Perhaps you are thinking that life in Mcbo must be incredibly boring if Elina has nothing better to write about than baking. Well, in fact I am pround to say that yesterday I went to see the opening film of a European film festival here in Mcbo. How about that.

The festival is being organized by Honza, a Czech trainee here in Mcbo. I guess he is showing movies he likes, that are easily available, and that have Spanish subtitiles or have been dubbed into Spanish. The opening movie was The Full Monty, a great British production I recommend to anyone. Kasia and I walked to la plaza republica, where the movie was to be shown, straight from our salsa class (we start intermediate 2 next Saturday). The movie was scheduled to start at 7 and I think we started watching at 9. The audience was modest, consisting mostly of Aiesecers and Honza's students (and security guards taking a break).

Honza and some guy (I didn't catch his name) opened the event by saying that this film festival is being organized in order to show that films are made outside of Hollywood as well. Another British film (Trainspotting) was scheduled for later the same night, but when we arrived to the restaurant where the movie was to be shown we found that the place was closed - welcome to Venezuela. Today a movie is being shown in another park. I don't remember the name of the movie but I think it's Czech. The film festival is supposed to continue until the middle of July.