Remnants of Rome

No doubt, Rome is the motorcycle city. 

Oh man, it was kind of hard sitting down again to write a new post. I feel like I've totally lost touch with the blogosphere - not only have I stopped writing the blog, I almost stopped reading blogs too. It used to be 30 blogs every day! I don't know where I found the time back then - but it's not like a lot has changed. I'm still studying a lot and working my marketing student job, but it just seems that blogging got lost somewhere on my priority list. It's more of an inspiration and willingness problem than time problem, I think.

But I miss blogging, I miss e-mailing with fellow bloggers and I want to change that. I'll try to post as often as I can, but I don't promise anything. Maybe 5 posts a week or maybe two posts a month. I don't want to force myself to blogging - after all, it is something I've been doing because I've been enjoying it, not because I had to.

So, here are the last few photos from Rome (which I visited TWO MONTHS ago!). Shame on me, I know. I might post some from Vatican too. I also have some photos from our latest sailing trip in the beginning of May and I'll share them with you asap.

  Tangerine tree in the backyard of a house in one of Rome's pretty streets? Yep. 

Art everywhere.

P.S. The sculptures from the first photo are made from carrots. 

Rome has to be the capital of delicious food. Some of my favourite dishes - pizza, pasta, sandwiches with mozarella and proscuitto - can be found on every corner. 

Rome - the city of love. Happy couples everywhere!

Rome at sundown

I swear everything and everyone is at its most beautiful self at sunrise and sundown.

Anyway, Rome. It really is glorious. Although a bit too touristy in my opinion. Crowds of people literally everywhere, and shops, shops, shops, hotels, hotels, restaurants. All the history and magnificent monuments fade away in all that hustle and bustle. But at sundown... it regains a little bit of that old majestic spirit.

Rome: Views & Rooftops

Rome is definitely worth visiting if you're a huge fan of nice views (I sure am). Here's just a sneak peek into a series of photos from Rome that I plan to post on the blog in the next few days. The weather didn't treat us very nice, it was rainy most of the time of our trip, but we enjoyed it anyway.

That's it for now, stay tuned for more.

Off to Rome!

 

Just a quick hello after a loooong silence on this blog. I'm off to Rome for a week (we're going on a field trip with my class at the university). 

I promise to take lots of photos! Better ones than the one in the post, it was taken in 2008 and I have learned A LOT since. ;-)

Weekly Snippets #3

Yesterday we had a Halloween-like holiday here in Slovenia and we went out with friends. I dressed up as my favourite food - pizza! You know the expression - you are what you eat. So I am pizza. ;-) Marko went as a hamburger so we were a pretty neat fast food couple. You can see our costumes here. Judging from the responses of people, they were quite cool. And made everyone (including me) hungry. Today I plan on having a very laid-back Sunday afternoon, I need to catch up on my reading and study some more.

Anyway, here are some link for your Sunday afternoon! Enjoy it!

This article about aging (and why it really isn't nor shouldn't be comprehended as a bad thing).

This song - it doesn't really correspond with the rest of my music taste, but I've been listening to it non-stop for the past three days!

This video made me smile.

This blog (which I found via Hannah Margaret), because I loooooove blogs with quality content and this one has a lot of food for the brain.

This site because it's great for keeping track of books you've read / want to read (I just love making lists - I've also started using the IMDB watchlist!).

This potato recipe for Valentine's day. ;-)

This sandwich because lately I've been a huge fan of unusual food combinations (such as figs and proscuitto).

This article - creative Art Inspired by Oscar's Best Picture Nominees.

Seaside in winter

My favourite time to be at the seaside is winter (or is it autumn?). 

Yes, it might be cold and windy (VERY windy). But there's no tourists and it's just me and the sea.

And the seagulls.

Have a wonderful weekend!

P.S. See the white stains on the third photo? Snow! Picture taken from Socerb which has my all-time favourite hill-top view in Slovenia.

P.S. 2: A supercool song from a reaaaally cool band: The Kooks - Seaside

Some thoughts on snow activities + weekly snippets #2

Quote taken from The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; photo from yesterday.

It's been quite a winter wonderland here for the past few days! With everything being covered in snow and all, just like in Dean Martin's song! Now, about the quote. I live in the suburbs (or rather, the countryside) so there is A LOT of places where you can go tobogganing / do silly things in the snow. And when I was little, the hills around our village were always full of children. We'd go there right after lunch and stay until it got dark. We were wet and cold but nothing could take us away from the beautiful white fields.

That said, it makes me so sad to see all these places almost empty now. I mean where are all the children? I know for a fact that there are a lot of young families around here, so what are all these kids doing? Yesterday I met two boys and their father while I was on a walk; they were skiing. And I asked the father, where all the other kids were. "Probably playing games on their computer or wathing TV," he said.

So seriously parents, if you're reading this, go out with your kids, teach them how to make a snowman, toboggan with them all afternoon! You'll appreciate the memories.
And keep the child within you alive**! ;-)

Some links for your Sunday evening:

This article about what your desk tells about you (I'd rather not tell what I am according to this article...).

This song, because I listened to it when I was 16 and discovered it again only recently. And it's still good!

This illustration, because I'm in love with the author's concept of "illustrated quotations" that celebrate great ideas, great thinkers and great language.

This campaign by UNEP and FAO. One third of all food production world-wide gets lost or wasted in the food production and consumption systems, which I'm sure you're aware of. But it's now up to you to get informed and take action.

This website, because you can take up courses from world's top universities for free. I'm still deciding between five of them, because they're all soooo cool.

Have a great start of the week! 

**My inner child was especially happy today, because I went tobogganing. And there were some kids too, giving me the "aren't-you-too-old-for-this" look. As it turns out, I am a bit old for this, because after going back up the hill for the 7th time, I was barely catching my breath. But I'm not giving in, see you soon mr. Hill. ;-)