Day 2 of acting like tourists started with a dip in the pool of our condo. We are really lucky to overlook the swimming pools in our complex giving our flat a 'holiday home' atmosphere. My mum is already a regular on the sun loungers :) We then visited the Singapore Botanical Gardens which also boasts the National Orchid Garden (the debate as to whether you warrant the name 'National' if you are the 'only' continues...). The relative humidity feels much higher when you are in a leafy area and we spent perhaps longer than we needed in the Cool House! A free, outdoor concert was happening as we walked past with the National Chinese Singapore Orchestra performing Chinese and Western music on traditional Chinese instruments. It was very pleasant to sit there on the grass and listen to classical music. For a mixing of cultures try listening to music from a Spanish opera (Carmen) written by a Frenchman (Bizet) being performed by Chinese musicians in Singapore...
Reading about your visit to the Orchid Garden reminds me of the time I "lost" my Mum in there. She wandered off to examine a particularly enticing specimen and poof...was gone. I was in such a tizzy...
ReplyDeleteMerlion was being given a facelift when we were there. We posed for pictures besides a much smaller version.
A big hello to your Mum from me. So glad she's made the journey around the globe to see you.