11.11pm, In the cinema with Eri and Em.
It's a bit of a story. Get comfortable and I shall begin...
I went to theirs earlier in the evening for some delicious home-made soup, which was perfect for such a frosty evening. We undid the knots on our tie-dyed clothes and, I have to save, were pretty happy with the results! Mine's the brown vest top in the bottom right-hand corner... and check Eri's two-tone t-shirt out (blue and brown; middle) – the girl's got skills!
We'd decided to have a cinema night (something we hadn't done together since getting to Berlin) instead of going out, so we went via the Christmas markets at Potsdamer Platz. They were beautiful and festive and smelt amazing, but we didn't have much time to stop. Onwards and upwards to the cinema, where we settled down to watch Somewhere, the new Sofia Coppola movie. It's had pretty good reviews but, to be honest, I found it way too slow-paced. It was like they had cast the right people, found amazing locations, but forgot to add in a storyline; nothing actually happened in the whole film. The main highlight was opening the champagne we'd brought in with us. Yes, of all the drinks to sneak in, we had to bring the one that 'popped' when it was opened. Luckily Eri chose a noisy helicopter scene to pop the cork, so we weren't rumbled.
Anyway, we were left feeling a little disgruntled and like our cinema experience hadn't lived up to our expectations after the lacklustre film. So we decided to see another film... We were already in the cinema complex, after all, and our tickets weren't exactly cheap, so why not get our money's worth?
The only problem was that there was no indication of what film was showing in each of the eight screens. Cue lots of furtive glances and sneaky opening of doors. In 15 minutes we learnt this: completely closed doors means the film has been on for a while; open doors means the film is starting soon; Harry Potter was showing on four of the eight screens (not a film we wanted to watch).
We finally found a screen that seemed promising; the trailers were on, it was pretty full and we found seats. The the movie started... Harry Potter. Aaarrgghhh! We left pronto and were almost ready to give up on our stealth mission, allowing ourselves one more attempt. Screen Four. Due date was about to start, so we snuggled down, sipped on our champagne and watch our second movie of the night. It was pretty funny, kind of like a poor man's The Hangover.
4 hours and 45 minutes after arriving at the cinema, we left, full of champagne, popcorn and glee.
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