August is pretty much finished. And at the end of this summer anything went as planned. 

I've done only one drive with the school, wich went good.

The summer love, turned out to be more than that, complicating the whole situation.

I found the first house i'm gonna live in by my self.

I'm having lots of lovely dinners, with lovely people.

If i have to be honest, this summer went much better than what i thought it would be. Is has been different from all the previous summers. This makes me realize how much i've changed in one year.

Got it right!

YEEEEEESSS!!!!!!

I passed the first test to get my driver licence!!!

I went to Imperia, on Tuesday, and i was so nervous!

My dad was there with me, trying to calm me down! I was so happy he was there with me, for me!

And when i got back home, my little brother Alessandro had made something for me:

Now, next week i'll start with the proper driving lessons. I'm really looking forward, i think i'll enjoy it very much.

This weekend i'll be going to Verdeggia for a short holiday with a friend. It's most of all, a relaxing weekend. We'll probably be the only one in that little village up in the mountains.

This week, i've been working: well, i've just been taking Matteo, the kid i'm babysitting to the beach.

Not a hard work at all.

And right now, while i was writing down the post, one of the best friends in the whole world surprised me.

He was working on a boat and we were waiting him for the end of August, but he just now he rang on my door bell. I might be dreaming..........

Summer is flowing like a stream in front of me and i can't get into it. It feels so strange. Summer here has always had a different taste, but this year i just can't get into the summer mood.

Sanremo, Italy

I'm studying lots, the test is TUESDAY, maybe that could be a reason.


The job is fine, and recently i've taken my brother Alessandro with me. The kid i'm baby sitting is so cute and it's really easy to be with him, so i had no doubt they would have been friends quickly. But it was so nice to see how easy it was for them, for all the children, i guess, get friends. 
After a few question about what their favorite play station games and soccer team were, they get along really well. The funniest was that after a half an hour they were already calling each other "mate" and "dude".


And i was wondering why, as you grow up, everything gets harder. Why, it can't be so easy to be friends for the adults as it is for the kids. And i was also wondering when exactly, friendship, turns into something potentially difficult.

Day Off

After the big party of last night, today i had a relaxing/studying day.


I dedicate my self to all the things i love to do or relaxes me. 

This morning, not easily, i woke up early and went shopping. Found some great stuff. 

Then i HAD TO, study a little bit.

After that i decided i deserved some relax. So i polished my nails, which i love to do. In the last three days, i've changed nail color three times. Ok, maybe, that was a bit to much.

As someone special once told me "It's exhausting to be fabulous!!!"

11 is the perfect number!!

Last night, since a long time, i had a wonderful family-dinner. It was my cousins's birthday and most of the family joined the party. We laughed all night long and re-discovered the joy of spending time together.

At the end of the party everybody were happy especially the little ones, that had a really Italian birthday party, wich can be much more chaotic than the Swedish one.

Happy days make you realise how lucky you are!

I'm getting use to enjoy life without being to stressed about the future...and i kinda like it. Today i had a wonderful day even if i didn't anything special. A little bit of shopping and spending the day with loved people  sometimes can be enough for be happy. The simple things, eventually, are the most precious.

Twenty years from now you will be more

disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by

the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail

away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in

your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

When i was in Australia, this sentence was a sort of inspiration for me. I lived my experience 100 % and i put all my self in whatever i did. But, sometimes, rest in the safe harbors, isn't so bad after all.

I'm getting quite use to my life back home now. I got a job and i study most of my time.

Tanning lots, going out with friends, pretty quite days here. 

The highlight of my week was seeing a friend i hadn't seen for almost one year. He's working on commercial ships, sailing through America and Europe. It was pretty tough say goodbye, he'll hopefully be back in Agoust, but nothing is for sure yet.

Last night we had a family party: my cousin, my brother, his girlfriend and i. Had the best time ever that ended up having a bath in the sea at 5 a.m. under the rain.

