PHOTO POST: Italia - Part I

Just a few weeks ago I have been able to go on a spontaneous trip to Italy and here are a few snapshots I've taken.
I was just really stunned and amazed by everything around me, never having been to the South of Italy before, all of the landscapes and the surroundings simply seemed magical to me.
On the first half of the photos you can see Amalfi, while the rest were taken in Positano. Even though it was quite a long drive, with probably over 2 and a half hours away from the tiny city we stayed in, Santa Maria di Castellabate, but it was well worth it!!!
The scenery was simply breathtaking, hope the photos will be able to transform a bit of the sunny Italian atmosphere over to you too! :)

wearing

Jeans shirt: Stradivarius

Basic top & skirt: H&M

Moccasins: MAX shoes

Bag: Marron Paris

Sunglasses: photo 1 & 4 - Marc by Marc Jacobs, photo 7 & 9 - D&G

PHOTO POST: starting summer in MQ

To enjoy this year’s early summer, my good friends and me went to the city center to start out into the eventing by catching the last rays of sun! The atmosphere was wonderful, the whole of Vienna being surprised by the high temperatures remaining throughout the night. So I thought I would share the fun we had with you by posting some of the snapshots here! 

BOOK REVIEW: "The Furies" by Fernanda Eberstadt

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When I googled “dramatic love story novels” this book was one of the two out of the lot that interested me the most (the first one was “The Pact” by Jodi Picoult, as recommended by me before). In the bookstore, the woman working there was all nuts about it telling me to bring loads of tissues while reading it. Would be a good sign…

Unfortunately, this 700-pages novel needs 250 pages to gather momentum with the reader. It just fails capturing your interest and the story was somehow too creepy for me to get involved. Every character seems to be weird and have strange attitudes and habits and, what’s more, everyone is described to be ugly and unattractive. How could Eberstadt do such a thing? Not good.

However, at some point, you just can’t stop reading as you simply get to know everything about the characters and you can’t help but get involved and want to know what happens to them. And then there’s the ending. The ending (the last 150) is truly read-worthy. It’s written in a very endearing style and moves the heart (as the woman from the book store told me :)) by daring to be unconventional.

All in all, though, this novel doesn’t offer enough to make me recommend it. Its plot is too freaky, its characters too unsympathetic and the first 250 pages are a pure nuisance. 

PHOTO POST: cafe "palmenhaus"

There's nothing better than spending a sunny day in spring on the terasse of a beautiful cafe. That's exactly what Felix and I did a few days ago at the "palmenhaus" cafe, while also meeting up with our friend Verena.

We all used to go to the same class at high school, but sadly can't see each other as often anymore, because of Verena studying outside of Austria.

A gorgeous day with the chance to catch up on each other's lives spent talking, eating, laughing, having fun and simply enjoying ourselves :)

MOVIE REVIEW: "Untouchable"

There was such a strong hype around the movie, that I almost decided I never wanted to see it, just to be different. However, I went for it, and oh lord, am I glad! What an amazing movie France has brought out with this one! All the hype and box office success is granted!

The story around a completely lost black young man being forced to work with a paraplegic already gives the director an interesting story to work with. The proof that he got the best out of it is that this movie manages to entertain from A to Z with laughter, tears, humor and tragic events. Within the first few minutes I already had a laugh attack but was also on the verge of tears. Now, how many movies achieve that?

Even though “Intouchables” ends up being a bit too long, feeling like you sat in the cinema hall for 4 hours, it is never boring and next to the unbelievable performances by ALL actors involved there’s an absolutely amazing soundtrack by Ludovico Einaudi that alone marks a reason why no one on this planet should miss this movie.

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OUTFIT DU JOUR [13.04]

Finally, here's an outfit post from me again :)
Maybe you know the feeling, when the weather outside is rainy, cloudy and just seems to be in a generally grimmy mood - you don't really feel like doing anything.. Well it's the same with me, especially concerning outfit posts..
So when there's such a beautiful and sunny day, there's nothing standing in the way of taking some photos :)
Hope you're all having a great day & wishing a Happy Easter to all of those who are celebrating the Orthodox one today, including me ;)

Jacket & Skirt: H&M

Bag: Marron Paris

Shoes: Buffalo

Necklace: F21

Bracelet: Accessorize

BIRTHDAY POST

Here's a little shout out to the birthday boy!!! :)
Felix is turning 20 today and I'm so sad that I can't be there to celebrate with him, so here's a self-made moodboard as a congratulation to him :)

A happy happy birthday to you - my best friend and fellow blogger, wishing you all the best and the fulfillment of all of your wishes :)
And as a little note, men get better with age, so no worries, you're not turning into a grandpa any time soon ;)