There are times when beautiful projects find a common path.
Sara Lusini's "La mia Inquadratura" is currently having an exhibition in one of my favourite restaurants in the Valtiberina (actually, it's more a concept than a restaurant) "Le Civette".
Here are some pics I've taken with my mobile.
"La mia Inquadratura" is part of the "Citernafotografia", the Festival of Photography in the Valtiberina.
My "sister" Erika gave me this present for my birthday:
a luna park.
Actually, the biggest luna park: Amsterdam.
I really enjoyed it, and I have no words to thank Erika, and Mery's gang, to take me around, and make me feel a teenager when I was just turning 30. Maybe more classy than a teenager.
It's been a while since I wrote here on my blog... I've sent a 2013 E-Card to most of you, but for those that didn't get it, you can find it here.
As you can see, I finished the year in a not so conventional way. In fact, the general attitude right now is to be content with what you have, and to try to survive this big financial crisis. I don't believe so, and even if I understand and see the clouds over Europe, I like when I hear the louder, optimistic voices over the general complaints. This happened for me in #BIT2013 (International Tourism Exchange).
Best things of this year’s BIT: 3rd Place - Puglia: from communication to "experiencing the homemade pasta", from Carlo of Puglia Events to the hotspot for charging your phones... Puglia had the best vibes!
2nd Place - People I had crushes on: online relationships and communities HAVE TO BE SUPPORTED offline. That's the crush that you can have, and the strong connections you can create. Personally, I had a crush on a few travel bloggers: Infoturismiamoci Nonsoloturisti Viaggiaredasoli Viaggiovero Flaneriefeminine
1st Place - my favourite moment wasn't within the Facebook/Google speeches, but the Benigni video at the beginning of "Travel Storytelling Opportunities". So, as this is very Bella-style, here’s that video with subtitles.
Thank you Alessio Carciofi for sharing it with us. For Italian readers, the video showed was this:
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country.
Alina says, "We bought a ruin from the 18 century more than 30 years ago, with about 50 acres of land, and gradually restored it into a country home for our family. We started planting olive trees until we reached the present number of 2000. Now, we produce our own extra virgin organic olive oil, honey and saffron. We have also expanded and developed the property, transforming it into a small tourist rural resort accommodating up to 18 guests with very high comfort and great personal care for our guests, since they are like friends for us, not just customers. We like to share with our guests our love for local, genuine food matched with great wines from our cellar (approximately 2500 bottles from all over Italy and the world), organizing cooking classes, and wine and oil tasting. We also love to transfer our passion and interest for the country life to our guests and we suggest and organize visits to many artistic and cultural destinations in the surrounding Umbrian and Tuscan towns."
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which has hosted in past editions more than 50.000 visitors yearly, attracting the masses with a schedule composed of: full-length film, short films, docufiction, artist videos, previews, meetings with the authors, talks etc (from InToscana website)