Reality 500km

Winter in Canada

2008-02-17T16:27:00.007-07:00

Nida. Neringa. Lithuania. The curonian spit

2008-02-15T02:48:00.016-07:00

Once upon a time... heh, No, It was in august 2005 when I was spending my summer at my lithuanian family. 2 happy dogs and 5 happy people left Vilnius and went to Nida (Neringa).
The people, but the driver (my father) were sleeping after hard disco night. :) The dogs enjoyed the trip like this...

Dolly
Malta and my sister Donata
When we arrived to the Klaipeda (big lithuanian port) we took the ferry to arrive to Neringa.
The view of Klaipeda and The curonian spit.

We left ferry and found ourseves in a wonderland of snowhite dunes and dark emerald pine forest.

In Nida we found cheap hotel, rented to bycycles for all of us and went to the center of the village.

Nida
Our hotel

On the main street of Nida beside the sea there are a lot of cheap restaurants where you will find nice dishes of meat, potatoes and mashrooms. And good beer! :)

Arturas, me & Donata

With our full stomach we continue enjoying the beauty of the baltic nature, that you could see here.
The weather like always wasn't nice to us. Lithunia is a very rainy country. But the rain gave this sweet sence of melancholy to our mood... I just wanted to seat on the dune and listen A-ha or Coldplay...

My father

The Dune Of Parnidis

The Dune of Parnidis is a favorite place of the holidaymakers’ visits. The dune is half planted and half drifted. On the southwest slope of the Dune of Parnidis a memorial cross for the sculptor R.Daugintis is standing, and on the top of the dune in spring of 1995, while celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Restoration of Independence, the Solar Clock – calendar was constructed. From the Dune of Parnidis you can enjoy the variety of the spit’s landscape. In the direction to the south, a range of XVIII century human-provoked “migrating dunes” greets by blinding one with light and shadows, in the direction of the north there is a 19th century human-planted green carpet of hill-pines of the Great Duneridge.

The view from the dune on Nida

On the beach

The Curonian split. Dunes. Neringa

2008-02-14T23:37:00.025-07:00

There are some places in the world that steal your heart and soul away. Anywhere you go as time pass by, you want to come back to the place where for the first time in your life you knew an amazing new feeling as you savour the unforgettable charm of the dunes during the sunset and hear the play in pinewoods.. No words can describe It. Or only one... Harmony... Harmony between man and the nature... For me one of these places is Neringa.

Neringa municipality (Lithuanian: Neringos savivaldybė) is a municipality in westernmost Lithuania, in the Curonian Spit. It´s called Neringa city, altrough there was never a true city there. It consisit of few villages like Nida, Preila, Pervalka and Juodkrantė.

The Curonian Spit is a narrow sand peninsula of 98 km of length, which divides the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. This is a fragile nature, which requests a considerable and constant attention. In the South, Lithuanian part of the Spit borders with Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation. The borderline marks the external borders of the European Union.
According to the origin and composition the Spit is comprised of natural and human-made complex sections of protective dune-ridge. These various forms were created by waves, wind and the human, which were also helped by the sand grains of various sizes, flora and its distribution, angles and height of dune-ridge‘s slopes, and position of the ridge according to the coastline and its inner composition.
Read more here

The thunder rolls And the lightnin' strikes
Another love grows cold On a sleepless night
As the storm blows on Out of control
Deep in her heart The thunder rolls

Garth Brooks

Some pictures are by Gaga Nielsen

Voices I like. American Idol 2008

2008-02-13T20:24:00.003-07:00

The thing I like about original American Idol is that they chose really talanted people. I can´t say this about Russia and Spain.

Here are female voices I like a lot this year.

Carly Smithson. There is no comment. Her voice tells for her.

This girl is so sweet like an angel

Brook White - American Idol 2008. She is so cute and talanted.

Of course I think my husband´s voice is the best, but here are some not too bad voices I like.

Michael Johns - "Bohemian Rhapsody" American Idol - not Freddy, but quite professional.

That´s the type of voice I like. He is not incredible and quite typical, but I have to admit of all people of this season It´s the best rock voice.

David Cook - "Everything I Do" American Idol

Tarragona.Placa de Font, Baixada Misericordia, Carrer Major

2008-02-11T20:31:00.000-07:00

Previous post: Tarragona. Praetorium&Roman Circus

From Roman Circus we go by Carrer de Trinquet Nou or Carrer del Cos de Bou stright to the Town Hall on Placa de Font (the Fountain´s square).

