From Viskarret to Zubiri

Distance: 9.8 kilometers or about 6 miles

Terrain: Difficult (Rumor has it, it is one of the most difficult days of the Walk because of the steep decline into Zubiri.)

It was a challenging day, but it also felt good to accomplish it. We continued to ease ourselves into the Camino by doing another ¨light¨ day, a little more than six miles.

I´m starting to get into a groove a little bit more, but it´s slow adjusting. We keep hearing that if you can survive the first 7 to 14 days on the Camino, then you will finish all 500 miles.

The people we are meeting are nice, and usually say ¨Buen Camino¨ or ¨Hola¨ when they pass us. Most of the people we have met so far are European, but we´ve also met a few stray people from places like Australia, Canada, Mexico, and one man from Bolivia.

Overall though (and, granted, I realize it´s only the second day of walking) my interactions with fellow pilgrims have been fairly superficial, mostly because I don´t have the language skills to do more. It simply deepens my desire for the ultimate superhero power = to be able to speak and understand all languages on this great Earth. (Perhaps tomorrow will bring my cape and other superhero accessories...)

Tonight we´re staying at Zaldilko Alburgue (10 euros per person): Two rooms, each with four bunk beds. All 16 people share 2 sinks, 2 toilets, and one shower.  I don´t know why I´m so fascinated with these arrangements, but I am. I´m still adjusting to brushing my teeth next to strangers in the morning.

Lights in the dorm go out around 9.30 or 10 at night. People wake any time from 5.30 a.m. and on. Most people are gone by 7.30 a.m.

Right now it´s 9.26 and the lights in this room are already out. I´m using my headlamp to write in my journal, but I think the guy next to me isn´t so happy about it, so I´ll finish this now.

Tomorrow is our first big mileage day -  10 miles! Hopefully we´ll make it in one piece... Stay tuned.

It involved approximately 16 hours of marathoning here:

And a shorter, but still productive marathon here:

My legs had a workout from all the walking, my feet had a workout trying on shoes, and there are a lot of shoes at MOA, my stomach had a workout from all the delicious food, my credit card had a workout making purchases, and my face had a workout from laughing all weekend.

I learned new things this weekend too! I discovered that I could purchase a cute outfit at an expensive department store for under $10, that I look beautiful in platform heels, and that there is such a thing as too much chocolate.

So thanks girls for putting up with my driving, singing, and whining. Thanks for letting me sleep in the big bed, and getting me in shape for school.

As a reward, I promise not to sing this song again anytime soon:

Okay, I suppose I shouldn't sing this one again either:

Mrs. V

where a garter you can sing
as corruptor designates
align - ment
wear you, where you are
tell myself and tell myself and
till I can settle into gravel
of dust just a rotting guise
of me.

Carrie Morrison is resigned to spending another Valentine's Day alone, but Cupid brings her a surprise--packaged in the hot body of the father of one of her third grade students. When Enrique Torres stops by her classroom to discuss his son, sizzling chemistry erupts between them.

Ric is a widower, father, garage mechanic, and the hottest Latin lover a woman could wish for to fulfill her Valentine fantasies. One hot night with Carrie in his bed leaves him wanting more, but she's not sure if she's brave enough for a relationship beyond a one night stand. But Ric isn't about to let Carrie go that easily. She has healed his broken heart, and he's ready for forever.

Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language.

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Strangers in the night exchanging glances
Wond'ring in the night
What were the chances wed be sharing love
Before the night was through.

Something in your eyes was so inviting,
Something in you smile was so exciting,
Something in my heart,
Told me I must have you.

Strangers in the night, two lonely people
We were strangers in the night
Up to the moment
When we said our first hello.
Little did we know
Love was just a glance away,
A warm embracing dance away and -

Ever since that night we've been together.
Lovers at first sight, in love forever.
It turned out so right,
For strangers in the night.

En junio de 1966, "Strangers in the night" fue número 1 de la lista de éxitos británica durante 3 semanas. Lo precedió "Paint it, black" de los Rolling Stones y fue sucedido por "Paperback Writer" de los Beatles. Buena época para la música popular.

Six ordinary directors (nothing visionary about them).
Ten unconnected short stories (nothing spectacular about them).
One cinematic experience (not a journey since it doesn't really take us anywhere).

