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Travel Guide Europe Croatia Dalmatia Kastela
Kaštela is a series of seven towns in central Dalmatia, located northwest of Split, west of Solin and east of Trogir, in Croatia. They are part of the Split-Dalmatia county and are treated as a single city with a population of 38,474 (2011), although they are individually between 3,000 and 7,000 residents each.
The Kastela Riviera is a fertile area, about 20 kilometres in length, featuring the first Roman floating docks and 50 places on the long, verdant area, northwest of Split. It is divided into Gornja (upper) and Donja Kastela (lower), and it consists of seven old and two relatively new settlements. The Kastela region with its Mediterranean tone, picturesque landscape and unique composition of natural environment attracted people since prehistoric times. From ancient Greek sailors, Roman patricians, Croatian kings, rulers, Venetian royals to the present sun and sea lovers, as well as mysterious legacies from the past
Once an ancient Greek port, a stopover point for Roman veterans and a summer place for Croatian kings is today a tourist resort, carrying the same name. Along its long sandy beach there are terraces and viewpoints, tennis and other sports grounds, surrounded by greenery of pine and tamaris trees. The Jadro River (the original water supply for the ancient city of Diocletian's Palace) flows through the town of Solin and provides water supply to both Split and Kaštela. Contemporary studies indicate favourable water quality levels of the river near the headwaters at Jadro Spring. Certain other studies of hydrology and sedimentation have been conducted in this area.
Sights and Activities
Getting There
By Plane
Kaštela is located just by Split airport. Additionally Zadar airport is only 45 minutes away from Kaštela.
By Train
Each Kaštela has its train station. Fore more details and timetable please check below hyperlink:
By Car
There is a highway just few kilometers away from Kaštela.
By Bus
For buses routes and timetables please check below hyperlink:
By Boat
There are ferries to Trogir and Split. Both places are within few minutes drive from Kaštela.
Getting Around
As mentioned above you can travel by train, bus, ferry. Additionally Kaštela has excellent conditions for hikers and bikers. Kaštela is a very strategic point if you want to visit the most important historical places in Dalmatia.
There are many restaurants and bars in Kaštela which offer traditional Dalmatian food.
You can use the form below to search for availability (Travellerspoint receives a commission for bookings made through the form)
Keep Connected
Internet cafés are available in all major cities. They are relatively cheap and reliable. A free Wi-Fi signal can be found virtually in every city and can be found in cafés, restaurants, hotels, some libraries, schools, colleges etc. Mostly it's free, but sometimes a fee is required or you can use it for a limited time only. Internet connections with unlimited downloads costs 178 kn (€24) per month via T-Com and just 99 kn with some other providers like Metronet or Iskon.
See also: International Telephone Calls
The country calling code to Croatia is: 385. To make an international call from Croatia, the code is: 00.
Croatia uses the GSM 900/1800 system for mobile phones. There are three providers, T-Mobile (also operates the Bonbon prepaid brand), Vip (also operates the Tomato prepaid brand) and Tele2. Over 98% of the country's area is covered. If you have an unlocked phone, you can buy a prepaid SIM card for 20 kn. There have been promotions in which SIM cards were given avay for free with newspapers (7 kn) and sometimes even literally handed out on the street. GSM phones bundled with T-Mobile or Vip prepaid SIM cards can be found in post offices, grocery stores and kiosks at varying prices.
An alternative to using a mobile phone is Calling Cards which can be found in postal offices and kiosks, there are two providers, Dencall and Hitme. You can buy cards from 25 kn.
Hrvatska Posta is the national postal service of Croatia and has pretty fast and reliable service throughout the country and internationally. It takes several days by airmail to other countries in Europe, but over a week to the US for example. They have a direct link to the pricelist, where you can see the prices of sending postcards, letters and parcels both domestically as well as to other countries. Post boxes are yellow in Croatia and the times of collections are indicated on the box. The opening times of post offices vary, but mostly they are open from 8:00am to 7:00pm Monday to Friday and until 2:00pm on Saturdays, though some might keep shorter or even a longer hours, just ask around. You can buy stamps here, or at newsstands. Prices start at around 10Kn for sending a letter or postcard to neighbouring countries, a few more further away. If you want to send packages internationally, it might be better to check companies like FedEx, TNT, DHL or UPS. They are reliable, fast and usually not much more expensive than Croatia's postal service.
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Accommodation in Kastela
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Watch out Boston, Here I come!
And conveniently that is a line from my song; the song that I sing when we prepare to make the six hour trek from Doylestown to my childhood home in Massachusetts.
We'll be making that drive today as soon as I hit "publish post" – I can't wait!
I LOVE roadtrips. I always have. When we were younger, we drove 11 hours each way to get to our beach home in P.E.I.. The drive was always one of my favorite parts of the vacation. I also enjoyed lobster cookouts on the beach, seeing the Anne of Green Gables musical over and over, chocolate-chip pancakes at the Morell Diner, dune races… but the car trip would have made my top 10 list.
Well, I should clarify: the first eight hours were enjoyable. By hour nine my sister would have gotten carsick, the boys would have run out of Gameboy batteries and resorted to he's-looking-at-me, no-I'm-not, he's-breathing-on-my-side, and the dogs would be panting and drooling down my neck. The 10th hour was the most awful; we'd all have to pee, but my parents would pull their we're-almost-there, not-much-farther, can't-you-hold-it? Occasionally Nick couldn't.
And worst of all, I'd have run out of books. Not all my books for the trip – my mom knew better than to give me access to all of them at once. But I'd have finished the 3-4 she'd parsed out to me for the drive.
