November - December - January

 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 example and stop pretending you care about someone else's personal space.

And the food, the wine, the culture.. everything is just warmer in Spain!

Aurora

There have been very few times in my life that I cry so much when I enjoy something happening. This girl, this artist, this incredible and fascinating creature, was able to generate such strong emotions in such a short amount of time. I wished the concert never stopped. Her voice, the way she dances, the way the makes you feel, it's insane. I never felt so moved and I was even quite far from the stage! Even the dad sit next to me had to put away his phone and YES, I saw you tapping your foot on the ground to the tribal rhythm of one of her songs, you can avoid hiding it! I was in tears literally from the first song until the very last clap of the infinite standing ovation. Absolutely one of the best concerts I have ever attended. And you know I go to concerts a lot.

Snow, Ski, Cabin Trips

December has been pretty much going to ski or to a cabin or both every weekend. I do not remember last time I slept home on a Saturday to be honest. When the snow comes, as you might remember from one of the posts from last year, everything is better. The nature turns into this mystical 4h of crazy lights and colors that you better enjoy fully while they are out. And raises questions like "should I live here the rest of my life?" or "Should I even start thinking about it?" I guess a simple blog is not the right place to share similar thoughts. Maybe.

NYE

ok, this was simply epic. The lights, the music, the snow, the moon, the stars, the icebath... insane effort, but all worth it. Best nye every!
Note to my future self: Heinsfjordstua is officially my favorite cabin.

Parents

I did not manage to go back to Italy for Christmas/New year this time around, but when Mohammed can not go to the mountain... What a wonderful week I spent with the best parents on the planet! If you are reading this, I love you so much and I thank you for everything.

Classic inspirational picture of a couple that really work on their relationship every single day (or at least I like to believe it this way) and make me think that love is NOT just a bunch of hormones (quote lol).

Bday Boy

It is kind of crazy to see how few people remember birthdays nowadays. I do not have any social media, so it's kind of hard to know (15th Jan, btw). Not that I care about it that much, for example in North Korea everybody celebrate the bday on the 1st of the year. What a convenience! One would not have to remember so many dates. But anyway. Of course I cycled to a cabin as a self-present and had the classic cabin pack: sauna, ice bath, etc. But what a surprise when I came in after midnight and cake was out and balloons were fired up on the ceiling!? I am surrounded by amazing people and I am so grateful for that. I never write names, but A, M, D, D, M, and all the others: thank you so much for the surprise, it was the best bday ever.

And that's pretty much it!

This could be the last episode, or maybe not. Maybe I will change format and share only events without the time constraint. It's hard to keep up on all of these things I want to do and I feel I need to better converge the energies. I am not 19 anymore! eheh

Peace!