And today my lovely twins cousins arrived from Sweden. Coming here to celebrate was their birthday wish. We'll have a lot of girl-time. Polishing our nails, taking care of our beauty and enjoying some quality time with people that love you and always will.

I keep building memories i'll keep with me forever, and i'm so lucky to have around all those wonderful people that keep building with me and for me.

Surfing on internet i found this really interesting article. When i got out the college i was so scared and confused i wish somebody told me what i read on this page. Check it out, it's worth it.

Summer AGAIN!!

Today summer starts officially in Italy! It has been summer weather for a while now, it's awesome.

This morning i finally booked my driver licence test: i'm a bit scared but i've still got time to study. 

This afternoon i spent some quality time with my little brother, Alessandro. And then, we were off to the beach.

Some days i just LOVE ITALY. 

Mothers Day

Finally this day has come. Everybody will probably agree that it should be mothers day EVERYDAY. I'll finally sqeeze my mum in a big hug in exactly one week. I'm actually getting pretty excited, especially because i've got the best mum in the world (of course). I think everything i say about her would sound obvious, the heart of everybody belongs to their mum.
My mum is my best friend. And she's the only person that whatever i've done and i'll do in my life, will always love me.
I can just say that i wish, one day, i'll be a woman like her. The world would be such a better place if there were more people like her.
So THANK YOU mum to be my EVERYTHING (i bet it can be exhausting sometimes).

PARTY TIME

Yesterday it was Felix's birthday. My special boy turned 4. And since i'm leaving in a week we had a double party. One for his b'day with his friends and a "big people" party for me. 

Felix's biggest wish for his birthday was to get a red train-cake. So in the morning we made that, and i'm actually really proud of my self: it was the first time i made a cake like that.

And it didn't look to bad.

Birthday Boy

Happy Kids

Jealous Sister

Later on some of my friends came along to say goodbye. It was great fun.

The party moved to Emily's place and then to town.

It was really nice to bump into some friends in town to so i got the chance to say goodbye. 

I still cannot belive that i'm going home.

Busy days in Hobart

Do kids ever stop? Probably not. It has been a pretty busy week so far (and is not over yet). Yesterday, we had our weekly appointment at Mainly Music. The kids love it and i enjoy it as much as them. They play and i got the chance to catch up with some gorgeous ladies. Some of them actually became really good friends. An other tick on my "GONNA MISS" list.

Today It was finally a sunny day (still cold though). So this morning we went off to the park. We had a lovely time and the kids wanted to be my models so i got to get some good shots of them.

I'm happy though the day is about to finish. I actually would like to go to sleep and wake up in September. There's to many stuff i have to deal with and i wish somebody else could take care of them. And all this "going back home" thing is stressing me much more than what i thought it would. I just would like to shout to everybody "GIMME A BREAK".
The only thing i'm looking forward to, about going home, is the travel. I'll finally be alone in an airport (probably one of my favorite places) with THIRTY hours for my self. Oh yes, that's going to be awesome.

East Coast

Even though i've been in Tasmania for 6 months, i just started lately to do the "tourist stuff". Last week i went on a trip on the east coast. We reached Wineglass Bay, but stopped by a lot of beautiful places on the way.

Orford Beach

Honey Moon Bay

Wineglass Bay is one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in the world, and i haven't seen the other 9, but this was AMAZING.

After i went to Bruny Island and had heaps of fun i decided that it was worth to see a little bit more around Tasmania before i headed back home.
The tours are organized really good: the staff is friendly and the groups are not to big so you get to know everybody. I thought that it wouldn't be very fun to travel alone but it actually is. Is relaxing and you always get to meet some new friends and i LOVE hearing people stories, especially old people's.
When i went to Bruny Island i met, a lovely man in his early eighties that told me a lot about him and about his life. I loved to listen to him and i love the way his eyes was talking, he reminded me when my grandma told me stories about her life.