#Atlanta&Surroundings - Day 5

I festival. O li ami o li odi. O sei uno di quelli che piazza tenda e asciugamani e non si muove più o sei uno che corre da un palco all'altro per essere sempre in prima fila. È sempre un'esperienza unica e speciale. Secondo festival negli States per me ma il primo di genere rock. Si respirava Woodstock, davvero.

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Music festivals. You love them or you hate them. Some people stays sitting down in the same place all day, some people run back and forward to be always under stage. It's always a unique and special experience. This is my second festival in the States but the first one rock. I felt like I was at Woodstock '68, I'm not exaggerating.

#Atlanta&Surroundings - Day 4, 7 & 8

Eccoci qua, la vacanza ormai è finita e tocca pure a me tornare a casa, all'università e al lavoro. "Brav, bamblina pi nen". Giusto per entrare in mood Piemonte, autunno, sagre e mangiate. Mentre sono qui in aeroporto per 9 eterne ore di scalo quale modo migliore di far passare il tempo se non aggiornarvi.

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Here we are, vacation's coming to an end and I got to go back home, to class and to work. Piedmont is very active and vibrant in the fall so I'm actually very excited about to see what will happen. I'm stuck in the airport for 9 never ending hours so I got some time to update you.

#Atlanta&Surroundings - Day 3

Il tempo è passato così velocemente che manco me ne sono resa conto.

La terza giornata in Atlanta è stata particolarmente interessante. Raggiungo il centro 'downtown' e inizio a girare un po' il quartiere, quello degli hotel e dei luoghi turistici e si sa è inevitabilmente sempre da vedere. Ci sono 3 attrazioni sulla mi focalizzo nella mattinata: il quartier generale della CNN, il mondo di Coca-Cola e il Centennial Olympic Park.

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Time went by fast and I didn't even have the time to realize what happened.

Day 3 in Atlanta was very interesting. I reached downtown area and I took a look around. It's famous for its hotels and turistic places. In the morning, I spent most of the time at the CNN headquarter, the 'World of Coca-Cola' and the Centennial Olympic Park.

#Atlanta&Surroundings - Day 1 & 2

Partire per un viaggio è bellissimo e ti regala moltissime emozioni. Farlo da soli è eccitante ma se ci impieghi 22 ore da casa tua a destinazione arrivi che sei cotto come una pera.

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Leaving for a trip is always a beautiful experience. Doing it alone is exciting but if you spend 22 hours travelling, from your home to destination, you arrive exhausted.

French People Love Abbreviations : P.A.D.

P.A.D., Paris Art Design, è così che la chiamano i parigini, con un'altra sigla.

Sì, perché ne vanno proprio matti. Tutto ha sigle e tutto è siglabile.

Una mostra temporanea che c'è ogni anno a cavallo tra marzo e aprile, quest'anno dal 27 al 1, e che viene installata in un luogo d'eccezione : i Jardins des Tuileries. 

Si tratta di un esposizione di pezzi unici d'arte e mobili di design, anche piuttosto datati.

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P.A.D., Paris Art Design, this is how Frenchies call it.

Yes they love initials. Everything has to be and can be shorten.

A temporary exhibit that is set up at Jardins des Tuileries every year at the end of March, this time from March 27 to April 1.

It's all about unique works of art and design furniture, sometimes even very old.

Rêves De Japon - From Blog To Blog

The relay of posts is not a contest. It's a way to communicate, wider.

Each month we pick a common topic and many bloggers talk about it,

everyone with its own style.

In this way, it's easier to find people who is more alike us, who talks about things we're more interested in and who lives life like we do. And, why not, sometimes he/she make us have some new ideas to work on.

This month we're talking about favorite cities.

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La staffetta dei post non è una gara. È un modo di comunicare, più ampio. 

Ogni mese viene scelto un argomento comune e più blogger ne parlano, 

ognuno a modo suo.

In questo modo è facile trovare chi ti rispecchia di più come stile, come argomenti, come passioni e come modo di vivere la vita. E chissà che non ti dia anche qualche idea dalla quale prendere spunto.

Questo mese si parla delle città del cuore.

M.A.M.

Eugène Robert Pougheon - Le Serpent

Hello fellas, I know I haven't been writing for a really long time but I'm trying to overtake some obstacles. First of all, I restored the internet connection just few days ago. Then I'm having some troubles to find an internship in Paris (and a part-time job), so all my time is dedicated to it. Anytime soon, I will give you some advices about it.

Anyway, it's been a year since I reopened this blog and I'm so proud of it; that's why I'm collecting lots of news/photos/places/ideas to tell you about, I just need some time to post everything. 

Today, I'll talk about the M.A.M. of Paris.

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Ciao fanciulli, lo so, lo so non scrivo da secoli ma sono stata un po' presa, da internet che faceva i capricci -quasi 2 mesi per riavere una connessione, niente male eh- ma soprattutto dalla ricerca dello stage e di un lavoretto part-time che mi farebbe giusto giusto comodo. Tutto il tempo -quasi- a mia disposizione è stato dedicato a questa causa infatti ma -piùomenoall'incircaquasi- presto vi darò un sacco di consigli utili per non partire tutte le pene dell'inferno che sto passando io nel caso decideste di voler fare uno stage da queste parti.

