La Grande Bellezza

[london1967]

I'm back working at the office full-time without knee brace. I still used one crutch this week but it's time to let it go.
The consultant I saw last week discharged me from his care and now, apart from the physiotherapy sessions, I don't need to go back to the hospital.
He added that there's a risk that the tendon may snap again and that I won't probably be able to bend the knee as much as I could before the accident, because now the tendon is shorter. We'll see.

Work has been quite stressful - days in which everything is deemed 'critical' or 'very urgent' and the priorities get changed 3 or 4 times a day. Perhaps I cannot deal with the stress as much as I could. Perhaps my patience snapped with my tendon.
(My patience snapped once on holiday in Italy when going up a cable car over the city of Trento. 2 university students thinking that no-one could understand Italian were making fun of a family of Israelis who were on the larger size. I told them off, adding that they didn't know what they'll be like when old. Have I really turned into 'that' guy? LOL)

Last night Adrian and I had a cinema date, the first one in a number of months.
After having a bite to eat, we were back in Italy, in Rome to be precise, for 2 and half hours.

We loved the film.
Beautifully shot with wonderful music, compelling to watch, melancholic, bizarre and even absurd yet funny at times.
A veritable feast for the eyes (I'm not talking about the naked people that popped up here and there, but about Rome and its incomparable beauty).
The sort of film that makes you wonder for a while about life.

"The Greaty Beauty" - a Telegraph review

Comments

[itsjustc.livejournal.com]

I'm glad your recovery is still going well.

and I'm pleased you had a good night out together at the pictures.

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much!

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

Great that things are progressing with your leg!

Great that you told off those two students!

The movie looks intriguing!

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Jerry!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that you're far a long in your recovery. May you have no further issues with your knee!

Good on you for calling those kids on their unkindness. They deserved it!

I lost most of my patience about 10 year ago, if I ever had any ... LOL!

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much, Neil. And fingers crossed!

LOL!

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

Good to hear that you are on the mend. Try to imagine you are in Italy when you are stressed at work...

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Mark!
I'll try but not sure that it helps! LOL

[holy13nation.livejournal.com]

I very much want to see that. The trailer makes that feeling more so. I also think Tony Servillo is sexy so that is something of a treat as well.

You were right to reprimand the students. There is too much rudeness around.

[london1967.livejournal.com]

I hope you'll enjoy it. I think it's still on at the Curzon Soho.

[tilia-tomentosa.livejournal.com]

Good luck with that walking adventure! ;)

Have I really turned into 'that' guy? We old people are like that. LOL

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Oh no, we are old! No-one told me! lol

[bobalone.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you are back at work...well, you HAVE to be there, after all...and that things are not TOO difficult (they will settle down, I trust....)

Thank you for posting the trailer and review of the film. I had not heard of it before, I will steal the trailer link and post it on my F/b page if you don't mind.

Love to you both from Spain.

[london1967.livejournal.com]

I hope that if you ever get to see it, you'll enjoy it... if nothing else, it's beautiful to watch.

I hope you're having a good time in Spain! Will we see you in London some time soon?

Big hugs.

[bobalone.livejournal.com]

I don't plan to return to London anytime soon. The place where I usually stay--London House--has been closed for renovation for some time now. It is due to reopen for guests in October 2014. Paul has his year off starting July 2014, so we may manage to get to the UK sometime before he returns to work in Sept. 2015. We'ed like to rent a car and toodle around...but all this remains to be planned. Meanwhile, I am enjoying my jaunt to southern Europe...my last, I expect. I liked Vienna a lot (my first visit there, long overdue), and am I looking forward to seeing Italy again--my ideal destination. I am taking a ship from Barcelona to Palermo...should be quite a trip!

[london1967.livejournal.com]

I hope you had a good crossing to Sicily, and that you'll enjoy Italy!
Well it'd be great to see you both some time soon!

Big hugs!