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Sunday

Important Rome cave find; white truffle; carry strike

Welcome to HaloTrip.blogspot.com | The nearly exciting slice of word from Italia inward the finally few weeks has been the annunciation of a hugely of import regain inward Rome. In the honeycomb of the Palatine loma , archaeologists convey uncovered (by accident) what is idea to live the Lupercal: the cave revered inward Ancient Rome every bit the site of the mythical founding of the metropolis , where Romulus too Remus were suckled yesteryear the wolf.
> BBC: 'Mythical Roman cave' unearthed (article , photos too video footage)

Another regain - less momentous exactly nevertheless thrilling to foodie circles - was made inward the reason of Tuscany , non yesteryear archaeologists exactly yesteryear a dog. The white truffle located yesteryear Rocco , a mongrel , weighs 1.5kg too is the largest to live unearthed since the 1950s. Traditionally it is pigs who honor truffles , the difficulty is that evidently they tend to swallow the truffle. Dogs , beingness cleverer , tin strength out live trained non to swallow the precious fungi.
> Guardian: Italian mongrel leads possessor to record-breaking truffle

And lastly; if yous are planning to locomote on populace carry inward Italia on Fri , live warned. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 strike (sciopero) has been announced , although it remains to live seen how many workers volition adhere (strike on a Fri = long weekend alongside the family) , or if it volition genuinely larn ahead. It is due to touching nearly populace carry , including railways , from 9am-5pm , alongside possible variations inward cities. Airports may live affected betwixt 11am too 3pm The smaller airports used yesteryear budget airlines , too their dedicated autobus services , are oft surgery every bit normal. But banking company tally the websites of whatever carry firms yous are planning to locomote alongside too live prepared for delays.
> Italian carry ministry: data on strikes

And finally , if you've had problems catching a taxi inward Rome lately , or convey seen angry taxi drivers blocking squares , it's because taxi drivers convey been protesting over the issuing of licences.
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Friday

Biennale Bingo

Welcome to HaloTrip.blogspot.com | It's fourth dimension for Venice Biennale again. This calendar week , during the launch , the urban core has been sum of artists , hangers-on in addition to parties for the conduct few. Next calendar week the mutual folk are allowed to sentiment the exhibition. It's an expensive in addition to arduous trouble concern visiting the ii principal sites , the Giardini commons in addition to the Arsenale shipyard. Hundreds of exhibitions in addition to installations get down to blur into 1 some other in addition to if you lot haven't allowed plenty issue energy , fourth dimension in addition to refuelling , it's slow to immature lady the few gems hidden amidst the contemporary fine art cliches.

To enliven the see , I've come upwards up alongside a Biennale Bingo game. See if you lot tin tick off all the cliches below to instruct a 'full house' equally you lot sentiment the pavilions in addition to fine art shows. I haven't looked but about nevertheless , but based on yesteryear sense I am optimistic (if that is the word) to last able to tick off several of the following:

1. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 pile of rubbish.

2. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 room or edifice dressed upwards to await similar the habitation of an imaginary (preferably underprivileged) person.

3. An installation consisting of many identical items (e.g. chairs , mirrors) none of them made yesteryear the artist.

4. Video-installations/films which are loops of wearisome people talking , in all likelihood over a repast , amateurishly filmed.

5. Video-installations labelled alongside a duration of over an hr , which plainly no visitor has fourth dimension to watch.

6. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 large , random 3-dimensional construction , in all likelihood made of bamboo , alongside many meanings in addition to nevertheless , somehow , none.

7. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 participation installation providing welcome excitement - walking into darkness , or dry out H2O ice , or H2O jets , a pipage you lot tin await downwards , anything - which shows how desperate the visitors are getting for thrills.

8. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 collection of gaudy advertisements , stuck to a wall.

9. 'Testimonies' either written or filmed , from unfortunates living inwards deprived weather condition , preferably inwards the vicinity of unsafe pollution or natural disasters.

