This is what I would like to be. This is what I believe I can become. Maybe it's a little more difficult since I live in a small town in Sicily. On this blog I want to describe how my life here gradually changes and evolves. Describe my little successes and failures. Enjoy!
I would like to wish you Merry Christmas, spent with all those who you care about and who care about YOU. Enjoy this time, full of tranquility, peace, kindness and all the goodies on the fully and beautifully decorated table!
Ever since I saw this game on Facebook, I knew it won't be my cup of tea. I was so right. Farmville was voted one of the 50 worst inventions ever by Time magazine. Let me just cite: "it's (...) a series of mindless chores on a digital farm, requiring the endless clicking of a mouse to plant and harvest crops." As I posted on my personal facebook page: Gosh, I should be a foreteller! : ))
I cannot believe that in one week I'll be in Poland! The worst will be adapting and adjusting to the drop of temperature. Now, in Sicily it's 8°C (46F), in Poland... -15°C (5F)! I can't even think about that!
In the meantime on the website of national important broad-sheet, Repubblica, Italians show this video (shot in Poland) and laugh at snowplow men who decided to play tricks on the pedestrians by creating mazes for them... LOL! : )
Changing the subject a little. This year together with my Italian friends, we decided to play Secret santa (according to Wikipedia: "Secret Santa is a Western Christmas tradition in which members of a group are randomly assigned other members to whom they anonymously give a gift"). I have a hard nut to crack. Plus,the budget limit is €20-25! I decided to look for some inspiration on various websites. Unfortunately the ideas I was mostly concentrated on concerning.. the gifts for me : )
Oh, last but not least, Santa came to me yesterday evening I got this:
Yaaayy!!! : ) I'm so elated! : ) cannot wait to start taking pics with it! First, though I'll dedicate the following weekend to "learn it". What about you? Have you already received little something something? : )
It's already Friday, and I'll be writing about the last weekend...
First, I should say that the weather in Sicily looks anything but winter-like. It's 20°C during the day and sunny as in the summer : ) Lucky us. Well, yes, even though we needed some Christmas-like atmosphere and so decided to visit one of the "mercatino di Natale" (Christmas market) in Tre Castagni, a little town on the Etna Mt. When we arrived, despite the weather, I immediately felt more like at Home : )
Also, Artù had fun with a 4-month-old brown lab:
And on our way back home, we decided to see the new neighborhood of Syracuse that I find absolutely amazing! After having seen these houses, I can't think of anything else as good as this!
And this would be a perfect kitchen to fit this house!
Have a lovely weekend everyone! : ) I'll be seeing the Syracuse Soccer Game together with students this Sunday. Plus, I hope to try out this new pizzeria called Broadway on Saturday! : )
Difficult to describe me really. Definitely I am very complicated and ambitious... an aesthete.. sometimes a complainer. Neverhteless I would like to become Miss Independent. But no big words like sacrifice, dedication, devotion, etc... After all, I am a normal working girl who likes to go out, do shopping and having fun with her friends.
