18 DAYS IN ITALY no.9

Italian shops are just... different. When you keep your eyes open you're gonna find anything you want. The range is so much wider than in Prague, even in such a small town as Teramo!

1st September

Hullo guys,
as you can see we went to centro commerciale today. That's basically all we can do now. The weather totally turned. It's raining constantly since early morning, the sky is dark gray and from time to time it even thunders. And it's supposed to be like this the whole week.
My aunt says this weather's a crap. I ,on the other hand, don't mind it. I love rain. And storms.
It would be so cool to go out in this downpour. To go dance on the beach which would finally be deserted now.

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Oh, I almost forgot! How was the first day at school HEHEHHHEHHE? I'm sorry, I just -HEHEHEHHHEHHEE.

Sorry.

In case your school didn't start today just read this post the day it starts okay? Okay. Thank you very much.

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Anyway, I spent practically all my money today. I kept about eleven euros so I could buy some gifts for my friends but that's it. I don't have any money left.
*sadface*
But I'm totally happy with my purchases.

I bought a pair of white oxfords for € 26. It quite a lot but... they're sooo gorgeous, look! ♡♡♡
The next thing were these red checked leggins, which are, as would my friends say, perfectly hipster. I don't care, I just like them. And they cost me only € 5.
The last thing is a plain white high-waisted dress with lace straps, just for € 7,90. Perhaps I'll make some cool indie fringes at the lower end, just to make it look even more free. But I don't know yet.

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When we got home I turned on the TV (again after a long time) to watch The butterfly effect. That film was. so. brilliant.
If you're such a freak as I am and you haven't seen it yet please GO AHEAD.
You can watch it online if you're too lazy to download it.

C'mon.
What are you waiting for?

Whoosh.

18 DAYS IN ITALY no. 8

I hate being a girl. Yet I wouldn't wanna be a boy. What a weird way to live.

31st August

Hullo guys,
I think I'm gonna shorten these posts cause I'm not managing to write these daily. You can see I'm writing this in the morning.
We borrowed a pedalo today. That was fun hehe. Though I was annoyed I couldn't fool around in the water with the boys.
This is why I hate being a girl.
Always at the worst possible time, huh?
Anyway, we had a great time. And I found out you can get quite a nice dresses on the Pineto beach.

sorry for the quality

something like this

I'd like a cute "hippie" dress. You know, these lace ones, with fringe at the end. Something like this. I hope I'll find it somewhere here in Italy, 'cause honestly, I don't know where else.
I love the idea of walking in it through the nature, jumping from stone to stone in a bubbling brook, dancing under the broad trees with flowers in my hair...
That's my way of entering my own Wonderland.

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Few family friends came to visit us in the evening and we all had a dinner together. Wel, dinner... more like a feast. A five-course feast.
That's more than enough for me for I'm from Czech republic and fancy dinners are not exactly our cup of tea.

Even though I basically didn't understand anything I really liked everyone. Especially this let's say very loud lady. She may be small but you hear her enough and to spare. She was constantly talking, barracking something, joking and smiling.

As the depressed people usually do.

I have to say my aunt really lay herself out on the dishes. And it paid off. I wish you all could be there to taste the typical italian lasagne or the cakes. Mmmm... She is a great cook, indeed.

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When everyone left and the rest went to bed I betook myself on the balcony. I was pleased to find out the stars are visible and shining brightly today. The sky was dotted with them, as if somebody spilled a whole bucket of those little glowing lights.
I just sat there, breathing in the fresh night air, looking at the stars. It flashed afar.

And it was beautiful. So incredibly beautiful.

Love,

         Anna

18 DAYS IN ITALY no.7

I think it's driving me crazy.

Step 

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30th August

Hullo guys,

We spent practically the whole day on the beach. Me, my brother, my cousin and his girlfriend and Alessandro. It was actually a nice day.

We swimmed and talked. But I mostly just read. I can't help it. When a book is genuine I just turn off and devour the book pages as if they were providing me some kind of deliverance or consolation. 

And when I look on the bigger picture, they are. Though I don't know what exactly are they delivering me from.

I found a beautiful mini bong in the room where I sleep. I guess it's Alessandro's older brother's room. Looks very used. Smells very used. 

Hehe.

i already miss the starry nights

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The beach in Pineto is lovely. It looks very much like our beach but has these pini marittimi alleys all over. 

We had kinda nice time. 

I must proudly announce we even made a sandcastle. That was pleasant. I felt like a little girl again for a few minutes. With salt in my hair, burrowing in the sand, letting the water wash my feet while kneeling on the shore.

i saw this beautiful building on the way from beach

My brother and Alessandro dug a deep hole in which we burried Alessandro later. He couldn't get out of it. Hehe.