10. An exhibit where all the excitement took house inwards a large spectacle opened upwards to VIPs inwards the opening calendar week , leaving zippo but broken memories & videos of the effect for after paying visitors. For representative , a large broken object which has been trashed yesteryear the creative someone , which after visitors are left to ponder.

11. Something you lot actually didn't desire to come across (or convey your children see): explicit pornography , mayhap , or dead animals.

and finally
12. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 bar-restaurant where the staff don't desire to serve you. (An exhibit which seems to characteristic each twelvemonth at fine art in addition to architecture biennales).

It won't last all cliches , though. This twelvemonth in that place are manifestly Tintoretto paintings inwards the principal Italian pavilion.

> Read near the 2011 Biennale
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Thursday

highlights of 2015

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My yr began in addition to ended amongst trips to Venice , my habitation from habitation , ever in addition to thus much amend exterior the peak tourist season. As green I spent a lot of fourth dimension inwards Venice. One of this year's well-nigh memorable experiences was walking along the bounding main walls protecting the southern lagoon from the sea.

In Apr I visited the low-key isle of Ustica. Nights were mutual depression temperature exactly the days were warm in addition to sunny , in addition to I walked the entire circumference of the isle on attractive flower-strewn footpaths.

In June I visited the lovely Aeolian islands. First halt was posh niggling Panarea , where I enjoyed the views in addition to - on a really hot solar daytime - climbed to the island's summit.


 I caught the delivery boat to the volcano isle Stromboli , where I ate a pizza at dusk piece watching the volcano's eruptions.

The islands are swell for delicious in addition to affordable eating. I sampled an H2O ice granita every solar daytime (essential for cooling downwards on hot days).


This yr I've visited quite a few volcanoes. I walked approximately the crater of Vulcano on some other blazingly hot day.


I returned to the islands inwards September for to a greater extent than isle ascents - in addition to a leisurely boat trip.



In Oct I visited Taormina amongst my parents in addition to visited some other volcano.



We visited the atmospheric hamlet of Savoca in addition to stayed inwards the fantabulous Borgo San Rocco run yesteryear the wonderful Vittorio , to whom all guests are personal friends.



There were lots of memorable moments inwards Rome inwards Nov , including a furnish to the wonderful palace of Nero in addition to my favourite Roman repast , pasta amongst squelch flowers at a trattoria called Da Carlone inwards Trastevere.


I made a video of the daily life in addition to starling murmurations of Rome.



On a pre-Christmas trip to Venice I enjoyed the peace of the metropolis in addition to made a few videos to exhibit some of the unlike facets of the city.


I haven't made my go plans for 2016 , exactly if you lot follow me on Twitter or see the website in addition to this weblog , you lot tin plough over the axe grab upwards amongst my latest destinations , discoveries , meals , H2O ice drinks in addition to off-the-beaten-track experiences , likewise every bit all the latest website updates in addition to Italy recommendations.
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March 31: Getting a bit emotional over Harry Potter & evaluating my contemporaries

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In Edinburgh there's a cafe called The Elephant House , where JK Rowling has cited every bit the location she penned to a greater extent than or less of Harry Potter.  When I was nearly ix years onetime as well as read The Unofficial JK Rowling Biography , which told of her beingness destitute as well as rocking her fille to slumber patch writing stories inwards a cafe , it inspired me to produce things similar write every bit well.  It was exclusively natural that nosotros larn to visit.

Edinburgh Castle from the much-coveted window topographic point at the Elephant House.  Look at that pristine weather!

If I idea Edinburgh liked to capitalise on their ghostly notoriety , it was nix inwards comparing to the Elephant Cafe riding the Harry Potter success story.  From tours , to tour buses stopping exterior , to t-shirts worn past times the real inattentive immature girls who served us , it was all 'the birthplace of Harry Potter'.  Nicholas had crappy reheated (but nevertheless cold) pancakes , as well as I bypassed the overpriced breakfast options for a lukewarm soy 'hot' chocolate.  This lay me downwardly inwards the dumps actually , as well as I was grumpy nearly spending coin on crappy beverages as well as why wouldn't Nicholas larn as well as enquire for fresh pancakes as well as why are the chairs then uncomfortable as well as why would that duet sit down past times the window when I am then champaign waiting to sit down at the window???

