general feel of rome

On arrival it was somewhat cold and instead of the seeing the sights of rome we rested for a few hours (our flight was early in the morning and nearly all of us were tired). Once we were all up we decided to see the Spanish steps which most English tourists never see and focus mostly on the colosseum and the forum but from the bottom of the steps it is a truely amazing sight because of its scale and the amount of people sitting on them. Another thing about rome is how many street vendors there are which you would never see in London at all, most are selling fake vutton handbags and the sort. Compared to french breakfasts (often croissants and coffee) italian breakfast food is generally made to be eaten cold such as various cheeses, bread and pastries and in this case there was also warmed boiled eggs which went fairly well with the other dishes.

the 39 Steps and Super 8 review

a few days a go I went to and evening show of the 39 Steps, a comedy based of the plot of a Alfred Hitchcock book and I also know that the book was turned into a film.
First of all I think that it was a fantastic play and would recommend it to anyone who is about 14 years and over. What I really enjoyed is that they were very clever of how they applied their actors of which there were about four with two of them changing their roles from time to time. I also quite like that the sketches were very clever which meant that they could nearly always make you laugh. overall I would give this play a ten out of ten because of all the reasons above.
Super 8 was a action film based of the events of camera recording (the main character and their friends are making a movie for some sort of film festival). The story begins when a train is derailed and thousands of white cubes are scattered everywhere what they are used for is explained at the end. The film itself is directed by J.J Abrams rights an interesting spin on the story E.T as it practically follows the basic plot of the movie even to the point where Steven Spielberg is the producer for the film. What I also like is that the main piece of evidence that helps the film get its point across is that the most important piece of evidence is on a roll of film in a camera which is only revealed at the end. Furthermore it is also leaves you hanging in suspence which is mostly through the rustling of leaves and the crackling of gravel. One flaw i can find is that it took a bit to long to get to the important part of the plot and this buildup was a bit dull to watch. Overall I give this film nine out of ten because of the buildup to the main part of the plot.

Buildup to the summer holidays

I am now thankfully on my summer holiday which is mentioned above in the title. Like most people I haven't done much so far, but hopefully I will have more of a portfolio by the end. I have also been given a book to read over the summer which would not be a surprise if you are doing your English GCSE or have done it, this book of course is Mice of Men which is a popular GCSE book often chosen by most schools and if you have done your GCSEs then you would've done it as well. Before our summer holidays started we actually went to Thorpe Park, One of the rides I went on was Colossus which is the world's first 10 loop rollercoaster and like most of them goes very quickly indeed. Another thing is that a lot of teachers have left the school which is quite surprisng because they didn't seem to be leaving and then it just happened. I am sorry for not posting for a long time and will hopefully be posting on a daily basis.

Trip to France

I have not posted in a long time as I have forgotten but now hear is my overview of France. We were stayin in auntibe A town near nice which you can get to by train, overall It was really nice. On the first day we went to the beach and afterwards went along the cape d'auntibe which is a large spit of land with many large houses we then headed back to the place we were staying in. On the next day we travelled toNice where we had a sort of chickpea pancake called Socca along with some mussels with a sauce that seemed to be made from cheese and saffron we than had some rather nice Sorbet of which they had a wide selection of flavours I chose Pineapple which had a very strong taste of Pineapple indeed. On our final day we went to the sea the picasso museum in Auntibe which had some of picasso work and a bit of other artists work as well We then went back to a the place we were staying and stayed their a couple of hour before we went back to the airport. However when we got to the airport there was only a snack bar and not having had dinner we had to grab a bite to eat before setiting of everything was very expensive even two baguettes and pot of Pringles cost nearly 30 quid which was a bit of a rip off from what we got apart from that there isn't much else to say.

Bathroom trouble

At the moment we are having are bathroom done; firstly the slate tiles did not arrive so in the end dad just bought some but unfortunately the shower tray is more of a problem as you can not simply buy one from your nearest DIY shop or Homebase and are still waiting for it to arrive and it is thankfully arriving tomorrow so we can get the Bathroom finished and start using it soon as possible. We had buy another shower tray because the other one we had and had come with all the bathroom fittings had chipped in transit and the chip was rather large so I'm told which meant of course buying another one. We are also going to the South of France and I will be posting through out.

Source Code review

On Saturday I went to see Source code; an interesting mix of inception and action film. Surprisingly it uses very few sets as there are about four altogether and was made by the same director who made moon also used few sets. The whole of the film seems to be set on a 8 minute loop which gives the film a tense atmosphere throughout and still manages to be at some point witty as well which is a hard thing to pull of as the two usually don't mix. By the end of the film you feel in a good mood as it has a proper ending not just a cliffhanger. You get a feeling that the director had fun while making Source Code and put a lot of thought in to the plot and knew how to make the audience feel tense which is interesting as he has only made to films that I know of and has already got the knack of keeping the audience watching. Overall I give Source Code 10 out of ten which is purely down how it made you feel throughout and at the end of the film.

Japan earthquake

As you know japan is in crisis, as it has to deal with whole towns being swept away and the Fukoshima power plant. In some cases it was less severe as in Tokyo buildings just swayed thanks to rubber piles beneath the buildings and the fact that some are nailed together so that earthquakes don't make them collapse. However on the other end of the scale whole towns have been reduced to rubble due to the tsunami and not the earthquake. Fukoshima however is rumoured to be wrapped in concrete wall to stop radiation leaking from the reactors. Like when the first nuclear fallout some people may not be able to return to their homes because radiation lasts along time.