I also saw the cutest baby boy in the whole Italy. He was about 1, max 2 years old and he kept falling in the water, jumping, waving his hands and fooling around. And he was constantly smiling. He looked so happy.

I just stood there, looking at him and I couldn't help it. 

I envied him.

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We had the fanciest dinner so far. Three-hundred-grams hamburgers, avocado salad, fresh riccota, an authentic italian prosiutto, grilled eggplant slices and lamb. Yum, yum. I'd really like to be an Italian.

Greetings from underneath the stars,

Anna

18 DAYS IN ITALY no.6

Still warm croissants for breakfast, the smell of genuine italian caffè wafting through the kitchen, lazing by the sea, jumping into the waves and a cool indie rock guitar concert to properly end the day. Italians certainly know how to enjoy the life.

29th August

Hullo guys,

My cousin brought us three fresh croissants for the breakfast. So incredibly tasty.
Yet I fear I'll gradually become a pig before I get home. Really.

croissants con frutti di bosco, con miele e con crema alla vaniglia

I'm trying to learn Quelqu'un m'a dit by Carla Bruni. It's quite difficult but hopefully I can do it.

On dit que le destin se moque bien de nous,

Qu'il ne nous donne rien, et qu'il nous promet tout,

Paraît que le bonheur est à portée de main,

Alors on tend la main et on se retrouve fou.

"I’m told that fate mocks us. That it gives us nothing and promises everything. When happiness seems to be within our reach, we reach out and make fools out of ourselves."

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The sea level was high today. But that's probably because we set off later. The sea level is changing during the day and it's always an inflow in the evening.

The guitar concert was great. It wasn't much of a concert though, more like a performance. But it was cool to hear some quality music again.
It gave me some time to think, as I always do while listening to quality music.
And I don't know if I wanted to. Think.

I suppose I fear it might excessively remind me of him.

I finally saw a proper night sky. I tried to recognize some constellation but I couldn't find any. So I just stared at the stars as I usually do and I was wondering if anyone close to me is now, at this very moment, watching the same sky.

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I'm lying on a sofa wannabe from the Victorian era in my cousin's girlfriend's otherwise stylish apartment. I love the huge abstract paintings on the walls. My brother is playing GTA V on my cousin's girlfriend's son's (Alessandro's) xbox. Alessandro is 12 and he looks much like a baby turtle.
Though he's still taller than me.

I'm sorry but I really have to go to bed. I'm exhausted.

Good night/morning/day

Anna

18 DAYS IN ITALY no.5

Italian ice cream is a heavenly bliss. The makrets are kind of charming in a certain way. The local fish are far too friendly and they really like to randomly jump out of the water and scare me. Idiotic fish.

28th August

Hullo guyz,
We visited the Giulianova markets today. We actually planned to wake up early again and set off to the beach. The weather was supposed to get really bad in the afternoon.
The thing about local weather is it's changing very inconstantly. It depends a great deal on the nearby mountains.
Hey. I wouldn't talk about weather unless it's interesting, okay? Trust me.
So, what I wanted to say is it's dull nasty weather here and when we arrived to Giulianova, a city 2 kilometres away, the sun was shining brightly, the sky was blue and a sea breeze was pleasurably cool and fresh.

I LOVE THE SEASCAPE.

 I thought Italian markets will be full of food. But basically everything we saw were clothes. Sooo much clothes, shoes, jewelery... and about six food stands. Weird.

nirvana, green day, red hots, beatles,
pink floyd... asdfghjkdfgh.

Anyway, I found a few pretty cool things here. First, a simple lacy white dress. I always wanted a white a'la fairy dress to perfectly fit with my flower crown. And I simply love lacy things! They were too expensive though. Maybe I'll come back for them, but first I have to see the Saturday markets in Teramo.

The second thing were these (left pic) super cool band t-shirts, € 13 per one! Oooh, my heart leapt at the sight of them.
They didn't have the exact ones I want though, so I left them there with  a heavy heart.

The last thing I really loved was a pair of black creepers. Oh my, you have no idea how long am I trying to find these! My aunt, however, was of the opinion that buying shoes on the market is stupidity. Shoes are today's only clothing that must fit perfectly. Which is, I suppose, true. So we didn't buy anything. The regrets are already coming.

I hope I'll have a quality pair of these beautiful shoes one day.

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see that little weird looking creature over there? yeah. that's me.

Well, when the marketers started to pack their little shops, we went to lie down on the beach for a while. To enjoy the waves which were huge today. Swimming was allowed at your own risk.

We took the risk and it was great.