We left a scathing review on Urbanspoon.

I idea it'd lay me inwards a bad mood for the remainder of the twenty-four hours as well as was looking for a argue that coming all the agency inwards the freezing cold. Then I used to the lavatory inwards the cafe as well as constitute aforementioned reason.





I was innocently trying to produce a wee as well as I only started crying actual , genuine tears.  When I had composed myself as well as walked out of the lavatory , Nicholas said , "Have you lot been crying?"

As I'm certain you lot know , the worst affair soul tin sack produce if you're trying non to outcry is to address the fact that you're crying as well as I was then embarrassed because of all the other people inwards the cafe as well as I didn't desire to acknowledge that I'd only come upwards to a cafe as well as started uncontrollably weeping over my dear of Harry Potter.  That's embarrassing.

"I can't speak nearly it."

Nicholas idea something was , you lot know , really upsetting as well as got actually worried as well as I only kept shaking my caput as well as maxim that I couldn't speak nearly it inwards here.  

"Is it only because you're inwards Scotland?" he asked.

"I dear Harry Potter ," I replied.

I started crying again.  It was embarrassing.

This was later on I had stopped crying.

Harry Potter is Life.  Harry Potter is Love.

We had hoped to caput upwards to Edinburgh Castle for the twenty-four hours , because the conditions is looking pretty rubbish as well as nosotros wanted to remain indoors.  I mean value a motorcoach of Chinese tourists had appeared v minutes earlier nosotros did , then nosotros decided to lay that off for to a greater extent than or less other twenty-four hours as well as caput to the Fruitmarket Gallery , which is a contemporary fine art gallery nearby.

At this signal , the conditions was looking pretty nice.  Quite sunny , it was starting to warm up.  Don't trust it.  Never trust it. (we belike would've trusted it if nosotros hadn't got a conditions alarm on our phone)

I forgot to cite that when Nicholas as well as I went to the camping ground store , I bought the same shoes every bit him because I'm a copycat.

The Fruitmarket Gallery had a actually wonderful bookshop alongside lots of books nearly cats as well as fine art (two of my favourite things , every bit nosotros all know).  The fine art was likewise pretty good.  It was a collection of Brazilian industrial plant using objects.  One run was a collection of impractical squeegees. It was super cool.

From at that topographic point nosotros wandered downwardly to the gallery that is unremarkably the Portrait Gallery , but was currently showing a heap of run past times Scotland's most recent fine art schoolhouse graduates.  Some of it was actually cool , to a greater extent than or less of it was full crap.  Nicholas as well as I tended to handgrip on the full crap business office , but at that topographic point were a duet of industrial plant that left us divided.  One run I actually liked was a double channel video slice that juxtaposed museum specimens as well as scientific objects alongside mundane soccer playing as well as what looked similar the Hebrides as well as to a greater extent than or less horses/cows.  The vocalization over was actually overnice as well as was spoken past times a heap of (what sounded similar professors).  I considered buying the video re-create , but it was thirty pounds as well as I'm saving coin to pass at Loch Ness.
This is when the conditions started to plow , then nosotros sought shelter at the same cafe we've been frequenting alongside the skillful soup as well as skillful sandwiches as well as huckleberry scones.  I mean value they know us now.  It started to snow.

Beautiful , sunny , slightly cloudy skies.



Snow.

Edinburgh reminds me a lot of Melbourne , but to a greater extent than extreme.  Old buildings inwards Melbourne , Edinburgh's are older.  Melbourne's conditions is ridiculous , Edinburgh's conditions is even
to a greater extent than ridiculous.

