Saturday, February 28, 2009

♥ Italia - Milano ♥

♥ Milan
(while not recognisable for its sights, Milan is more about the lifestyle of enjoying worldly pleasures, a paradise for shopping, fashion, opera and nightlife)



♥ Milan Central Station ♥
(one of the main European railway stations)





♥ Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II ♥
(named after the first king of united Italy, this Galleria is the site for many luxury goods' shops, like Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton)







♥ Piazza del Duomo - Cathedral Square
(the vital "central core" of the capital of the Lombardy region)





♥ The Duomo ♥
(the majestic cathedral of Milan,
a massive late Gothic church in white marble, with hundreds of spires and thousands of statues on its exterior and a famous façade, dedicated to "Maria Nascente")




♥ Interior of the Duomo ♥
(ethereal Gothic nave)



(window of the apse with a detail of the Last Supper)




♥ Duomo Rooftop ♥





♥ Piazza della Scala ♥
(Statue of Leonardo Da Vinci)



♥ Castello Sforzesco ♥
(home to the noble Sforza-Visconti ruling families of Milan from 1368 and later the Austrian governor's residence, when Lombardy was part of the Hapsburg empire)


(Piazza d'Armi - Torre del Carmine)



(Cortile della Rocchetta)



♥ Piazzale Cadorna ♥
(Claes Oldenburg's modern, brightly-colored sculpture entitled
Needle, Thread, and Knot)




♥ Santa Maria delle Grazie - Saint Mary of the Graces
(houses the famous Last Supper)



♥ Cenacolo Vinciano ♥
(holding the tickets to see Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, "The Last Supper")



♥ San Siro Stadium ♥
(the home stadium for two of the most successful European clubs, AC Milan & F.C. Internazionale Milano)









♥ Milan Central Station - InterCity Train ♥
(leaving for our next destination, Florence)


Friday, February 20, 2009

exam mood...

clock is ticking...

time is running out...

exam is coming...

but my mood is still swinging...


Saturday, February 14, 2009

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope you have a wonderful love-filled Valentine's weekend! ♥

Friday, February 13, 2009

a letter to mom…

Mom, I don’t tell you this often enough, but I really love you. You’re such an important person in my life, and I appreciate all that you do for me. Thanks for all the sacrifices you’ve made. Please know that they don’t go unnoticed..

Mom, you’re my
♥ friend
♥ companion
♥ shopping partner
♥ fashion consultant
♥ dance instructor
♥ maker of coco pudding
♥ hug giver

♥ listener of stories, songs and dreams
♥ sharer of secrets
♥ nurse and doctor
♥ wiper of tears
♥ calmer of fears
♥ mender of broken heart and bruised ego
♥ molder of personalities
♥ advice giver

♥ role model
♥ guardian angel… and LOVE !!!


Happy Birthday to you, Mom!
I love you and miss you so much… ^.^

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Ciao Italia!

It’s been almost a week since we’re back in Nizhny.. Italy is a beautiful country, a place of olive oil, pasta, wine, mafia and sunshine, roman ruins and renaissance palaces..






I'm totally in love with Italy.. ^.^