There are many bars and restaurants on this cozy little square. Let´s take a drink, for example Champú - catalonian drink - mix of beer and Fanta Lemon - one of the best thing for hot summer day.

Turn right by Correr de Portalet and go up to the Baixada Misericordia (mercy slope).

In front of the slope you can observe La placa dels Sedassos with an unique house painted with Trompe-l'œil technique, reproducing the typical scenes of the catalonian balconies with folk creatures Els Nans vells - The old dwarfs.

In many of the shops and bars in this district there are Roman ruins. Some of the buildings you’re seeing were built over old Roman remains. There is an interesting tourist circuit, that will allow you to visit these ruins.

If you go up the Baixada Misericordia, you´ll arrive to Carrer Major wich leads stright to the Cathedral.

Here you can find one of my favorite italian restaurant La Tagliatella. It´s easy, just follow the smoke of the best pizza. :)

To be continued...

Tarragona. Praetorium&Roman Circus

2008-02-11T13:51:00.000-07:00

Previous post:Tarragona. Roman amphitheater

From the Roman amphitheater let´s go up to the Praetorium & Roman Circus.

Praetorium or Pretori Romá (cat.) is a tall tower built by the Romans. It was connected to other parts of the city by underground passages through the circus.

The building has been restored and in the 14th Century it was turned into a royal palace and used as a royal residence. Later, it functioned as a prison. You can go underground and also climb to the top where you can enjoy great views over Tarragona.

Roman Sculptures on display in the Provincial Forum/Praetorium Tower.

Tarragona's Roman Circus can be reached via a tunnel from the Praetorium. Here Roman chariot racing and other big crowd events would have been held. It had a capacity of 20.000 spectators. Today you can still see some of the walls and vails that composed its structure.

Here we have one "lion" :)

And It´s little relatives... The only inhabitants of the circus.

Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona/Archaelogical Museum

Most of the collections displayed inside are Roman, and this museum really does form the centre for the history of Roman life, architecture, art, food, circus, theatre and more once prevalent on the Iberian peninsula. Most Roman finds along the Spanish coast and peninsula have ended up here in this definitive Spanish Roman Archaeological Museum.

To be continued...

(C)All pictures, but museum taken by me
Next post:Tarragona.Placa de Font, Baixada Misericordia, Carrer Major

Purple night

2008-02-10T20:33:00.000-07:00

Have you seen purple night? Isn't It fabulous?

No, It's not photoshop!

My favorite time of the day - twilights...

Significant song in my life.

2008-02-08T14:03:00.000-07:00

There are some very significant songs in my life. One of those songs is Breathing by Lifehouse.
This incredibly beautiful song used to play as you come to my myspace page. My future husband heard It and thought I might be an interesting person, like this we started to talk...
It was in novermeber 2005. In february 7, 2006 I fell in love with him. I know this becouse It was the first evening he sang Bon Jovi´s songs to me by web camera. His voice was so breathtaking and he was so cute, that I couldn´t help falling in love.

Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 6

2008-02-07T22:05:00.000-07:00

PART I: The German Framework Road
Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 2
Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 3
Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 4
Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 5

From the River Neckar to the Black Forest and Lake Constance Map&info

Towns of this route :

Places I reccomend to visit
Mosbach photo by ossy59

Eppingen photo by BaMaHe

Besigheim
photo by renaud
photo by Alf sigaro
Bietigheim-Bissingen photo by chrissi doster

Vaihingen an der Enz photo
Markgröningen photo by fuzzilein

Marbach am Neckar photo by Klaus&Lulu

photo by giramondo

Backnang photo by jobe 53

Waiblingen photo by maja maja

Schorndorf photo by kweinland

Esslingen am Neckar photo by darklight

photo by tedesco57

Kirchheim unter Teck photo by msc-web.de

Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 5

2008-02-07T20:33:00.000-07:00

PART I: The German Framework Road
Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 2
Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 3
Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 4

From the River Rhine to the River Main and Odenwald Forest

The towns of this route:

the towns I recommend to visit

Trebur photo

Dreieich photo by ktirita

Hanau Steinheim photo by Maggus der Hesse

Seligenstadt photo by

Babenhausen photo by

Dieburg photos

Groß-Umstadt

Wertheim photos by chris ffm

photo by Rolf
Miltenberg

photo by Paupepro
photo by Bibendum41

Walldürn photo by strauffhain

Erbach

Reichelsheim

Under tuscan sun or crazy italian traffic

2008-02-05T23:13:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I had a day of Toscana :) I miss our travels in Italy, have watched the pictures thousand times and decided to get some more memories. So I watched one of my favorite films "Stealing Beauty" with gorgeous Liv Taylor and "Under tuscan sun" with Diane Lane. Both films show incredible beauty of this region. But the thing that made me laugh was a phrase from "Under tuscan sun", when Diane is in the car with her italian bf driving crazily on the crooked roads of Italy, she asks him:
- What do you need traffic lights for If you don't use them?
- Well, you see, the green light means avanti, avanti! And the yellow and red are for decoration!

