Yes i'm back home. It's amazing how fast time can pass when you enjoy what you do. These two weeks went so fast.
We visited some beautiful places and the only regret is that we didn't have more time, after all i drove for 4,600 kms in 16 days...
Beside meeting relatives and some friends we had two main destinations, Croatia to visit the
Plitvice Lakes and
Cinque Terre in Italy. On the way from Croatia to Italy we also stopped a few hours in Slovenia to see the wonderful
Postojna Caves.
It was the first time for me in Croatia and i can only say good things about it. All the people we met were very helpful and nice. For sure a place to visit more. The Plitvice Lakes are just wonderful, the colors, the nature and the waters running are amazing and you can choose between many routes to see the lakes and the waterfalls as you like.
At the Cinque Terre (it can be translated with The Five Villages) we staied at Manarola, the second one. It is really amazing to see how these villages were built on the rocks just above the sea. All the zone is a national park and cars are not allowed so you really need a good phisical condition (which is not my case
) to go up and down the hills with narrow streets and stairs, but for sure it's a well deserved effort.
I took many pictures and in the next days and weeks i hope i will have the time to upload some of them, most are more the postcard type of pictures but i like some of them.
Of course i will resume the "Hidden Talent" features and maybe with time i will change the look of my journal too.
Now back we the usual, boring day to day routine.
I know that probably deviantArt is not the best place where to talk about politics, but i can't assist to what is happening in Tibet without to say that is a shame and a crime. FREE TIBET!
"...The departments of propaganda and public security and the cyber-police, all conservative bastions, implement censorship with scrupulous care... The government blocks access to thousands for news websites. It jams the Chinese, Tibetan and Uyghur-language programmes of 10 international radio stations. After focusing on websites and chat forums, the authorities are now concentrating on blogs and video-sharing sites... Every year, several thousand Chinese are executed in public, often in stadiums, by means of a bullet in the back of the neck or lethal injection...". From Reporters Without Borders web site.
After decades of repression, Tibetans are crying out to the world for change. China's leaders are right now making a crucial choice between escalating repression or dialogue that could determine the future of Tibet, and China.
Sign the petition! It has been delivered at Chinese embassies and consulates worldwide, and will continue to grow and be delivered until talks begin.
A big thanks goes to all the friends and people who watch me and support me with their great comments and features of my pictures in their own journals!
Thank you all!
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Hidden Talent Feature #48 
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