That was the whole joy of the car ride – I'd willingly accept the seat in the back row on the non-door-side of the caravan because I didn't want to be bothered. Who cares about the extra leg room? I didn't have to let people climb over me to get out. I didn't have to reach for things in the cooler or pass out napkins and juice boxes. I didn't have to hold the dogs' leashes when the sliding door was opened.
I could slip on my foam padded walkman headphones, turn up the volume on Belinda Carlisle or New Kids on the Block, and flip open a book.
I'd spend a few hours with the Sweet Valley Twins, totally enamored with Jessica and her Unicorn Club, but accepting that I was much more of an Elizabeth.
My sister would poke me when we stopped for gas or food and hand me a leash.
Somethings never change.
Have you figured out my road trip song? Here's another hint:
I have to give St. Matt some credit. He won't let me get away with tuning him out for the whole ride, which is only fair since I make him do all the driving. When we were first dating I would read book aloud to him. This worked. Sorta. Except, when he got out to pump gas, I would stealthily read ahead and then try and get away with just summarizing when he got back in.
Now we do audiobooks. He's okay with me tuning him out – as long as he has something to tune into. There are strict pause-button policies that go into affect during any bathroom breaks, gas refilling, puggle pit stops, or if I think of something I need to write down thisveryminutesoIdon'tforget.
Today– we've got Airhead by Meg Cabot, Feed by M.T. Anderson, and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E.Lockhart.
And of course we also have music too – it may not be Circle in the Sand or Hanging Tough, but I'll be singing just as loudly and just as off-key.
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Why didn't you warn me sooner that you were going to be in MA?! I would have prepared…I would have packed & gone to see my parents down in RI. =pApril 17, 2009
Your childhood car trips sound suspiciously like my car trips when I was young esp. the NKOTB, but I listened to Tiffany and Debbie Gibson and country music. Sadly, for me, Breading in the car makes me sick so I couldn't really read as much.
Now we listen to audio books on our trips too but we listen to less YA since my husband says no but he will listen to Harry Potter. But I listen to a lot of audio books daily since there is nothing on the radio.
Sorry this was long.
But also my husband is from Plymonth and is a Patriots fan and his little sister is going to grad school at BU.April 17, 2009
Omg you got to go to PEI?? I *lusted* after PEI when I became addicted to Avonlea on the Disney Channel. I BEGGED my dad to take me – but no. #1 rule with my dad = we never went anywhere HE'D already been. Except MA. I loved that we HAD to go to MA because his dad (my Pepe) still lived there. We NEVER went to Boston, or anywhere far from Tiverton, RI/Westport, MA, but we had to drive thru the whole state all the way to the ocean to get there and IT WAS GREAT. Mmmm trip food! But YICK = NKOTB! Debbie Gibson and mah girl Tiffany all the WAY! "I think we're alone now, there doesn't seem to be anyone a-ro-und…"April 17, 2009
Irish – does MA seem a little more magical now? 'Cuz I'm in it!
Andrea – Welcome, BEDA buddy! Your husband would like puggle#2 (Bruschi). He's welcome to watch football at my houe anytime. St.Matt does not get a choice – there's a lot of YA circling him at all time 🙂 (I also listened to Debbie!)
Emily – You, Me, Crackboopie, Petunia, the laptoppers & P.E.I. Let's do it! I'll teach you all the words to the Anne of Green Gables musical 🙂 And, of course you liked Tiffany – who didn't. (I'll also teach you my interpretive dance to "I think we're alone now")April 18, 2009


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Vagabonding Case Study: Kyle & Bessie
Kyle & Bessie
Age: 30 (Kyle), 27 (Bessie)
Hometown: Chicago, USA
Quote: "It's hard to travel just for the sake of traveling; there needs to be some other goal or reward beyond seeing all the sights there are to see. Eventually sitting on a beach will get boring and you'll want to do something more valuable with your time."
How did you find out about Vagabonding, and how have you found it useful before and during the trip? Vagabonding came about in a fairly pedestrian manner: I (Kyle) was perusing the travel section in one of those Big Box book stores when I saw the Vagabonding book and thought it had a great cover photo. After perusing the first couple of pages, I was hooked, so I bought it. We didn't use the book during the trip, but it was definitely a source of inspiration before the trip to keep us to our goals. At times, it was difficult to live in a teeny apartment while saving money for a far off goal, and the book reminded us of our love of travel. It also had some good thoughts that helped soothe the minds of our parents.
How long have you been on the road? A little over 2 years and counting.
Where all did you go? We were in Mexico, Central, and South America for 1 year, then we taught English in Korea for a year. Now we're on another extended sojourn through SE Asia and India for the foreseeable future.
What was your job or source of travel funding for this journey? Our jobs back in Chicago and then our jobs in Korea have been our sole source of income for our journeys.
Did you work or volunteer on the road? We volunteered in Honduras for a week and in El Salvador for 3 months. We can't say enough for volunteering, especially for an extended period of time. El Salvador is one of those places that as travelers, we probably wouldn't have liked that much, but as temporary residents, we really enjoyed the people and the cultural nuances. For instance, in El Salvador, everyone has a nick name and nearly everyone is referred to by that nickname instead of what it might say on a birth certificate. It might sound a bit crude to an outsider, but because of our skin color, we were both called "chele", which is a mix-up of the sounds for milk ("leche"). It was all in good fun and I'm glad that they couldn't think of anything more descriptive 🙂
Of all the places you visited, which was your favorite? We tend to judge places on the friendliness of the people and for us, people were really kind in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Colombia. Of course, it's not to say that people in other countries weren't nice to us, but these 3 places stand out in particular. In Colombia, for instance, we had a random stranger not only tell us where the post office was located (on the other side of town), but he walked us there personally and gave us his number in case we needed anything else. It's those kinds of things that make a place really special.
