Trip to Villach, Austria

Villach is a small mountain town in Carinthia region of Austria, very close to the border with Slovenia and Italy.

For us it seemed like the perfect place to do some shopping during a ski holiday in one of the ski resorts nearby.

The locals also praise the thermal resort Warmbad located just few kilometers away.

Watch free movies online legally on www.hulu.com

From some time now, there is a solution to watch free movies online on www.hulu.com.

And it is legal!

What you can watch there:

- TV series (Family Guy, Arrested Development, Lost, Desperate Housewives, etc.)

- TV shows (Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. etc.)

- movies, from classical ones like Taxi Driver and Spartacus, to easy teenage comedies

On the downside, the number of movies available is limited (compared to what you can find on torrents), but the offering is increasing regularly.
Also, there are several 30 seconds commercial breaks during the movies, but it's a whole lot better than the 5 minutes ones from TV.

Oh, and you need an USA IP to watch the movies, as the copyright for the movies is valid only across the US. There are many solutions to obtain a free US IP. One of them is easily available at http://www.anchorfree.com/

All you need now is just some microwave popcorn and you are ready for a movie marathon...

Movie review - Avatar 3D

Recently we've seen for the first time a 3D movie. Luckily for us, it was a great movie: Avatar.



We were extremely impressed mostly with the imagination of the director and its team, by virtually inventing a planet with its own range of landscapes, animals, plants and so on.

The story was fine and was a good support for the fantastic display of visual effects and computer animations.

And the 3D version was the cherry on the cake:

- a crystal clear image

- an abundance of details easily observable

- most importantly, we had the feeling that the action was developing just millimeters from our eyes and, some times, it was like we were passive watchers of the scenes right there where they were happening, and not from an armchair in a cinema hall.


The extra EUR 3 paid compared to a 2D movie was worth it and we would strongly recommend this movie.