The Green Mile at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

Last night I went to see one of my favourite movies, The Green Mile, with some friends at Kirstenbosch. I had heard and read about these movie screenings, courtesy of the Galileo Open Air Cinema company, and was really eager to experience one of them for myself.

I only took a few pics because I didn't have my camera with me, but the vibe was fantastic. We arrived just after 7, and the movie started as soon as the sun set completely.

We walked towards the screen, where lots of people had already made themselves comfortable with blankets, chairs and food. What a great initiative for Galileo to rent out chairs and blankets! You can bring your own, but our friend who booked the tickets choose the ticket + blanket option. When we got there they had a few chairs available so we got those too. Those chairs are such a great invention, so easy to set up and  they give you great support for the duration of the movie. They sell them for R20 and blankets for R10 for the evening.

There are also some gourmet food stalls that sell stuff like paella and nachos. My friends bought some paella but I thought R60 was a bit steep for such a small bakkie. There was pre-packaged Act II popcorn on sale that was DELICIOUS. The Sweet & Salty flavour tastes like salted caramel popcorn - yum!

It was really cool that throughout the duration of the movie, there were no rowdy people or trouble-makers. Like my boyfriend said, everyone who was there came specially to see one of their favourite films and to enjoy an evening outdoors with like-minded people.

We have all agreed we are going back to see The Breakfast Club in February, but what I would like to see most is practically my favourite Christmas movie ever, Love Actually (23 December). Oh, and I just know Rameez will want to see Fight Club!

Be sure to follow @Galileo_Cinema on Twitter to get updates, and also to be notified if the event is cancelled due to bad weather. They will refund you if this happens. They also screen movies at the Waterfront and Hillcrest Quarry in Durbanville (I saw that the Afrikaans comedy Semi-Soet will be playing there ;) Do yourself a favour and check out their entire programme here.

Overseas Trip Continued

See my original post here

The magnificent Notre Dame cathedral. I don't have words to describe the feeling that came over me when I walked around inside.

The engravings are exquisite. To think that people were able to carve this in the 1200's!

Saint Jeanne D'Arc statue

(The feminist in me really digged this)

Not sure whether they should actually let us take photos when a ceremony is taking place...

One of the original cafes in Montparnasse, the bohemian part of Paris, where all the intellectuals hung out. Very popular in the "Roaring Twenties" when things were raucous and risque. 

London

The London Eye. This thing is HUGE and our version is nothing compared to it.

Our street in Earl's Court, London.

Our apartment. Notting Hill vibes!

Hyde Park

Freezing weather but lovely and lush!

Rent-A-Bicycle. The English are so damn civilised

Very rare old red bus in Kensington High Street

Good ol' English pub near to where I was staying

The closest I got to Westminster Abbey

St Paul's Cathedral from a distance

Going under the Tower Bridge. It doesn't look real, does it?

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

Do yourself a favour and go on a Thames boat trip (free when you do a bus tour of London). The guide we had was hilarious and definitely worth braving the cold.

The closest I got to Big Ben. And I'm OK with that.

Tower of London (actually a gigantic castle) in the middle of London. You won't regret visiting it.

Complete with a catapult. Apparently the lawn used to be a moat around the castle.

Quaint Victorian-style pub. Had my first pub lunch, and...

My first Guinness! An acquired taste I'd say, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and was more than a little tipsy afterwards.

Even donned my "Underground" hoodie especially for this photo.

Overseas Trip Part 2

 Graffiti in Luxembourg, the Latin Quarter suburb in Paris

Still not sure what "Pub Gay Lussac" actually means.

Wonderful old apartment I walked past. It really does feel like you're in some kind of movie. All the cliches -  even men carrying baguettes under their arms...

Well why not?

View from the apartment I stayed in.

Oh, just a teenager hanging out in a funky hole in the wall.

Picture perfect. Two beautiful sisters I met.

Ornate front door of the apartment

Explored the Louvre!

The queue. But it was still worth it, believe me. (Only if you like museums and history though).

It's huge. This is only one section of it.

Just to see the scale of some of the things in the museum. EPIC.

And this is just the ceiling!

Mona Lisa - not worth it really. It's actually a miniscule painting and there will always be hordes of people in front of it.

European style

My First Overseas Trip

I spent a wonderful week in London in Paris in May this year. It was truly a life-changing experience for me and I saw things I'll never forget. I took some major touristy pics, but can you blame me?

Burger King at Dubai Airport

Our street in Earl's Court

Contrast between old brick houses and modern building

Earl's Court Tube Station

Earl's Court High Street (basically every area has a Main Road which the Brits call a High Street).

Leicester Square

Getting used the the Tube rules of keeping right. People in a rush take the left!

Got to attend this exhibition a few days later ;)

Oxford Street

More to come...