Ad ogni modo, dalla riapertura del blog è passato un anno e mi sta dando grandi soddisfazioni -felicità, orgoglio e cuoricini- ; ecco perché non ho smesso di raccogliere informazioni/foto/luoghi/idee da raccontarvi, ho solo bisogno di un pochino di tempo per postarvi tutto. Oggi vi parlo del M.A.M. di Parigi.

Vlog News #7 - Cool January

Cool means three things: cold, calm and hip.
               significa tre cose: freddo, rilassato e figo.

MUSIC: Nouvelle Vague - This Is Not A Love Song; Supermarket Sweep by Clint Mansell (Requiem For A Dream Soundtrack - Album Fall)

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NYE Beyond All Expectations

What to do at New Year's Eve is always a mystery but sometimes it can be surprising.

Cosa fare a Capodanno è ogni anno un mistero fino all'ultimo ma a volte può essere sorprendente.

Ph. Edition - Mosque Of Mouffetard

Hello dear!
Today I propose you a new type of post -I speak as if I were in a telesales- wordless but containing only photos.
This is because:
- Not always we want -me in the first place- to read a lot of descriptions about what someone did;
- Not all topics need further information of the undersigned;
- I can post more frequently;
- You can not waste too much time and get over all in a minute.

We could call it fast-post. Let me know if you like the idea.

The first photographs I have chosen to show you were taken at the
Great Mosque located in 2 bis Place du Puits de l'Ermite -which is right behind my house-in the neighborhood of Mouffetard.

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Ciao belli! 
Da oggi vi propongo un nuovo tipo di post -parlo come se fossi Mastrota in una televendita- quasi del tutto privo di parole e descrizioni ma contenente solo fotografie.
Questo perché:
- Non sempre abbiamo voglia -io in primis- di stare a leggere un sacco di menate su cosa ha fatto 'tizio';
- Non tutti gli argomenti necessitano di approfondimenti della sottoscritta;
- Posso pubblicare più frequentemente;
- Potete non perdere tempo e ve la risolvete in 1 minutino.

Potremmo chiamarli fast-post. Fatemi sapere se vi piace l'idea.

La prima serie di fotografie che ho scelto di mostrarvi sono state scattate alla 
Grande Moschea in 2 bis Place du Puits de l'Ermite -che è giusto dietro casa mia- nel quartiere del Mouffetard.

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Parisian Neighborhoods: "Le Marais"

Here it is the first post about the Parisian neighborhoods!

I decided to begin from the Marais because it's the first neighborhood where I lived in 

-just a couple of days- and because it's from here that I began my city exploration.

I'd like to say that I know perfectly how to turn around and look awesome to your eyes but it would be a huge lie; indeed to tell you something more I did research on the web and on the spot.

This is what came out.

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Ecco finalmente il primo post sui quartieri parigini!

Ho deciso di iniziare con il Marais perché è il primo quartiere nella quale ho abitato 

-anche se per pochi giorni- ed è da qui che ho cominciato l'esplorazione della città.

Mi piacerebbe molto farmi la figa e dire che ho capito perfettamente come orientarmi in ogni angolo della città ma sarebbe una balla di proporzioni epiche, tant'è vero che per capire e raccontarvi qualcosa di più su questo quartiere ho fatto delle ricerche sul web e ho fatto una perlustrazione sul luogo vagando a caso per le viette.

Questo è quello che n'è venuto fuori.

Vlog News #2 - Welcome Home Wandering

Songs: Nouvelle Vague - This Is Not A Love Song
          Flunk - Blue Monday 

I'm interested in your opinion. 
Leave a comment.

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How To Not Forget All You Need Into Your Luggage

Welcome back Globetrotters,
It's almost time to grab your swimsuits, your best dresses, your hats and your sunscreen because summer is coming up and hopefully vacation too!
I don't know if you like or not when it's time to pack your suitcase but here it is a quick list of items to be sure of taking all you need with you.

Bentornati Globetrotter,

è ormai arrivato il momento di tirare fuori i costumi, i vestitini estivi, i cappelli e la crema solare perchè l'estate è alle porte e forse anche le vacanze!

Non so se vi piace o meno il momento di preparazione della valigia ma ecco qui una breve lista di cose utili per essere sicuri di  portare tutto quello di cui avete bisogno con voi.

Why Study Abroad Is Important - Video

After a week of break, here I am again. 
Today I show you a video about my American Year (4 years ago). I loved to study abroad and I'm trying to do it again, so I believe that studying abroad it's very important and it's worth to invest money on it, if it's possible. 
Enjoy the show.

Dopo una settimana di pausa, eccomi di nuovo.

Oggi vi mostro un video che ho realizzato sul mio anno in America (4 anni fa). Ho amato studiare all'estero e sto cercando di poterlo rifare, quindi credo che studiare all'estero sia veramente importante e valga la pena investirci del denaro, se è possibile.

