perhaps we would even meet him!
When we found the cinema it was an unassuming, small grey building
which Emma declared felt like a ‘dirty old man's cinema’...although she would
not reveal how she knew that. The lobby was lined with huge display cases
crammed full of movie memorabilia, probably worth a fortune but displayed as
if it was part of a jumble sale. Amazingly, the theatre actually had more than
one screen and we could hear the other film, Mona Lisa Smile, whilst standing
waiting in the lobby - though fortunately not during our film. In fact, the only
thing that you could hear during our presentation of Last Samurai was the
wheezy old projector, or possibly the projectionist. Nevertheless the film was
good and the experience was a classic. We even got waitress-served burger
and hot dog at our seats, which were more like church pews, complete with a
shelf in front to put your elbows on if you were kneeling down – or in this case
to balance your food on. Sadly we did not get to meet the great man himself,
Mr. Pot Belly, we only saw old photographs of him meeting Hollywood stars.
We left St Augustine with a little reluctance as the quaint town does have
quite a lot of appeal. Nevertheless, we also felt a lot of anticipation as we got
back on the road because we were about to enter a very exciting leg of our
travels - something I had been looking forward to since we had drawn up our
schedule. First we were driving to the Space Coast where we would visit the
Kennedy Space Centre, and then we were going to drive on to Orlando and
spend five days at Universal Studios. Yes, New York, the Grand Canyon and
Death Valley were wonderful experiences, but I am a 12 year old in a 20
something year old's body - I love theme parks!