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Meeting the stars
Sep. 3rd, 2021 09:07 pmI saw an ad on a tram about a Ray Harryhausen exhibition. Well, as a big old animation nerd, how could I resist!?
There are a lot of props and sketches. A bunch of exhibits telling us about who Ray Harryhousen was and what his influences were. A lot of the models from Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans, and various other classics were on display, and ther was a really nice set of animated sketches which I enjoyed watching.
We had an afternoon free, so thought wed try Dynamic Earth - a science esxhibition thing about the origins of the earth. It as kind of entertaining but more aimed at kids.
Almost forgot to pay for lunch. Ooops.
We had few more hours to kill, and Flickums wanted to buy a fluffy cuddly Nessie. Involved going to alot of tacky tourist shops to find the nessie she wanted, and that involved yet anohter climb up the hill towards the Castle, because thats where all the gift shops are. Finally found the perfect monster, right near the top of the hill! Fortunately there was a nice pub nearby to sit down.
Wrapped up the evening with a return to the restaurant we went to on our first evening here - the Rosehip. The waitress remembered us, which was nice. It earned her a decent tip.
There are a lot of props and sketches. A bunch of exhibits telling us about who Ray Harryhousen was and what his influences were. A lot of the models from Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans, and various other classics were on display, and ther was a really nice set of animated sketches which I enjoyed watching.
We had an afternoon free, so thought wed try Dynamic Earth - a science esxhibition thing about the origins of the earth. It as kind of entertaining but more aimed at kids.
Almost forgot to pay for lunch. Ooops.
We had few more hours to kill, and Flickums wanted to buy a fluffy cuddly Nessie. Involved going to alot of tacky tourist shops to find the nessie she wanted, and that involved yet anohter climb up the hill towards the Castle, because thats where all the gift shops are. Finally found the perfect monster, right near the top of the hill! Fortunately there was a nice pub nearby to sit down.
Wrapped up the evening with a return to the restaurant we went to on our first evening here - the Rosehip. The waitress remembered us, which was nice. It earned her a decent tip.
