walkin around town and stuff (picture heavy) - day 3

today was great because my sister is here!! she flew in yesterday night and we met up this morning ^_^

the day started with meeting my sister and her bf as they finished their coffee and showing them a bit of the city.

ootd!

top: cecil tokyo (charity shop)

skirt: unknown (charity shop)

tights: st Michael (charity shop)

boots: fitflop(vinted)

we went to the huge basilica in the town square which was incredibly beautiful, i’m not catholic but wow they know how to decorate. 

i love statues like this, so detailed

i bought a postcard and a charm ^_^

then we went to get (expensive) but really tasty sandwiches. mine had cheese, sundried tomato and fig jam.. not sure if i would get the same thing again lol it was very salty. 

my sister and her bf eating sandwiches :p

we then went to the ancient anatomical theatre which was used for the first human dissections in history!

old af library

we then went out for an espresso which was very bitter lol! 

but i did feel very italian 

adorable biscuits for sale! look at the pikachu!

me and my sister went vintage shopping after and she bought a cardigan and a belt. look at this tomato bag!!!!!

cool collection of stuffs

we then went out for an aperol spritz hehe  #italianaf

cool sign (this is a constant theme for my photos lol)

we then went to go have dinner at an restaurant, it was a place which changed the menu every day so i was worried they wouldn’t have anything vegetarian but they did !

tasty pasta with locally sourced mushrooms ^^

*we also had lots of red wine lol

then we got gelato for dessert and i got orange blossom and walnut flavour which was amaze but not as good as the one i had on monday soz. 

this was all i bought today (apart from food) even though i went to loads of shops! 

i looked in a music shop for like 30mins but couldn’t find anything - why do no shops stock 90s/2000s emo or lilith faire esque  female singer songwriter cds - i know i would buy them all!! tomorrow we have another big day planned so i’m gonna read my book and pass the fuck out. peace 

day 2…. (⁎⁍̴̛ᴗ⁍̴̛⁎)

i am now on my second day of my italy trip! today we did a lot more and i took a lot more pictures too!!

last night ended with me realising i only brought one pair of shoes with me for the whole  trip . lol . and they are knee high boots … -_- well i knew i was going to forget at least one thing lol.

so the morning started with me dragging my family around to buy new shoes, i looked in lots of different places but found some cute cheap ones in a second hand shop :D we also got food to make sandwiches with as well which were tasty ^^

my (first) outfit of the day!

dress: charity shop (unknown)

top: wallis (charity shop)

boots: fitflop (vinted)

tights: superdrug 

busy square with lots of old buildings- the weather is so good today!

little area where you can view the canal which runs under the streets 

i love photos of awful looking food - i have a collection 

i love this sign!

after sandwiches and tea were consumed we set out on a 10km hike through the porticos, which are a name for a tunnelled walkway.

new outfit lol because i wanted to wear my new shoes 

top: tommy hilfiger (vinted)

jeans: george (vinted)

shoes: nike (second hand store)

jacket not seen: fcuk (charity shop)

this is a beautiful portico!

more flowers ^^

view from the top of the walk. i was so freaking tired lol 

ε-(´∀｀; )

view from at the top! 

we then tiredly walked home and had some more tea. we then decided to go out for a meal nearby.

we went to a cute traditional type restaurant and they had vegetarian options- yay for me! i got pumpkin ravioli and tiramisu ^-^

i devoured this so fast you don’t even know.

the best dessert of all time

we again attempted to order in italian and you know what we didn’t do so bad - my mums duolingo is paying off lmao.

i am now at home drinking herbal tea and feeling sleepy… hopefully i don’t have to walk as much tomorrow lol.

(～﹃～)~zZ

First day of Italy trip !! ^_^

Hellloooo welcome to this blog lol. this week i will be documenting my trip to Italy :) I am doing this mainly to look back on in the future and also because i love blogging and cannot stop doing it even for a week! #blogaddict

7.4.25 - 4am

I started my day at 4 am… i was totally supposed to go to sleep early but i ended up going to sleep at about 12 because i was making a playlist lol. i live not too far from the airport so it wasn’t hard to get to which is great ^-^

here are some photos from the airport and the plane. the sky was so clear you could see the alps ! 

the colour grading on this looks cool asf

i was playing mario kart on my dsi most of the journey haha. 

we arrived and our luggage was there too - yay! and then we went to the place we are staying to drop off our luggage. this gave us time to explore the city and see some of the sights.               

 awesome looking sign       

 

completely candid photo of me eating delicious pizza, #real ignore the date lmao  

my mum eating pizza with italian pigeons- they are like regular pigeons but italian.

pretty flowers ^-^

   

eating the best gelato i have ever had in my life. i got pistachio and strawberry it was like eating delicious sweet butter, but tasty. idk nothing else will ever compare. after walking a silly amount and attempting to speak italian one to many times we went back to the flat and unpacked our stuff. later on we went grocery shopping which is my favourite thing to do abroad - for real. we got food for dinner and the most tasty tomato flavoured chips which i will for sure buy more of. 

soi am now so freaking sleepy and will not be doing an ootd today because my outfit was boring but maybe tomorrow i will….. p.s blogger for mobile sux i miss my computer . 

Oracle bone script

Today I found out about oracle bone script which is a form of written text used in ancient China. I was orginally looking up the etymology of radical 109 or 目; meaning eye. I then happend upon the various evolutions it has taken over time; from the oracle bone script to the broze script to the large and small seal script and then eventually to it's modern appearence. I found the oracle bone script to be the most unique out of the five and so decided to look into it. According to Wikipedia:

"The common Chinese term for oracle bone script is 甲骨文 (jiǎgǔwén 'shell and bone script'), which is an abbreviation of 龜甲獸骨文字 (guījiǎ shòugǔ wénzì 'turtle-shell and animal-bone script')." 

The script was written on turtle shell and animal bones and the "writings themselves mainly record the results of official divinations carried out on behalf of the ruling Shang dynasty royal family".

The images themselves have gone to be developed throughout history and their is an interesting comparison to be made with them and the current modern Chinese characters which are used today.

I shall do more research on this and add to it later but here are a few images which I found to be particularly interesting. 

 

Oracle script for Spring

Oracle script inquiry about rain: "Today, will it rain?"

Oracle script inquiry about rain (annotated)

 

Rubbing of oracle bone characters