The Enchanted Forest that was not enchanted...

Hullo there! It's kind of hard to find an internetcafe along the road, so that's the reason I kept you waiting for so long for an update on my adventures. Sorry!!! But I will make it up to you right now. However, first let me tell you that I have put this wonderful cd by Mark Erelli in my cd-player. Anyone ever heard of this guy? I think this is one of my favorite neo-folk records of all time. I hadn't listened to it for some time, but I'm really glad I decided to bring it with me on my journey!

So what has happened to me lately? As you remember, I walked out of my house last Sunday to embark on a Magical Quest. In my bag some clothes, some books and cd's and some other useful stuff. And off I went. So far, the weather has been really beautiful. It has been sunny all day and a little warmer than is usual in October, which is a good thing when you're travelling! Since my departure I have been rather busy talking to people, reading interesting books and articles, watching movies and studying lots of stuff, hoping to find some answers to the question how to make this weblog the nicest and most interesting on the World Wide Web! So far, I haven't found any. But I did come across some very interesting ideas that. Let me now tell you something about that.


After I had met the people I told you about last Monday, I soon found myself surrounded by trees. I had come upon a forest. It remembered me of the Enchanted Forest that's in the book that I'm reading right now: The Faraway Tree Stories by Enid Blyton. As you remeber, this is a children's book, recommended to me by someone whose advice I value a lot. I was right in following it, because it is a wonderful book! It's about these children that move from a town to the countryside and discover a Magical Forest, almost next to their doorstep. In it, they encounter lots of talking animals, elves, gnomes and other Magical Creatures. Some people might think it silly to read this kind of fantasy stories, but what this book is teaching me is that you should never lose the child in yourself. I think I had almost lost it a few years ago, but I'm glad I found it again. However, I have no clue yet whether this will help to make this weblog more interesting and fun to read. ;-)
In the forest I found myself in, I did not meet any unnatural creatures, but I did marvel at the wonders of nature. I like to be outside and I love to see the seasons change. Although spring and summer are my favorites, I also like autumn a lot: the sunny days when you can watch the leaves turn brown and yellow and the days when it's raining without ever stopping or when the wind is blowing hard around the house. And I'm inside, listening to beautiful music or playing games and talking with friends or reading a wonderful book.

Later on, I came upon this record store. Well, if you know me, you know that I cannot go by a record store without dropping in to see what they got. And so I did. I looked around a bit and found this lovely cd that might very well turn out to be my favorite cd of this autumn. It's called Bill Withers Live At Carnegie Hall. And although it hasn't got my favorite Bill Withers song (Lovely Day), it has all those other brilliant tunes: Ain't no sunshine, Use me, Lean on me and many others.

Oh, and I also bought the special edition of Pavement's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. I missed it when the original version came out in 1994. I already found out that I shouldn't have, because it's a great record and probably another autumnfavorite... By the way, don't forget to take a look at my last.fm page where you can see what music I have been listening to most, during my trip: http://www.last.fm/user/marco78train/

Well, the last thing I want to tell you about is this wonderful movie that I saw last Friday, when I came upon a town where they had a cinema that should classic movies. It's a well known movie called Dead Poets Society that I had not seen before. I loved it instantly. This is really the kind of movie that I like best, because I love inspirational stories that have a certain kind of depth. That's also why Good Will Hunting is one of my favorite movies of all time. I really wanted to see that one again yesterday, but I couldn't find it anywhere... :-( The good thing is that I decided to play this game called Carcassonne with some nice people, so I had a good time after all.
Anyway, I decided to stay in this town a little longer, because it really is a nice place Tonight, I want to watch City of Angels that is playing in that same cinema. I don't know whether I will like it or not, but its soundtrack has to of the most beautiful songs that I know: Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls, which is one of my most favorite bands, and I Know by Jude, who is one of my most favorite singers, so I gathered I just had to go and see it. ;-)

Well, that was it for today! See you soon, hopefully with more and better clues!! Don't forget to wave when you see me passing by!