"It was time, a change of scenery, to get a little lost, to feel alive, and reach beyond me."

[nausicaa83]

Spent the day in Padova with two friends of mine, and it was a blast. I talked so much I'm literally hoarse, and we did some shopping, ate pizza, and organized a photography day in Venice. They're both studying professional photography, I just have my cute digital camera, but I can be an awesome guide. :D

Besides, I'm participating in a wonderful project, A Travelling Lemon Gift for John Finnemore. Follow the link for the rules, but basically you just take a lemon, put it next to a landmark in your city, and snap a picture, and then they'll all be sent to John Finnemore as a gift from his fans. Isn't it the most adorable idea ever? And I have literally a hundred landmarks to choose from! So they're going to take their professional photos of the Campanile of S.Marco, while I run around yelling "where do I hide the lemon in plain sight in front of a freaking cathedral?!" It's going to be crazy. :D

Let us not get off the nerd wagon just yet, because I have pictures of three packages I found on my doorstep when I came home, one from Amazon, two from Etsy. *_____*


I went a bit crazy with the Benedict Cumberbatch suggestions on Amazon, but a dvd there costs 3 pounds, it's unbelievable. An E.E. Cummings anthology because I read a few poems online and got intrigued, finally the Jeeves and Wooster boxset (finally!!!), and two cds I had on my iPod and that I was feeling way too guilty about. If I love it, I should buy it. Yo-ho a guilty pirate's life for me.


An incredibly cute cover for my Kindle (strawberries!), that actually protected it from a fall not even five minutes after this picture was taken. And the last piece for my Sherlock shrine, the magnifying glass! That made me squeal out loud when I opened the box. :D The shrine shall be on a shelf in my living room I emptied a couple of months ago for my favourite books, high enough that Sakura won't bother it, with the hat and the books and Sherlock Holmes' card from the museum. *________* Pictures shall be posted as soon as I'm satisfied with the final result. ;)


As Abed would say, cool. Cool cool cool cool.

I also bought orange blossom body cream. Orange flowers smell like Sicily, and it was always my mom's favourite scent, so now I'm sitting here with the smell of my childhood all around me. Nice. ♥

Comments

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

Ed è al 100% british. ♥

Sono andata all'università a Padova, quindi è piena di ricordi. In una giornata di sole come oggi è davvero bellissima. *_____*

[nyxviola.livejournal.com]

Same here! XD Quando stavo per laurearmi ogni tanto mi veniva tristezza a pensare che non sarei più andata dentro e fuori dalle biblioteche, aule studio e a prendermi il caffè alle macchinette. Infatti appena posso ci vado a fare un giro. ^_^

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

E' così strano, perchè i posti sono rimasti gli stessi, ma le matricole sembrano bebè, è inquietante. XD

[nyxviola.livejournal.com]

diciamo che è uno spettacolo affascinante, vedere quello che cambia e quello che resta uguale.

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

Oggi ci siamo fermate al dipartimento di geografia per passare un libro a una loro amica, e salendo le scale abbiamo incrociato una scolaresca di bambini delle elementari che stavano uscendo. Ho aspettato che passassero tutti, e poi ho detto a voce abbastanza alta "li scelgono sempre più giovani". Ho quasi fatto scivolare una delle mie amiche giù dalle scale da quanto stava ridendo. :D

Occasioni così capitano una volta nella vita.