Films seen: “Animation For Kids”, “How To Meet Girls From A Distance”, “Shock Head Soul” and “West of Memphis”.
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Film Festival Day 2: Saturday, 28/07/2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Films seen: “Into The Abyss”, “Faust”, “Tatarakihi: Children of Parihaka”, “The Wall” and “Moonrise Kingdom”.
Film Festival Day 1: Friday, 27/07/2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Films seen – Where Do We Go Now? (with the short Night Shift), This Must Be The Place, Keep The Lights On, Caesar Must Die (with the short Alwyn Motel), and The Cabin in the Woods. Hey, it’s almost a narrative! 🙂
Written in a thunderstorm in Rome
Friday, July 29, 2011
Unfortunately, sleeper trains are only marginally for sleeping. We had a gin and tonic on the train, and then got the guard to put the beds down. There were complementary hand-towels and waters (sparkling and still), a small basin and mirror, and there was breakfast provided. Those were the good bits. There were two toilets […]
Written in an apartment in Venice
Friday, July 29, 2011
I haven’t had a chance to write in a while, so I’m finding it hard to remember what has happened. Let’s see – after the laundry (which took a long time, but having clean clothes makes me feel less feral), we popped out to watch people’s umbrellas be destroyed by the wind at the Reichstag, […]
Written in a laundromat in Berlin
Monday, July 25, 2011
I was going to post everything from here, but I can’t get the wireless to work. The train went fine, although it turns out that just because a friend tells you that they were overloaded with free food in first class on their train from Amsterdam, it doesn’t mean that DB will do the same […]
Written on a train to Berlin
Sunday, July 24, 2011
The next day we were bound for Ghent, so we had the last meal of croissants and cornflakes (hoorah for free breakfasts), and then we were off to Gard du Nord. Negotiating the ticketing system wasn’t too bad, and then we were on a train, and couldn’t do anything for a while. I quite like […]
Written in a hotel in Ghent
Sunday, July 24, 2011
On Friday, Margie had a rest day while the rest of us had a “wander around the city looking at shops and a few sights” day – we deliberately didn’t get Metro tickets, so that we could see more of the city. Our first stop was the Moulin Rouge, which had a large circular vent […]
Written in a hostel in Monmatre, Paris (Part Trois)
Saturday, July 16, 2011
On Bastille Day, we got off to a later start, and took the Metro back to near the Musee d’Orsay, to see the tail-end of the military parade. (We got an accordion/clarinet duo on the train with synth backing in one of our carriages, which made the lone guy with an accordion who jumped on […]
Written in a hostel in Monmartre, Paris (Part Deux)
Friday, July 15, 2011
The next day was the day (dramatic pause) – of death! We got off to a fairly late start, and decided to try to negotiate the Metro and visit the grave of Oscar Wilde (and various other well-known figures) at the Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise. The Metro turned out to be fairly straightforward, but unfortunately, […]