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A short tale of the desert
The ruby sunset pours over the desert turning it into gold.The lines of its dunes extend monotonously.
The camel walks slowly with silent steps. Its trail get erased by the Nile wind.
-My dear Achare, such a long way it has been, but we are close. I can feel it in this wind.
And a golden silhouette more bright that the desert is starting to slowly raise on the horizon. Soon its whole shape will stand above the sands of the Nile.
The sun is setting and both are watching it silently while the sand dunes turn into a gray sea. Soon, very soon they will reach the pyramid but first they must find a place to rest for the night. Before the sunrise they will set again and soon they will see the the glimmering Nile and the haotic boats roaming on it.
Meanwhile a small oasis reveals itself in the distance. They rush to reach it before the sun’s last rays rays die out.
Closing in, they spot the silhouette of someone washing their face in the water. A tired camel stands beside, eating the frail weeds.
Turkey E-Visa
Unlike the seagull bellow, us foreigners need proper documents to go and see the beauties of Turkey. So this is for all those out there trying to go see the wonders of Turkey and needing an e-Visa to do it.
I looked into several websites which promise e-Visa for Turkey, however their so called ‘Service Fee’ rose up to 50 dollars a piece, on top of the actual e-Visa price, which added to about 110$.
After looking through more websites, I finally found https://www.evisa.gov.tr/en/
This website charged me around 60$ per e-visa which was really great. I mean from 60$ to 110$ it’s quite a difference so I didn’t waste time and ordered it.
I also found this STEP by STEP guide on how to apply on the website if needed. https://theistanbulinsider.com/how-to-get-your-turkish-electronic-visa-online-and-avoid-the-queue/
Bon voyage!
How to Install Xbox 360 Backwards Compatible and Games with Gold on the Xbox One
After buying my Gol Dmembership for Xbox I wanted to download HitmanBlood Money which was only for Xbox 360. However the information assured me that the game is compatible with Xbox one also.
After trying to download it without success, I contacted the support team from Xbox. The person on the other end of the chat informed me with great sadness that there is no other option than to download the game first on the xbox 360 console and then transfer it to my xbox one. The person suggested to enter my profile into a friend’s xbox 360 and only then will I be able to play it on my Xbox one. There was no other option according to that.
LUCKILY I found this great explanation on youtube by a fellow gamer.
Here it is for others who are having the same challenge:
Ladies and horses
The poem “Sweetly Unnoticed”
A sweet poem I found online:
There are a thousand ways And more… To love Without ever touching… How very brilliant is that And yet, How often we forget… To quietly create a home Within a tender heart… Sweetly unnoticed By the busy world **** ellie894 September 15, 2018
When calls the Heart
“When calls the Heart” sounded, to me, like a pretty silly TV series title. When I first noticed it on Netflix, I expected to rapidly shift my attention to something else but decided to give it a try regardless.
I was surprised to see the TV series grow on me so quickly. Its whole story is centered around a small town, far away from the busy streets of overpopulated cities. The atmosphere of community reminded me how much cities miss this ingredient. The nowadays cities where you go on a bus not knowing a single person, where you don’t have to say hello, where one can get lost in the crowd of the main shopping streets, it all has, for me at least, a rather emptiness to it.
Sure the series of “When calls the Heart” might not be entirely realistic to those days, when life was very hard, but the main message of making a difference in someone else’s life, of helping each other, of being part of a community, is loud and clear and that is the essence for me.
This essence of being part of a community, of knowing you make a difference is what is important. And unfortunately I feel this essence has been greatly diluted in the big cities we live today. Where everyone is so independent, where people who are neighbors in apartment buildings don’t know each other, except maybe for the eavesdropping. Cities where showing off is a norm , showing new fashion, new car, new makeup, new tattoo, new anything that’s in style. A showoff that covers a need, a need to matter in a world so huge.
“When calls the Heart” takes away this feeling of insignificance for a moment, and opens a world where people matter to each other, where good deeds bring people closer and make a community stronger.
It’s series where characters and their lives can be interesting and entertaining without them referring to sex all the time.(And I’m making reference to the FRIENDS series here). I believe not having to make use of such topics, to entertain the viewer, is a big strength of “When calls the Heart”series.
Overwall it’s a great series and I would recommend my friends to watch it.
PS: Those ladies have some great dresses. See some styles here:
Dressing styles of the characters
Watch trailer here :
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ZARA’s “SPECIAL GARMENT SATIN DRESS”
The new A-W 2018 season brought many new outfits to ZARA’s shop.
Leaving aside the animal print articles, today I want to talk about a simple dress.
This green satin dress you see above has simple and modest cuts, only showing off a bit of ankle.
Its simplicity hints heavily to the modest styles of abayas and this makes it stand out compared to the majority of ZARA’s dresses from the new season.
Animal pattern for fall-winter fashion trends 2018
The animal print has come back into fashion for the autumn and winter of 2018. The leopard’s pattern has become one of the most famous, being imprinted on trousers, shirts, skirts, dresses, bags and even hats.
The wild animal has become a big inspiration for fashion designers and ladies who enjoy wearing this specific print.
Long time no see Ezio
I haven’t payed attention to this blog at all for a long time but that should change. I have no topic in mind yet so the post might seem chaotic and unrelated but for now lets start with a video game.
I am not a big gamer, more like a noob in the gaming world but there is one game that got me hooked, which is Assassin Creed. It’s a pretty famous series and has a lot of fans. I even read about some cosplay group which makes costumes from the game, which seems like quite a hard but rewarding work.
My story with Assasin Creed series started from Ezio which is one of the main characters in the series. I started playing Ezio when he was travelling to Constantinople, the today’s Istanbul. I chose to start with this game instead of starting with the earlier series because of the location. I loved visiting Istanbul and I found it to be a beautiful city. The game did not disappoint when it came to environment and city architecture. The old Constantinople of Ezio’s story was as full of history and oriental atmosphere as I wished it to be and Ezio’s climbing skills added an entire new perspective to the city.
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