Vacation in Bari, Italy

It's been a long time since I've written a post for my beloved blog. Time flies - yes. Now here I come with a short summery of my awesome vacation in South Europe: Bari, Italy and Polignano a Mare, Italy (both in Puglia county).

First of all if you hesitate: just do it - go to South Italy. It has such a nice atmosphere and more cozy than North cities - like Rome for example (which is lovely, but that's a metropolis). We had our 2nd wedding anniversary with my sweetheart in June and we had an idea to make it more memorable and fun than just a dinner. As we had only a few days for this plan we've picked a destination which is romantic and not so far from Budapest. First we thought Venice, Italy would e nice... but then we've changed our mind as the June is more likely for a real SUMMER destination.

So, we checked different Italian cities and have found Bari - which is 1 hour and 25 minutes by air. And we found it has a cute name, as "bari" meaning in Hungarian: diminutive form of lamb, a little lamb : ) We've picked an apartment in downtown and spent a really fun time in Bari and we visited Polignano a Mare justly famous for its lovely beach - which is 20 minutes from Bari via train and the trains in Italy are air conditioned, run frequently plus cheap - justly famous for its lovely beach.

Here comes the pics : )

Bari, Italy - downtown

Bari, Italy - port

Bari, Italy - look up

Bari, Italy - cycles in old town district

Bari, Italy - my fav mint green shuttered building

Bari, Italy - port by night walk

And more pics : )

Polignano a Mare - view from the beach

Polignano a Mare - seaside

Polignano a Mare -the beach

Polignano a Mare - the beach

Plus a probably well-known advice: eat pizza, focaccia and ice-cream (Italian word: gelato) in small places, they'll be your favs beside the beach ; )

We've tried some places which had really good ranking on Tripadvisor and have to tell you, they're crazy good!!! : )

Cibo' in Bari - the chef and tones of yammieness

Cibo' in Bari - a heavenly Margarita slice and a ruccola-tomato-mozzarella cheese "cold" pizza

Gusto Caruso Gelateria e Yogurteria in Polignano a Mare

Well, it has so many-many cool places... We ate so many delicious streetfood that we didn't had more space for eating in a classic style restaurant. Haha. But next time we'll try one. Planning to go back to this awesome part of Europe.

Have a lovely day and GO TO BARI, Italy! : )
...and Polignano a Mare too.

xo, Dorottya

Christmas Market in Vienna

Glass Christmas Ornaments - Christmas Market in Vienna

Sweets - Christmas Market in Vienna

People - Christmas Market in Vienna

Westbanhof Railway Station - Vienna

Christmas Market in Vienna, Austria, Europe, Earth.

HI Lovelies,

We just get back home from a lovely city, Vienna. My husband and me have spent a day with our collage friends there and had a beautiful day: walk along downtown in amaizing sunny but cold weather, parks, seen gorgeous buildings (parlament, museum district, city hall etc.), tasted some traditional market foods - sweets and not so sweets as well. We enjoyed it and planning to go back again in spring - as it could be more fun when it is warm & sunny ;)

We had a beautiful sunny day :)

Christmas market - Colorful handmade ornaments, angels and golden ornaments

 Enjoy your day, xoxo

Tahitian Pearl Necklace Anniversary

Hi,

Perhaps you've already seen the 1st pic in my blog's "About" page.

This beauty is my award winner necklace from 2002.
Designed & created by me for TPT (Tahitian Pearl Trophy) competition.


So, now I'm celebrating its 10 years anniversary with showing 10 pics for you! ;)

Two butterflies holding a huge Tahitian black pearl

Made of combination of rose gold & sterling silver.

Chain length: 20.1"/51cm

plus there is a 1.6"/4cm long spacer chain (both sides) which interconnect it with the pendant.

Decorated with:

> Navette cut Blue Sapphires (cca. 0.22ct),

> 51 pieces of clear Cubic Zirconias

> in the centre: 11.5 mm (diameter) Tahitian Black Pearl.

Enjoy your day!
xoxo

Art Nouveau

ART NOUVEAU is my favorite style ever...


Did you know?

Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture andapplied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910.

The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art".

It is known also as Jugendstil, pronounced [ˈjuːɡn̩tʃtiːl ], German for "youth style", named after the magazine Jugend, which promoted it, asModern (Модерн) in Russia, perhaps named after Parisian gallery "La Maison Moderne", as Secession in Austria-Hungary and its successor states after the Viennese group of artists, and, in Italy, as Stile Liberty from the department store in London, Liberty & Co., which popularised the style. A reaction to academic art of the 19th century, it was inspired by natural forms and structures, not only in flowers and plants but also in curved lines. Architects tried to harmonize with the natural environment. It is also considered a philosophy of design of furniture, which was designed according to the whole building and made part of ordinary life.

Victor Horta, staircase

The style was influenced strongly by Czech artist Alphonse Mucha, when Mucha produced a lithographed poster, which appeared on 1 January 1895 in the streets of Paris as an advertisement for the play Gismonda by Victorien Sardou, featuring Sarah Bernhardt.[4] It popularised the new artistic style and its creator to the citizens of Paris. Initially named Style Mucha, (Mucha Style), his style soon became known as Art Nouveau.

"Seasons" by Alphonse Mucha

Art Nouveau was most popular in Europe, but its influence was global. Hence, it is known in various guises with frequent localised tendencies.
In France, Hector Guimard's Paris metro entrances were of art nouveau style and Emile Gallé practised the style in Nancy.Victor Horta had a decisive effect on architecture in Belgium. Magazines like Jugend helped publicise the style in Germany, especially as a graphic artform, while the Vienna Secessionists influenced art and architecture throughout Austria-Hungary. Art Nouveau was also a style of distinct individuals such as Gustav Klimt, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Alphonse Mucha, René Lalique, Antoni Gaudí and Louis Comfort Tiffany, each of whom interpreted it in their own manner.

Metro entrance - Paris, France

Although Art Nouveau was replaced by 20th-century modernist styles, it is considered now as an important transition between the historicism of Neoclassicism and modernism. Furthermore, Art Nouveau monuments are now recognised by UNESCO with their World Heritage List as significant contributions to cultural heritage. The historic center of Riga, Latvia, with "the finest collection of art nouveau buildings in Europe", was included on the list during 1997 in part because of the "quality and the quantity of its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture", and four Brussels town houses by Victor Horta were included during 2000 as "works of human creative genius" that are "outstanding examples of Art Nouveau architecture brilliantly illustrating the transition from the 19th to the 20th century in art, thought, and society".

earrings with Art Nouveau "background"

Enjoy your day!
xoxo