That's exactly what I said when I happend to be in italian traffic. Everytime It was crazier, It can be worse only in Egypt, so I just decided to relax and laugh, hehe, I wouldn't say so If I were my husband who had to drive.

Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 4

2008-02-05T14:52:00.000-07:00

PART I: The German Framework Road
Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 2
Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 3

From the Lahn Valley to the Rheingau Region

Dillenburg

Herborn photo by solupine
Wetzlar photo by SIngraham

Braunfels photo by The Lone Beader

Braunfels castle photo by AnyMotion

Hadamar

Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse photo by

photo by xray59

Limburg dom photo by Thomas Hofer

Bad Camberg

Idstein

Eltville am Rhein
photo by multiflora

Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 3

2008-02-05T12:31:00.000-07:00

PART I: The German Framework Road

Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 2

From Waldhesse to the Vogelsberg Mountains (read about it)

Rotenburg an der Fulda photo by Dichtung & Wahrheit

Bad Hersfeld

Schlitz
http://www.schlitz.de/ photo by

Lauterbach, Hessen photo by pilot micha

Steinau an der strasseSchloss Innenhof

Gelnhausen

photo by bkrauf

Büdingen photo by mchrispen

photo by tuxdriver
Lich, Hessen photo by orangevolvobusdriver 4u

Grünberg (Hessen)

Most amazing streets of the world

2008-02-03T14:17:00.000-07:00

Yonge Street (pronounced "young") is a major arterial street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and its northern suburbs. It was formerly listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest street in the world.

I decided to discower what are other THE MOST smth streets of the world.

A street in Caithness, Scotland has been recently named the shortest street in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records, says the BBC.

Ebenezer Place measures just 6 feet 9 inches, and has only 1 address: a door to No. 1 Bistro, a restaraunt in Mackays Hotel. It was built in 1884.

The longest road in the world is the Pan-American Highway which stretches 29,800 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska to the lower reaches of South America.

Parliament Street is a 50m long street in Exeter, England, which links the High Street to Waterbeer Lane and dates from the 14th century. It was formerly called Small Lane and was renamed when Parliament was derided by the city council for passing the 1832 Reform Bill.

The street is approximately 1.2m (45") at its widest and less than 0.64m (25") at its narrowest. This made it till 2007, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the world's narrowest street.

Lombard Street is San Francisco-- and America's crookedest street. It is famous for having a steep, one-block section that consists of tight hairpin turns.

Avenida 9 de Julio is an avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its name honors Argentina's Independence Day. (July 9, 1816). It is claimed to be the widest avenue in the world.

The avenue runs from the Retiro district in the north to Constitución station in the south, roughly one kilometer to the west of the Río de la Plata waterfront. The avenue consists of twelve lanes, six on each side.

P.S.Fan Tam Alley (The narrowest street in Canada) - Chinatown - Victoria, British Columbia

I did it finally!

2008-02-02T15:27:00.000-07:00

Another winter day

2008-02-02T15:08:00.000-07:00

Today we had gone to buy some things for my husband. On monday he goes to his first trip by truck, so he nees a pair of protection things. Ready to go!

