Baudelaire - Le chat

Viens, mon beau chat, sur mon coeur amoureux; 

Retiens les griffes de ta patte,

Et laisse-moi plonger dans tes beaux yeux, 

Mêlés de métal et d'agate.

Lorsque mes doigts caressent à loisir 

Ta tête et ton dos élastique,

Et que ma main s'enivre du plaisir 

De palper ton corps électrique,

je vois ma femme en esprit. Son regard, 

Comme le tien, aimable bête,

Profond et froid, coupe et fend comme un dard,

Et, des pieds jusques à la tête, 

Un air subtil, un dangereux parfum,

Nagent autour de son corps brun.

A surprize in ...Tampere!

This summer, while travelling to Tampere,  I found something shocking ...
So, Tampere is a city between two lakes which have a drop of  18 metres and this gives rise to rapid  Tammerkoski, exploited as a source of hydroeletric power.

This is a Tampere map-centre

My friend and I  arrived at Linja-auto-asema, and we walked trought Tammerkoski, passing on the bridges...making that, we visited all the centre city, and we touched both lakes.


But the story isn't ended yet, because we find a little surprise, that we did'n expect....at least, not in Finland!  The Ponte Milvio's "problem" is famous in Italy, and everywhere there's a bridge, someone, carried by Moccia's armosphere, put on it a padlock. 
Also in Pescara we started having the same freak, but the mayor privides to make them removed constantly....and it's a neverending game!


So...let's look at this pic made in Rome, on Milvio's bridge....

And now, let's look to what i've found in Tampere, last summer....

I ask pardon, but this is the only photo I saved....I can assure that there were padlocks really really nice, but....my question is that:  is it really necessary ? 

I think I'll never understand this habit....anyway, a thing is sure: Moccia's  fashon is oming all around the world!

Complicated ?

Listening people around, as young as old, even talking about relationship, you will find a common word. Why do we have to live our life in a complicated way? I think it's because often we don't have an efficient way to communiate . 

Though, all around us talks about communication. And during an age in which is needful to communicate, here is that communication doesn't exist! 

Isn't it ironic?

Talking about emotions, thought or anything else is becoming harder and harder. We often don't listen to the voice of our body, and we find almost impossible making the simple game to imagine ourselves inside our body, exploring and watching and feeling what we can find inside. 

We can only say, many times, that we hurt...

And what about relationship? 

Both friendship as a love relationship are based on an important point: communication.  We all should know thata message travels  throught 3 basic steps: broadcaster, channel, receiving. 

During this travel, the message can find complications depending on each these steps.  

Moreover, depending on national language, we have some words with different or ambiguous meaning.  

So, we have to pay attention, when we express our thought!

But what is it so complicated?  Maybe, life seems complicated because we can't find enought time to listen to each other. I think that if all we had more time and more volition to stay toghether, and if we had more interests in other's thoughts, life's been simplier.

We need to discuss, we need to deal, we need to open our hearts and have more patience, in general. And we should have more respect  for any point of view different from ours.

Life is not complicated.  Relationship are not complicated.  Let's delete this word, and replace it with another, for example...curious?  funny? 

Smiling a bit more and living own life in a light way is a hard work, but possible... we just have to apply!

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A new year's Eve in Helsinki

I' ve been in Finland twice in a year...I've fallen in love with this country, not for only a reason. I loved its nature, its cities and, obvously, all the atmosphere that you can breathe there. I finally found again the pleasure of writing, simply sitting on a bench of Esplanadin Puisto, under the rays of an afternoon sun, looking at the other people, or watching the streets performers...And when a friend made me the proposal to return for New Year's Eve, I accepted without thinking twice...
So, this is my second time in Helsinki. This is the second time I feel the melancholic taste of leaving this place....I cannot explain the particular feelings, but what I can say is that for me there is only peace, when I stay there.
I know, staying somewhere for holiday is different from staying for work, or living the tipical routine, but there are many things that Finnish people have...honesty, calm, silence... 
If you go there with a group of friend, as I've made this last time, it's quite hard trying to find the silence of Finland...anyway, all is possible, if you want, and no place is so ideal as Finland, to find your place in the world...

During the winter there are 4 hour less of daylight, but Helsinki is not a dark city, with its open spaces and enlightneded buildings... I made this pic at 16.15, more or less. The sun was already gone...

And these are 2 pics of  Rautatientori , the 30th december, at 16.50 (you can see the time on the clock)

 This is a peculiarity that we found in winter...the ICE BAR... Usually Italian people resist long enough to make the order and a photo...at least, is what told us the barmaid.  Inside there are -5°C, is all made of ice, and staff gives you special capes to repair yourself from the coldness...obviously, for Italian people, it's not enough, but we 've resisted inside 20 minutes....much more than the average....with congratulations from bartender !!! XD


And now...I'll try to let you taste the scent of Helsinki...

So...the following pics were made the 31th morning. The first one is juat before taking tram to Munkkiniemi, the second is while we were going to Seuraasari...from Munkkiniemi district.

And these were made just before starting the Seurasaari tour....it was 9.45 in the morning, and the sun was just rising....

An iced lake in Seurasaari

So...some city's corners....in several moments during the day....Stockmann shopping Centre...

 Esplanadin Puisto, on 31th night....

Hietaniemen Hautausmaa....1th January 2012 at 13.00

Hietaniemen rantakatu (see the little iced veil of the sea)

Merisatamaranta, 15.15

From Kaivopuisto, at 15.45

Kaivopuisto, at 16.00 

Kauppatori

 Uspenksin  kirkko

....And various corners....

Nothing to add, nothing to underline....only that: i've found my magic place in the world....