Buona visione

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London For The First Time

Today for the Travels Column, I'm gonna tell you about a short trip I did last November with my friend Flavia.
At the end of the summer Flavia and I were wondering about going somewhere in the fall but we didn't want to spend too much money. 

London was the perfect destination: it is served by Ryan Air, in the fall leaves are all colored, I had never been there before and she was already in love with London. 
We were doubtful only about the hostels and the cost of living.
We booked our flight one month and a half before leaving and the hostel only 2/3 weeks before. We found several hostels cheap enough but we chose The Warlus Waterloo even if it is not the cheapest one because it's very close to the metro station "Lamberth North" and if we wanted to walk it's near by Westminster Abbey, London Eye and Big Bang Tower. If you are thinking about going to London for the first time this is the best hostel you can book because it's simple to find and you have the chance of walking through the streets of a very nice area. Moreover, the hostel is upon an unique pub. Just few further information about it: it's clean enough, every room has personal lockers, free use of the kitchen and of the wireless.

We spent our first UK day accommodating in the hostel and looking for Maurizio, a friend of us who arrived the day before and he would have stayed a couple of months. After finding him and taking a look around Westminster Area, all together we went to dinner in a Chinese restaurant in Leicester Square where we found an all-you-can-eat buffet at 9 pounds. After no long we faint in the hostels' beds.

 

DAY 2: We walked since the early morning and we saw the House Of Parliament, Westminster Abbey (remember to do not enter if you want a low cost trip because it's very expensive the entrance fee), Buckingham Palace, Green and St. James' Park and then Harrods (You can look on the map how much we walked to see all this). For lunch, Hyde Park Corner is perfect! Many little restaurants are here, most of all there is "Pret-A-Manger" (actually you can find it everywhere) a restaurant chain that sells cheap healthy food, and it is such a pretty area, very relaxing. I noticed that people there were frenetic 24/7, they're always darting one way or another, so it's pretty difficult to find a quiet place.
The afternoon Flavia and I visited the British Museum but none of the pieces was British. A lot of ancient Greek ruins but it's a must-see of London (free entrance).

Maurizio, Flavia and I spent the evening in Soho, Piccadilly Circus and Trocadero that offer a lot of night life. And remember cinema is not an ordinary proposal but musical theater is.

DAY 3: November, 5th. Reaching the London Bridge by subway, we spend there the morning and we also visited the National Gallery. I loved the NG but just like the British Museum there are few national paintings. Worth it anyway. We had lunch in Trafalgar Square and we shortly had a look to Covent Garden (for those who love shopping it's the perfect place to stop) before coming back to the hostel, changing clothes and going up on London Eye during the celebration of Guy Fawkes Night, with fireworks. Then, we headed for Camden Town (another very good place to do some hipster and grunge shopping). Must-do in Camden Town besides shopping: eating fish and chips of course!
We ended up our third day cruising in Baker Street (just for real shopping lovers).

The last day we slowed down. We were tired and we decided to see only Notting Hill Gate for brunch and Baker Street until the moment of leaving by bus. Then, we spent the whole night in the airport and we came back to Italy. It has been such a good experience! I will come back someday because there are still many things I'd like to see.
Here it is the map and the subway map we used during our trip. You can see that I circled the most popular attractions (but I didn't see all of them).

 

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Appointment Calendar

From now on I will write no more about my American exchange program but if somebody wants to know something in particular just ask, I will be glad to be useful!
Now, I'm going to show you the topics I plan on doing weekly:

GLOBETROTTER MONDAY

Travels Column

or

News From The World

PRYING WEDNESDAY

Bright People Room

or

Hip To Be Square

or

Going Wild With Music

REVELER WEEKEND

Event Of The Week

or

The "Turinist" 

On Monday we are always sad. We have to go working/studying and the weekend seems so far away, so why don't think about travels or foreign countries where we would like to go by reading trips or tours taken in different places or odd news coming from the rest of the world?

On Wednesday we are in the linchpin of the week. We have stuff to do, business to arrange, events to join and people to see. We are charging up for the weekend and that's why we are more friendly and snoopy. 

On this special day I prepared for you three sections: the first one (Bright People Room) is about people I already know or I might encounter who are smart and brilliant; the second one (Hip To Be Square) talks about trends or society, something that used to be uncool and now it's awesome or it's going to be very popular soon; the last one is about music (Going Wild With Music), this is a very important section to me because I can share with you a song I listened lately, a concert I joined or something related to the music universe.

On the weekend we spend day and night being wild and thoughtless. We usually don't have specific plans and we just want to have fun! That's why I thought about all of you revelers and I dedicated this day to you! 

For what concerns the topic "Event of the week" I may talk about: a specific event happened during the week, a club/wine-cocktail bar/restaurant that impressed me for some reason, a personal occurrence. 

The "Turinist" is a new word that I coined blending together two words: TURIN + TOURIST. My purpose is to describe something about Torino (as museums, streets, places, fairs, exhibitions, etc.) to give the chance to the people who don't know it to discover how much Torino is beautiful.