The road to the shop after snowfall

Chistes de como-se-dice

2008-02-01T17:38:00.000-07:00

Como se dice dentista en japones??? Te curotuocico
¿Cómo se dice quitate de mi moto en árabe? Baja la raja de mi Yamaha
Como se dice guardia urbano en holandes? van de verde.
Como se llama el ministro ruso de aviación? Sicaes patachov
Cómo se dice el tren mato al perro en fracés? Le chuchu mato le guao guao
¿Como se llama el ministro japones de marina? -Popoco me ahogo
¿como se dice espejo en chino? - ahitoy
¿Como se dice papel higiénico en Chino? Quitakakita
¿Como se dice ascensor en arabe? ali ba va y abajo tambien
¿Como se dice vidé en árabe? MOJA LA RAJA
¿Como se dice tener un orgasmo en chino? ya ta
¿Cómo se dice mujer embarazada en mandinga? Titi con bombo
¿Como se dice minifalda en chino? Cachi che le ve.
Como se dice en aleman follar? - bajen bragen foten naven-
Como se dice oferta en africano: Ganga-ganga
Como se dice en portugues condon....chubasqueiro du pito
Como se dice en ruso ministro de trabajo....nimekosko
Como se dice en japones carpintero....yohago takitos
Como se llama en japones correrse. MINAVO SAKA SUKO
¿Como se dice divorcio en chino? Chao chochin
¿Como se llama la mujer más delgada de Rusia? Silvia Paluskova
¿Como se dice náufrago en chino? Chinchulancha
¿Cómo se dice lluvia en árabe? Alomejó nos mojamos.
¿Quien es el chino mas sucio? Sichampu.
¿Como se llama el portero de la selección china? Notoko Nibola
Como se dice repollo en ingles: Rechiken
Como se dice calzoncillos en escandinavia? -ESCONDENABOS!!!
¿Como se dice pañuelo en japones? Quitamoquito
Cómo se dice ginecólogo en japones? yositococuquita
¿Cómo se dice en alemán autobús? Subanempujenestrujenbajen
¿Como se dice piloto en japones? R: Popoco Memato
¿Cuál fue el primer ruso en caerse de la cama? Cata Ploff
¿Como se dice follar en africano? -Baja tanga mete gamba.
¿Y como se dice creo que estoy embarazada? Bombo supongo

Let it snow,let it snow...

2008-02-01T10:37:00.000-07:00

I know It´s hard to drive or walk under this snow, but It just so beautiful I want to jump into it!

Everyday It snows It feels like It´s a holiday.. :)

My cat is so curious

Highlights

2008-01-31T09:49:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I had my hair highlighted... by my husband :)
After 3 hours of hard job (he was doing it first time in his life), my hair became absolutely blond, but I like it. I doubt I can persuade my husband to make it ever again! Anyway, he is my hero! :)

That´s me in the funny cap,
Go to sleep, my baby, go to sleep, While the stars above begin to peep

Here it is, the hairdresser of the year!

the result

One ugly winter day!

2008-01-30T10:17:00.000-07:00

My head is splitting with ache becouse of the weather changes. From +3C yesterday to -11 + wind chill = -23C today!

My poor husband with forzen eyebrows.

My cat spends most of the time gazing at the new, undiscowered world. :)

Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 2

2008-01-28T21:18:00.000-07:00

PART I: The German Framework Road

From the Harz Mountains to the Thuringian Forest

Stolberg, photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/22084572@N07/

Bleicherode(photo)

Worbis(photo)

Mülhausen photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfenbuettel/272133895/

Wanfried photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/88311148@N00/

Treffurt, photo by sperache

Vacha, photo by Jacobspilger

Schmalkalden, photo by Andreas

From the Reinhard Forest to the Waldeck Region

Korbach(photo)

Bad Arolsen(photo)

Wolfhagen photo by NYC Tom

From the Weser Mountains to the Vogelsberg Mountains

Hann. Münden photo by Chancho Panza

Eschwege

Hessisch Lichtenau

Spangenberg (castle) photo by http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1591573326&size=o

Melsungen photo by zoster

Fritzlar photo by witze

Homberg-Efze photo by Anitka Eva

Schwalmstadt

Alsfeld photo by pilot micha

To be continued...

Info: http://www.deutsche-fachwerkstrasse.de

Fachwerk, The German Framework Road

2008-01-28T13:26:00.000-07:00

Today I´ve got a post card from my friend from Bamberg
and It inspired me to write about the things I love about Germany.
As for instance framework or half-timbered houses.

photo by me, Nienburg 2007 places I strongly recommend to visit

Timber framing (German: Fachwerk) is the description of how a house is built using mortise and tenon joinery. There are several ways of describing timber framing.
The techniques used in timber framing date back thousands of years, and have been used in many parts of the world during various periods such as ancient Japan, Europe and medieval England.
Half-timbered construction in the Northern European vernacular building style is characteristic of medieval and early modern Denmark, England, Germany and parts of France, in localities where timber was in good supply and building stone and the skills to work it were in short supply.

Every country has Its traditions in framework, but for me the main country of half-timbered houses is Germany. The Deutsche Fachwerkstraße, the “Route that links Germany’s Medieval Timber-framed Houses”, runs from Lower Saxony in the north of the country, via Hesse and southern Thuringia to Bavaria is an area renowned for its highly picturesque half-timbered buildings.

