Welcome to my Diary!

This is my blog. Who am I? I am a student at the Florence University, so I will write about Florence and about my university projects a lot. I am also working in a Jewel Gallery, so I will introduce you to a world of Jewels & Accessories in a way I see it and the reality of my company.

This is a space to express myself in written form and in images. WELCOME TO MY DIARY!

Paper books vs. eBook

Will the books disappear in time? Will the books as we know them today, in hard or soft cover, still exist in 20 or 50 years? People started reading less, they watch TV, browse Internet and those who still read prefer eBooks. What will happen with the libraries and book stores, what will do the publishing houses on 50 years?

A small device that can keep thousands of books, that does not occupy space on your bookshelf, that does not weight as much as your favourite hardcover book and that you can take with you anywhere, isn’t it a perfect solution?

Alè Fiorentina alè

Living in Italy one MUST see a football match on the stadium. For one reason or another I didn’t have the opportunity to understand the meaning of football for Italians, but finally this year Fiorentina is playing very good and we decided that it is the right time to go to see the match in Curva Fiesole – the heart place for football fans.

I must say that I didn’t have so much fun (with unknown people) for a long time. The stadium was coloured in violet with all the people wearing scarves, T-shirts, hats, sweaters and anything violet they found in the wardrobe to support the local football team. The people during the match were jumping and shouting and singing and the football spirit united everybody gathered at the stadium with the only desire – WIN.

Sweet secrets of Florence

When the clock strikes midnight, your golden carriage turns into a pumpkin and you are walking on the streets of Florence. A good cornetto al ciocolato or a warm doughnut is what you need!!! I think there are more places like the one we found yesterday, just this one is near our house and we will be back for sure!

I think it is bad for any kind of diet, but we went to eat warm and delicious pastries at one in the night …

History of political doctrines

Here I’m sitting on the floor and trying to concentrate myself on a very philosophic discussion of the professor. Even if my grandfather was a teacher of philosophy, I never understood this subject. Today is the first lesson for History of political doctrines, but I already can’t wait to finish it. This professor is a bit old-fashioned in her way of teaching but also the point to start talking about Aristotle makes me want to sleep.

Posted using my smart BlackBerry.

Day at Graziella factory

I love coming to the factory. In our store in Florence we do not have all the collections that the factory produces, so every time I come to the factory I discover something new. This is one of the collections that we produce for the North Africa and Saudi Arabia market. Isn’t it a stunning piece?

Some of our jewels are shock pieces, ones you wear to be noticed, pieces that have their own personality and extraordinary character. Not all the women can wear our jewelry, you need a strong personality and not be afraid to show yourself.

CouchSurfing

Anyone heard about CS or CouchSurfing community? An amazing initiative round the world! A community of crazy travel addicts (with some unpleasant exceptions as can happen with all human beings) that travel on a low budget willing to share their own culture and travel experiences.

We had two Belorussian girls who helped Marco treat his cold with onion juice. A Korean exchange student in Denmark who was travelling by bike from North to South of Italy and back to Denmark through Croatia. Currently we are hosting a Korean student (Jin) who took a year off from his university to travel around the world with an initial budget of $2000, hitchhiking and couchsurfing from Korea through China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Turkey etc. till Europe.  Who will tell that he is not crazy?

Biking in the nature

Free Sunday and another beautiful combination of train and biking in the nature. Furnishing the house force us to have budget travelling, but I just adoOore it! This Sunday trip costed us around 20 euro per person, having the sandwiches ready from home. A beautiful day of sport, sun, lake and nature!!!