Was there a place that was your least favorite, or most disappointing, or most challenging? Guatemala was challenging just because it was our first destination and there was a lot of adjustment with traveling with each other. Spending nearly 24 hours a day with someone is a difficult thing to do and it took a bit of time and a lot of patience. After a year of that, we had to adjust to not being together all the time when we took jobs.
I don't know if we've ever been disappointed, per se. We try to see everything with fresh eyes as if we are excited tourists and not battle-hardened travelers. The word "tourist" gets a bad rap sometimes, but I think the tourist mentality has a lot to offer anyone who is traveling.
Did any of your pre-trip worries or concerns come true? Did you run into any problems or obstacles that you hadn't anticipated? I would say a small fraction of our worries came true. We both got sick at various points, but those were solved pretty easily with a trip to the local pharmacy. We also haven't been robbed, but we were ripped off a couple of times. (probably more times than we know) We lost about 75USD at the border into Nicaragua when changing money with a guy walking around that was in a rush to get it done, and we couldn't quite get the math to work. It's a classic and effective trick, and we always avoid those types since.
In general, our attitude is that there aren't that many bad things that can happen on the road than our hometown in Chicago.
Which travel gear proved most useful? Least useful? The most useful things have been the well-made necessities such as Chaco sandals, SmartWool socks, and ExOfficio underwear.
The least useful thing is definitely the swiss army knife. It looks enticing with all of those functions, but because we seldom camp, we never had a reason to use any of them except spreading peanut butter. Besides, just about everything can be done with a machete.
What are the rewards of the vagabonding lifestyle? Connecting with people and learning the little things about their lives are our biggest rewards. When we meet someone from Guatemala or Korea, for instance, we can easily relate to them and connect at a much quicker and deeper way than if we had never been there. This is the reward that extends beyond the travels.
What are the challenges and sacrifices of the vagabonding lifestyle? The most obvious one is missing friends and family back home. There's really no way to replace that.
It's also hard to establish and maintain meaningful relationships when we're all over the world. Electronic communications help with that, but it's not the same as being face-to-face with someone.
What lessons did you learn on the road? We've learned innumerable lessons, but one recent one that we've learned is that it is hard to travel just for the sake of traveling; there needs to be some other goal or reward beyond seeing all the sights there are to see. A lot of people fantasize about being on a permanent vacation, but eventually sitting on a beach will get boring and you'll want to do something more valuable with your time. We're using our goals of starting an online business and practicing lots of yoga to lead the next leg of our travels.
How did your personal definition of "vagabonding" develop over the course of the trip? It started out as a term to describe what we were doing: moving around the world while doing and seeing all that it had to offer. Now it is more of a state of mind, whereby we are curious about everything. It doesn't matter if we are at Angkor Wat or the Western plains of Kansas, there is always something interesting and beautiful there, it's just up to us to find it.
If there was one thing you could have told yourself before the trip, what would it be? Relax. Breathe. Look Around.
Any advice or tips for someone hoping to embark on a similar adventure? This has been said more than once, but it's worth repeating: slow down! It's really easy to get into the trap of going everywhere and doing everything, but in reality, it's just not possible, so don't worry about it. Stay in one place until you are bored, then stay another week. It's amazing the things you find when you run out of "tourist" things to do.
Also, don't be afraid to go to a mall or McDonald's every now and then for something familiar. Air conditioning and french fries are not to be afraid of. Even if you love travel, it can be tiring, so settle in and don't feel pressured to see and do everything.
When and where do you think you'll take your next long-term journey? We're on it now! We try to let the winds decide where to take us and it looks like our sails are taking us to India within the next year.
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5 Responses to "Vagabonding Case Study: Kyle & Bessie"
Kyle Crum Says:
May 12th, 2010 at 5:51 am
Thanks for the interview, Ted. It was good to think about a lot of these questions as we haven't thought about them ourselves!
Kate Says:
May 12th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Great case study! My favorite so far. Thanks, Ted and Vagabonding, for adding this new feature and thanks to Kyle & Bessie for your valuable insights!
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May 12th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
very nice amazing post all about for travel.


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1. Foreign policy - Iran - Yemen - Return of jihadists - Europe - Brexit - Excerpts from the interview given by Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, to Le Parisien (Paris - May 12, 2019)
Challenges to multilateralism
You say the world is more dangerous. Why?
I observe three trends, at global level. First of all, the major principles and pillars of international life are being shattered.
In other words?
Institutions, treaties, promises made and respect for borders are no longer being honored. Systematic attacks are undermining the Paris climate agreement, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, the Iran nuclear agreement etc.
Whose fault is it? Trump's?
Without a doubt, but China and Russia may also play their part in destabilization... Secondly, we're seeing forms of hyper-violence developing, particularly the terrorism that is continuing. Third danger: some people are advocating that relations between states should no longer be based on cooperation but on confrontation between powers. We risk moving towards a form of international anarchy. It's very worrying.
Iran encapsulates those dangers. Is there a risk of war?
Iran is reacting badly to the bad American decision to withdraw from the Vienna agreement and pile on sanctions. The agreement is a major achievement of nuclear non-proliferation. We'd like all those involved to abide by it. That applies first of all to Iran. But the Americans also have a responsibility.
The Americans fear attacks on their interests in the region and are sending military reinforcements... What about France?
France's position is that we must talk to Iran. We reject a warlike escalation. It's a pity the United States isn't honoring its commitments; Iran must demonstrate its political maturity and honor its own.
Is France selling Saudi Arabia weapons that are being used against civilians in Yemen?
