Settling down and our viking movie
Door: KellyvanGrinsven
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31 Januari 2011 | Ierland, Limerick
“Man weet niet wat ie mist… weet niet wat ie mist….”
Two weeks have passed and everything and everybody is settling down. These are the times you start to appreciate what you have at home. One of the things I really miss doing, which I am able to do at home is: Driving! It’s the same road every time: From home to school and back, from home to the Lidl and back, from home to city centre… (and back) etc. And it’s all done by: foot. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind walking, on the contrary! But The most beautiful places are outside of the city and in order to get there you’d have to go by bus. I can think of a thousand (ok not literally but still…) other ways to travel which I prefer over bus any time! I miss my car! And I miss my motorcycle. Is that wrong? Probably… But I started realising this after this weekend where we went up to Adare (by bus) which is nice… But if you really want to see the big castles and the true nature of Ireland you’d have to drive a little further than just a city centre or town. Rent a car! You would say… Yeah, sure but I am still a student… I will rent a car but I’d rather rent one when somebody’s coming over so I won’t have to go to places by myself. I’d like to show people around. Anyone interested???
Our Viking movie!!!
Saturday was the day of the shoot for our Viking movie! It was so much fun! We had a blast! It started early in the morning with Andrea and Ingeborg coming to my apartment so we could do our hair the way Cathy Swift wanted us. (Well, at least we tried…) Then, at 8:30 (which eventually turned out to be 8:45 and where I started realising that a lot of Australians are Irish) Cathy Swift and a friend picked us up by car. (A Rover for those of you who are interested). The car was absolutely packed! With six women and a lot of junk in it but we had a lot of fun. Once we were on the road Cathy told us that this was probably the right time to tell us she failed her driving test five times.. Boy, did we notice. “For Sale: Car owned by an old lady, warning: gearbox and clutch are ruined!, a few small and insignificant dents and scratches but other than that a nice car…” Well at least we made it. After having a coffee in some small place, (sorry can’t remember) we arrived at Craggaunowen. This is a theme park in which you can ‘relive’ the past, but closed for public at the time. There we met up with our camera crew and Dave and Billy. It was freezing!!! After we changed into our ‘traditional’ clothing, everything had to be done quite quickly so that our toes wouldn’t freeze off. We had sooo much fun shooting the movie. I am not going to explain everything because I would bore you guys to death but there are already a lot of bloopers. (One where Dave falls to the ground sitting on an ancient bench - yes he broke the ‘damn’ thing - in the middle of a scene where he is not supposed to make everybody laugh. “Ok CUT, let’s try again, Dave would you be so kind as to refrain from catching everybody’s attention?” :P So yes, freezing our butts off but having a wonderful time!
I might just give you a link to youtube (or two for that matter) because I filmed at the set as well. The other link is just a day in Limerick – you can see my Uni - Be sure to check them out!!!
A view of life in Limerick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7_hJfZCXuo&feature=feedu
Viking meets Celt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYaRbQwGRFQ&feature=feedu
Two weeks have passed and everything and everybody is settling down. These are the times you start to appreciate what you have at home. One of the things I really miss doing, which I am able to do at home is: Driving! It’s the same road every time: From home to school and back, from home to the Lidl and back, from home to city centre… (and back) etc. And it’s all done by: foot. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind walking, on the contrary! But The most beautiful places are outside of the city and in order to get there you’d have to go by bus. I can think of a thousand (ok not literally but still…) other ways to travel which I prefer over bus any time! I miss my car! And I miss my motorcycle. Is that wrong? Probably… But I started realising this after this weekend where we went up to Adare (by bus) which is nice… But if you really want to see the big castles and the true nature of Ireland you’d have to drive a little further than just a city centre or town. Rent a car! You would say… Yeah, sure but I am still a student… I will rent a car but I’d rather rent one when somebody’s coming over so I won’t have to go to places by myself. I’d like to show people around. Anyone interested???
Our Viking movie!!!
Saturday was the day of the shoot for our Viking movie! It was so much fun! We had a blast! It started early in the morning with Andrea and Ingeborg coming to my apartment so we could do our hair the way Cathy Swift wanted us. (Well, at least we tried…) Then, at 8:30 (which eventually turned out to be 8:45 and where I started realising that a lot of Australians are Irish) Cathy Swift and a friend picked us up by car. (A Rover for those of you who are interested). The car was absolutely packed! With six women and a lot of junk in it but we had a lot of fun. Once we were on the road Cathy told us that this was probably the right time to tell us she failed her driving test five times.. Boy, did we notice. “For Sale: Car owned by an old lady, warning: gearbox and clutch are ruined!, a few small and insignificant dents and scratches but other than that a nice car…” Well at least we made it. After having a coffee in some small place, (sorry can’t remember) we arrived at Craggaunowen. This is a theme park in which you can ‘relive’ the past, but closed for public at the time. There we met up with our camera crew and Dave and Billy. It was freezing!!! After we changed into our ‘traditional’ clothing, everything had to be done quite quickly so that our toes wouldn’t freeze off. We had sooo much fun shooting the movie. I am not going to explain everything because I would bore you guys to death but there are already a lot of bloopers. (One where Dave falls to the ground sitting on an ancient bench - yes he broke the ‘damn’ thing - in the middle of a scene where he is not supposed to make everybody laugh. “Ok CUT, let’s try again, Dave would you be so kind as to refrain from catching everybody’s attention?” :P So yes, freezing our butts off but having a wonderful time!
I might just give you a link to youtube (or two for that matter) because I filmed at the set as well. The other link is just a day in Limerick – you can see my Uni - Be sure to check them out!!!
A view of life in Limerick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7_hJfZCXuo&feature=feedu
Viking meets Celt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYaRbQwGRFQ&feature=feedu
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31 Januari 2011 - 21:06
Davy:
We doen wel een auto huren als ik in maart bij jou ben, kunnen we mooi de tourist uithangen, as usual :P
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01 Februari 2011 - 18:21
Marianne:
He Kelly, heb net je filmpjes gekeken, wat een mooie natuur daar. Geloof best dat je dat zonder auto niet allemaal kunt zien. Goed om te lezen dat je het leuk vind daar. Maar als jullie pap en mam komen dan gaan jullie vast wel rond kijken of als Davy er is. Dat is eerder dan je denkt.
Groetjes vanuit het koude en natte Veghel, Marianne. -
02 Februari 2011 - 07:54
Gaby Eijkemans:
Hoi Kelly, ik heb nu al je verslagen gelezen en was er wel een poosje mee zoet. Hoezo, weinig tijd om te schrijven?
Leuk om te zien hoe je woont en te lezen hoe het je tot nu toe is vergaan. Dat belooft wat zeg, je bent pas twee weken weg en hebt je nu al ontpopt tot poetsvrouw (leuk voor je moeder!) en filmster!!
Ik ben benieuwd naar de volgende ontwikkeling.
Geniet ervan, en wij (collega's bij de zrs) zullen je moeder hier wel opvrolijken, no worries about her.
Groetjes en succes met je studie.
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12 Februari 2011 - 15:24
Ons Mam:
hey kelly,
wij tellen de dagen af voor ons bezoek aan jou! We merken dat je het veel drukker hebt dan de eerste dagen( geen verslagen meer) maar we hopen dat je toch wat tijd hebt om met ons naar die plaatsen te gaan die we je toen je 5 jaar oud was ook hebben laten zien. Kijken of je, je nog iets herrinert!
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