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Time to travel... Part 3: Destination - Madrid

2008-07-24T09:08:58Z

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. It is the third largest city of the European Union, after London and Berlin. The city is located on the river Manzanares both in the centre of the country and Community of Madrid (which comprises the city of Madrid, its subsequent conurbation and extended suburbs and villages); this community is bordered by the autonomous communities of Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha. As the capital city of Spain, seat of government, and residence of the Spanish monarch, Madrid is also the political center of Spain. While Madrid possesses a modern infrastructure, it has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighborhoods and streets. Its landmarks include the huge Royal Palace of Madrid; the Teatro Real (Royal theatre) with its restored 1850 Opera House; the Buen Retiro park, founded in 1631; the imposing 19th-century National Library building (founded in 1712) containing some of Spain's historical archives; an archaeological museum of international reputation; and three superb art museums: Prado Museum, which hosts one of the finest art collections in the world, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, a museum of modern art, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, housed in the renovated Villahermosa Palace. retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid I visited Madrid last summer, maybe these are not representative photos of the city, but many football fans were pverjoyed when we visited the stadium. It was a good laugh though. Madrid is nice, and colourful, just watch where you are eating, 'cause I spoiled my stumack and it didn't end pretty. Until soon Elanor

Time to travel...Part 2:Destination - Novigrad

2008-07-23T22:10:28Z

I eil show you some of the destinations I visited throughout the years, you might like them and you may not, I might have loved them and might have not, but it's all a journey and you must love it just for that. Novigrad (Croatia - Istria) was the place I visited when invited to a festival of the performng arts - acting in particular. The sea is clear but cold, but the horizon is gorgeous. P.S. I got my driver's licence today, although I passed the test a little less than half a year ago.... Anyway...

Time for travel... Part 1: How to begin?

2008-07-21T13:47:03Z

Journey... It's summertime... though the fact seems ever to flee my mind when I behold the rain falling ouside my window momentaily. So what do you do to begin? Pack your bags and life begins! It matters little whether it is a ship or car or bus, as long as you go somewhere.. watch landscapes pass by... the moon, the sea, the flowers, the woods and the meadows... and as one dear to me once said: watch the world outside the window and be full of wonder!

Why now?

2008-06-29T21:15:59Z

My camera broke down a month ago - that is the pretty fine reason why I have not been posting anything. I'll have to dig up some old photos. I was thinking of adding a white and grey background, but I could not,it seemed so unfit, because my life has been so colourful lately. That's what makes me even more sad for not having my camera. Anyways, I buried under a pile of work for some exams so I have hardly found the time take it for repair. a bientot

The Idleness of Happiness

2008-05-25T22:04:16Z

Gerry Kennedy: I know what I want, because I have it in my hands right now. You. Holly Kennedy: What if this is it, Gerry? What if this is all there is to our life? You have to have a plan. Why do I have to be the responsible grown up who worries? Why can't I be the cute, carefree Irish guy who sings all the time? Gerry Kennedy: Because you can't sing without making dogs bark? Daniel Connelly: What do women want? Holly Kennedy: [whispering] We have no idea what we want. Daniel Connelly: I knew it! Gerry Kennedy: [knowing that Holly is angry with him] Are you going to make me sleep in the tub again? Holly Kennedy: That's a real honest to goodness couple right there. They've probably been together since the flood. Daniel Connelly: We're so arrogant, aren't we? So afraid of age, we do everything we can to prevent it. We don't realize what a privilege it is to grow old with someone. Someone who doesn't drive you to commit murder or doesn't humiliate you beyond repair. Holly Kennedy: No... she doesn't. I was ninteen when we got married. You corrupted me with sex and charm and the longer it takes you to make your fortune the less sexy and charming you are. Gerry Kennedy: [Gerry starts looking for something] Holly Kennedy: What? What are you looking for? Gerry Kennedy: My balls. They were hanging there a minute ago. Gerry Kennedy: [calms Holly] Every morning I still wake up and the first thing I want to do is to see your face. Patricia: I bet you've had a hard time walking into a room full of people on your own, right? Yeah. I know that. I know what it is not to feel like your in the room until he looks at you or touches your hand or even makes a joke at your expense, just to let everyone know... you're with him. You're his. Gerry Kennedy: Dear Holly, I don't have much time. I don't mean literally, I mean you're out buying ice cream and you'll be home soon. But I have a feeling this is the last letter, because there is only one thing left to tell you. It isn't to go down memory lane or make you buy a lamp, you can take care of yourself without any help from me. It's to tell you how much you move me, how you changed me. You made me a man, by loving me Holly. And for that, I am eternally grateful... literally. If you can promise me anything, promise me that whenever you're sad, or unsure, or you lose complete faith, that you'll try to see yourself through my eyes. Thank you for the honor of being my wife. I'm a man with no regrets. How lucky am I. You made my life, Holly. But I'm just one chapter in yours. There'll be more. I promise. So here it comes, the big one. Don't be afraid to fall in love again. Watch out for that signal, when life as you know it ends. P.S. I will always love you Holly Kennedy: Dear Gerry, you said you wanted me to fall in love again, and maybe one day I will. But there are all kinds of love out there. This is my one and only life, And its a great and terrible and short and endless thing, and none of us come out of it alive. I don't have a plan... except, it's time my mom laughed again. She has never seen the world... she has never seen Ireland. So, I'm taking her back where we started... Maybe now she'll understand. I don't know how you did it, but you brought me back from the dead. I'll write to you again soon. P.S... Guess what? quotes from the motion picture P.S. I Love You We are so often lost in a crowd... so many voices we cannot quench... whatever we do... and we curse life for bringing us there, in a room where we can scream at the top of our loungs and no one can hear us even if they wanted... But then something or someone happens... and the noise and clamour just... cease. nothing matters nothing else matters and everything becomes perfect and you cannot stop laughing and smiling and every moment spent is worth a lifetime of the earth all the world falls back you forget the past and the future, the present does not exist you no longer think about the people you hate you are free in your own world you are eager to share only, exclusively with that one person... even if you are in a crouded room... and the voices are still there... but somehow you no longer care nothing else matters all the world is filled with hope and happiness just because.... but this time, you know you shall never love again... P.S.... Guess what? ;) until soon

