Did you know, that I’ve somehow managed to miss having ever watched BladeRunner?
The original, that is. Pretty sure I’ve never seen it, and it’s just an absolute landmark of the Sci-Fi that I adore!
Combine this with the idea that I’d been wanting to do a movie night… and that Andrea, our friend Megan, and myself had meaning to do a movie night together… We booked the cinema, made amazing pizza (thanks to Andrea for cold-fermenting the dough!), Megan brought TONS of snacks, we popped some popcorn, and made an evening of it!
After hiking, and after acapella Elvish, we took a quiet road home. And that made all the difference.
How an adventure ends is important, we can all agree. This ending was beautiful – scenic, calm driving back into the city, while watching the hills and countryside slip by. Those long, seemingly endless roads through the Irish hills…
They’re lovely, they’re calming, and I’m thankful we could experience them.
Back during the MBA, one of the classes Andrea took found her (and her group) creating a project plan to scale up the operations and impact of a small nature sanctuary South of the city.
A Lord of the Rings themed nature sanctuary named Dorlindon.
Yes, I was incredibly jealous. Let’s move on.
Turns out – Dorlindon is located pretty close to the Great Sugar Loaf hike that we were doing on Saturday… and, interestingly, had an event going on that same afternoon!
With the hike complete, we popped back into the car and hit the road into Elvish Country.
Turns out, the “concert” was actually an acapella group singing in Elvish. It… I don’t know what I was expecting, but this definitely wasn’t it. No costumes, no musical accompaniment, no… I don’t know, no great feeling of magic? It was lovely, don’t get me wrong, and would have probably been much cooler had I understood Elvish, but… well.
I’m glad that we went, in any case. It was lovely getting to see the work that Dorlindon’s stewards have done, and it was a very cool opportunity to see something (and hear something) I never thought I’d see (or hear). If you’re ever in the region, dear readers, I’d heartily recommend a quick stop by.