When you talk about Yemen, you have to take the whole history into account, in its complexity. This nasty war follows a coup d'état carried out by forces supported by the Iranians against a government that emerged from a political transition! Those forces not only overthrew the legitimate government, they also attacked Saudi Arabia. In response there was an Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). But there can be no military solution to this terrible war. We call on the Saudis, the Emiratis and also, through Iran, the Houthis - in other words, all the warring parties - to enter into the peace process started by the United Nations, which we support and encourage.
But what about the arms sales?
I'm going to be clear about those sales, which are the result of contracts signed several years ago.
1/ We totally comply with our obligations under the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), from which the United States has withdrawn.
2/ We comply with the common European position, a package of measures stipulating how to trade in weapons, refusing to help with actions against civilians, for example.
3/ We have an extremely stringent procedure for each international arms sale, with a very rigorous, specialized commission.
4/ We make arms sales public every year.
Might those weapons have been used against civilians? Tell us!
I have no verified information that weapons sold to Saudi Arabia or the UAE have been used deliberately against civilians in this conflict. If that's the case, it's totally to be condemned.
When President Macron talks about guarantees given by the Saudis, it's very theoretical, isn't it?
Neither the ATT nor our international commitments are theoretical, and nor is the common European position. If by any chance those weapons were to be used against civilians, it would be contrary to the Saudis' commitments to us. As for Iran, it must stop delivering missiles to the Houthis. I find it curious that people never talk about the Houthis.
According to the investigation website Disclose, the Saudi cargo ship Bahri Yanbu, which was expected in Le Havre - before doing a U-turn - was due to take delivery of eight Caesar cannons?
It's you talking about it. I don't have that information.
So the government won't confirm that Caesar cannons were due to be loaded onto that ship?
No. I wasn't on the ship. There have been agreements with Saudi Arabia and the UAE for several years, transports of equipment that are continuing in that framework, but we act in accordance with the ATT.
Isn't this a kind of state cynicism?
No. I've heard some journalists say it's contrary to the ATT; no. That Saudi Arabia and the Emirates are our strategic partners, yes. Particularly because they're combating terrorism, fortunately. Attacks in France in 2015 and 2016 were carried out by terrorists who, in some cases, had been trained by al-Qaeda or Daesh [so-called ISIL] in Yemen.
Do reasons of state take precedence?
It's you saying that. I'm saying all our commitments are honored. (...)
Return of jihadists
On the returnees, those French jihadists in Syria, doesn't one get the impression of lots of contradictory statements?
My position has always been the same: those French people who have fought in Daesh's caliphate, men or women, must be tried where they committed their crimes. For Iraq, there's an Iraqi justice system; in Syria it's a special case because it's a country still at war. We're looking into the possibility of creating a specific jurisdictional mechanism.
A sort of Nuremberg court for jihadists, as Laurent Wauquiez has proposed?
That reference is too historically loaded. However, there are other examples of judicial provisions with an international dimension, of the kind created for Kosovo, or on the African continent. We're looking into it.
How many children are involved?
As regards orphans or unaccompanied minors, when we identified some - in liaison with local forces - we carried out an initial repatriation in March. We're ready to carry out more, and they'll be handed over to the children's courts in France. But let's not forget the abject poverty of thousands of refugees and children, who are in those same camps and are victims of Daesh! The urgent thing is that our humanitarian aid reaches them.
When you hear François Hollande exerting pressure on the issue of returnees...
He's free to speak; I hold responsibility. We're bringing those young children back on a case-by-case basis, in coordination with the Red Cross. (...)
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The President, the Prime Minister and you [were] in Rennes on Friday: the big guns are out to support Nathalie Loiseau as a [European election] candidate. Is it panic stations?
For Europe, yes, it's panic stations! We risk finding ourselves with a hangover the day after the elections, and waking up will be painful! Remember Brexit; everyone said it wouldn't happen and it's happened. Remember Donald Trump; it happened. Europe is in danger, with the risk of a surge in isolationists, who think the problems we're facing can be resolved only by retreating behind national borders. (...)
Europe is going to carry less weight in the future, without the British...
What a mess... We're in an absurd situation in which the British Parliament doesn't know how to implement [the result of] a referendum voted on by the people. And as it's unable to do so, it's shifting responsibility onto the European Union. It's becoming tedious! We respect the British people, who chose Brexit. But the sooner things are clarified, the better for everyone. A lengthy Brexit is a threat which causes disruption and mustn't further undermine the European agenda. (...)


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Inside Broadcasting House, the Department of Recorded Programmes was sometimes called the Seraglio, because its Director found that he could work better when surrounded by young women. This in itself was an understandable habit and quite harmless, or, to be more accurate, RPD never considered whether it was harmless or not. If he was to think about such things, his attention had to be specially drawn to them. Meanwhile it was understood by the girls that he might have an overwhelming need to confide his troubles in one of them, or perhaps all of them, but never in two of them at once, during the three wartime shifts in every twenty-four hours. This, too, might possibly suggest the arrangements of a seraglio, but it would have been quite unfair to deduce, as some of the Old Servants of the Corporation occasionally did, that the RP Junior Temporary Assistants had no other duties. On the contrary, they were in anxious charge of the five thousand recordings in use every week. Those which the Department processed went into the Sound Archives of the war, while the scrap was silent for ever.
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Are you a Catholic then?'
No, but I've heard people say that.'
Vi herself had only been at BH for six months, but since she was getting on for nineteen she was frequently asked to explain things to those who knew even less.
I daresay you've got it wrong,' she added, being patient with Lise, who was pretty, but shapeless, crumpled and depressed. He won't jump on you, it's only a matter of listening.'
Hasn't he got a secretary?'
Yes, Mrs Milne, but she's an Old Servant.'
Even after three days, Lise could understand this.
Or a wife? Isn't he married?'
