Yummy Food

So Today I will talk about my favourite food which is a variety of pastas, from Lasagna to any kind of shaped type of pasta. I like when the pasta is accompanied with tomato sauce, alfredo sauce, eggs and when it is combined with mushroom or shrimps. I like the taste and obviously the elegance behind every dish, that makes it so tempting. I eat them very often, like for 2 or 3 days a week and I never get enough, it makes me happy.

My Surname is Italian so I do honor to my name, my father, who has even more Italian blood doesn't like it as much as I do. Recently I have started to put a lot of grated cheese on top, before I used to eat them with only the ingredients they used to make them. And I eat most of the normal types, spaghetti, ravioli, butterfly, Macaroni, twists, shells, manicotti, Gnocchi, etc; but I am always up for new mixes like pasta with sauce and tuna, crab cannelloni or even spaghetti made with octopus ink.

It may be a really caloric dish, but it never fails when I ask for them in a restaurant. I also like pizzas, I remember when I was small they took us to a pizzeria to make one for ourselves, and to eat at the end! It was a fun experience. I still have a lot of new kinds to explore and eat so my journey has only begun!

Hobbies

Today we are going to talk about hobbies, if the university let me I would probably be filled with them, but that is not going to happen any time soon. I am not an athletic nor sports person, so my hobbies include more computer activities such as watching anime series and listening to music. Oh and I love reading manga too, it sorts of blends with watching series, since sometimes they share the same authors.

At school I started seeing series mainly from the Tv, but from time to time I started looking for series on the internet and continued doing so. As for Manga, it started soon after watching Anime. 

For those who not know a Manga is a comic, mainly in black and white, with its origins in japan (most of the times, since some people sell their works as a Manga, but are from another country), so it is read from right to left, and it starts backwards, from the last page used in western literature. A Manhwa is a comic made in Korea. I love seeing the art, it makes the reading lighter and  it expresses many emotions.

When It comes to series, I love Animes that leave you with an angsty feeling, the best ones are the ones in which I suffer, So slice of life and shoujo (girly themes) aren't usually of my liking. I also look for more lighthearted series to contrast the pain from the other ones. There is such a vast variety, that you can find many to your liking, you just have to search.

I love listening to upbeat songs that make you want to dance, and I am open to all Types of music, except probably to Romeo Santos kind of bachata, and monotone kinds of rap songs. The song has to leave a different sound on me, and I have literally gone from the most common pop and reaggaeton, to instrumental music manly from games, (they have great composers) to rock, to melodic metal, and even outside styles such as k-pop, J-pop and the underrated J-rock. Some of the artists songs whose lyrics I love to sing are from linkin Park, Paramore, Fall out boy, and Panic at the disco. But I get bored of my playlist very soon, so I am always looking for new songs to download. To me listening to music is an everyday thing, especially on the long trips to the university and home.

Mr. Mountain Villarrica

I will choose summer holidays since I don't go out much during the year except for this season. The nearest and most vivid vacation I remember (probably because it didn't happen that long ago), is when I went to the south of Chile, a beautiful place called Villarrica, located in the  IX region of the Araucanía.

 

This happened approximately 2 years ago, I was invited to a friends house located in this city, with 2 other friends. It is a very small town which holds many beautiful and natural landscapes like mountains, lakes and forests. It's always a sight to see and discover, so we obviously had to spend our time touring not only the lakes, but also the mysterious and stunning waterfalls, the rivers, the surrounding towns and visiting at least one of the thermal springs, which are hidden in the area. Because we didn't want to be that much of bother, we settled only for a week, but it was enough to make a change of pace.

We didn't have the lady weather on our side, since the days were very cold and cloudy, it even rained, and Mister mountain Villarrica, one of the main tourist attractions was hidden behind the clouds almost all the days we were there. But even so the walks were very enjoyable, the air was clean and we even had a boat ride on the lake. We spent our time shopping at the handicraft fairs looking for souvenirs, and even payed a guided tour to discover special places near or outside the city. Overall Villarrica is an amazing and quiet place with a small population, but even though it may be sunny, it can get really cold at times, so deciding the correct attire for the day may be tricky.

It's the holiday I have the most memories of, so that is why I chose it, not sure it was the best, but it was very enjoyable.

The City of Water

I have always been curious of Venice from Italy, it must be a really special place to visit when instead of streets of cement, you can see streets of flooding rivers. I would love to visit just to experience the feeling of walking in the city beside a soothing waterway. I would go through every place possible in a relaxing way, so my mission would just be to sight see and visit local coffee shops and chill out.

I know really little of this location, like the fact that its a city destined to end at the bottom of the lagoon, since it is sinking everyday. Love the idea of traveling in boats instead of normal bus transportation, even though the idea of  falling in the water may be a little scary. I can't figure out what you do when you find a dead end and you need to cross the street, so finding out must be really interesting. 

Its a very romantic city at night if the tales are right, and going with my future partner is a must, and after all, it would be nice to visit other locations of Italy as well when travelling. A full tour around Italy sounds nice, but my main focus would be Venice.

I don't think I would like to work nor live there, just visiting satisfies me. It is a new culture and I would like to get accustomed to the environment before thinking of moving over, because at this moment it is an unknown place. Even though it might have better living conditions than my current homeland, moving over means a lot of changes, and being away from the family, learning how to manage the new system everyday, and also the language, might be challenging if I know no one in the city.

It is known that the republic of Venice was a major financial and maritime power during Renaissance and the Middle ages. So it is an architectural Beauty that represents an era of knowledge and creation, in various arts, like music, not only in terms of power; that is why it has an important historical value.

Venice has received many different names during the years such as "La Dominante," "Serenissima," "Queen of the Adriatic," "City of Water," "City of Masks," "City of Bridges," "The Floating City," and "City of Canals." 

That is why it has always been my number one place to visit, even though not owning a boat may make it difficult to maneuver in this city.