For dinner nosotros made traditional Scottish fare! (veggie) haggis alongside neeps (turnips) as well as tatties (potatoes).  We roasted them inwards the lavander tabular array salt nosotros got from Hoxton St Monster supplies as well as it was delicious.  We had it alongside to a greater extent than or less Irn Bru (Scottish creaming soda , consummate alongside tartan packaging , that tin sack last purchased inwards diverse clan colours) patch watching vintage Dr Who (Peter Davidson).  Feeling good British.  ;)

I don't know nearly the master copy haggis , but the vegetarian version is pretty tasty.



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April 4 & 5: A failed attempt at camping & Medieval music!

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I beloved the Falkirk Wheel!

We’re currently inward Cupar , which is a flake of a tiny , nix town but close St Andrews.  We’re staying amongst an unbelieveably sugariness solid unit of measurement nosotros flora on AirBnB as well as they couldn’t last to a greater extent than dissimilar from Fergus.  They invited us to direct maintain dinner amongst them (making us a veggie risotto amongst some wild Scottish herbs as well as wild garlic.  It was incredibly tasty) as well as they laid us upward inward what used to last servants quarters inward the house.  It’s good kitted out amongst scented candles as well as a multifariousness of teas.  Needless to tell , they’ll instruct top marks when nosotros direct maintain to review them.

Nicholas inward awe of the Falkirk Wheel

The yesteryear duet of days direct maintain been hectic.  Yesterday morn , Nicholas went as well as picked upward our hire machine , which nosotros got from a little fellowship called Celtic Legend.  The guy nosotros emailed amongst was really , truly , 100% called William Wallace.  He signed his emails “Willie”.  We swung yesteryear the Great Britain version of Walmart to alternative upward a whole heap of non-perishables as well as in all likelihood 8kg of bananas , earlier nosotros started heading to our get stop: The Falkirk Wheel.

Not to pelting on Nicholas’ Falkirk Wheel parade , but I wasn’t wholly excited well-nigh the whole rotating bicycle thing.  It was pretty cool when nosotros really got there.  It replaces well-nigh eleven locks , which used to direct maintain 8 hours or as well as then to instruct through.  It takes iv minutes as well as uses the amount of ability to boil vi kettles.  “How?” you’re in all likelihood bespeak (maybe you’re not. I wasn’t until I saw the informative video).  Inertia.  For that argue , given Archimedes job inward the hole ‘inertia’ matter , the footling go boat nosotros went upward the bicycle inward was called The Archimedes.  We sat behind a pair of really annoying children who got the best spots inward the boat.  That business office was annoying.  Nicholas almost moisture himself amongst engineer-based excitement.  I abhor to encounter what’ll occur at Legoland.

We hung some at the Falkirk bicycle for a while.  I admired all the dogs , who were much ameliorate behaved than the children.  Nicholas watched the Falkirk Wheel inward amazement as well as took lots of videos , as well as then he could relive the sense over again as well as again.  I joked that he should’ve worn his GoPro on the 50 infinitesimal boat journeying upward the bicycle , through the tunnel as well as dorsum downward the bicycle , as well as he got a glint inward his oculus similar he thought it was a skillful idea.  I shouldn’t joke well-nigh such things.
Nicholas pretending to instruct inward for a passionate osculation amongst i of the Kelpies

They had installed some lights to lite upward the Kelpies at nighttime but some leafage was growing inward the way.  Foliage is as well as then cool.

After we’d finished at the Falkirk Wheel (read: I convinced Nicholas that instead of deliberating over which Falkirk Wheel postcard to purchase , he should but purchase them both as well as instruct going) nosotros headed to the Kelpies.  The Kelpies are huge.  There’s non a lot else to tell well-nigh them.  We didn’t produce a tour because nosotros had to pay also much for parking.  We ate inexpensive loving cup noodles spell everybody else ate really expensive H2O ice cream.

The Kelpies!

We stopped at a really beautiful hold off out on the agency to our army camp spot.

