A fantastic concert

Thanks God I added this little word "probably" in the first sentence of my feed posted yesterday. Otherwise I had to waite some more hours for this one... but of course there is a special reason for this - now definitely - very last post in 2006:
Today I had the unique chance to hear the dress rehearsal of the annual "New Years Concert" of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra which will be broadcasted live into many countries around the world on January 1th. Our trip started at 04:45am with the departure from our barracks in Salzburg. After some 4 hours of bus driving we arrived in Vienna and also had time to drink some tasty coffee in a typical coffeeshop just opposite of the opera. The whole event started at 11am and fate was on my side when our boss gave us the tickets. I got a seat in a box on the first floor which normaly costs some € 200,--! It was quite a good view down to the orchestra :)
The concert itself was marvellous. The orchestra - this year conducted by Zubin Metha - performed without any mistake. The thing which impressed me most was this complete silence during Johan Strauss' "Karneval in Venedig" and the world famous "Donauwalzer". You could really feel the concentration of the whole audience! The only thing which annoyed me were the clapping hands during the last piece, the "Radetzky March". I want to hear music and no clapping hands! But this is no reason for being angry. It was a fantastic trip which will have no sequeal for me to 99,9% - and the best - it cost me absolutely nothing!

Creating this post I noticed something nice: Writing in English is much easier if you really WANT to write a little bit about what really interests you!
I will not read this short article anymore before publishing it. If there is any mistake - it just doesn't matter. This is my English level at the end of the year 2006.

Have a nice time!