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[kiwisue]

Journal catch-up time. I've been here just over 24 hours :-)

QF5 to Singapore and QF9 to London were good flights. There was almost no waiting for the connecting flight in Singapore - off one aircraft and onto the next. Total time in the air, 21:20. I had a middle section seat at first, then from Singapore I had an aisle seat and the person sitting next to me was upgraded, leaving her seat free and her blanket for me to use. That was handy because I was sitting right across from a service area and it was drafty! The 'plane had movies and TV "on demand" - I don't know how long this has been around, but it's wonderful! No more missing the start of movies, or crucial bits of the plot because of PA announcements or toilet/exercise breaks, you just start again where you left off.



- "Becoming Jane", a 'fic-pic' about the young Jane Austen, was enjoyable and conveyed a reasonable sense of late 18th century English society (certainly on a par with the better film adaptations of her novels).
- "El Laberinto del fauno"; set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, is the story of a young girl obsessed with fairy tales and what happens when her mother remarries a Fascist captain who brings them to live with him at his field headquarters. When the girl arrives she finds a magic labyrinth and, within the labyrinth, a faun. The brutal, violent world of her step-father, dedicated to destroying the last of the Republican rebels against Franco, and the beautiful but dangerous world of the faun, and possibly of the girl herself, are interwoven from that moment. . It's scary, often bloody and cruel, but there are wonderful moments of love, and true courage (I especially liked Mercedes, the housekeeper who is also a spy for the rebels). *Yep, I loved it, gonna go and buy the DVD now*
- about 5 episodes of 'Hustle', which I hadn't watched more than 15 minutes of before now. Enjoyable fluff. I did like the naked boys in Trafalgar Square (yes, I'm shallow).

And I read about half of "Naming of the Dead", which I'm pretty impressed with so far.

byslantedlight proved she's a true star by getting up at a god-awful hour to pick me up from Heathrow. I arrived safely at Oak Tree Cottage and it's lovely, as are its inhabitants. A nap in the afternoon and a trip to Tescos (where we bought many naughty things including some Gooseberry Fool, yum), interneting & nattering (in preparation for Nattercon, you see) and finally to bed with fic!

Today... I woke way too early, but didn't let myself get out of bed until 6 a.m. ...not sure what we're going to do yet(feels carefree and holiday-ish).

Comments

[londonronnie.livejournal.com]

Pleased to hear that you arrived safely and that the journey was pretty straightforward and not too stressful!

I can imagine that you and byslantedlight will be having a lovely Pros-ish time to yourselves over the next few days. Make sure you watch lots of eps ( and I'll have to make sure I'm on your team for the quiz *g*)

What time are you planning on arriving at the con on Friday? blktauna and I should be there around 1.30pm.

See you there!!

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Make sure you watch lots of eps

That's the plan *g* - mind you, I need the memory jogged something awful - I was trying to remember some character names this afternoon & simply couldn't do it. I'm claiming jetlag!!!

We'll probably leave here after lunch, so say 2:30 or 3:00 for the con. Cya!

[helenraven.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the rain! I'm glad to hear you're arrived safely, and I'm kind of impressed they showed "El Laberinto del fauno" on the flight - relaxing in-flight viewing it is not.

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

We managed to dodge the showers quite handily today as we wandered around West Stow and Ely. It's clouded over again now, so I think we'll be settling in here for the night.

I'm kind of impressed they showed "El Laberinto del fauno" on the flight - relaxing in-flight viewing it is not.
With the new movies-on-demand selection they had a section on World Movies as well as the more standard stuff, and I picked it out of there. A little more intense tha I was expecting, but still very good.

Talk to you soon :-)

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Yay for arriving, and napping, and buying naughty foods! I'm in the midst of scary work and barely thinking about the pleasures to come next week. It's great to read what you're up to--soon that will be me, too! Enjoy yourselves and I hope Nattercon is great!

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Oh that was me last week - in fact, until about an hour before I headed for the airport! So I sympathise, truly. Take care, and see you soon!

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

So glad you had a good flight over there and that you are being looked after so well. Sounds as if you all are going to have a great time.

Any jet lag?

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Only a little, I haven't quite settled back to normal hours yet, but I ahould within a day or so, thanks.

[goodnightlady.livejournal.com]

Glad you got there safe, have a great time!

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I believe I will!

[rosie55.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you're safely here and having fun! Gooseberry Fool - yum!
Look forward to meeting you at the weekend - have also sent you an e-mail separately, let me know for some reason you can't access that!
Happy holidaying in the meantime!

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Hi, yes I have webmail, so I can receive emails directly. I got yours - the answers are yes, yes and (I hope) yes *g*, and yep, the weekend sounds like a good time for sorting out the details! See you there :-)

[probodie.livejournal.com]

Glad you had a decent flight :-)

Enjoy your 'holiday' and *hopefully* I'll see you in 3 days time!!

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Ey, what's this *hopefully* business. You get better right now, y'hear!!! Pretty please?

Only 2 days to go...

[probodie.livejournal.com]

I am feeling better, thanks...

Yay, 2 more days!!! Whoo hooo!!!

[lisaloveslewis.livejournal.com]

Glad you had decent flights. Looking forward to seeing you again at the weekend...seems like every time we meet I'm pregnant and fat! ; )

Lx

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

You're coming? Hooray!!! And (ignoting that other comment) I have just realised that B backed up the pix from Windsor on my laptop. SO I can do what I keep forgetting to do and give you a full sized copy of the ones with you in them (some way or other - will you have a thumbnail drive or laptop with you?).