and as a friend of mine told me, the sound track's gotta be this one:
giovedì 29 settembre 2011
martedì 27 settembre 2011
lunedì 26 settembre 2011
A new chapter - baseLivigno !!!
So this is our base, before the cleaning, before the dust breathing and before we started designing it. It is our new place, our new life! We came and conquered our first base: baseLivigno!
Welcome aboard. This will be a cool trip!
Ciao!
venerdì 23 settembre 2011
Paintings from our trip!
Now, I finally scanned (almost) all of the paintings I made throughout the trip. The sceneries were amazing and sometimes I wished I could draw/paint but they went by too fast!
Zion!!!
Yellowstone!!!
San Francisco Bay!
Cali Hills!
Hope you have enjoyed...it was a great trip!
Zion!!!
Yellowstone!!!
Hope you have enjoyed...it was a great trip!
sabato 17 settembre 2011
Going west - California dreaming - pt8.
It took me a while to write the last chapter of our journey. I could only tell it outside California so that I could see it in its whole.
We crossed the border at 11.10AM and two things that are still in my mind from that moment: the siena/gold colour of the hills and Joan Baez that was playing in the radio, she is sooooooo California (this song in particular: The dangling conversation"). It was like coming home!
There we stayed in Sacramento first. That's the place my mum and I used to live and one of the first things we did was to go to the college she went to back in the day. It was nice for once to show Lele a place I lived before I met him.
The next day we went to have breakfast in Fair Oaks, the village we used to live, and we went to see the bridge we used to cross when we would go for walks in nature! It goes over the American River. The river runs from the mountains and the water is really cold!!! I remember once when I got in during summer, about 40 degrees outside and I almost couldn't swim to shore because my body started to freeze in the water. Really scary!
We then set off to Nevada City, a place I really wanted to show Lele. It's funny sometimes when you go back to a place you used to like as a kid and it isn't as special as an adult. But he liked it all the same.
The city is more empty than before.
We went to eat at the National Hotel, it's open since 1860 and we thought it could be a nice "native" place to eat...but in the end it's a run down place and would NOT recommend it. It looks like that everything IS from 1860, including the waitress!
Going back to Sac we passed by Auburn, nice little town but can't say much about it because I fell and twisted my ankle! Not happy about it as am still caring the pain around with me. The good thing is that my family took care of me and I was pampered and loved!
The next day we, or better, the others went for a walk in Old Sacramento!
I love it there! There are people who walk around in clothes of the period...I just love it all!
Our next stop was San Francisco! It's one of the most important stops of our journey, as it covered Lele's birthday and our anniversary!
We went on the cable car! We had never taken it! That first night we went to Ghirardelli and it was COLD maaaaaaan! One thing to remember: bring warm clothes!
That evening we had dinner at a restaurant overlooking the bay, and the best thing was watching the sunset across it. Sublime!
We had fish and chips in honor of Stephen and his Englishness! It was soooooooooo good! Wish I could have some now!
Our way back to the hotel was slow, it takes a long time from cable car to cable car, so I recommend that someone always keeps guard some time before the others are ready to leave.
The next day it was Lele's birthday! So we went to Pier 39 and we saw three sea lions, apparently they all went to mate somewhere else.
Seeing the Golden Gate across the bay was awesome, I love this city and bridge! It's so beautiful and filled with history and interesting places to see.
We also thought of going to visit Alcatraz, but left it for next time.
The walk from the pier to Ghirardelli isn't long, so, it's a good way to visit this part of town. (if I could do it with a wonky foot you can also do it, no problem!)
There we got lele some cupcakes for his birthday, and went on the cable car to Chinatown.
It's always a new experience to go there, we always see a different part of it that before we couldn't see. I wonder if it would be like that in China too, different colours, different people. It's chaotic but alive!
We had our cake in a small square that reminded me of home.
From there we went to the hotel and then to dinner. But we were coming to the end of our trip and our energy was running low.
The next day it was our anniversary...4 years together! But it was also the day we left for Los Angeles, and therefore to the end of our road.
We crossed the border at 11.10AM and two things that are still in my mind from that moment: the siena/gold colour of the hills and Joan Baez that was playing in the radio, she is sooooooo California (this song in particular: The dangling conversation"). It was like coming home!
There we stayed in Sacramento first. That's the place my mum and I used to live and one of the first things we did was to go to the college she went to back in the day. It was nice for once to show Lele a place I lived before I met him.
The next day we went to have breakfast in Fair Oaks, the village we used to live, and we went to see the bridge we used to cross when we would go for walks in nature! It goes over the American River. The river runs from the mountains and the water is really cold!!! I remember once when I got in during summer, about 40 degrees outside and I almost couldn't swim to shore because my body started to freeze in the water. Really scary!
We then set off to Nevada City, a place I really wanted to show Lele. It's funny sometimes when you go back to a place you used to like as a kid and it isn't as special as an adult. But he liked it all the same.
The city is more empty than before.
We went to eat at the National Hotel, it's open since 1860 and we thought it could be a nice "native" place to eat...but in the end it's a run down place and would NOT recommend it. It looks like that everything IS from 1860, including the waitress!
Going back to Sac we passed by Auburn, nice little town but can't say much about it because I fell and twisted my ankle! Not happy about it as am still caring the pain around with me. The good thing is that my family took care of me and I was pampered and loved!
The next day we, or better, the others went for a walk in Old Sacramento!
I love it there! There are people who walk around in clothes of the period...I just love it all!
Our next stop was San Francisco! It's one of the most important stops of our journey, as it covered Lele's birthday and our anniversary!
We went on the cable car! We had never taken it! That first night we went to Ghirardelli and it was COLD maaaaaaan! One thing to remember: bring warm clothes!
We had fish and chips in honor of Stephen and his Englishness! It was soooooooooo good! Wish I could have some now!
Our way back to the hotel was slow, it takes a long time from cable car to cable car, so I recommend that someone always keeps guard some time before the others are ready to leave.
The next day it was Lele's birthday! So we went to Pier 39 and we saw three sea lions, apparently they all went to mate somewhere else.
Seeing the Golden Gate across the bay was awesome, I love this city and bridge! It's so beautiful and filled with history and interesting places to see.
We also thought of going to visit Alcatraz, but left it for next time.
The walk from the pier to Ghirardelli isn't long, so, it's a good way to visit this part of town. (if I could do it with a wonky foot you can also do it, no problem!)
There we got lele some cupcakes for his birthday, and went on the cable car to Chinatown.
It's always a new experience to go there, we always see a different part of it that before we couldn't see. I wonder if it would be like that in China too, different colours, different people. It's chaotic but alive!
We had our cake in a small square that reminded me of home.
From there we went to the hotel and then to dinner. But we were coming to the end of our trip and our energy was running low.
The next day it was our anniversary...4 years together! But it was also the day we left for Los Angeles, and therefore to the end of our road.
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