Venezia Tour in 24 Seconds (Video)

This is a short one today. I've been wanting to publish this for some time but I needed to get consent from my dearie who appears in this short video. This pretty much / more or less / sums our trip to Venice from a month ago. Apologies on the quality of the file by the way... I'm not a super techy-techy person as it can be concluded from the iPhone photos I post. Anywho - Enjoy! xx 

For slight detailed version of my trip to Venezia, please follow the link below: http://natalieskirakira.blogspot.ca/2014/10/buongiorno-venezia.html

P.S. Please comment below if you can figure out what Ryan is mouthing ;-)
Hint: We're in Italy! 

Cinque Terre - Riomaggiore

Italia is the one country that I have a special bond with in my heart. It was my first backpacked European country and I also studied at University of Siena as an exchange student. The following summer after graduation, I took my parents back to Italy as their 25th wedding anniversary celebration. And now, my husband and I went back as our honeymoon. Staying in Tuscany, we decided to take a spontaneous day trip to Cinque Terre.

These lovely towns along the coastline is uniquely colourful and breathtakingly beautiful. As one rides the trains in transiting between the 5 villages, the scene of sparkly water with sunlight reflecting is something you can never forget. My husband literally dropped his jaw at this majestic scenery.

Buongiorno Venezia!

Venice is one of the cities that I encounter in Hollywood movies quite often: couple of 007 movies including Casino Royal, the Tourist, and Italian Job! I have been to Venice for the second time now and it probably is one of the most stunningly beautiful cities I've been to. 

Being surrounded by water, and that's quite literally, visiting Venice in gorging summer may not be the greatest idea. You will still enjoy it and its beauty & the romance never goes away, but one may be drained from the heat and the humidity more easily. I remember my last visit in August of 2011 somewhat close to my above description. This time was middle of October for Canadian thanksgiving week. It was just perfect! Now please join me in my photo journal for my trip to Venezia!

Etsy: Custom Painting

Hello there, this is Vivian.

Today I wanted to share my first Etsy experience.

Are you familiar with Etsy?

"Etsy is an online marketplace where people around the world connect to buy and sell unique goods. Our mission is to re-imagine commerce in ways that build a more fulfilling and lasting world."

-etsy.com