Showing posts with label england. Show all posts
Showing posts with label england. Show all posts

Monday, 12 November 2012

There is real beauty at Lyme ♥ Lyme Regis

"So much novelty and beauty! I have travelled so little, that every fresh place would be interesting to me; but there is real beauty at Lyme; and in short," with a faint blush at some recollections, "altogether my impressions of the place are very agreeable."

The Cobb a Lyme Regis é entrato di diritto nei miei luoghi del cuore. Si é fatto strada tra forti venti e onde violente. Tra spruzzi di acqua salata e sole abbagliante. Tra passeggiate a caccia di fossili (Lyme é nota come gioiello della Jurassic Coast) e le nuvole disegnate dal latte in una tazza di té. Tra le pagine di The French Lieutenant Woman e di Persuasion. Ogni ciottolo, ogni granello di sabbia e goccia di acqua é diventato un tassello del dipinto che era già cosi' vivo nella mia immaginazione.
E' un lunedi' mattina grigio e inclemente, qui a Bruxelles. E io ho bisogno di continuare a sognare.

EN. The Cobb at Lyme Regis has rightfully made its way among the places that speak to my heart. It had to work his way up through strong winds and violent waves. Between splashes of salty water and blinding sunlight . Between walks along the pebbles beach, hunting for fossils (Lyme is known as the jewel of the Jurassic Coast) and the clouds drawn by the milk in a cup of tea. Between the pages of The French Lieutenant's Woman and Persuasion. Every cobblestone, every grain of sand and drop of water has become a piece of the painting that was already so vivid in my imagination.
It's a gray and inclement Monday morning here in Brussels. And I need to keep on dreaming.

Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, windPrimark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, windPrimark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind
Primark dress, Urban Outfitters cardigan, No brand wellies, Pull&Bear coat, Tezenis tights, Kiko nail polish, Kiko milano, Lyme regis, Persuasion, Jane austen, sea, autumn, fall, mare, autunno, spiaggia, fossili, fossils, Kent, England, UK, giulesss, boy, girl, romantic, sun, sole, ragazza, vento, wind

 I was wearing:
Primark dress
Urban Outfitters cardigan,
No brand wellies,
Pull&Bear coat
Tezenis tights,
Kiko nail polish.

Thursday, 8 November 2012

Wanderer above the Sea ♥ Torquay


I miei passi sono incerti e cauti, mentre discendo il sentiero ripido e scosceso che porta verso la spiaggia. Le rocce sono bagnate, il vento è forte. Un sole clemente e inusuale per una fredda mattina di novembre inglese mi acceca e mi sorprende mentre cerco di fare mio ogni dettaglio. Di catturare ogni grano di sabbia. Le sfumature, gli odori, il sapore del sale sulle labbra. Di farli miei per sempre. E su tutto, il rosso, l'azzurro. Il rosso delle scogliere di Torquay, l'azzurro del cielo, l'argento dei giochi di luce su un mare plumbeo e agitato.
Nelle orecchie solo il soffio insistente del vento, e il rumore del mio cuore che batte all'impazzata.
"C'est donc ici qu'elle se promenait" sussurra Quentin alle mie spalle.  All'improvviso il mio cuore batte al ritmo dei tasti di una macchina da scrivere, sulla quale dita scorrono veloci, mettendo nero su bianco intrighi e misteri che prendevano forma nella mente di Agatha Christie. Scorgo Marianne ed Elinor Dashwood tra le erbe alte lassù, in cima alla scogliera. Stringo il cappotto più forte al petto.
E i miei pensieri non sono più i miei. Sono il viandante sul mare di nebbia di Caspar Friedrich. Sono una macchia di inchiostro su carta ingiallita. Sono una goccia nel mare. Sono qui, sulle scogliere di Torquay, e vi giuro, vi giuro, non sono mai stata più in pace.

EN. My steps are uncertain and cautious while I descend the steep path that leads to the beach. The rocks are wet, the wind is strong. A mild, unusual sun for a cold November morning in the South of England blinds me and surprises me as I try to take in every detail. To capture every grain of sand. The shades, the smells, the taste of salt on my lips. To make them forever mine. And above all, red, and blue. The red cliffs of Torquay, the blue sky, the silver of the light playing on a leaden sea, roaring. In my ears only the insistent murmur of the wind, and the sound of my heart beating wildly. 
"C'est donc ici qu'elle se promenait" Quentin whispers behind me. Suddenly my heart beats to the rhythm of the keys of a typewriter, on which fingers run fast, putting down on paper intrigues and mysteries taking shape in the mind of Agatha Christie. I see Marianne and Elinor Dashwood among the tall grass up there on top of the cliff. I hold my coat more tightly to his chest. 
And my thoughts are no longer my own. I am the wanderer on the sea of ​​fog by Caspar Friedrich. I am a blot of ink on yellowed paper. I am a drop in the sea. I am here, on the cliffs of Torquay, and I swear, I swear, I've never been more at peace.

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 I was wearing:
Madame Frufru dress
H&M cardigan,
No brand wellies,
Pull&Bear coat
Kiko nail polish.

Monday, 5 November 2012

"If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village..."


"If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad."
Jane Austen

Dicono che il pensiero di viaggiare sia sempre meglio del viaggio vero e proprio.
Che l'attesa, le serate passate tra una cartina e un sito internet, le aspettative che crescono, più simili al sogno, siano sempre più forti della partenza.
Che fare la valigia sia meglio di scegliere che maglione mettere per contrastare i venti freddi del nord.
E io ci credo. Ci credevo, anzi. E forse ci credero' ancora.
Io, sempre in bilico tra il volermi confondere tra la folla (rigorosamente bandite le cartine), e il voler snocciolare fatti su questo o quel monumento, con l'aria di chi i compiti li ha fatti.
Era una ricerca spasmodica, la mia, dei luoghi che conoscevo da lettere stampate su pagine ingiallite, di storie narrate all'interno di copertine sdrucite.
Ma l'Inghilterra mi ha stupita.
Mi ha dato quello che cercavo, e non quello che volevo.
Mi ha sconvolta e lasciata indifferente, con quel pizzico di delusione che ti resta quando le emozioni le vivi fino in fondo.
Abbiamo guidato per centinaia di chilometri nella brughiera, tra stradine di campagna, vecchi cimiteri e scogliere a picco sul mare.
Preso il traghetto nella notte, camminato per ore, senza meta, ed abbiamo preso egoisticamente tutto quello che il mondo ci aveva da dare.
Sorrisi, acquazzoni, scones fragranti, raggi di sole e qualche cheers.


EN. They say that when it comes to traveling, the thought of it is always much better than the travel itself.
The waiting, the evenings spent between websites and maps, growing expectations, closer to the realm of dream.
Packing is better than choosing which sweater to wear to fight the cold northern winds.
And I believe it. I believed it, rather. And maybe I will believe it once more in the future.
Me, always hovering between mixing in with the crowd (carrying maps is strictly not allowed), and wanting to rattle off facts about this or that monument, with the air of the impertinent brat who has done her homeworks.
Mine was a frantic search for the places I knew from letters printed on yellowed pages, of stories told within torn covers.
But England surprised me.
It gave me what I was looking for, and not what I wanted.
I was positively unsettled, and at times left indifferent, with that hint of disappointment that's left when you live emotions to their fullest.
We drove for hundreds of miles in the moor, down country roads, past old cemeteries and cliffs overlooking the sea.
Took the ferry in the night, walked for hours with no destination, and we selfishly took everything that the world had to give.
Smiles, showers, scones, sunshine and a few cheers.