Nothing but some, things

I went to see a performance by "Kodo"
(A group of Japanese traditional drum players).
To be honest, I hadn't seen any proper
Japanese drum performance before,
and I just went there because it was 50% off for students!

But it was amazing. Just amazing.
I thought it would be good when I saw the promotion video
on their website, but you can never experience
the sounds of "big drum" unless you go to see them.
It echoes inside your body, rather than on the surface.
It was like thunder.

Another thing I liked about them was that
they were really entertainer.
The quality as musician was good, so they can
perform serious drum, but also they can do it
comically so that audience feel relaxed,
and above all, they looked enjoying themselves so much.
You can feel thrill, fun, rhythm,
and the time just goes by!

They will be travelling around Europe, so check it out!

Kodo website

Portugal, Day2. (yes, it's confusing but switch your brain!)

It was the first day of the event, OFFF.
There was a long queue in the morning!
After waiting a lot, finally we went inside the place.
There were some interactive installation,
and, Microsoft was showing their interactive campus
and "Surface".

Opening talk was by Neville Brody.
(I didn't know he was alumni of LCC...)
But actually I don't remember what he talked...
Well, how things were organised was not so good,
the sound was not so good...
The first day was a bit disappointing.

But the dinner we had at the hostel was so yummy!
Spinach soup and main dish was cod...
This hostel is so clean, the location is good,
the price is reasonble, I recommend!

To be continued to the Day3.

Neville Brody
Lisbon Lounge Hostel

Now it's Switzerland! It's the first experience
for me to travel around again and again
in such a short period. Actually it was a field
trip of the course but some of us went there
a few days earlier.

Taking a flight from Gatwick, it took only
1.5hours to Zurich. So close!
We rent a car and travelled around.
The first place we went was Luzern.
It was such a beautiful city with
lots of European buildings around the lake.
Walking on Kapellbrücke, having a dinner,
eating ice cream, we left the city and headed
for Interlaken. It was a really comfortable
travel on the car driving along lakes.

To be continued to the Day2.