Monterey.

 What an amazing cultural adventure we experienced thanks to planning by the California sister and her family!