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Three days in Slovenia. Ok, four.

When I was born, Slovenia was the part of the country where I was born. Later it became a separate country. It was once on our way to the mountains somewhere in Austria. We stopped in the capital, Ljubljana, but just for a drink.
This year I was visiting Slovenia again, this time I stayed for a few days there and I had a chance to explore it well. Ljubljana, at least. My company was great, weather was a bit tropical and the capital itself was gorgeous.
Here are a few drawing from my journal:





dirt eaters pt.2

Kristof
 Nicky
 winner. James

We spent afternoon in Bukovac on Mountainboarding (I read few months ago that it is also called Dirtboarding...maybe these guys actually were dirtboarding, but me...I was dirteating. Like totally.) competition. These are the photos from the freestyle part... 

Btw. In Germany, on the same type of competition we were listening to Linkin Park, power metal, Nirvana and tones of Skate Punk. So, yes, that creates much better ambient than chill out funk. Thou, I totally respect that DJ at any other time.  


+imagine jumping while this is playing: somenotsofunkymusic

canals




la chance


view from one window...

L'École Nationale Supérieure d'Horticulture







Amazing place to visit. Near Paris. If you are into "jardins"

Soverato



"They say it is nice" I've nodded my head.
Honestly, I really have to know the place I am living in. So, I decided to bring my pretty car around here. Until then, I'll be going by train. You can not imagine how hard is to move around here. Uzice is a town in central Serbia. Well to find a bus or a train around here it is as hard as to find airplane in Uzice. Are you catching my drift?
Back to the story. Z. didn't believe me, but ice cream and sun and beach sounded ok for him as he hit the road with me. Soverato is a small place near. So, let's see how nice it is.
"It isn't nice at all." Haters gonna hate™. Ok, I have to agree. But we enjoyed the last days of summer. We found a small beach in the concrete shelter, read our books and were the only people in the sea. Clouds were whirling but summer was there, still.
Z. had be transferred to pretty autumn days back home in the mean time so I we spend that day just right! 

Cres, the town.







Cres




“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea” Isak Dinesen

Zagabria






I went to:
♥ see a good friend of mine
♥ meet her fiance
♥ enjoy on Cres and finally meet that Croatian cost (nice to meet you, btw!)>> soon to be posted photos of it!
♥ love Z. more than usuall
♥ show our pale winter bodies on a beach full of dark sexy personas>> photos will never be posted!


We spent afternoon in Zagreb. I love it. It is somewhere between Novi Sad and Belgrade. Beauty, people, spirit. That was my second time and I will come back for more, I promise!


Check out these BEAUTIFUL flowers. We take this bouquet from Zagreb to the coast and it (poor thing) survived. A small present for my friend's mum who was our main chef those few days.



Banoshtor is our shore...








Today, a few of us decided get out of the town and enjoy this summer-ish weather by the river, in the small town on Danube - Banostor, near Novi Sad.
We enjoyed the late afternoon by the river and I had that special opportunity to see how the light changes from bright and shinny to gloomy and blue. That particular summer afternoon/evening light inspires and underlines the lightness of being...Do you remember standing in the front of your building yelling: "Muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum, can I stay out moooooore?" on summer vacations in elementary school? There is the light behind your building when you picture this scene. That light is the light I am talking about.

We finished our lemon flavored beers, packed, and suddenly felt that we need to stay on the shore for some more time. We just changed the place and drove away to the next village for a dinner. Night was surely on its way, and the taste of fish soup and sound of old songs on the radio of the old river bar united to make the evening perfect... (on the last photo above, is that pale fuchsia-white church of Banostor taken from that bar in Korushka)  
And for the whole experience this is what we were listing in car. Love it!


PanonianSeaSailorOnDanube


Happy birthday, Dad!

Good times


yesterday, it was the last day in this office. and I felt the brand new smell of vacation.
enjoy your weekend. sleep well and laugh!

One Man Show

I just came back.
No band, just Mick Harvey
This man is a former member of the Bad Seeds.


Although it was Tuesday night (now it is already Wednesday morning) and I will have to wake up in 3hours, 
we slid across that plain yesterday evening and went to Palić Film Festival on Lake Palić...

Just to hear him. 



Stormy weather and tables around highlighted the warmth of his connection with audience. That is how I would like to hear Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Tom Waits. Just like that. Brilliant artist, brilliant performer, brilliant place and brilliant time spent on summer night like this.  

mid-July






It is extremely hot these days. When you read books about summer: this is it. Summer from the books. Hot, no humidity, people are barely breathing and all you can eat is a giant portion of salad (with goat cheese).


We caught some air in the mountains almost 6 hours away south (Kopaonik). I desperately needed some rest, blue skies of nature and some meadows. We hiked for three days. And we ate a lot! And I am brand new! Although my skin is still turnip white, I have some healthy glow now. 


Some inspiration waited for me around the web as soon as I came home, 'cause I proudly left laptop on desktop@home. Yup. Be proud of me! No computer for 3 days!
+beautiful, beautiful video named dark side of the lens
+new Kinfolk Magazine is out (volume one, actually) - guys who are working on this masterpiece are my favorite bloggers, like ever... you will enjoy - promised!







 These small pebbles moved all the time by the force of the water. That was the spring of this small creek.