Barcelona: Two yolks, one egg
Videographer: Salina Christmas This is the second egg with two yolks we have in Barcelona. Sojornposse Editor bought the eggs from Consum, the local supermarket. So there's no doubt this comes from a stress-out battery chicken. It's still edible » Watch video
Barcelona: How to eat coca
Videographer: Salina Christmas Our Barcelona Posse, Jaime, says coca is to be enjoyed with family and friends. It's not quite a dessert, not quite a snack, but rather, a 'picnic' or tea time dish. And only in Catalonia it is eaten to celebrate San Joan's Day » Watch video
Barcelona: How to make tea, Spanish style
Videographer: Salina Christmas & Zarina Holmes The Spaniards don't do tea the way the British do. This video shows how we make tea, without kettle, teapot and tea cup, in a typical Spanish kitchen. When in doubt, improvise » Watch video
Sojournposse reads... Pablo Neruda
Videographer: Zarina Holmes "Twenty Love Poems and A Song of Despair" by Pablo Neruda. Read in the searing heat of Andalusia » Watch video
Sojournposse reads... La Duda (The Doubt) by Jaime Abascal Saez de Adana Videographer: Zarina Holmes Jaime Abascal poetry questions his "sweet doubt". Doubt is another name for calm when it is asleep, says Jaime » Watch video
Sojournposse reads... Dylan Thomas & Benedetti Videographer: Juan Bolaños & Querencia Mundana Poems:The ball I threw while playing in the park, Has not yet reached the ground (Dylan Thomas). Aquí seguimos los niños y los viejos irresponsables (Mario Benedetti). Here we are the children and the irresponsible old guys (Mario Benedetti).
Location: Plaza del Potro, Cordoba.
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Munich: Sunday Morning With My Bike
(Music Documentary) Videographer: Daniel Bruegge Daniel Bruegge filmed his bicycle route the state-of-the-art Brandhorst Museum in Munich, which is newly opened in May 2009 » Watch video
Istanbul: Whirling Dervishes (Music Documentary) Videographer: Salina Christmas This music documentary is about the adoration rite performed by the Galata Mehlevi Lodge (Brotherhood) of Istanbul, involving a group of whirling dervishes and a musical performance. The sufism rite, popularised by Jalaluddin Rumi some 700 years ago, is the bridge that brings our world of impermanence and uncertainty closer to that of the True Love (the Creator). Reportage: Sufism in Istanbul » Watch video
Berlin: Currywurst & bratwurst
(Music Documentary)
Videographer: Salina Christmas (Nikon D90) A local advises the Editor that bratwurst is much better than currywurst. But currywurst is a proof that limitations, in this case lack of resources, can make you creative. Currywurst uses a blend of sauce made from ketchup and curry, with the sliced sausage sprinkled with curry powder. It is normally eaten on the go, by the roadside » Watch video