Through the Looking-Glass

       I read "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll several times when I was a child, so I thought it would be nice to revive its opening scene using a lot of phrasal verbs.

      On a cold, windy and snowy night Alice was resting up in a comfortable, leather armchair and tried knitting. It was quite boring occupation for a young girl so she was spending that evening dreaming away and watching her two kittens play. Because she was slowly falling asleep, she dropped a ball of wool on a carpet. Alice saw the white kitten curl up on her knees. Meanwhile the black kitten tangled all the wool up.  As the evening gradually was drawing on, Alice was thinking about the world on the other side of the mirror which was hanging above a fireplace. All of a sudden, she came up with an idea of checking up if there really was some parallel universe on the other side. She fought down her fears and headed for the fireplace. She climbed up a bit and poked at the mirror...

Autumn Stroll

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Five Card Story: Autumn stroll

a Five Card Flickr story created by Monika

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flickr photo by Serenae

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flickr photo by Serenae

One rainy autumn day three brothers decided to take a walk in a near wood. They had fun jumping over puddles. They picked up some creeping plant to feed their hamster. All of a sudden it started raining and they could see a huge, variegated rainbow above their heads. When they were going back home they picked up some crimson leaves as a gift for their parents. When they returned home their parents were relieved and joyful because they had had no idea where the tree brothers were at the time they were missing. If only they had told their parents about their plans, their parents wouldn't have had to be stressed.

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La Scala- Milan's pride

        I found an interesting video which gives us an insight into a famous Milan opera house- La Scala. According to Gino Vezzini, a member of an association “Amici del Loggione del Teatro alla Scala”, La Scala remains a center of social life and it represents Milan’s artistic and historic essence. He added that it’s not common for a city to be represented by a theatre. A popular saying states that what happens in this opera house is important for the city. Renato Garavaglia, the director of La Scala Theatre Museum explained that La Scala is singular due to its history: Mozart performed his early works there, a group of notorious Italian musicians like Piccini, Verdi were familiar with this opera house. He assumed that every actor feels the history of this place while performing on stage. Stefania Cavallin, a stage designer explained that she and her team were giving the finishing touches to the sets of "Lohengrin". She showed around the theatre's workshops- the place where things needed to decorate the stage are produced. She confessed that she had been working there for 20 years and that was her first premiere as a head set designer. She said that it was an exciting but stressful experience for her.  She started working there by accident and she fell in love with that occupation because it combines a high level of handicraft with her artistic background. Ginno Vezzini let us know that La Scala had been bombarded and severely damaged during the Second World War and it had been the first building to be reconstructed immediately after the war in 1946 which had marked the beginning of a new era. Roberto Nigro, a violinist, avowed that he loves performing with La Scala's orchestra which gives him a sensation of being connected with the director and fellow musicians. He informed viewers that the opera season would be inaugurated on the 7th of December, which is the day of the city's patron saint. That day the elite of Milan gathers and La Scala becomes the center of the music world.

Here's the video: 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/video/2013/feb/19/scala-opening-night-peroni-italy-video