From The Kelpies nosotros needed to notice somewhere to camp.  We had enough of fourth dimension earlier sunset to notice one.  Scotland has much to a greater extent than relaxed camping ground laws than Commonwealth of Australia as well as we’d read the code , as well as then felt pretty good equipped.  We flora i spot that looked promising , but kept driving to a loch we’d seen on a map because nosotros thought that’d last much to a greater extent than picturesque.  It was.  We railroad train army camp as well as were but well-nigh to ringlet out our mats when some rangers told us to motion on because it was a reservoir as well as human excrement as well as all that.  Not ii minutes later they left as well as nosotros were pulling out pegs , the heaven darkened as well as nosotros saw the Sun dip behind a mountain.  Not promising.

This would direct maintain been our amazing army camp spot.  Sadness. 

We decided but to caput to the previous spot nosotros had seen.  It was a bog.

Driving off the mount as well as downward to Kilsyth nosotros started having a hold off online for motels.  Looking for a motel at 8.45pm on a Sat nighttime on a long weekend inward a tourist town isn’t promising.  On in all likelihood the 7th house nosotros called , nosotros got a winner.  It could’ve been the 6th house , which was the Antonine Inn.  On bookings.com the most recent review was 1 star , proclaiming “THE STAFF WERE AGGRESSIVE.” Nicholas as well as I had a skillful chuckle to this , thinking they’d direct maintain a bad experience.  When nosotros called the inn to enquire well-nigh the booking , the receptionist real abruptly said , “We don’t direct maintain bookings over the phone.  You’ll demand to instruct to bookings online.”  They really were quite aggressive.

We stayed upward far also belatedly watching the Da Vinci Code as well as looking at places nosotros had been on our trip , similar Rosslyn Chapel.

The Wallace Monument (looking quite foreboding inward the fog)

Today nosotros got upward relatively early on to brand job of the costless breakfast included inward our hotel stay.  All that haggis as well as blood pudding inward the bain marie really puts i off their mushrooms as well as beans , to last honest.  Only inward Scotland.

Ignoring the fog , nosotros laid out for the Wallace Monument , jumping some fences to cutting across the roads.  It was also really foggy as well as already filled amongst tourists.   We decided against paying the fee to instruct upward the monument , considering how foggy it was.  You’d hardly encounter anything from the top.
I'm loving all the daffodils.

Such mist.  Very monument.

Nicholas using The Wallace Monument equally the backdrop for his prog stone album cover.  He thinks he looks similar he's air guitaring.  I intend he looks similar a terrible tango dancer.

Did I refer I beloved daffodils?  Did I refer at that spot was fog?

We were also neat to instruct to Stirling Castle.  To celebrate Easter long weekend , Stirling Castle had been turned into something of a Renaissance fair , amongst falconry as well as 16th century dancing as well as hurdy-gurdy playing.  I was most excited for the dancing.  Stirling Castle was pretty beautiful as well as the weather condition turned out to last amazing.  I fifty-fifty managed to instruct a whole solar daytime without whatever thermals – but a t-shirt. 

This owl was also tired to bargain amongst the tourists at the falconry session.

These ladies were the superlative of fashion (once)

We watched some really cool displays as well as I made friends amongst an owl.  We ran out of fourth dimension to encounter everything at Stirling Castle , in all likelihood because I was also busy dancing amongst ladies inward wonderful dresses , but that's ok.  There was a fatty human playing all kinds of foreign as well as wonderful instruments.  He directed us to his YouTube channel as well as says he also does weddings.  I'll proceed it inward hear if I e'er instruct married inward Scotland.  https://www.youtube.com/user/JimTribble/videos

Nicholas is a jester as well as I'm mortal dressed similar a Flemish painter

Stirling Castle (the forepart sentiment was obscured yesteryear an H2O ice cream truck , as well as then you lot instruct this i instead)

We walked some as well as tried on costumes as well as lazed some inward the Sun as well as eventually headed to the lovely solid inward Cupar where nosotros are now.  Nicholas is watching James Bond: Skyfall as well as looking at Glen Coe , where nosotros volition last inward well-nigh a month.  I’m looking at our pictures as well as non watching Outlander , fifty-fifty though I’d similar to be.  Tomorrow nighttime nosotros really DO army camp , as well as then wishing us luck!

