Have you heard of Cinabro Carrettieri? It’s a cartmakers shop in Ragusa Ibla, where they make traditional carts and carriages by hand. I’m talking old-school craftsmanship, and definitely not mass-produced stuff. Essential during the 1800s to mid 1900s, the cart is an important part of Sicilian folklore and iconography. “The same way that monuments and buildings tell the story of our humanity, the Carretto Siciliano tells the story of Sicily,”
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Someone gave me 100 fake IG followers
I do not know how to call this kind of social media attack of fake followers. Someone contacted me through Instagram this weekend. He said they thought I deserved more IG followers and he could give them to me without money. I asked what he meant. (I guessed the idea at this point but I just wanted to see what he answered).
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So what’s with the tagline? Patient speaks more than the average Canadian
However, a couple of years after, I read in the news that some Finnish people have found funny notes in their information in the medical database.
Yksi tekee ja kaksi makaa
Kerran minulla oli töissä ikkuna auki. Olimme kolmannessa kerroksessa töissä. Huikkasin työkaverilleni, että täällä haisee tupakka.
FIN 🇫🇮 Pottumaitotraumoja lapsuudesta
Meillä sitten syötiin lapsena pottumaitoa ja reikäleipää harva se päivä, siis silloin kun äiti oli töissä ruuanlaittoaikaan ja isä vastuussa ruuanlaitosta.
Stressfull afterthought
Despite of the lack of sea .. the mountain breeze here is my kind of thing. Today it was “only” 7 degrees, but it was a perfect weather to walk outside.
Youtube: RAGUSA, Centro Storico walking (again)
On this video we are walking around Ragusa with my husband. It was a summer day, but not so hot anymore, in the shadows.
Youtube: Ragusa, Centro Storico walking
It was often times up to 38 degrees celcius and it was a pain to walk to the shops.
Youtube: Packing down the apartment and feeling overwhelmed
It was not planned and it was not wanted. I am talking about the moving to Italy. But we had to. And it was shit.
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The Feast in Honor of San Giovanni Battista
There was a lot of happening in Ragusa yesterday. It was the Festa di San Giovanni Battista.