Juni - Juli

-

Dear blog,

here I am, once again, doing my best trying to report the collection of adventures, facts, events and awesome memories that happened during the past few months in this incredible country.
As usual a lot of stuff occurred and I apologize in advance if I do not remember exactly everything. Also as you may know I am getting older, so I have a good excuse not to remember all.

More Biking

The biking season is almost over in Trondheim, due to the fact that the weather is getting worse as per the time of writing. But these past two months I rode like never before in my life and it has been amazing! I got to see so many beautiful places. I started going after work since the sunset is around 3am (if any), but now days are getting shorter again. I do not really mind having these long periods of sun / dark but apparently it affects a lot of people here.






Back To Trieste

The 5th of September I will fly to the USA again for the DARPA SubT Challenge. So I need to be vaccinated by then to avoid 10 days quarantine on arrival. For this reason and to attend my sister's graduation of course I got the chance to come back to my hometown for a week or so. It was insanely  warm (remember I came from Trondheim, right below the Arctic Circle!) but I met a lot of old friends that I have not seen in a long time *touching moments* . And also my niece! She is so nice, growing faster than a mushroom after the rain. Is always nice to remember that after a lot of work you deserve a moment for chilling hard on the beach. 



Trip To Brekstad

Some weekend ago we took the express ferry to go on the other side of the fjord. I am always shocked about how easy it is to find amazing places nearby Trondheim with so little human touch in it. This little bay felt like we were at the Caribbeans! We also got a little bit of rain at the end of the day, but with the expert hands of O. and the newbie patience of N. we managed to catch a bunch of fishes. I brought a small grill and we found a way of covering it from the rain, so we were more than good I would say.




Trip To Oslo

Ok. I know a lot of people are going to disagree with this, but Oslo is so far one of the best cities I have ever been to. And I would lie if I would say that I have not been a round quite a lot. Oslo is one of these cities, like Copenhagen, human-based built and not, like many cities in Italy, car-based. Everything is built so that the pedestrian has easy access and can go around freely without worry too much about cars or public transport, either by walking or cycling. Is has a very intense night life, and I visited it in covid times! Can you imagine that!? Maybe it's because it's a version of Torino if it was on the sea, like a mix of Trieste and Torino, two cities that I really care about. Or maybe my local guide took me to the not-too-much touristic places, who knows. But anyway, if you get the chance, go visit Oslo!






Aaaaaaaand that's it for today's update folks.
Hope you are having the best summer of your life! And stay safe! Get the vaxine!

Peace.




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

No(r)way!

-
Image
Dear humans, As promised I am going to start a new blog after my transfer in Trondheim, Norway. In case you do not remember, I have been living the past 14 months in Reno, Nevada. The change was quite brutal: switching from the one-day-of-rain-per-year, the desert, the guns, the land of freedom, the super sizes to the Norwegian culture will take some time.  Someone could ask "what the heck are you doing near the North Pole?" - I will continue my PhD in aerial robotics at the NTNU (which is Hogwarts). So far I'm shocked. I will make a clear example that reflects how the things are going here. On the 14th of November, the day I landed in Trondheim airport, on the way home I noticed a bike dropped on the ground nearby my house. Well, guess what. After 11 days the bike still there. Nobody took it. Insane right!? People here are extremely honest. They follow the rules (as an Italian, this is unbelievable), can you imagine that? I spent these past 10 days of quarantine training...
Read more

September - October

-
Image
Dear Diary, I have to admit that lately I have written a lot, but with pen and paper. I found that writing with real tools has a more profound meaning. It almost feels like your feelings are leaving the body to through the ink, ready to be deposited there forever. It's a nice sensation, at the end of the writing session you can really feel lighter sometimes. I have a hole ritual: after the morning training session, while I cook stuff for lunch, I sit down, light up a candle and some incense, deep breath and let the pen flow. No judgements, no second thoughts. As they come, they are written down. And I have been doing this kind of self-therapy for more than 3 months now, I feel like I won't stop any time soon.  I am also devouring books. Of any kind, but lately I am particularly interested in psychology and philosophy about everyday life problems. Modern-stoicism, for example, helped me a lot in this last period. Many researchers from all around the word agree on the fact that y...
Read more

November - December - January

-
Image
 Ciao Pino! Just joking Dear Diary. Did you miss me? I know you did! But I am keeping journaling every morning on the physical one so do not get offended if I do not care about that much anymore. I also wander if anyone is actually reading this. But anyhow! here's the latest from my not-so-still life, enjoy! Sevilla Following the conferences trend of the last few months, here I am, again, travelling around the world. This time I had to present a paper in Spain and, needless to say, it was an amazing trip. Escaping the dark, cold and saddest Norwegian winter time and find refugee in the warm, loud and crowded streets of Sevilla was the simply the best. But the people!? Oh, how I miss to talk to strangers! How I miss the hugs, the physical contact, the touch, the kisses on the chick when you meet someone new! I would have never thought I could say this but OMG it feels so good to have some human contact after a long time. Norwegians, if you are reading this, please take exa...
Read more