Sunday
Guilia let us sleep in and after breakfast we walked down to get the bus into town. The bus was free as were all business for the weekend. Perhaps Cornwall could learn something from this?
There were even more people milling around than there had been in Saturday. Rosemarie and I went off to look at some old surfboards and when we returned a flash mob was in the middle of singing, as we wanted to buy a print of Hobartbtotake home we decided to go to Salamanca market and lookmaroundna few shops there.
However, instead of a print we ended up with a new pair of walking sandals for Rosemarie, a new fleecy for each of us and a pair of new shirts for me. It was all rather frustrating, but the the expedition's master purchaser hadn't been anywhere near a shop for quite a while, so she had to be forgiven.
Although we missed the choir's roaving performances we did catch up with them late afternoon for another performance of Matthew Brady.
We had a great time and stayed on for a few beers to watch the next band, who were people we knew. We then got a lift back to Guilia's and went and met her mother who had come over from Italy and who at the age of eighty odd had cooked us a bolognese sauce for our tea.
We had a wonderful meal and after the washing up sat around listening to music of all kinds.
The boat festival has been something special and it is a shame that we are not more of the boat type. The harbour area has looked magnificent with hundreds of flags and pennants flying and there has been a huge buzz around the town. It has been a privilege to have been here for the festival.
Back at Guilia's we had to pack up to move on Monday as we are moving to Rob and Toni's for a few days.
We have enjoyed the music, the spectacle and the feel of the festival. Not sure we could have had a better time in Hobart, but it would have to have been something really special to be better than the experience we have had.