Le Ciel Dans Une Chambre

2008-05-15T18:07:53Z

trois mois pour celui je suis disposé à donner mon coeur entier un jour et toute mon essence. merci de la tous votre patience et arrangement. merci de m'embrasser quand tout a semblé erroné. merci de me garder. merci toujours d'être ici. et pardonnez-moi si j'indiquait jamais quelque chose inadéquate. je souhaite qu'une partie de tous reste avec moi pour toujours. pour toujours vôtre Too romantic? Then forgive me... It's amazing How you can speak Right to my heart Without saying a word, You can light up the dark Try as I may I could never explain What I hear when You don't say a thing The smile on your face Lets me know That you need me There's a truth In your eyes Saying you'll never leave me The touch of your hand says You'll catch me Whenever I fallYou say it best When you say Nothing at all All day long I can hear people Talking out loud But when you hold me near You drown out the crowd Try as they may They could never define What's been said Between your Heart and mine Ronan Keating: When you say nothing at all Quand tu es près de moi, Cette chambre n'a plus de parois, Mais des arbres oui, des arbres infinis, Et quand tu es tellement près de moi, C'est comme si ce plafond-là, Il n'existait plus, je vois le ciel penché sur nous... qui restons ainsi, Abandonnés tout comme si, Il n'y avait plus rien, non plus rien d'autre au monde, J'entends l'harmonica... mais on dirait un orgue, Qui chante pour toi et pour moi, Là-haut dans le ciel infini, Et pour toi, et pour moi Carla Bruni: Le Ciel Dans Une Chambre

True Love's Kiss

2008-05-02T12:08:50Z

"There are no happy-ever-afters, the important thing is to be happy now" Grey's Anatomy, a quote set forever in memory during a lovely supper... Giselle: When you meet the someone who was meant for you Before two can become one there is something we must do Animal: Do you pull each others tails? Animal: Do you feed each other seeds? Giselle: No, there is something sweeter everybody needs I've been dreaming of a true love's kiss And a prince I'm hoping comes with this That's what brings everaftering so happy And that's the reason we need lips so much Four lips are the only things that touch So to spend a life of endless bliss Just find who you love through true love's kiss (...) Edward: You're the fairest maid I've ever met You were made... Giselle: ...to finish your duet Giselle and Edward: And in years to come we'll reminisce Edward: How we came to love Giselle: And grow and grow love Everyone: Since first we knew love through true love's kiss True Love's Kiss, sang by Amy Adams as Giselle in Enchanted a bientot

1 day at shore, 10 years at sea... Depends on the day...

2008-04-19T13:44:50Z

'Bootstrap' Bill Turner: One day on shore and ten years at sea. It's a steep price for what's been done. Will Turner: Depends on the one day. Will Turner: [to Elizabeth, holding his heart in the Dead Man's Chest] It's always belonged to you. Will you keep it safe? Will Turner: [his last lines] Keep a weather eye on the horizon. William Turner, a pirate, is doomed of his own choice to ten years at sea and only one day at shore, the only day he can see and embrace the one he loves most... I spent the last weekend in Crikvenica, a small town by the sea. Quite charming. anf for many reasons I felt enchanted for three days... ;) The place and the sea reminded me on the Pirates of the Caribbean. And the company... that sometimes a day and its enchantment may outlast ten years and lend strenght to live a lifetime without regrets. I adore the sea, I think it is the one thing in the world that can never corrupt the soul. I fell in love with the stars in the sea long ago... The daytime was quite exhausting, too much errands to run and work to attend to. Alongside this, I twisted my anckle and limped most of Saturday and Sunday. But there was nothing that could make me forfeit a walk on the beach. The weather was rainy and grey and I got rainswept four times. I did not mind it, however. During the sunny intervals I was of course running errands. The sea is pretty cold, but I welcomed its coolness while healing my anckle in its mere. That was the moment when I took the first picture... with the gulls. They were quite restless that evening, because someone had to keep scaring them anon and anon. They got their excercise, anyhow. I was woken by the sun on Sunday... it did not last long, the clouds soon came... but the smile upon my face was impossible to forfeit... until soon

Warmth has embraced the the air....

2008-03-30T09:58:17Z

After a wintery week, although Spring "officially" knocked on the door more than a week ago, Spring finaly came and embraced the air with such warmth. The clear blue heavens gleam above the blossomed trees. The world seems happy again. Last night I watched the first blossom of a cherry tree near Maximir park. In a tight embrace and with the dark starry night above us it was a beautiful moment and a good reminder that Spring has come...

A Spring, in glory undimmed

2008-03-27T02:15:56Z