Bride on the Beach

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Northwest of Matalascañas, close to National Park La Doñana, you find many enchanting beaches like this one. You can reach Cuesta de Maneli by traversing a wooden walkway through the pine and juniper covered dunes. This beautiful 1,2 km walk will take you about half an hour. 


At the end of it at 112 meters altitude you will be rewarded with a great view over the Atlantic and the natural monument Acantilado del Asperillo. This is a system of fossil dunes that covers an area of twelve hectares along the coastline. No sign of civilisation as far as you can look. Except for some lost bride on the beach maybe.. Wedding shoots at the beach are very popular in Spain, including diving into the water with dress and all. Maybe it’s just me missing the point of it.

Cuesta de Maneli -La Doñana
Walkway towards the Atlantic

♫ Calexico – Volviendo

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Volviendo

Cuando yo era niño mi madre me llevaba a ver los trenes
Que fueron desapareciendo más allá hacia el norte de la mariquita
Y al este de la sierra de los Ajos

Yo soñaba con que algún día me gustaría dejar mi casa
Viajar a todo el mundo
Y a ver la vida desde las alturas de las nubes
Como el águila ve el mundo a continuidad
Cuanto más rápido corría, más he visto y he vistó más
menos me di cuenta de la diferencias entre personas y lugares
Todavía hay amor, aun hay miedo, todavía hay guerra
Y a través de todo esto no hay que perder la esperanza
Que es lo que me hace regresar a ese lugar donde comencé mi viaje

Sintomas
Alivio
Brujo
Curandero
Alma del alma duende del duende
Pajaritos, derrumbes y jicuri
Niños de la tierra
Piedra
Rio
Sierra
Cerro y montaña
Esta cosas son reales para mi
Ellos me hablan y yo escucho

En dat is precies hoe het is. Prachtig nummer!

Beginners

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A good friend convinced me last night to watch Beginners by director Mike Mills by mentioning this line from the movie: ‘Our good fortune allowed us to feel a sadness that our parents didn’t have time for and a happiness that I never saw with them.’ That sounded like my kind of feel for drama (as in movies that is).

 
After Oliver’s (Ewan McGregor), mother has died, his father comes out of the closet at age 75. He has been suppressing his feelings all the way through marriage with Oliver’s mother. His father, played by Christopher Plummer, dies of cancer not too long after, and Oliver gets to take care of dog Arthur. The story starts about there and goes back and forth to his childhood and the present where he meets Anna (Mélanie Laurent, amazing actress!) at a party. Anna can’t speak because of a laryngitis and writes everything down on a notepad. First thing she writes: ‘Why are you at a party if you’re sad?’. That was my first cry during this movie.

Their relationship develops into something serious and you see the pushing and pulling which is heartbreaking to see. They both don’t know how to handle true love.

It kicked in big time because of stuff like this..

Hal: Well, let’s say that since you were little, you always dreamed of getting a lion. And you wait, and you wait, and you wait, and you wait but the lion doesn’t come. And along comes a giraffe. You can be alone, or you can be with the giraffe.

Oliver: I’d wait for the lion.

Hal: That’s why I worry about you.

Too many things too familiar.. They don’t speak a lot and when they speak, they say the right things. Love this movie!

 

Score: 8,5