The German Framework Road, founded in 1990, runs meanwhile from the river Elbe to the Lake Constance through six federal states (Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Hesse, Thuringia, Bavaria and Baden Wuerttemberg) and is divided into nine regional routes.
MAP

From the River Elbe to the Weser Mountains
Stade - Nienburg - Bad Essen - Stadthagen - Alfeld - Einbeck - Northeim - Bad Gandersheim(photo)

Stade

Nienburg photo by me, 2007

Bad Essen

Stadthagen

Alfeld

Einbeck photo by

Northeim

From the Elbe Valley to the Harz Mountains

Bleckede
www.bleckede.de

Hitzecker
Dannenberg (photo)

Luechow photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/22084572@N07/

Salzwedel photo

Celle photo by Rich 2012

Koenigslutter(photo)

Wolfenbüttel photo by zempt

Schöningen photo by nico

Hornburg

Bockenem (photo)
Osterwieck (photo)
Halberstadt photo by Thodi

Wernigerode photo by Doblonaut

Wernigerode castle photo by bzmch

Osterode,
Goslar photo by Gonzatravel

Duderstadt photo by Sternewald

To be continued...

Information:
Wikipedia,
http://www.deutsche-fachwerkstrasse.de/uk

Tarragona. Roman amphitheater

2008-01-27T19:38:00.000-07:00

Previous post: Mediterranean’s balcony, Tarragona

From the overlook at the end of the Rambla Nova, a short and enticing walk downhill, across one road and up the coast, takes you to the Parque del Milagro (Catalan Parc del Miracle), in which is the Roman amphitheater (Spanish Anfiteatro romano, Catalan Amfiteatre romà), which was excavated in 1952.

The amphitheatre was the most recent of Tarraco's "entertainment" venues and was built extramuros or outside the walls, on the shore. The amphitheater, which dates from the time of Augustus, had seating for 12,000 spectators. There is a small monument along the walk from the entrance to the enclosure down to the high arch that leads onto the arenas, which reads "Many innocent lives were taken in this amphitheatre.

Most probably it was constructed in the first or second century of our era. Inside this amphitheater you can see the remains of the church constructed in memory of 'Sant Fructuos'. This Saint was killed in the arena, which in the 7th century became a sacred Christian temple.

With my mom and my sister

To be continued...

Beautiful winter day!

2008-01-26T21:53:00.000-07:00

Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Well, the weather outside today was perfect for a wonderful walk.

Our house

Javi&Peterbilt

Catching the snowflakes...

Fairway road. All of our main malls are here.

By night everything is sparkling and shining like pearls. Make It bigger, you´ll see!

A lot of people ask me if I miss Spain. Sure, I do. But in Spain I'd miss all this beauty.

Crazy World. Spanish News

2008-01-26T03:28:00.000-07:00

A Spanish driver who hit and killed a 17-year-old cyclist is seeking damages worth 20,000 euros ($30,000) for the damage his car suffered in the accident, the daily El Pais reported Friday.

Enaitz Iriondo was hit by an Audi A8 as he was cycling home from a meeting with friends in the dark in the northern La Rioja region in 2004.

Iriondo's parents were paid damages of 33,000 euros ($48,193) by the driver's insurance company, but the driver is now seeking damages from the parents for the damage done to his car which he had to replace.

'What happened to the boy cannot be fixed, but my case can,' the driver argued, admitting he did not really need the money.

Iriondo's parents described the court case as 'the last blow.' The court was expected to decide on Wednesday.

elpais.es

So ridiculous, so savage!

Reality 500km

Winter in Canada

Nida. Neringa. Lithuania. The curonian spit

The Dune Of Parnidis

The Curonian split. Dunes. Neringa

Voices I like. American Idol 2008

Tarragona.Placa de Font, Baixada Misericordia, Carrer Major

Tarragona. Praetorium&Roman Circus

Purple night

Significant song in my life.

Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 6

Markgröningen photo by fuzzilein

Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 5

Under tuscan sun or crazy italian traffic

Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 4

From the Lahn Valley to the Rheingau Region

photo by xray59

Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 3

Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 2

photo by bkrauf

Most amazing streets of the world

P.S.Fan Tam Alley (The narrowest street in Canada) - Chinatown - Victoria, British Columbia

I did it finally!

Another winter day

Chistes de como-se-dice

Let it snow,let it snow...

Highlights

One ugly winter day!

Fachwerk, The German Framework Road. Part 2

Fachwerk, The German Framework Road

Tarragona. Roman amphitheater

Beautiful winter day!

Crazy World. Spanish News