We also drove yesteryear a town called Dollar as well as then nosotros stopped to direct maintain a painting demo amongst the Dollar Sign , because we're tourists.











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Monday

May 16 & 17: Two sleep-ins & two contemporary galleries

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In all the excitement , I haven’t told yous much close Glasgow.  We’re staying yesteryear the River Clyde , only across from the Central Station , thus it’s relatively tardily to acquire into town.  It took us hardly whatever fourth dimension to acquire to Tiso when nosotros bought our bags.   The edifice we’re staying inward is also quite lovely , too we’ve got a huge room , too i one-half of the distich we’re staying alongside is an engineer doing his PhD inward air current technology.  There’s a tiny TV inward the room too a collection of DVD’s including Not Another Teen Movie , 2 Toy Story films , Knocked Up too Despicable Me.  There’s a existent selection.


In damage of actual , not-our-apartment Glasgow , it form of reminds me of Melbourne.  It’s really greyish , wonderfully dingy too grimy , constantly drizzly too has a fair amount of street art.  There’s a lot of immature people , a lot of tourists , galleries , chain stores too tourist shops.  There’s a river , impractical-looking bridges too non plenty bins.  Everyone walks chop-chop too jaywalks too at that topographic point are to a greater extent than buskers than I experience only comfortable with.  It’s pretty bustling too only noisy plenty that yous don’t convey to whisper to convey a individual conversation.  In identify of seagulls shitting on statues , they’ve got pigeons , but that’s the biggest deviation I’ve constitute thus far.

It was Sat , midday too raining when nosotros left , thus nosotros made a beeline for GoMA.  There were 2 reasons for this: a) I was great to see GoMA , b) GoMA was quite some Lush , too it’d been likewise long since I got the homey , comforting sensation that came alongside entering Lush.

The roof at GoMA

 The Gallery of Modern Art inward Glasgow was a beautiful former edifice alongside fantastic pillars.  A statue of a homo riding a Equus caballus greets yous at the entrance to the edifice , too he’s wearing a traffic cone on his head.  That’s how yous know you’re at a modern fine art gallery , every bit opposed to a national gallery.  Inside are rows of mirrors too people alongside lanyards too nametags too girls inward Dr Martens.  A video piece of job yesteryear an creative someone my animation instructor mentioned inward 2nd twelvemonth plays inward some other room.  The piece of job is quite prissy , but I wishing the room wasn’t thus dimly lit , thus I could reckon the architecture.

Last twelvemonth I visited a symposium that focused on contemporary shows too industrial plant that employed the creative someone at curator , too inward GoMA I stumbled upon a present I’d heard mentioned at the symposium.  A serial of presumably Glaswegian artists had been employed to conduct industrial plant from the archives that hadn’t been on display inward quite a piece , too thus item why they’d picked them.  One was an Aboriginal artwork too it was quite evident that the creative someone who selected it wasn’t likewise good versed inward Australian Indigenous art.  It made me cringe to read their statement.

We got into a heated give-and-take close the operate of analyzing artwork too reading paintings , which worked upwards an appetite , thus nosotros took a tiffin interruption earlier heading to the adjacent room.  This was my favourite exhibition , because it was all yesteryear woman someone artists too a lot of the piece of job utilized maps.  One especially beautiful piece of job was yesteryear an creative someone named Louise Hopkins , who had embossed some sail music onto heavy paper.  From a distance it was unnoticeable , too fifty-fifty upwards unopen it was difficult to decipher.  The gallery attendant too I got talking close how people were attracted to for certain industrial plant , too she handed me a volume of Louise Hopkins’ piece of job to flick through.  It was beautiful too position me inward a happy place.
Louise Hopkins' work

"Ilana Halperin's piece of job explores the human relationship betwixt geological phenomena too daily life.  In 1831 , an isle named Ferdinandea appeared off the southern coast of Italy during an underwater volcanic eruption.  This sparked an international dispute over the ownership of this strategically positioned novel landmass.  Within a few months too earlier whatever serious conflict developed , the isle disappeared , crumbling dorsum into the sea.  Halperin remembers working intensely on this drawing , which she developed over 3 months."  I enjoyed the creative someone contention for this piece of job to a greater extent than than I enjoyed the drawing.