However, with waves came also fish. Shitloads of fish. (hehe, i wanted to use this word for a long time) 

They were all jumping out of the water basically anywhere and anytime they wanted like it's nobody's bussiness. One of them jumped out and slapped me on the butt. And that really hurt! My brother leaughed at me for a while but then a big wave came and filled his mouth with water. Hehe. Serves him right.

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After jumping and divning into the waves, sunbathing and eating we finally went to get some good italian ice cream. My aunt luckily knows the best gelaterie in the town. We ordered three gelati piccoli, small ice creams, for € 1,50 each. And as it's customary in Italy they weren't piccolo at all.

But oh, how delicious they were!

And as if that was not enough, they even made the scoops in a shape of roses. Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to take a photo but they looked something like this.
The gelateria we visited was named "Oasi". Just in case you'd ever visit Giulianova. C:




Oh, and my aunt also told me I'm like Alice nel paese delle meraviglie. Alice in Wonderland. I don't know how she got the idea.
But I take that as a compliment.
¨
That would be enough for today, right? Yeah, definitely.

So ciao domani!

Anna

18 DAYS IN ITALY no.4

 previous day   1st day 
Walking in cold sand is even better. Italians are incredibly chatty. Sushi is quite a delicacy and I fell in love with those sushi restaurants where food goes around the whole room.

27th August

The day started beautifully. Everyone, including my cousin, loved the cake I made. We got up early to see the sunrise above the sea. As usual we didn't make it, but at least we saw the sunrise from our balcony.

The sea was more rough than the other days. They say a storm is about to hit tommorrow. The winds are rising and my aunt told me that if the sea's like this now, it's not gonna be possible to swim in it in the evening.

How I'd love to see that!

She also told me that when the sea is rough it washes out prettier and bigger shells. I found five or six nice shells. What do you think? Is any of them better than the previous one?

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these fried ones were SO good

The Sushiko restaurant in Pescara was brilliant.
They have quite well thought out there. You pay € 10 per one person and you can eat whatever you want, how many of it you want and whenever you want. And they don't have only sushi (their sushi is excellent and they have countless species though, so it wouldn't be much of a problem), they have loads of seafood: various fish, shrimp, lobsters, cuttlefish, clams...; fried or grilled pork, cheese or chicken, many kinds of annexes, ice cream, fruit, vegetables, desserts...
oh my!

they called these

 'sushi di frutta', fruit sushi

The best thing was the food going around the restaurant though. You can just sit and watch so much food slowly coming to you. And it all can be yours hehe!
It was sooo cool! I hope I'll find a similar restaurant somewhere in the Czech Republic.

We're going to my cousin's grandparents in a while. The last cake I made is for them.
Italians are really hospitable and welcoming people. I'm glad I'm gonna meet a few more.

Spend the rest of your free days as well as can be!

Your       Anna

yum.

 next day 

18 DAYS IN ITALY no.3

 previous day  1st day
Italian food is so my cup of tea. Fruit, vegetables, pasta, all kinds of melons, pizzas and coffee. Oh, I could eat this forever.

26th August

Hullo guys,
So it's the third day. Today I mainly just ate. I couldn't help it. The food is too delicious.
Did I tell you we were planning to set off in the morning today?
Yeah, we actually got to the beach at about 11 o'clock. And that's not early. It's not even morning. It's already hot here.
The water was nicely cool and refreshing though.

purple and green figs

Oh yeah, and we also stole some really juicy figs.
This was actually the first time I ate fresh figs. They're way better then the dried ones! Definitely recommend to get them somewhere! Yum.
Oh, but don't eat too much of them. They act like natural laxative. And did you know they contain small amount of a drug called atrachinon? Cooooool.

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just some mountains

I didn't even put out my camera on the beach today. But it doesn't really matter, we did practically the same things as yesterday.
But I took few pics on the way home. The nature around here is so various! I love it.

Aaand I found quite passable shell! At least for now, I hope I'll find even better.

you can see our town hiding there in the foothills

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My cousin celebrates his 34th birthday tommorow. My aunt made three simple cakes and I did the rest. It came out quite well I think. My aunt was totally blown out. I don't know, it wasnt that good but... you know, it's convenient.

It would be decent to show you a photo now, right? Okay, okay. Here you go.

We're going to this cool sushi restaurant in occasion of my cousin's birthday tommorow. You know, the one where food rides around on these... oh my, how is it called in English... well, you know what I mean, right?
I'm not exactly a big fan of sushi but there gonna be a lot of other food too. I'm really looking forward to try this kinda thing out.

We also had yellow melon. A lot of it. That's basically all we eat here. So. Much. Fruit.
I might be in heaven.

Kisses,

              Anna

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