art exhibition

I remember when I was ten or so and would build forts out of couch cushions, cardboard boxes, sheets and blankets tacked on the wall. These were all very good but would usually not last a full episode of teenage mutant ninja turtles (the older ones where April O'Neal wore that yellow track outfit to report the news).

Now imagine you are 20 or 30-something, live in Europe, and have gone to school to double major in Art and Engineering....

Last night after quite possibly the best spaghetti i've ever eaten (Virginia's dad is Italian, he taught her how to cook) we went to an underground art exhibition. The reason why it was underground was because they did not want to go through the legal paperwork and fees of having a formal exhibition. So inside this large what seems to be a wharehouse was built many different rooms, hallways, secret passages, lofts and of course many different peices of art, from paintings, sculptures, living art, music, and several others.

There was one room in particular that i enjoyed the most, very large with a piano on the stage, and many different kinds of couches and cushions on the floor, there was a pianist playing some original music and singing in english to it. The girl was a local but is somewhat of a celeb, virginia told me she owns one of her cd's. I asked Virginia why she was singing in english rather than her native french (in between sets she was speak to the audience in fluent french) to which she answered "People like singing in English because it is foreign to them".

After the exhibition we came back to Flagey (the neighborhood i am staying at) and went to the plaza down the street where there were several groups of people talking and drinking beer. We went to an all night convinience store of sorts and got some beer. the clerk in the building was watching Obama's live interview (which was odd for me to see live at 1:00 AM). In the plaza, we met a group of people from Britain, one of them had a guitar with them, so our friend with a saxophone busted it out and they started to play together for a bit.

All in all, it was a really fun experience, i also met several people from Britain and Scotland, even one from next weeks destination of Ireland. I am glad they spoke english natively, although it was still very hard for me to understand them.

I am very anxious to get going and see the rest of this country.