Ceasefire

ETA has just announced a permanent ceasefire. I cannot describe the joy that overwhelms us.

I am so happy to have lived this historical moment here, in the Basque Country.

Snow photos

I promised to post some photos of the snowfall we had in January. Well, here you are.

Falling Snow

Cesar in the Snow

Cesar in the Snow again

Train in the Snow

The first picture, taken from our balcony, shows the snow falling. It was Saturday mid-morning. The second and third photos show yours truly out in the snow, noon time of the same day. You can see the nice old church of Zamudio in one of the photos. The fourth picture shows the EuskoTren (Basque Train, literally) running through the snow.

Thanks for waiting, Stuart!

Volver

Just back from the cinema with Isabel. We went to see Volver, Almodóvar’s last film. The story is beautiful and the acting is decent, but a few details did spoil the experience. For instance, Penélope Cruz’s character is supposed to come from La Mancha and consequently she starts the movie talking with a distinctive accent from that region; unfortunately, this accent disappears and reappears through the movie several times. Is this so hard to fix for a director?

In other sequence, Pe’s character sings a song and the voice is so evidently not hers that the dramatism of the moment is completely ruined.

I would expect that a world-famous director like Almodóvar would pay more attention to details like these.

I found the movie!

I found it. The scary movie with the doll in it is titled “The Bermuda Triangle”. You can find it on IMDB. Beautiful.

Now for getting a copy.

My salary

As a Research Project Leader, I am currently paid 39,000 euros per annum plus up to 12% bonus depending on results.

How much are you paid?