Of course he's married. He lives in Streatham, he has a nice home on Streatham Common. He doesn't get back there much, none of the higher grades do. It's non-stop for them, it seems.'
Have you ever seen Mrs Brooks?'
How do you know his home is nice, then?'
Vi did not answer, and Lise turned the information she had been given so far slowly over in her mind.
He sounds like a selfish shit to me.'
I've told you how it is, he thinks people under twenty are more receptive. I don't know why he thinks that. He just tries pouring out his worries to all of us in turn.'
Has he poured them out to Della?'
Well, perhaps not Della.'
What happens if you're not much good at listening? Does he get rid of you?'
Vi explained that some of the girls had asked for transfers because they wanted to be Junior Programme Engineers, who helped with the actual transmissions. That hadn't been in any way the fault of RPD. Wishing that she didn't have to explain matters which would only become clear, if at all, through experience, she checked her watch with the wall clock. An extract from the Prime Minister was wanted for the mid-day news, 1'42" in, cue Humanity, rather than legality, must be our guide.
By the way, he'll tell you that your face reminds him of another face he's seen somewhere an elusive type of beauty, rather elusive anyway, it might have been a picture somewhere or other, or a photograph, or something in history, or something, but anyway he can't quite place it.'
Lise seemed to brighten a little.
Won't he ever remember?'
Sometimes he appeals to Mrs Milne, but she doesn't know either. No, his memory lets him down at that point. But he'll probably put you on the Department's Indispensable Emergency Personnel List. That's the people he wants close to him in case of invasion. We'd be besieged, you see, if that happened. They're going to barricade both ends of Langham Place. If you're on the list you'd transfer then to the Defence Rooms in the sub-basement and you can draw a standard issue of towel, soap and bedding for the duration. Then there was a memo round about hand grenades.'
Lise opened her eyes wide and let the tears slide out, without looking any less pretty. Vi, however, was broadminded, and overlooked such things.
My boy's in the Merchant Navy,' she said, perceiving the real nature of the trouble. What about yours?'
He's in France, he's with the French army. He is French.'
That's not so good.' Their thoughts moved separately to what must be kept out of them, helpless waves of flesh against metal and salt water. Vi imagined the soundless fall of a telegram through the letter-box. Her mother would say it was just the same as lassssst time but worse because in those days people seemed more human somehow and the postman was a real friend and knew everyone on his round.
What's his name, then?'
Frédé. I'm partly French myself, did they tell you?'
Well, that can't be helped now.' Vi searched for the right consolation. Don't worry if you get put on the IEP list. You won't stay there long. It keeps changing.'
Mrs Milne rang down. Is Miss Bernard there? Have I the name correct by the way? We're becoming quite a League of Nations. As she is new to the Department, RPD would like to see her for a few minutes when she comes off shift.'
We haven't even gone on yet.'
Mrs Milne was accustomed to relax a little with Vi.
We're having a tiresome day, all these directives, why can't they leave us to go quietly on with our business which we know like the back of our hand. Tell Miss Bernard not to worry about her evening meal, I've been asked to see to a double order of sandwiches.' Lise was not listening, but recalled Vi to the point she had understood best.
If Mr Brooks says he thinks I'm beautiful, will he mean it?'
He means everything he says at the time.'
There was always time for conversations of this kind, and of every kind, at Broadcasting House. The very idea of Continuity, words and music succeeding each other without a break except for a cough or a shuffle or some mistake eagerly welcomed by the indulgent public, seemed to affect everyone down to the humblest employee, the filers of Scripts as Broadcast and the fillers-up of glasses of water, so that all in turn could be seen forming close groups, in the canteen, on the seven floors of corridors, beside the basement ticker-tapes, in the washrooms, in the studios, talking, talking to each other, and usually about each other, until the very last moment when the notice SILENCE: ON THE AIR forbade.
The gossip of the seven decks increased the resemblance of the great building to a liner, which the designers had always intended. BH stood headed on a fixed course south. With the best engineers in the world, and a crew varying between the intensely respectable and the barely sane, it looked ready to scorn any disaster of less than Titanic scale. Since the outbreak of war damp sandbags had lapped it round, but once inside the bronze doors, the airs of cooking from the deep hold suggested more strongly than ever a cruise on the Queen Mary. At night, with all its blazing portholes blacked out, it towered over a flotilla of taxis, each dropping off a speaker or two.
By the spring of 1940 there had been a number of castaways. During the early weeks of evacuation Variety, Features and Drama had all been abandoned in distant parts of the country, while the majestic headquarters was left to utter wartime instructions, speeches, talks and news.
Since March the lifts below the third floor had been halted as an economy measure, so that the first three staircases became yet another meeting place. Few nowadays were ever to be found in their offices. An instinct, or perhaps a rapidly acquired characteristic, told the employees how to find each other. On the other hand, in this constant circulation much was lost. The corridors were full of talks producers without speakers, speakers without scripts, scripts which by a clerical error contained the wrong words or no words at all. The air seemed alive with urgency and worry.
Recordings, above all, were apt to be mislaid. They looked alike, all 78s, aluminium discs coated on one side with acetate whose pungent rankness was the true smell of the BBC's war. It was rumoured that the Germans were able to record on tapes coated with ferrous oxide and that this idea might have commercial possibilities in the future, but only the engineers and RPD himself believed this.
It won't catch on,' the office supervisor told Mrs Milne. You could never get attached to them.'
That's true,' Mrs Milne said. I loved my record of Charles Trenet singing J'ai ta main. I died the death when it fell into the river at Henley. The public will never get to feel like that about lengths of tape.'
But the Department's discs, though cared for and filed under frequently changing systems, were elusive. Urgently needed for news programmes, they went astray in transit to the studio. Tea-cups were put down on them, and they melted. Ferried back by mobile units through the bitter cold, they froze, and had to be gently restored to life. Hardly a day passed without one or two of them disappearing.
