Category Archives: Middle Earth

The Hobbit premiere

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start of the red carpet walk

Wednesday was the hobbit premiere. Starting time was 4.30pm. We decided to have lunch with Mat at noon and then head to the red carpet and meet Tina at 2pm. Seemed like a reasonable plan.

At 10am I saw the first pictures of the people waiting at the red carpet and I started to wonder if we wouldn’t be too late. Anyhow, lunch was great and then we headed in the embassy direction. We weren’t too late. To be honest, it was almost empty. A couple of hardcore fans blocked the first row but it was _only_ the first row. Imagine a red carpet with a single line of people all around it. That’s how it looked at 1pm. Also, I was surprised that almost no one was dressed up. Only a couple of really shitty applied ears and some Gandalf hats were to be seen. Flo and I went along the red carpet once to get a feel for what’s happening and also saw a girl in a Galadriel costume who declared very vocal that she wanted Cate Blanchett to sugn her dress and if people could help her achieve that goal. Continue reading

The Hobbit Artisan Market

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Entrance to the Hobbit artisan market

As preparation for the Hobbit premiere (today! YAY!) there is an Hobbit Artisan Market in Waitangi park. It’s been on since last Sunday and will close today. Flo and I managed to go there twice which is enough as it is really quite small. =)

The entrance is a wooden Hobbit hole. On Sunday, there was a lot going on there with many people taking their pictures with that sign. When we were back on Monday, it was less busy and we also took a picture. The cute thing about this photo opportunity is that the city council of Wellington has hired some people to stand around the entrance to take picture of people/couples who always have the problem that they need to ask strangers to get a picture of both. So cute! =) Continue reading