And we’re off

Although I could post a movie review, and I enjoyed, or was moved by, all that I saw yesterday, I want to describe the experience of festival attending as I figure it out.

The first film was at 11:00am, so not so early. P wanted to get out early, so F and I came later. Yes, we left the apartment with not quite enough time. F strode quickly to the plaza, I walked as quickly as I could trailing him, breaking out in sprints from time to time so he wouldn’t get too far ahead. We cut the Google-estimated time of 16 minutes in about half. We got seated before the introduction. After the program, we picked up a kebab wrap and sat on a bench to eat it and talk about the three movies we had just seen.

We went to the theater for the afternoon program a little early. I waited there while my guys went back to pick up tickets/reservations for a next day program. We enjoyed a nice beer hall with drinks and snacks to fortify us for the trek to one of the farthest theatres. F separated to follow his own course. Unfortunately, we got turned around and arrived after the lights were out. Our eyes adjusted and we took seats in the last row.

I took this picture of P’s map so that I could make my way back to the apartment. P was staying for a later program.

My fitness tracker says that I got 14500 steps in, while sitting through three movie programs.

I slept well.

Note to self: Reservations may not be needed, as most of the venues were not filled.