Vi was now looking for Churchill's Humanity, rather than legality, must be our guide with the faint-hearted help of Lise. It was possible that Lise might turn out to be hopeless. They'd given up For Transmission, and were looking in what was admittedly the wrong place, among the Processed, whose labels, written in the RPAs' round school-leavers' handwriting, offered First Day of War: Air-Raid Siren, False Alarm: Cheerful Voices with Chink of Tea-Cups: Polish Refugees in Scotland, National Singing, No Translation. You won't find anything in that lot,' said Della, brassily stalking through, that's all Atmosphere.'
It's wanted in the editing room. Do you think Radio News Reel went and took it?'
Why don't you ask the boys?'
Three of the Junior RPAs were boys, and RPD, though fond of them, felt less need to confide in them. As the Department expanded more and more girls would be taken on. What a field that's going to give us!' said Teddy, relaxing in the greasy haze of the canteen with Willie Sharpe. Willie only paid twopence for his coffee, because he was a juvenile.
I don't grudge you that in any way,' Teddy went on. It's a mere accident of birth. I just wonder how you reconcile it with what you're always saying, that you expect to be in training as a Spitfire pilot by the end of 1940.'
My face is changing,' Willie replied. Coming up from Oxford Circus on Wednesday I passed a girl I used to know and she didn't recognize me.'
Teddy looked at him pityingly.
They're still asking for School Certificate in maths,' he said.
Pretty soon they mayn't mind about that, though. They'll be taking pilots wherever they can get them.'
They'll still want people who look a bit more than twelve.'
Willie was rarely offended, and never gave up.
Hitler was a manual worker, you know. He didn't need School Cert to take command of the Nazi hordes.'
No, but he can't fly, either,' Teddy pointed out.
The boys' ears, though delicately tuned to differences of pitch and compression, adapted easily to the frightful clash of metal trays in the canteen. Unlike the administrative staff, they had no need to shout. Teddy sat with his back to the counter, so that he could see the girls as they came in Della, perhaps, although there was nothing doing there and at the same time turned the pages of a yank mag, where white skin and black lace glimmered. These mags were in short supply. Vi's merchant seaman, who was on the Atlantic run, had passed it on.
You know, Willie, I need money for what I want to do. Honestly, the kind of woman I have in mind is unattainable on L378 a year.'
Your mind's tarnished, Teddy.'
I'm not responsible for more than one eighth of it,' Teddy protested.
No, but you can increase the proportion by concentrated will-power. As I see it, in any case, after the conflict is over we shan't be at the mercy of anything artificially imposed on us, whether from within or without. Hunger will be a thing of the past because the human race won't tolerate it, mating will follow an understandable instinct, and there'll be no deference to rank or money. We shall need individuals of strong will then.'
Neither Teddy nor anyone else felt that Willie was ridiculous when he spoke like this, although they sometimes wondered what would become of him. Indeed, he was noble. His notebook contained, besides the exact details of his shift duties, a new plan for the organisation of humanity. Teddy also had a notebook, the back of which he kept for the estimated measurements of the Seraglio.
I'd put this Lise Bernard at 34, 25, 38. Are you with me?'
I'm not too sure,' said Willie doubtfully. By the way, she cries rather a lot.'
She's mixed a lot with French people, that would make her more emotional.'
Not all foreigners are emotional. It depends whether they come from the north or the south. Look at Tad.'
Taddeus Zagorski, the third of the junior RPAs (male), had arrived in this country with his parents only last October. How had he managed to learn English so quickly, and how, although he wasn't much older than the rest of them and was quite new to the Department, did he manage to dazzle them with his efficiency and grasp?
I can't seem to get to like him,' said Teddy. He's suffered, I know, but there it is. He wants to be a news reader, you know.'
I daresay he'll get on,' Willie replied, in the world, that is, as it's at present constituted. It's possible that we're jealous of him. We ought to guard against that.'
Tad, in fact, was emerging at the head of the counter queue, where, with a proud gesture, he stirred his coffee with the communal spoon tied to the cash register with a piece of string. He must have been doing Messages From The Forces.
My auntie got one of those messages,' said Willie. It was my uncle in the Navy singing When the Deep Purple Falls, but by the time it went out he was missing, believed killed.'
Was she upset?'
She never really heard it. She works on a delivery van.'
The young Pole stood at their table, cup of coffee in hand, brooding down at them from a height.
You should have been off ten minutes ago,' said Teddy.
Tad sat down between them, precisely in the middle of his chair, in his creaseless white shirt. The boys felt uneasy. He had an air of half-suppressed excitement.
Who is that fellow?' he asked suddenly.
Willie looked up, Teddy craned round. A man with a pale, ruined-looking face was walking up to the bar.
Tad watched him as he asked quietly for a double whisky. The barman seemed unnerved. In fact, the canteen had only obtained a licence at the beginning of the year, on the understanding that the news readers should not take more than two glasses of beer before reporting for work, and the shadow of disapproval still hung over it. Higher grades were expected to go to the Langham for a drink, but this one hadn't.
I ask you about that fellow,' said Tad, because it was he who just came into Studio LG14. I was clearing up the Messages preparatory to returning them to registry, and I asked him what he was doing in the studios, as one cannot be too careful in the present circumstances. He replied that he had an administrative post in the BBC, and, as he seemed respectable, I explained the standard routine to him. I think one should never be too busy to teach those who are anxious to learn.'
Well, you set out to impress him,' said Teddy. What did you tell him?'
I told him the rules of writing a good news talk "the first sentence must interest, the second must inform." Next I pointed out the timeless clock, which is such an unusual feature of our studios, and demonstrated the "ten seconds from now".'
