This lovely young lady (below…my cousin, Aneesa) is here staying with us for a few months. We are trying to cram as much stuff into her time here as we can. She is a big help with babysitting and cleaning, it’s wonderful.
I have been meaning to catch an opera at the Verona Arena all summer. So on Sept 3rd (ignore the date on the photos), the very last day of the summer opera season, Aneesa and I decided to get dressed up and go see “Aida”. It was beautiful. We only stayed for half of it because the way it was going it looked like it would be on until 1 am (crazy Italians, they never sleep!).
The story line goes like this: This military dude is engaged to the princess but is actually in love with one of her slaves, Aida (who is actually the princess of another country, but was captured and keeps her identity secret). The princess suspects that he loves someone else. When he goes away to war she tells Aida that he has died and tricks her into telling her that she loves him back. He comes back with prisoners of war and one if them is Aida’s father. He betrays his country for Aida and her father so they throw the military dude in prison and Aida sneaks in just before they close the door to the dungeon and rots with him, so romantic.
Love your dresses! So fun 🙂