Ram Gopal Varma's portmanteau films, Darna Manaa Hai and Darna Zaroori Hai, had to face flak for their weak connecting threads. Sanjay Gupta (producer and director of 4 segments in this film) decides that his attempt will keep the stories unconnected. Now that raises the question, "Why is this considered a film?". This could easily have been a television miniseries. I would have thought that something should have been common to the various pieces, even if it was very vague or abstract (location, character, theme, event, message, genre, anything!). But to the best of my knowledge, nothing, except the fact that they are short stories, links them together.

This anthology is aimed at providing a novel cinematic experience for Hindi film lovers but is it good enough to warrant a watch?

One story definitely makes the cut. Written by Gulzar and helmed by Sanjay Gupta, Gubbare featuring Nana Patekar and Anita Hassanandani (wasn't she called Natassha for a while?) stands out. This is a lovable piece about relationships between couples and how they don't make the best use of their time together. Gulzar's dialogue is the strength of this story and Nana Patekar does a super job enacting his part. Anita isn't bad either.

Rice Plate (written by Sanjay Gupta and helmed by Rohit Roy) is a simple tale of a misunderstanding that has been used for comic effect elsewhere. Here Gupta intertwines it with religion using a bigot as the main protagonist, making the message more pertinent. Shabana Azmi is brilliant but Naseeruddin Shah gets little to do. Meghna Gulzar's Pooranmasi (written by Meghna based on a story by  Kartar Singh Duggal) also has an interesting storyline and is well executed.

The segments helmed by Sanjay Gupta (who is also credited for writing most of them) are stylishly shot and are moderately watchable. Matrimony (apparently inspired by Roald Dahl's short story Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat), Zahir (written by Rajiv Gopalakrishnan) and Strangers in the Night (story by Gupta and screenplay by Sudipto Chattopadhyay) depend almost entirely on their final twists (meaning that you either chuckle at the irony and think it is amusing or deplore it completely) while Rise and Fall (said to be inspired by Ching Po-Wong's Blood Brothers) has some interesting moments, mainly the Rise part of it.

Jasmeet Dodhi's difficult to digest Lovedale (written by Kamlesh Pandey), Hansal Mehta's pointless and uninteresting High on the Highway (written by him) and Apoorva Lakhia's awful B-grader Sex on the Beach (written by Shibani Tibrewala) fall on the lower end of the spectrum.

The problem with a majority of the stories is that they lack the appeal, identification, observation or irony that could make them memorable. Some of them could easily have been formulated in an ill-conceived minute or two. The good thing about the film is that the stories are short (ten stories in two hours - you do the math) and finish before any of them can truly irritate you. Hence, this collection of short films might just have enough to satisfy you if you are looking for something different from the average hindi film.

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Die erste musikalische Station Geislers war das von Hamburg aus operierende Horst Wende Trio, dessen Popularität aufgrund eines Engagements für den NWDR recht schnell wuchs. Eine Hamburgerische Kneipenbekanntschaft mit einem damals noch unbekannten Freddy Quinn hatte zur Folge, dass bis Mitte der 1960er Jahre der Gitarrensound auf fast allen Freddy Quinn Platten aus den Händen von Ladi kam.

Durch eine Festanstellung als Musiker beim NDR ab 1955 und der Förderung von James Last, wurde Geisler in den folgenden Jahren zu einem der gefragtesten Session-Gittaristen von Plattenfirmen wie der Polydor, Philips oder Electrola; mit nicht selten über 1500 Aufnahmen pro Jahr! Von Schlager, Rock 'n' Roll, Beat, bis Jazz, Unterhaltungsmusik und Easy Listening kann Ladi Geisler fast alles spielen. Aber auch als Studioinhaber ("Studio 17"), Livemusiker, Radiomoderator oder Bandleader seines eigenen Trios machte er stets eine gute Figur.

Seinen größten Coup landete Ladi jedoch im Rahmen seiner Zusammenarbeit mit dem Beatles Entdecker, Easy Listening Erfinders, Komponisten (u. a. für Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Freddy Quinn, etc.) und erfolgreichsten deutschen Orchesterleiter nach dem 2. Weltkrieg Bert "Fips" Kaempfert: Der "Knackbass".

In der wundervollen Kaempfert Dokumentation Strangers In The Night: The Bert Kaempfert Story von Marc Boettcher demonstriert Ladi eindrucksvoll diese von ihm erfunden Gitarrentechnik, welche seit dem in aller Welt so viele Nachahmer gefunden hatte. Ladi Geisler - Ein ganz Großer der deutschen Musikszene.