Live While You're Young

I never knew that so many events could occur in a week and a half. The most exciting and crazy things have happened and to be honest I feel like I truly am 20 years old. I've met many new faces, go out and stay out until the morning, barely get any sleep, laugh to my heart's content, and jump at the opportunity to new things. For instance, about two nights ago my friend and I decided to go out to have a nice dinner and take pictures along the promenade. We went to the beach so I could take some lovely shots of the full moon and ended up meeting two new friends. They were playing their guitars together and had actually met about 30 minutes prior to meeting us. One was an Australian who had just arrived in Nice that day and decided to check out the beach while the other was a local who was originally from Paris. We stayed on the beach listening to them play beautiful melodies and talked for hours. We became friends almost immediately and ended up hanging out the following night (last night)-and this is where the real fun began! We met up at the Australian guy's hostel where we met his new friend and ended up drinking together. After this our French friend drove us to this beautiful beach called Villefranche-sur-Mer. I mean,  just the fact that I was able to see the beautiful seaside cliffs from within a car was jaw dropping itself despite the full moon illuminating the Mediterranean sea. I was forced to play the singer that night to accompany the music and later we found ourselves enjoying a warm midnight swim. So, that was last night's festivities and all I have to say is that more than the moon was bare that night. 

Supermoon!

Fyi, horrible quality

On May 5th, the moon made it's closet appearance to Earth. Or what the rest of the world referred to as the Supermoon. Scientists claimed it would be a spectacular natural phenomenon that everyone should go out and witness. Being someone who finds the night sky quite bewitching and not to mention a frequent full moon watcher myself, there was no way I was going to pass this opportunity up. So I headed over to the Griffith Park Observatory since I obviously was too broke make to make it down to Arizona, let alone Greece. I arrived around dusk, that ephemeral time of the day when the sky goes through a transition from light to dark. I find this period mesmerizing because I usually find myself reflecting, and by the time I look up a dark blue canvas fills the sky and I realize I have other affairs to focus on....Ha, I could go on forever. Anyhow, it was pretty evident that many people were aware of the Supermoon news since the crowds were large. So I walked upstairs, rounded a corner, and a small gasp escaped my lips. 

The moon shone luminously, the brightest I had ever seen, and made the Los Angeles backdrop look ten times better. I relished the moment for approximately two hours...yeah you could say I'm a moon lover. Also, besides my infatuation for the moon I almost had a few spams observing the professional photographers beside me at their work. Some of these guys had two or three other persons helping them hold equipment and finding the right balance and exposure settings to get the perfect shot. I found myself unable to blink as I stared at the amazing shots these photographers took. A whirlwind of questions and commentary raced through my mind with each snap of the shutter, "what model type is that?, "oooh looks pricey?", wow, it's so clear and vivid!", "wait, omg did I just see the moon's craters?", "Is this real life right now?", "that has to be some sort of instant photoshop...if that even exists",  and from there I had to hush myself and continue observing the photographers in awe. Finally, I left the observatory really appreciating all I was able to see that night as well acquiring a stronger itch to get my hands on a Dslr. 

The news crew even decided to come and get some footage

The two pictured moons have terrible quality and do no justice of it's real beauty

Ma Lune

The moon is so beautiful, its bright glow illuminating the night sky almost puts me into a trance. So while I await for it's arrival, Andreas Vollewieder sets the mood. He is a Swiss Musician who is known for his modified version of harp playing. The sounds he composes are beautiful and genius. So would you care to join me in a dance under the moon and stars?