live it up

‘Live it up’ is the lead single on Jennifer Lopez’ eight album and the music video was released just yesterday.

Though I like both Jenny and Pitbull, I haven’t quite made up my mind about the song yet. Having said that, it’s been on repeat this morning and I fear it might be on full speed towards that part of my brain that won’t let go of a song… Also, it’s bound to be a summer hit, isn’t it? One thing’s for sure, Jennifer is one of the very few who can pull of yellow lipstick!

 

Thank you for listening :)

xxx etta

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so uncultured!

Third day in Florence and we’ve yet to do anything remotely cultural! What are we like?! But the boyfriend’s got a whole lot of work done and yesterday we spent most of the afternoon with Katia and Rob – sooo good to see them both again! And this morning we made not one, but TWO great discoveries pretty much just around the corner from our (how I wish) apartment: a lovely bakery and a good coffee spot, so don’t come saying we’re making a total disgrace of our stay so far in Tuscan’s capital ;)

I’ve also had the time to put together a photo album from when we were in Disney World a couple of weeks ago, so if you’re in the mood for Mickey, feel free to take a peek at the photos here.

But now it’s back to Google for some Florence planning, because tomorrow we ARE getting our uncultured asses out there, come rain, sun or laziness!

Chat soon!

xxx etta

via san zanobi
Tomorrow’s the day we’ll be seeing a little more of this city than this street only. Our street. Via San Zanobi.

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freaking out, not working out. oh, and yeah, there’s the random photo from bogotá :)

So here we are. In Florence. With just over a week to go before Norway says ‘hello’. And I’m FREAKING OUT!  Mostly inside, though. I have coffee, so my outside is looking über cool. I know, it should have the opposite effect, but it doesn’t, not on me anyways…

We’re not up to much today, except work and laundry (we’re having one of these days again). And as matter of fact, when I described our one week Positano lives in yesterday’s blog post, it wasn’t completely accurate, at least not as far as the boyfriend is concerned because while I was at the beach, he spent hours and hours working away, fighting a slow and, at times, a very unreliable internet – poor thing :(

And today he’ll be hovering over that MacBook of his yet again; doing code work and making sure another web shop looks pretty and functional. But he enjoys it and, if I may say so myself, he’s pretty darn good at it too! Besides the weather ain’t that great so an inside kind of day suits us just fine :)

But soon enough we’ll be out there, taking a closer look at Florence and, as per usual, you get to come with!

Until we chat again, thank you for reading :)

xxx etta

bogotá fun
Not having a relevant photo at than, I decided to go for this one. It’s from our last night in Bogotá and although Colombia’s capital might not’ve been too kind to us, we most definitively had some good times there, and the most important thing for me knowing just how many lovely people this city hostsIf fancy reading about our ups and down in Bogotá town, you can do so here, here, here and here :)

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and so are the days of our (positano) lives…

In case you were wondering why you haven’t heard much from me over the last few days (blog wise anyway, there’s always activity on Facebook), it’s mostly because the majority of our Positano days mostly look a little something like this:

We wake up and have breakfast

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while resting our eyes on the wonderful views of Positano.

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Next, we make our way through the town’s narrow, charming streets

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down to the beach

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where, comfortably tucked in between the Medditeraion Sea and one GORGEOUS backdrop,

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we laze away in the sun for hours, reading books and relaxing…

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Then, to try and shake off the droziness inflicted by the sun, we might enjoy an Italian cappuccino (the emphasis on Italian is important as the boyfriend says he’s had way too many bad cappuccinos on this trip, but the Italians know how to serve a great cuppa!). Or, like me, opt for a glass of prosecco to get the part started early :)

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Back at the hotel, and back on our beautiful balcony, we sip a glass of wine or two (me while always wearing a classy, grown-up and preferably very pink t-shirt)

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before we head out for some (more) wining and dining.

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And if the mood’s right (read: if drunk enough), we like to round off the day with a not so professional, but oh, so fun (read: we had a laugh anyway) ’photo shoot’ in the romantic alleys is Positano :)

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Yes, life really IS hard! ;)

Thank you for reading :)

xxx etta

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fast cities, slow cities

Here’s a quick tip for yus. If you’re flying with British Airways this month, make sure to take a peak at their ‘High Life’ magazine. No, wait, not a peak, but a proper look.

‘Cause aside from a whole lotta articles that’ll make you wish travelling was your full-time occupation, the article ‘Fast Movers, Slow Burners’ caught most of my attention. It basically inspects people’s attitudes towards time, comparing people in different cities. Some of it you’ll most likely already be familiar with, but there are some fun facts to be had too.

It’s a highly informal survey, but I found it interesting all the same and I’d love to do a similar piece here on my blog about whatever city I end up living in when I move back to Norway.

high life magazine
Turn to page 34 and learn a cultural thing or more :)

Thank you for reading!

xxx etta

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