Loooooong time no see.

Well hello there everyone reading this! But I doubt there will be many people reading this since it's been FOREVER since I blogged. I went on vacation to Rome, and there I blogged for a bit, but the internet wasn't too well so not as much as I'd wanted.

What has happend since my last blogpost? First, we went home. Sadly. Summer vacation to me is sort of an escape from the daily life. On vacation it doens't matter what you do, because there is no one that will judge you. You can run around in your pajamas and no one will care. Wake up early, stroll around the camp site, watch the sun rise, go get bread for breakfast, dive in the swimming pool, reading a LOT, doing nothing... Just love the camping life <3

So sadly we went home. There is an end to everything, sadly. When we came home the weather was okay. Could've been worse. We drove home via Germany, where we stayed the night at a cute country site family hotel, and the next day we arrived home, after a long day in the car. We came home on a thursday, and the day after I had to start work at 8 (!!). But oh well, I managed haha. And the day after that I also had to work, this time at the market. Which meant getting up around 6am. But I sure do love my job!

And that Monday, I started the introduction week at my new school. It was tough, but also a lot of fun, maybe I'll write a blogpost about it soon. And after that week school really started. Lessons and such. Meh.

And here we are. The regular day to day life. School is hard, it's really tough and the new school system requires some getting used to, but so far I'm doing fine.

This was sort of an 'hey i'm back'-post, and I'm planning on blogging a lot more again (:

Sending cards

Almost every year, when me and my family are on summer holiday I send cards to my friends and family home. Old school huh?

Usually those photoshopped and over-edited cheeky cards but not this year!

Yesterday (Thu August 15th) we went to Napels and climbed the Vesuvius Vulcano! (And visited some other places but more about that later)

At the top, next to the crater there was a cute little shop that sold all sorts of cards, and mu eye fell for this vintage looking card of a photograph of the eruction of the vulcano in 1944. Exactly the type of card I like!

So I immediatly bought 12 of them. One for me and the rest for friends and family.

Don't you love it? (:

Current Pool Reads

When the weather is so hot everyday, I pretty much hang out by the pool all day. And what's better than reading a good book while you're laying at the pool.

At the moment I'm reading two books. 

1. Travels With Charlie: In Search of America - John Steinbeck

2. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank - Nathan Englander

Travels with Charlie is like the perfect book for me. Ever since I was 10 years old I've dreamt of studying and living in America. It may be naive but that's my biggest dream. There's just something about the USA that appeals to me. I often feel like I was born in the wrong country...

This book describes how John Steinback rediscovers his country and I really love the book so far.

(And yes, the book on the picture is the Dutch version ^^)

And the second book: what we talk about when we talk about anne frank. Which, first of all, has an amazing name if you ask me. But there are way too many capitals in the title if you have to type this on a phone (;

The book contains a few short stories which are all in a way connected to Anne Frank, World War 2 and Israel. Maybe a bit odd to read this when you're hanging by the pool but it's quite easy to read and the stories are very interesting.

Dinosaurs did exist!

Here's  the proof. (:

Found this cute pic on thepointlessblog's instagram. Don't know who the artist is, but that person sure is a genius (:

Church windows

When you're in Rome, it's very likely you'll see a church at almost every street corner. They're everyhere. In all shapes and sizes. One of my favorite things about those churches/cathedrals/basilicas/whateveryouprefer are the windows.

In these churches (a lot of them were built during the Renaissance) everyhing is BIG. Everything. The sculptures, the statues, the paintings and so on. The windows are different. They aren't supposed to be the big eye catcher so often they are subtle and modest. Exacly what I like. With pretty colors and often a story is told in the glass.

The picture above is one of my favorites. It isn't very special or big, but I like it.

You can spot it in the Santa Maria Maggiore, about a 20 minute walk from the colosseum. 

Minesweeper

It's one of those games you can play all the time for a couple of days, only to forget about the game and don't play it for months. The game I'm talking about is Minesweeper.

