My Best Unexpected Move Moments Of 2013

So y'all receive got been reading virtually my move experiences for a piece hither on my blog. To greet the New Year, I'd similar to write a send virtually the unexpected move moments of 2013.

1) Seeing a Bollywood painting existence filmed inwards Santorini

 

Last June I was inwards the beautiful isle of Santorini. While I was walking downwardly a street inwards Fira, the principal town, I saw a grouping of Indian people blocking the street. I realized almost straight off that they were filming a movie, every bit 2 immature actors were standing inwards front end of ane of the most famous panoramic points of the island, kissing too hugging, piece a human being was filming them. H5N1 distich of assistants were making certain that nobody could acquire likewise close, too a slightly cheesy Hindi vocal was playing inwards the background.

Beautiful Santorini

I stopped to spotter for a while, too I rapidly realized that I had already seen that instrumentalist somewhere, then I asked a daughter if the protagonists were famous. She told me that they were both really famous too she told me their names: Hrithik Roshan too Katrina Kaif. I had a closer expression at him, too of a abrupt I remembered him from a Hindi painting where he plays emperor Akhbar! I managed to receive got this shot of the leading actor, earlier an assistant told me that pictures were non permitted.

The painting they were filming is called "Bang Bang", too it's going to endure a spy flush to endure released inwards 2014. I receive got been to painting sets before (I alive inwards Venice, remember?), but this was a lot smaller. In Venice, when they are filming a movie, they close all the surface area too you have to uncovering some other agency to reach your destination. Security is then tight that y'all tin barely meet the actors. In this case, the actors were really unopen too y'all could totally acquire too beak to ane of them during a break. As a affair of fact, a daughter did. She was really excited too kept maxim that she couldn't believe her luck. Even though I didn't meet whatsoever Bollywood trip the low-cal fantastic (how cool would that be?), I actually enjoyed the experience, too at nowadays I receive got this quirky travelling instant nether my belt.
 

Bang bang

 

 

2) Missing a bus just to grab a ride 

 

During my brusk trip to Slovenia terminal summertime I hiked to Savica Waterfall from Lake Bohinj. Because I was doing everything amongst world transport, I had only 2 buses back to the house where I was staying, one at 16.30 too some other at 18.30. While I was notwithstanding hiking my agency upwardly to the waterfall (there are 20-30 minutes of steps to accomplish it), I realized that I would never grab the showtime bus, every bit it was already four. I would receive got to hold off for almost 2 hours to receive got the adjacent bus, too at that spot wasn't much to create inwards the area. I idea I would only sit down somewhere, social club a java too read a book, when I met a grouping of iii immature men speaking Spanish.

The Waterfall

 

It turned out that two of them were from Colombia, too the 3rd was inwards fact Slovenian. Igor, the Slovene guy, was a treasure trove of data virtually his country. They had a car, then they took me dorsum to Lake Bohinj, where nosotros all stopped for a beer. I learned a lot virtually Slovenia: its history, its troubled human relationship amongst Italy, too its fighting to preserve all the natural beauty it has. Igor also took us to receive got java too cake in the most famous cake store inwards Bled. The 4 of us also visited Bled castle together, too at the goal of the twenty-four sixty minutes menstruum they accompanied me dorsum to my hostel, as I was a bit tired later the long hike. It was an unexpected plough of my day, then far dedicated to the contemplation of nature too to silence. Who said that it's to a greater extent than hard to brand friends piece backpacking Europe?

 

 

3)  Getting lost inwards Istanbul at night

 

Istanbul is non considered a specially dangerous town, but getting lost inwards a novel urban inwardness is e'er scary. Moreover, I was slightly out of my comfort zone, inwards a province whose civilization is non thoroughly European too where the native linguistic communication is non ane that I know. I was walking dorsum from the European side of Istanbul, later a catch to the Galata Tower too Beyoğlu area.
 

Galata Tower past times night

Galata Tower past times day

Somehow, I got lost! Finally, later walking downwardly unfamiliar alleys, I reached a bridge. I idea it was the Galata Bridge, because I could meet a mosque amongst its greyness minarets on the other side of the bridge, too I idea it was the New Mosque. I  had crossed the Galata Bridge on my agency to the European side only a few hours before. It was already dark, roughly 10.30 inwards the evening, too it took me a piece to realize that I was on the incorrect bridge! Moreover, person had pointed out the surface area past times that second bridge as unsafe. I wondered if that was true. I decided to brand my agency dorsum and cross the Golden Horn on the span I knew already. There was nobody roughly to inquire for directions, alone an onetime lady. Of course, she didn't beak English. The alone thing she could create was pointing the Galata Bridge.

Fishing at the Galata Bridge

It was to my right, but how far it looked! The streets were dim, the sidewalks all dilapidated, at that spot was nobody around, too I was scared. What if I ended upwardly inwards an dangerous purpose of the city? After all, Istanbul is big. In the end, nobody harassed me, aught happened to me and, later H5N1 LONG fourth dimension of walking, I made it to the tram halt inwards Karaköy. I was helped past times a distich of concierges along the way. No catcalls, no shady characters, no dangers along the way. This taught me that at that spot is e'er a silvery lining, even when things are going wrong. 

I promise to receive got to a greater extent than unexpected move moments inwards 2014. Last year, betwixt writing a PhD dissertation too enjoying my novel bird inwards Venice, I travelled, but non every bit much every bit I had hoped for. My trip to Republic of Republic of India vanished too I'm stull looking for a move companion to acquire to Morocco. These are 2 countries I've been wanting to catch for a piece now. I promise to uncovering a agency to catch ane of these 2 inwards the close future...
 

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