Cortona

Italia, Toscana, Cortona.

Pure white magic.

I have been a very scandinavian girl,

with deep roots in cold snow.

No lands with citizenships of sun

have never enticed me.

I understood my narrow-mindedness slowly.

Italian joie de vivre, nobility and broadness

have turned me into a humble learner of cosmopolitism.

Perche Cortona?

I have seen Audrey Wells`es “Under the Tuscan Sun”,

by a fortunate accident.

This film is still my – holiday.

I used to have a wallpaper from this movie on my computer

for a long while, to remind me that “amazingly good things

can happen, even late in the game”.

P.S.: Also, one of the views i found, italian views,

the last one, blue lake, has warmed my heart recently.

Here is the link:

http://www.theircircularlife.it/frameset.htm

I lived in this city for three months while studying abroad and would live there again in a heart beat.

Visited Cortona right after they lit Christmas lights throughout the town. It was a foggy, but beautiful day. Try to explore every little nook and cranny. Wandering the random narrow streets, you’ll discover amazing views and a charming picture of Italian life. An interesting little adventure: walk the 30 minutes down the hill to the train station. We traveled on a holiday and had to resort to this slightly dangerous, but memorable little jaunt.

Much less crowded than the usual suspects further north. That impossibly dramatic Tuscan light everywhere. Charming people and a town that repays early morning walks.

Absolutely breathtaking!!!