I can't scream upwards what this was a drawing of , but I took a epitome of the ocean monster inward it.




From GoMA nosotros caput to George Square , where I encountered many pigeons too statues of accomplished writers too poets.  A tent had been erected on a grassy patch inward front end of the square.  Next to it was a sign that read , “to let”.  We idea it was perchance an artwork , but yous tin mail away never tell.  We went to Lush , I spent less fourth dimension talking to the director inward this special store , too nosotros went dorsum to the even to leave of absence of the drizzle.


From GoMA nosotros caput to George Square , where I encountered many pigeons too statues of accomplished writers too poets.  A tent had been erected on a grassy patch inward front end of the square.  Next to it was a sign that read , “to let”.  We idea it was perchance an artwork , but yous tin mail away never tell.  We went to Lush , I spent less fourth dimension talking to the director inward this special store , too nosotros went dorsum to the even to leave of absence of the drizzle.

We were however lying inward bed when Eilidh came upwards to modify our towels the adjacent morning time too nosotros had to confess nosotros were however recuperating.  It was officially 2 months since we’d left Commonwealth of Australia on our conduct a opportunity too Glasgow seemed similar a identify to organize ourselves too grab upwards on some sleep.  Nicholas had stayed upwards until yesteryear iv that morning time , reading Casino Royale , thus didn’t remotely wake until midday.  We were headed to the Centre for Contemporary Art anyway , too they didn’t opened upwards til 12.  How civilized. 

Eventually , nosotros caput downward to the CCA , which wasn’t likewise long a walk from where nosotros were staying.  They only had i present at the minute (they were also running a distich of residencies that looked interesting , but neither were opened upwards to the public/had culminated inward a present yet) but it was worth the walk down.



Discussing too viewing contemporary fine art alongside Nicholas is ever fascinating to me.  I’m someone who spent 3 years learning how to read contemporary fine art , piece Nicholas tends to stick to the Old Masters too considers anything less refined every bit a lack of proficiency.  I mean value nosotros both were a footling confused too a footling intrigued yesteryear the piece of job displayed at the CCA , which was less an exhibition than it was a proposal.  The proposal was for 2 people to donate their bodies to fine art , but what the artists were , inward fact , going to create alongside the bodies , was a footling to a greater extent than ambiguous.  I assured Nicholas that they must convey known what they planned to create , or they wouldn’t convey had the funding too gallery support.


They referred to an indentation on the peel of a dead someone , which they presumably had seen inward a moisture specimen lab.  A video piece of job inward the dorsum of the room , which was called a Rehearsal , showed intricate indentations on the peel of somebody living.  Two industrial plant displayed on the flooring mirrored the indentations inward trend too shape , but were made of clay too 3D-printed plastic.  There were constant references to the Neolithic too to Orkney , too Nicholas felt at that topographic point mightiness convey been a human relationship betwixt the shapes on the Earth too the cairns too burial mounds.  It asked to a greater extent than questions than it answered , too at that topographic point was a for certain allure to the work.   I almost hoped the donors would decease to a greater extent than chop-chop , thus that nosotros could reckon the piece of job come upwards to fruition , but that raised fifty-fifty to a greater extent than questions close myself too the artwork.





The edifice we're staying inward piece nosotros see Glasgow

This edifice is currently for permit (!!!)


We wandered some to a greater extent than too eventually caput habitation , Nicholas having Bond on the encephalon , thus nosotros watched Daniel Craig’s Casino Royale until the early on hours , constantly readjusting the volume , thus nosotros didn’t wake upwards our hosts.

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