And yes, currently I'm totally addicted to it again. It's vacation time, chilling by the pool and doing nothing much. Scrolling through your phone and suddenly you see that one game you haven't played in months. So you decide to give it a go and before you know it you can't stop yourself and play it all the time.

So my go to useless game of the moment definetely is minesweeper (:

My goal before we go home again is to finish the "hard" game at least once. I am so bad at it haha.

Roman trees

Sigh. I absolutely hate (most of the time) vertical pictures. I don't know, I just don't like them. Hea shots and such are fine vertical, but when you take a picture of a landscape it just has to be taken horizontal. In my opinion.

So please please please forgive me for using a vertical picture haha (:

How stupid, I wanted to make a post about the lovely Roman trees here on the camp site but the sun hasn't set yet so I had to use a picture from last year (we went here last year also) and couldn't find a better one. Oops.

Okay, let's get to the point. One of the things I love about this place is the trees. They're super tall and kind of majestic in my opinion. How cool are they, right?! When we're sitting outside (which is always, thanks to the lovely weather) I can just stare at them forever. So much more exciting than the regular Dutch trees (:

Soooooo at the bar there is a karaoke thing going on at the moment and some Italian 50+ woman is singing My Immoral by Evannesscence (HOW do you spell that?!) for the 10th time now! Like wut? Is she rehearsing or something? Oh well. Let's try to ignore it and take another dive in the beautiful pool.

Hi!

Hello there guys! It's been soo long and I'm soooo sorry! I haven't posted anything in over a month I believe. So here's what happened.

First, on July 10th my teacher called to tell me that I didn't pass this year at school. BAM. Bummer. 

I felt like my world had exploded and there was nothing left for me. I was absolutely devastated.

For a couple of days I could only cry and feel sad. But then I decided it was enough. The past year was a terrible year for me. I didn't feel comfortable with myself, thought I was fat and ugly and couldn't find the motivation that was necessery to get things done.

It was time for a change. I decided to join the gym near my house. Every day of the week (exept the weekends because then I have to work) at least one hour I spent in the gym for the past couple of weeks. I admit, it is tough. Very tough. But I like it. Working out makes me feel comfortable with myself. My body is healthy now and I'd like to keep it that way. I am not ashamed of my body when I go swimming and overall, I feel great!

So the first weeks of my summer holiday were terrible but now it's great.

I am currently chilling at the swimming pool in Rome, Italy! Yes! I love it here and the weather is great! Gonna be posting some pictures and blogposts this week. Look forward to it (:

Just hang in there

Just 6 more weeks to go! Until summer vacation! Seriously can't freakin' wait! But before the time's there, there is so much left to do.. So many school work, homework, exams, tests, CAE exam, assignments to hand in.. and so forth. Ugh. Whyyyyy.

But when that's all over, and I (hopefully) pass this year, I'll have my break and after that my final year of high school. I am SO looking forward to studying in university! Living on my own, studying what I find interesting, growing up, and all those things.

Me and my fam are probably going on summer vacation this year. But, as usual, we haven't booked yet. We're the kind of people that decide last minute. Last year we went to Rome (oh Rome, how beautiful and amazing you are), and maybe we're returning this year. Or we'll spend a couple of weeks under the Tuscan sun. (: But the chances are high we're going to Italy.
Know that movie? It is on TV every once in a while here in Holland, so I've seen it enough times :P

I am SO done with school. Can't bring up the concentration and motivation anymore, but I have to. Just hang in there. These 6 weeks will be over before I know it. Hopefully.

Prometheus

Prometheus. One of the MANY main characters in the Greek mythology. Personally, I think all those myths are very interesting, and fun to read. For school I have to write an essay (and present it in front of class) about an ancient subject. Wow, that's a super clear instruction. Not. Oh well, me and my friend chose the myth of Prometheus, some dude who steals fire from the gods and creates the human race, along with Athena. No but really, I do like the myth, and it is very interesting to read. Could recommend it (: