Dazed and Confused
So, I made it to Cannes in one piece, and survived the first day. And now it's the second morning, and I seem to have successfully booked tickets to see some films today.
The flat we're in is tiny, very handy for the centre of Cannes and for the market. On the one hand, this is fab, because we can cross the road to get fantastic fruit, cheese, seafood, everything we need. On the other hand, since deliveries to the market begin by 5am, it means I haven't had more than 5 hours sleep a night for 4 nights now.
Yesterday involved lots of queuing - to get accreditation, to get my bag of paperwork, to get a lanyard for the European pavilion (benefit: free coffee all day), to get my American pavilion pass, to wait for a computer at the web cafe, to collect the ticket I managed to book to see "Summer Palace" at 11am today. I have just about mastered the ticketing system, I think, although I still don't really know how it works - no queuing these, days, its all done online, with an allocation of tickets to different groups depending on your accreditation. So some groups get their tickets at different times to others. Jenny and Beth got their tickets for "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" yesterday - my allocation didn't come up until this morning. But at least I have a ticket waiting for me now. I'm hoping to see "Paris Je T'aime" tonight, which is the opening film in Un Certain Regard - now, getting into that strand is a whole different system!
Jenny got into the Da Vinci Code premiere last night; don't know what it was like because I was half asleep when she got back. I didn't hang around by the red steps because its crazy - people with tickets all dressed up; people without tickets also all dressed up and hopefully holding slips of paper asking for spare tickets. Photographers by the hundred, so it seemed, with step ladders, boxes to stand on. And that was two hours before it began. So, no dressing up done yet, no stars spotted.
I have a feeling I'm going to need a LOT of coffee to get me through the day today.
The flat we're in is tiny, very handy for the centre of Cannes and for the market. On the one hand, this is fab, because we can cross the road to get fantastic fruit, cheese, seafood, everything we need. On the other hand, since deliveries to the market begin by 5am, it means I haven't had more than 5 hours sleep a night for 4 nights now.
Yesterday involved lots of queuing - to get accreditation, to get my bag of paperwork, to get a lanyard for the European pavilion (benefit: free coffee all day), to get my American pavilion pass, to wait for a computer at the web cafe, to collect the ticket I managed to book to see "Summer Palace" at 11am today. I have just about mastered the ticketing system, I think, although I still don't really know how it works - no queuing these, days, its all done online, with an allocation of tickets to different groups depending on your accreditation. So some groups get their tickets at different times to others. Jenny and Beth got their tickets for "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" yesterday - my allocation didn't come up until this morning. But at least I have a ticket waiting for me now. I'm hoping to see "Paris Je T'aime" tonight, which is the opening film in Un Certain Regard - now, getting into that strand is a whole different system!
Jenny got into the Da Vinci Code premiere last night; don't know what it was like because I was half asleep when she got back. I didn't hang around by the red steps because its crazy - people with tickets all dressed up; people without tickets also all dressed up and hopefully holding slips of paper asking for spare tickets. Photographers by the hundred, so it seemed, with step ladders, boxes to stand on. And that was two hours before it began. So, no dressing up done yet, no stars spotted.
I have a feeling I'm going to need a LOT of coffee to get me through the day today.
posted by Sal at
7:49 am
2 Comments:
Hi there,
Good to hear you're living the Cannes good life. Can't wait to hear how you get on with the mediaeval body truss - but you'll look great in the dresses.
Have fun and work that room, girl!
Love from the YAC Girls (Lesley, Beccy and Angela)xxxx
I can't believe I actually logged off the Internet before checking to see if you posted! Arg... must get your page into the morning progression!
Glad to hear that you've made it and gotten all your creditials, etc. Can't wait to hear more about the films!
:)
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