My Travel Bucket List | Top 10

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I love to travel. It is a great opportunity to meet different people, learn about cultures, do different and fun things, eat some tradicional food, take beautiful pictures... well I love everything about traveling as you can see, but unfortunately I am only 16 and a high school student, so I don't travel that much at all. But it doesn't mean I can't plan and have a list of places I want to visit one day, when I am older and independent.

So today I am going to share with you guys the top 10 places that I want to visit in the near future. Of course I have more than 10 places that I want to go to, but if I showed all of the the countries and cities that I want to travel to, it would take probably the whole day of typing this post. They are kind of in an order of the ones that I want to visit like right now to the ones that I can wait until next month. As you can tell the compition is hard.

And one more thing... If you read the city and the country together, it does not mean that I just want to visit that especific city, it is just to be referencial.

Ok, Let's start with the list, shall we?

1. Amsterdam - Holland

I think this place is just beautiful. I want to do every single turisty stuff that there is there. The culture is so beautiful, the tulips are amazing and the museums seem so lovely. I want to visit the Van Gogh Museum and the Anne Frank museum so bad, that is why this has to be my first destination. The country is just so magnificent it self, that I think I couldn't handle just going to one city.

2. Paris - France

Main reason that I want to visit France is probably the museums, there is so much history and so much art that I couldn't just leave this place behind. It is the home of the revolution that inspired a lot of other countries to break free from what was hanging them down, and start a revolution themselves. 

Well, I'm not just going for the history and the art, but I expect the food to be good. I heard that there are a lot of mixed feelings about french food, but for what I have tasted it is pretty good. The language is beautiful in my opinion, it is just so elegant and chic, I hope that one day my french will be decent enough that I can talk with confident in Paris.

3. Stockholm - Sweden

I was mostly influenced by my father in wanting to visit this country for his obssesion with ABBA. Yeah, that's right, I want to visit this place because of a 70s band. But in my defence, I think the country and the city are beautiful, and very organized compared to Brazil.

4. New York City

I know, very cliché, but there is a reason why people love so much NY and you just discover it when you go there in person. I never went there, but in my opinion New York is the city of independence, it is where everything and anything can happend, the city that never sleeps and the city where dreams come true. Well probably not in that order or not even that at all, but I want to go there next year, it is probably the must visit place for a traveler.

5. Sicily & Verona - Italy 

I couldn't choose between these two italian cities, they are both just so beautiful, so I had to put them both in the same number. Sicily is a place my father always wanted to visit, so I kind of got influenced by him. The city is beautiful, very tradicional, it has and amazing architecture and it is very near to a celestial blue ocean, that is a bonus. 

And Verona, there is not much to say. It is just as beautiful as Sicily and as wonderful as the whole Italy. Verona is the city of Romeo and Juliet so that already says it all.

6. York - England

I had never heard of this city until I started watching Claire's channel. I fell in love with the city, it is just so old looking and historical. I just want to live there. The streets are like labyrinths, you never know where you are going to end, and they are very tiny looking too. 

If I would describe myself as a city, it would be York without a doubt.

7. Salem - Massachusetts

I always felt intrigued by the Salem witch trials that happend almost five centuries ago. And I really enjoy reading books that have some similar theme. I think the city is mysterious in a way , and that makes me want to go there so bad. 

I learnt about Salem in a funny way actually, I watched a Scooby-doo episode that was about witches and stuff and that was when I knew that I wanted to visit Salem.

8.  North Korea 

Well, you probably think I'm crazy wanting to go to a country like North Korea. But I have a reasonable explanation for it... well I don't actually, I just want to visit it. I've always been interested in the Koreas story, and visiting the country would be a good way to learn more about it. 

9. Budapest - Hungary 

If you are thinking about that movie The Grand Budapest Hotel and thinking about it being the reason why I want to visit the country? You are absolutely right. Yes, I want to visit a country just because of a movie that is probably not that acurate at all. You can call me crazy now. 

That movie made me want to know more about Budapest and probably go there one day. And other reason, actually not a reason at all, is that I really like the word Budapest.

