The Expo 2010 is starting tomorrow in Shanghai and since I doubt that everyone can go there, here's what the site looks like at night. Or actually it's what it's supposed to look like. The pavillions are pretty funky there. The Finnish one looks like a huge bowl... I suppose it's to represent IIttala's stuff. The French one is a huge mesh that somehow reminds me of Centre Pompidou. The German one looks as if the designer took some paper and creased it a bit. I can't remember what everyone else is presenting.
Obviously this isn't the real thing, it's the model they have the Urban Planning Center.
This is from a "all surround" film they are showing at the urban center. It's quite unsettling because you're in a dome and you have things flying around you and the graphics sometimes glitch and it makes you seasick. At least it made me seasick... and they repeat the Expo 2010 motto about 12083412048 times.
And of course tomorrow is Vappu, also known as Gali's favourite Finnish holiday. This evening we're going to see how the Manta statue gets her graduation hat and tomorrow we're at the picnic in Kaivopuisto with everyone. Yes, we'll brave the rain. We're great like that. |
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