Sounds like you've had a fun weekend! Me, I spent mine bent over books once more and occasionally lifted my butt to clean the dirty dishes. Argh. *must stop whining... is not jealous, is not jealous, not jealous at all* :-)
But it was awesome. Of course, nerd that I am, I took mental notes the whole time about how Nargothrond and Menegroth would have looked in their early stages and how the Elves might have used the beautiful natural features along with their own architecture. A lot of the natural features do lend themselves to spectacular, soaring rooms, and the layered effects beg for lighting and gardens. Actually, the different layers were artificially lit, so it gave me a good idea of how lovely a few cleverly placed Feanorian lamps would be.
Sounds beautiful. And pretty impressing, too. :-) I'm actually rather hard to please when it comes to caves. Years ago I've been to that fantastically beautiful, huge cave on Ibiza with all its shiny, glitterly stalagtites and stalagmites and subterranean lakes (Finrod would have approved, no doubt about that). Since then no other cave managed to impress me the way this one did. Not even Dikti-cave on Crete, were according to the legend Zeus was born. I stepped into it and only thought "Man, but it's soo small!" :-P
By the way, mushroom brie bisque and pasta primavera and a chocolate creme brulee sounds definitely like something I might enjoy. *feels now very, very hungry* :-)
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Date: 2005-12-13 06:30 pm (UTC)But it was awesome. Of course, nerd that I am, I took mental notes the whole time about how Nargothrond and Menegroth would have looked in their early stages and how the Elves might have used the beautiful natural features along with their own architecture. A lot of the natural features do lend themselves to spectacular, soaring rooms, and the layered effects beg for lighting and gardens. Actually, the different layers were artificially lit, so it gave me a good idea of how lovely a few cleverly placed Feanorian lamps would be.
Sounds beautiful. And pretty impressing, too. :-) I'm actually rather hard to please when it comes to caves. Years ago I've been to that fantastically beautiful, huge cave on Ibiza with all its shiny, glitterly stalagtites and stalagmites and subterranean lakes (Finrod would have approved, no doubt about that). Since then no other cave managed to impress me the way this one did. Not even Dikti-cave on Crete, were according to the legend Zeus was born. I stepped into it and only thought "Man, but it's soo small!" :-P
By the way, mushroom brie bisque and pasta primavera and a chocolate creme brulee sounds definitely like something I might enjoy. *feels now very, very hungry* :-)