10. Salvador - Brazil

It is just such a marvaleous city. It is kind of far from where I live here in Brazil, probably the reason why I've never went there, but that will probably change in a few years. They say that Bahia (the state where Salvador is located)  is kind of another country, because of it's different culture. 

If you are thinking of visiting Brazil I recommend you visiting various states, because every state is different, like very very different, it is like you are entering another country each time.

I hope you enjoyed this post and that it encouraged you to make your own bucket list. Have a great weekend and day,

Ana

School Trip Pictures | Curitiba

Last week I went to Curitiba, a city in a neighbor state, to visit some museums as a school subject complement. I love this city, it is filled of cultural activities, the museums are incredible. First thing we did was to visit the botanical garden, it was just beautiful and amazing. And gigantic! We thought we had walked around the entire park, but there was a lot more to see than we thought there was. We just couldn't see everything because of our lack of time.

Then we went to the Expeditionary Museum. This museum is about WWII, specially the participation of Brazil in the war. It is filled with items that belonged to soldiers, not just from Brazil, but from the other countries too, like germany.

After having luch at the mall, we went to the holocaust museum. I couldn't take pictures of it because we weren't allowed to, but still the experience was incredible. They gave us a little identification booklet, where in it was the history of someone who lived during the holocaust, survived and imigrated to Brazil. It was a thrilling experience. The museum is very interactive, there were telephones in the wall that you could pick up and hear a story from someone who experienced the holocaust. If you have the chance to visit Curitiba, you should totaly go to this museum.

Our last museum was the the Oscar Niemeyer Museum. It is a modern art museum, very beautiful. It is knowed for its eye shape, being called here in Brazil as "Museu do Olho", that literary means Eye Museum.

Hope you all enjoyed this post. Have a great weekend,

Ana

Tumblr Artist Questions

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When I found these questions on Tumblr I freaked out, they are just so creative. I knew in the minute I saw it, I totaly had to make a post about it and let more people know about these amazing and original questions. I really don't know exactly who invented this, but I found a link to a tumblr blog that may be the source of the post, if it's not I am sorry. 

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Ok. Let's start with the questions, shall we?

Questions:

Picasso: Do you remember your first word? What was it?

Van Gogh: Would you rather become famous after death or famous in life but forgotten after death?

Da Vinci: Do you have many talents or one thing you're really good at?

Monet: What do your parents want you to do for a living?

Dali: Do you have strange dreams?

Warhol: Have you ever had surgery? What for?

Magritte: Would you rather fall in love once and have it last forever (while wondering if there was something better) or have many relationships (but never settle)?

Titan: If someone could give you a title, what would it be?

Kahlo: Do you want to have children? Why or why not?

Renoir: What has influenced you most in regards of your character?

Rousseau: What is your main philosophy in life?

Klimt: If you have any; are you very close to your siblings?

Matisse: Does observing other people influence your style?

Kandinsky: How far would you travel in order to study your favorite subject?

Chagall: What 'style' or 'clique' do people typically associate you with?

O'Keeffe: What is your favorite flower?

Rockwell: Did you know from a young age what you wanted to do with your life?

Pollock: How do you define 'art'?

Donatello: Do you feel like you're stuck in someone's shadow?

Botticelli: What would you say your 'trademark' is? In either appearances or personality.

Dürer: Do you take a lot of selfies?

El Greco: Have you ever wished that you could grow a mustache?

Answers:

Picasso: It was probably a very basic and general word, like "mommy". But I do remember my first full sentence, it was "I can do it by myself". A very independent baby as you can see.

Van Gogh: Hard one. I'd probably choose being famous after death, because then people would admire and understand me as a real person (doesn't make a lot of sense, but in my mind does) and not just as a famous person if you get what I am saying. If I were famous and was forgotten after death, that probably means that the thing that I was known for and that I thought had importance, most likely wasn't that important at all. Kind of harsh I know.

Da Vinci: I really wish I had like a main talent, but I was always that kid that liked to do many different things growing up. I would probably say many talents, but I'll have to improve them one day so they can become actually talents, because now they are just things I can do.

Monet: My parents never were strict enough at the point to sugest or make me choose a carrer in life that I did not want, they just want me to be happy.

