Monday, March 27, 2006DISCOVERING ESTONIA, One the Way to the World Film Festival, part 3The hotel sits on top of a small, snow covered hill, just a short walk from the Estonian National Museum where the film program will be taking place. It is now after midnight. Someone helps to haul my luggage to the hotel door. There are lights inside but a huge chain is looped through the door... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:33 AM Comments (2) (link) Thursday, March 23, 2006DISCOVERING ESTONIA, part two...I'm standing with my luggage in what I hope is a conspicuous place. A few minutes later an attractive young (nearly everyone these days is looking "young" to me) woman comes charging through the main entrance, hand extended, "sooo sorry I'm late, you must be Cynthia!" At that very moment, another... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:18 AM Comments (4) (link) Wednesday, March 22, 2006DISCOVERING ESTONIA, part oneThe seven hour layover in Frankfurt - spent meandering around the airport - was the only unpleasant (so far) aspect of my entire trip. The hassle of making your way in and out of the security check points is too much to bear, so people tend to be confined in these cocoons of forced waiting, no... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:19 AM Comments (5) (link) Saturday, March 11, 2006CAN YOU COME TO ESTONIA?That was a question in an email I received last October from a fellow (I presumed it was a fellow) named Taavi. He represented "World Film" an organization that supports an annual film festival, part of The Tartu Festival of Visual Culture to be held this year in March at the Estonian National... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 2:46 PM Comments (11) (link) Sunday, March 5, 2006WHEN AN ACQUAINTANCE BECOMES A FRIEND, Part 3Except for a brief break for lunch I hadn't sat down for 7 hours straight. Teaching like this, in these highly concentrated, focused events, makes me high. I don't even need to eat. Andrea informs me that we can go over to meet the Fitzgeralds. One of their sons, who is in the midst of making a... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 12:52 PM Comments (3) (link) |
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