The familiar words sounded dramatic, and even tragic.
What did he do?'
He nodded, and showed interest.'
But didn't he say anything?'
Quite quietly. He said "tell me more."'
Tad's self-assurance wavered and trembled. He does not look quite the same now as he did then. Who is he?'
That's Jeffrey Haggard,' Willie said. He's the Director of Programme Planning.'
Tad was silent for a moment. Then he would be familiar with the ten second cue?'
He invented it. It's called the Haggard cue, or the Jeff, sometimes.' Teddy laughed, louder than the din of crockery.
God, Tad, you've made me happy today. Jeepers Creepers, you've gone and explained the ten second cue to DPP ...'
Their table rocked and shook, while Tad sat motionless, steadying his cup with his hand.
'Doubtless Mr Haggard will think me ludicrous.'
'He thinks everything's ludicrous,' said Willie hastily.
Teddy laughed and laughed, not able to get over it, meaning no harm. He wouldn't laugh like that if he was Polish, Willie thought. However, in his scheme of things to come there would no frontiers, and indeed no countries.
The Director of Programme Planning ordered a second double in his dry, quiet, disconcerting voice. Probably in the whole of his life he had never had to ask for anything twice. The barman, knowing, as most people did, that Mr Haggard had run through three wives and had lost his digestion into the bargain, wondered what he'd sound like if he got angry.
The whisky, though it had no visible effect, was exactly calculated to raise DPP from a previous despair far enough to face the rest of the evening. When he had finished it he went back to his office, where he managed with no secretary and very few staff, and rang RPD.
Mrs Milne, I want Sam. I can hear him shouting, presumably in the next room.'
On the telephone his voice dropped even lower, like a voice's shadow. He waited, looking idly at the schedules that entirely covered the walls, the charts of Public Listening and Evening Meal Habits, and the graphs, supplied by the Ministry of Information, of the nation's morale.
RPD was put through.
Jeff, I want you to hear my case.'
DDP had been hearing it for more than ten years. But, to do his friend justice, it was never the same twice running. The world seemed new created every day for Sam Brooks, who felt no resentment and, indeed, very little recollection of what he had suffered the day before.
Jeff, Establishment have hinted that I'm putting in for too many girls.'
How can that be?'
They know I like to have them around, they know I need that. I've drafted a reply, saying nothing, mind you, about the five thousand discs a week, or the fact that we provide a service to every other department of the Corporation. See what you think of the way I've put it I begin quite simply, by asking them whether they realize that through the skill of the recording engineer sound can be transformed from air to wax, the kind of thing which through all the preceding centuries has been possible only to the bees. It's the transference of pattern, you see surely that says something encouraging about the human mind. Don't forget that Mozart composed that trio while he was playing a game of billiards.'
Sam, I went to a meeting to-day.'
What about?'
It was about the use of recordings in news bulletins.'
Why wasn't I asked?'
But Sam was never asked to meetings.
We had two Directors and three Ministries War, Information, Supply. They'd called it, quite genuinely I think, in the interests of truth.'
The word made its mark. Broadcasting House was in fact dedicated to the strangest project of the war, or of any war, that is, telling the truth. Without prompting, the BBC had decided that truth was more important than consolation, and, in the long run, would be more effective. And yet there was no guarantee of this. Truth ensures trust, but not victory, or even happiness. But the BBC had clung tenaciously to its first notion, droning quietly on, at intervals from dawn to midnight, telling, as far as possible, exactly what happened. An idea so unfamiliar was bound to upset many of the other authorities, but they had got used to it little by little, and the listeners had always expected it.
The object of the meeting was to cut down the number of recordings in news transmissions in the interests of truth, as they said. The direct human voice must be used whenever we can manage it if not, the public must be clearly told what they've been listening to the programme must be announced as recorded, that is, Not Quite Fresh.'
Sam's Department was under attack, and with it every recording engineer, every RPA, every piece of equipment, every TD7, mixer and fader and every waxing and groove in the building. As the protector and defender of them all, he became passionate.
Did they give specific instances? Could they even find one?'
They started with Big Ben. It's always got to be relayed direct from Westminster, the real thing, never from disc. That's got to be firmly fixed in the listeners' minds. Then, if Big Ben is silent, the public will know that the war has taken a distinctly unpleasant turn.'
Jeff, the escape of Big Ben freezes in cold weather.'
We shall have to leave that to the Ministry of Works.'
And the King's stammer. Ah, what about that. My standby recordings for his speeches to the nation His Majesty without stammer, in case of emergency.'
Above all, not those.'
And Churchill....'
Some things have to go, that was decided at a preliminary talk long before I got there. Otherwise it's just a general directive, and we've lived through a good many of those. It doesn't affect the total amount of recording. If you want to overwork, you've nothing to worry about.' Sam said that he accepted that no-one present had had the slightest understanding of his Department's work, but it was strange, very strange, that there had been no attempt whatever, at any stage, to consider his point of view.
If someone could have reasoned with him, Jeff. Perhaps this idea that's come to me about the bees....'
I protested against any cuts in your mobile recording units. I managed to save your cars.'
Those Wolseleys!'
They're all you've got, Sam.'
The hearses. I've been asking for replacements for two years. They're just about fit to take a Staff Officer to a lunch party, wait till he collapses from over-indulgence, then on to the graveyard. And I've had to send two of those out to France.... Jeff, were you asked to break this to me?'
In a way.' As they left the meeting one of the Directors had drawn him aside and had asked him to avoid mentioning the new recommendations to RPD for as long as possible.
Sam was floundering in his newly acquired wealth of grievances.
