Lili, 23, female, Slovenia.
Computer geek. Student with a job. Lover of comedy, old films, physics, science fiction,....
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No snow, no show
As the title, which is the slogan of the smiling man above named Marc Berthod,suggests this one will be all about snow, well mainly about skiers.
Just spent a very enjoyable weekend watching world cup skiing in Kranjska Gora. I’ve been watching skiing on TV for about 10 years now, ever since I first saw Benjamin Raich ski (pictured below giving an interview for ORF).
This has been my 4th time I’ve been to Kranjska Gora/Vitranc world cup and it gets better each year. In case you don’t believe me here is a photo of Marc Berthod 4 years younger and without the beard and the long hair.
So yes we established I do love skiing and skiers. But even if you dislike men in spandex suits, the atmosphere at a world cup skiing race is amazing! You get there at around 9.30 am and stand in the cold and snow until 2.30 pm, what could be better… well for me nothing!
We’ve been to two races this year, and the BIB number draw (pictured below) which takes place in Kranjska Gora followed by a concert.
The race itself takes place in Podkoren a good 30 minute walk away from Kranjska Gora. First event was the Giant Slalom race whose winner was the amazingly fast Austrian, the 20 year old Marcel Hirscher with Kjetil Jansrud in second place and Ted Ligety (pictured below) in third.
On Sunday there was the Slalom race in which Rainfred Herbst won and Hirscher was again in the podium in second place and Julien Lizeroux (pictured below), who is probably the worlds nicest person just because he took a photo with everyone who asked and signed all the autographs, came in third place.
And what would be a skiing event if it weren’t for “old” skiing legends. Pictured below are Alberto Tomba politely waving at me, who was kind enough to take a photo with me later on, and our two champs Andrej Šporn and Jure Košir.
And here is one more skiing downhill legend, Franz Klammer.
Time to end with a couple of photos of the amazing snowy landscape, it was a fun weekend which will hopefully be repeated next year and the year after that and the year…
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Good-bye London
Here are some more photos from my London trip uploaded to flickr.
Click here if you are interested in seeing the photos or/and click here for the previous post about London.
As I’ve removed the comments because they weren’t always working properly, you can contact me via above email or twitter if you have any questions or anything to say.
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The British are lovely…
Overwhelmed doesn’t begin to describe how I feel right now, baffled, full of joy, confused, fan struck, dazzled come close! But most of all grateful.
Just came back from a overall perfect trip in London. Here are some of the photos that show the highlights of my trip.
First night I spent watching adults make complete idiots of themselves and loved every second of it! Karaoke Circus was lovely night out.
Goran Ivanišević after the first match at the Albert Hall. Mansour Bahrami, the Iranian tennis player was the highlight!
Having tea on the staircase of the Albert Hall before the second night of tennis matches.
The lovely guest-house where we stayed, its in North Lambeth and a delightful place to stay if you want to explore central London!
Oscar Wilde was right as always!
Tea at the Ritz, well it was everything you imagine and more, yes its expensive but its worth it!
Yes I of course I had to go all the way to Mornington Crescent just so I could take a few photos. Noticed there still isn’t a blue plaque for Humphrey Lyttelton, London should be ashamed, he was truly a great man and deserves it!
Ian Hislop and Richard Ingrams at the Private Eye Annual book singing. I’ve been a fan of Ingrams for many years, I’ve listened to him on the news quiz, read many articles writen by him so to see him there, well it left me speechless!
The lovely Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders opening the “a not so silent night” concert with a few jokes. The concert was something completely different, with performances from Boy George, Martha Wainwright, and many many others.
Rufus and his boyfriend, they sang Silent Night in German, both have amazing voices!
The Comedy Store where you see Paul Merton and other brilliant comedians do impro twice a week! We went to the screening of the wonderful documentary about the life of Jim Sweeney. Here is the link to the trailer. Go and see it if you can, its hilarious! Or follow Jim Sweeney on twitter.
On our last night we went to the recording of “Have I got news for you”. And afterwards to the 14th floor of the London studios for complimentary drinks with Ian Hislop, Paul Merton, James May,etc
Whilst in London I also meet two very lovely twitter friends who made the London trip even more memorable so thanks you two!
Overall it was fucking amazing trip! Hopefully next time I’m in London I’ll go to a recording of “I’m sorry I haven’t a clue” and then I’ll have ticked all the boxes on my “To do/see list in the UK”…
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London part 1…
Day 1:
This was taken at the Brnik airport, we had terrible fog but thankfully not a bumpy ride!
First up it was Karaoke Circus which was loads of fun! People from the audience and celebrity guests performed karaoke with the help of a live band. Guests included Dave Gorman, Ben Miller, Chris Addison,etc
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London calling
A week from today I should be in London, if everything goes the way I planned of course. My trip begins on the 3rd and ends on the 11th of December. It hopefully will be filled with music, comedy and tennis. Activities include a Rufus/Martha Wainwright concert, Karaoke Circus, Comedy Store Players, watching Ivaniševič and Rafter play tennis at the Albert Hall and having tea at the Ritz and hopefully many more…
Will try to post a photo or two a day on this blog or you can follow my trip on twitter.
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23 and counting….
Last week has been very exciting, I worked every single day since last Monday so it was also a very tiring week.Somewhere in the mist of all the work I managed to “celebrate” my 23rd birthday. Well the celebration was the weekend before my birthday when we went to a casino to win some money, well only 20 euros but it was a fun night out. 23 years old is what I am now, somehow birthday never had a special meaning to me, but looking back to when I was 13 someone being in their mid 20s was old but now looking to someone who is 30 or 40 something doesn’t, guess age becomes relative with time. As silly as it sounds but the saying “Age is just a number” somehow rings true, or I could be just getting old!
Anyway I was working on my birthday from 3pm-10pm so really didn’t have time to celebrate as such. But still had a lovely day, got a surprise bday gift from my coworkers a gift certificate and some flowers. Only got 5 text msg from people wishing me happy birthday, instead got 100 msgs via twitter and facebook and email, really shows how many more people are on various social networking websites, judging by previous birthdays when I received mostly text messages.
All the birthday wishes were very sweet and lovely but I must say one stood out the most, it was of course the tweet I recived from Nathan Fillion (Mal from Firefly).
I am a huge Sci-fi geek and also love the new Castle show with Nathan as Mr.Castle, so that really made my birthday a bit special, as silly as it may/will sound! Its the little things in life I guess that make up for the bad terrible things.
So 23 started good lets hope it continues along the same route, although I wouldn’t mind being less busy but as the Germans say C’est la vie, or was it the Spanish…
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Goodbye Blue Monday!
As Monday (Tuesday) the 10th of November slowly turns into Tuesday (Wednesday) the 11th of November I always think of Kurt Vonnegut Jr., who was born on the 11th.
He was a great writer and his books are full of memorable quotes, thoughts and random silly bits so if you haven’t already go out buy and read Slaughterhouse 5 or A Man Without a Country or both you will not regret it!
The above “Confetti quote” from vonnegut.com where you can actually buy his prints.
Happy birthday Kurt!
So it goes…
p.s. yes I do realise its Wednesday but I’ll leave it since the tittle is so appropriate and time is relative after all…
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Let the skiing commence…
The beginning of the skiing world cup season starts this weekend which to me represents the start of winter. Hoping for my favourite, Benni Raich, to win the overall and a couple of medals and to see a successful comeback of Daniel Albrecht who feel badly last year.
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