Sibiu Theatre Festival

Tags: photos, Sibiu, Romania, festival, fireworks, home

Date: 25 May 2007 11:37:57

Last night saw the beginning of the 14th Sibiu International Festival of Theatre, so I wandered on over to Piata Mare at 9 for the opening ceremony. The first hour was a group of traditional Japanese drummers, and I was lucky enough to get right to the very front. It was fantastic, really energetic. I took both flash and non-flash pictures, the ones with flash are clearer and more crisp, but it's the wobblier non-flash ones which convey more of the sheer energy and movement involved. I think this one is my favourite:

Afterwards there was a fantastic firework display, of which I videoed the first 6 minutes (until both my camera battery and my memory card gave up, at the same time). Unfortunately my laptop is objecting to downloading videos from the camera so I shall have to wait till I get back to Scotland and download them onto my PC. I suspect they won't be the same on a little screen though, but they really were very impressive.

I honestly am doing some work, I promise. Though with lots of free stuff going on with this festival (concluding with the closing ceremony and some theatre/music/drum'n'bass thingy on my birthday) I think I'm going to be burning the candle at both ends a bit if I'm not careful.

In other news, contact lens solution is extortionate here!

PS Arti - nothing too exciting to report about the laundrette, other than they make you wait for 2 days, charge per item (I can't say I particularly enjoyed watching the woman inspect my dirty smalls so she could count them) and it's really expensive even with a student discount. So I have bought a bowl and some handwash liquid and am doing it all myself, though I'll still use the laundrette for big stuff like bedding and towels. It has really made me appreciate my washing machine - yet another thing about home I really take for granted!