Without even the commonplace decency ... no standbys ... my cars, well, I suppose you did your best there ... my girls....
In my opinion you can make do with the staff you've got,' Jeff said. One of your RPAs was talking to me in the studio just now, and I assure you he was very helpful.'
When he had done what he could Jeff walked out of the building. It was scarcely necessary for him to show his pass. His face, with its dark eyebrows, like a comedian's, but one who had to be taken seriously, was the best known in the BBC. He stood for a moment among the long shadows on the pavement, between the piles of sandbags which had begun to rot and grow grass, now that spring had come.
DPP was homeless, in the sense of having several homes, none of which he cared about more than the others. There was a room he could use at the Langham, and then there were two or three women with whom his relationship was quite unsentimental, but who were not sorry to see him when he came. He never went to his house, because his third wife was still in it. In any case, he had a taxi waiting for him every night, just round the corner in Riding House Street. He hardly ever used it, but it was a testimony that if he wanted to, he could get away quickly.
RPD seemed to have forgotten how to go home. Mrs Milne suggested as much to him as she said goodnight. Her typewriter slumbered now under its leatherette cover. He gave no sign of having heard her.
Long before it was dark men in brown overalls went round BH, fixing the framed blackouts in every window, circulating in the opposite direction to the Permanents coming downstairs, while the news readers moved laterally to check with Pronunciation, pursued by editors bringing later messages on pink cards. Movement was complex, so too was time. Nobody's hour of work coincided exactly with the life-cycle of Broadcasting House, whose climax came six times in the twenty-four hours with the Home News, until at nine o'clock, when the nation sat down to listen, the building gathered its strength and struck. The night world was crazier than the day world. When Lise Bernard paused in doubt at the door of RPD's office, she saw her Head of Department pacing to and fro like a bear astray, in a grove of the BBC's pale furniture, veneered with Empire woods. He wore a tweed jacket, grey trousers and one of the BBC's frightful house ties, dark blue embroidered with thermionic valves in red. Evidently he put on whatever came to hand first. Much of the room was taken up with a bank of turntables and a cupboard full of clean shirts.
When he recognized who she was he stopped pacing about and took off his spectacles, changing from a creature of sight to one of faith. Lise, the crowded office, the neatly angled sandwiches, the tray with its white cloth suitable for grades of Director and above, turned into patches of light and shade. To Lise, on the other hand, looking at his large hazel eyes, the eyes of a child determined not to blink for fear of missing something, he became someone who could not harm her and asked to be protected from harm. The effect, however, was quite unplanned, he produced it unconsciously. All the old lechers and yearners in the building envied the success which he seemed to turn to so little account.
He just weeps on their shoulders you know,' they said. And yet I believe the man's a trained engineer.'
Sit down, Miss Bernard. Have all these sandwiches. You look hungry.' When he had put his spectacles on again he couldn't pursue this idea; Lise was decidedly overweight. I like to get to know everyone who comes to work for me as soon as possible in a way it's part of the responsibility I feel for all of you and the shortest way to do that, curiously enough, I've found, is to tell you some of the blankly incomprehensible bloody idiotic lack of understanding that our Department meets with every minute of the day.'
Lise sat there blankly, eating nothing. He picked up the telephone, sighing.
Canteen, I have a young assistant here, quite new to the Corporation, who can't eat your sandwiches.'
That's National Cheese, Mr Brooks. The manufacturers have agreed to amalgamate their brand names for the duration in the interest of the Allied war effort.'
I believe you've been waiting to say that all day.'
I don't want anything, Mr Brooks, really I don't,' whimpered Lise.
Not good enough for you.' He looked angrily at the window, unable to throw them out because of the blackout. Then he sat down opposite to the girl and considered her closely. You know, even though I only saw you for a few minutes at the interview, I was struck by the width between your eyes. You can see something like it in those portraits by I'm sure you know the ones I mean. It's a sure index of a certain kind of intelligence, I would call it an emotional intelligence.' Lise wished that there was a looking-glass in the room.
Some people might find what I have to say difficult to grasp, because I let my ideas follow each other just as they come. But people whose eyes are as wide apart as yours won't have that difficulty.' He took her hand, but held it quite absent-mindedly.
You may find Broadcasting House rather strange at first, but there's nothing unusual about me. Except for this, I suppose it just so happens that all my energies are concentrated, and always have been, and always will be, on one thing, the recording of sound and of the human voice. That doesn't make for an easy life, you understand. Perhaps you know what it's like to have a worry that doesn't and can't leave room in your mind for anything else and won't give you peace, night or day, for a single moment.'
Now something went not at all according to programme. Lise began to sob. These tears were not of her usual manageable kind, and her nose turned red. Having no handkerchief with her she struggled to her feet and heaved and streamed her way out of the room.
Copyright © 1980 Penelope Fitzgerald. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission of Houghton Mifflin Company.


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It's snowing in New York City, which is wistful and perfect for science-fiction film trailers, right? Right. Enter Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis' upcoming film Jupiter Ascending.
Created by the Wachowski siblings, the pair behind The Matrix trilogy, the film follows a princess on earth, who doesn't seem to know she's royalty, who must be rescued by alien warrior Channing Tatum in order to save their world, which is in a bit of upheaval at the moment. And while the storyline sounds engaging enough and also stars Sean Bean, who I will always love thanks to "Game of Thrones," can we talk about Channing's elvish ears and oddly blond hair for a second? Amazingly, he's still handsome with this futuristic facial hair.
Also, for today's cuteness involving Channing, meet baby Titus who has an uncanny ability to make basketball shots from insane angles. Somewhere on Spanish TV, young Titus bested both Tatum and Bradley Cooper in a shooting competition and the fancy actors even made cute banter with the kid. You're welcome.


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