Thanks to Libbie we decided not to lie in bed anymore and jumped up at 5 am with a goal of hitting the road by 6. We were out the door at 6:12 am which was excellent. Traffic was incredibly light. Gas is very expensive, we paid 3.39 in Florence and 3.49 in Kingsland, GA. Arrived in Sarasota at 5 pm. I told Libbie that the Sarasota Opera was having an open house at 6 and if we could leave at 5:30 we would make it. We were out the door at 5:30 and found a parking spot in front of the Methodist Church on Pineapple. The Open House was wonderful. They gave us a cloth shopping bag when we arrived, we went to the backstage area for the tour. The backstage area was excellent. Compared to the Met it was sparse but more than adequate. They were serving garlic shrimp appetizers on trays. We listened to the apprentices in the courtyard. I really enjoyed the duet from Lakme by a Soprana and a Mezzo. One of the girls was an opera babe, the other was a Mother of a small child who was in the courtyard. We bought buy one get one free tickets for Don Giovanni at the box office. The bottom line was $100 for Friday evening at 7:30. We already had I Lombardi tickets for Sunday afternoon. Our last stop was a very nice concert in the Opera house. My favorite of this grouping was the trio from I Lombardi as well as the Soprano who did Muzettas waltz. Next we drove to Bangkok Thai on the corner of Swift and Proctor. We had a glass of Shiraz before dinner. I order chicken Pad Thai and brought half of it home. IT was the end of a perfect day and I wasn't even tired by the end of it all.