Dali: All dreams are strange I think, it is hard to have a normal dream, one that is actually close to reality (in my opinion). 

Warhol: Never.

Magritte: Oh gosh, this one is hard. Probably have many relationships, it sounds kind of wrong, but the thought of wondering if there was something better is horrible. It means that you don't really fully love the person you are with.

Titan: I don't know what title is suppose to mean, but I going to give it a try and say "The  organization freak". 

Kahlo: Yes one day, when I am old enough, like in my 30s. I think there is such joy in children, they are so cute and pure.

Renoir: I think the way my parents raised me, but when I was 12 my personality and character changed a little bit. I dicovered that I really enjoyed history and reading and that made me questions a lot of things, probably the one thing  that influenced me the most.

Rousseau: Life is too short, so make the most of it.

Klimt: I have a little brother. I think we are pretty close, we don't have much things to bound about, because of our difference of age, but I really like reading to him and giving advice or just talking about random things actually.

Matisse: Not observing, but if you have a daily interaction with a person, I think some of their personality reflects on you as well as yours reflects on them. But not a lot of my friends like Van Gogh, history, books, balet and other stuff that I am really passionate about.

Kandinsky: Anywhere and everywhere.

Chagall: None at all actually, I hang out with people with different personalities. I really don't think that people should be categorized as a certain style or that they should belong and have interactions with just one group of people.

O'Keefe: Tulips and Sunflowers.

Rockwell: No, I still don't know 100% actually.

Pollock: A beautiful way to show what you are feeling.

Donatello: No, never felt that way.

Boticelli: I am pretty common, I don't have a very different and specific characteristic. At school I'm kind of known for being the "american girl", but that's not at all a trademark. 

Dürer: No, I don't really like selfies.

El Greco: No, I don't think so.

Hope you all enjoyed this post and feel free to answer these questions, specially if you are an art lover like myself. Have a great weekend,


Ana

"I don't know anything with certainly, but seeing the stars makes me dream" - Vincent Van Gogh

Today was a great day ( 7 p.m in Brazil right now), I have already told you guys a million times how much I love Saturdays, but I have to say it again, Saturdays are the best day of the week. Today I went out with my dad and we went to a book fair that my city is going to have for a week. I love going to this book fair, I go to it every single year and never get bored, every year they have something different, like a band playing or a play, it is just so fun.

I found this Van Gogh book, I was so happy because I was looking for this edition for months now. This book is part of a 25 book series about artists and their work, but I could never find the Van Gogh one and I had the luck of finding it today and I only paid 10 bucks for it. Such a great deal!

I got to spend time with my dad today, because we both are so busy during the week that we don't have time even to talk. One thing we both like to do is go out with his motorcycle, he is a huge fan of Harley Davidson since he was a kid and he just got one for himself, and I kind of learned to love bikes too specially HD. I love feeling the wind on my face and it blowing my hair, it just feels like you are flying, like you are free.

Well that was my day, hope you guys had a great Saturday too.

Ana

▼ Weekend Pictures ▲

Saturday/Sunday

This weekend was so good, I got to hang out with my family more and do one of my favorite things that is to visit museums. I love exploring my city and finding out the different cultural stuff that there is here, because it's a "small" city the museums are not that big and the exhibitions are not that diversified, but I still like it. I don't no how to exactly explain how I feel when I visit a musuem, the only thing I know is that I feel different, light and amused. It can be the simplest piece of art ever, and I will still certanly think is wondrous. I just think that art is so amazing, the way that it can have different meanings for different people makes it so unique and wonderful.

I really liked this museum because of it's architecture, it was a house before and the mayor's family used to lived their decades ago. And I found it so interesting that I was standing in a living room where a family used to sit and watch a B&W Tv or play board games, and see through the window where a little girl could have watched the sunset...

After leaving the museum, my mom and I went to the mall just to kill time, but I ended up finding something that was on sale. This denim jacket, I was desperately in need of one because my old one wasn't exactly a jean jacket, it was more like a jean blazer. And today (sunday) we went to a family lunch, it was very fun and the place was beautiful and quiet. It was my uncle's new place, I have to say the decor was on point. 

It was a great weekend, hope you all had an awesome weekend too.

Ana