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I have missed meeting my only sibling Jane in town to attend lunchtime concerts at Sydney’s City Recital Hall. From our homes in Northern Beaches and The Bushland Shire we we catch bus and train respectively to meet up at Wynyard Park. Together we would walk just a few hundred meters to the Hall, catching up on the goings on of the families’ “adult children” along the way before entering the Hall’s foyer, where we’d survey the throng for any familiar faces.
We would then be entertained by the varying performers who never failed to stimulate our senses. Afterwards we would take lunch in the DJs Food Hall in Market Street. To walk off lunch we would walk all the way to Circular Quay for a gelato from Messina’s Gelato Bar.
A walk back to Wynyard where we would say our goodbyes and catch public transport back to our respective homes.
Which did I miss most during the period of social isolation in April/May 2020 -Messina gelato, City Recital Hall lunchtime music performances, having fun with my only sister? A very hard choice but all I can say is that I found ways and means to have fun with my sister and live stream musical performances from around the world during the “lockdown”.
I consider myself very fortunate in these times as others in my community have made greater sacrifices than missing out on Messina’s gelato. I look forward to a pistachio praline gelato with my sister.
We would then be entertained by the varying performers who never failed to stimulate our senses. Afterwards we would take lunch in the DJs Food Hall in Market Street. To walk off lunch we would walk all the way to Circular Quay for a gelato from Messina’s Gelato Bar.
A walk back to Wynyard where we would say our goodbyes and catch public transport back to our respective homes.
Which did I miss most during the period of social isolation in April/May 2020 -Messina gelato, City Recital Hall lunchtime music performances, having fun with my only sister? A very hard choice but all I can say is that I found ways and means to have fun with my sister and live stream musical performances from around the world during the “lockdown”.
I consider myself very fortunate in these times as others in my community have made greater sacrifices than missing out on Messina’s gelato. I look forward to a pistachio praline gelato with my sister.