Good things of the weekend

Monday is always a bit freaky when you have to jump off your lovely, comfy bed, but then it's just a matter of going on, and as soon as you put yourself again inside your daily office routine, it's ok.(well... I'm saying that because I'm so proud of myself, having managed to solve a problem that was anguishing me since last week *lol*)Weekend has been lovely.On Saturday I took the train to Genova... Torino's station was jammed with young people, as in the evening there was this big music event (Festivalbar) taking place in my city, so from one side I would have liked to go and see it as well, as it doesn't happen so often there's something so cool here; but from the other side I was glad to leave the city, as I'm not that keen on crowds and confusion... I'm like an old ma', sometimes ;)Anyway, I went to Genova to meet my friend and swapper Monica from La Spezia, and in the morning with us there was also Elisabetta from Genova: she's not a swapper of mine, but, as we were saying, one cool thing about slammies is that you get to know people even if you don't swap directly with them; so I've been so glad to meet her as well, since I've found out from her answers that we have a lot of things in common :)They are both lovely and kind girls, and I've spent a great day in their company :) We chatted a lot and went sightseeing in Genova, which is really a beautiful city, and I must admit this surprised me. In facts, I had already been there like 2 years ago, but at that time I didn't like it: actually that time we went to visit the Aquarium, so we just hung around the harbour's area, and since no one of us was an expert of the city, we had missed the best part of it. ...Which I've been able to visit this time, as I had Elisabetta with me, who lives there.I took some photos, as I always feel compelled to do whenever I see a beautiful place: I still have to download them from my camera, but I'll post them in the next few days, together with the one I took with Eli and Mo.Oh, and we had a delicious chees focaccia for lunch :9 It's Genova's speciality and I couldn't really miss it, since I love it. Then Elisabetta has been so kind to give their typical cake, with sultans and candy fruits, which now is already the half it was at the beginning :DOn Sunday I didn't do anything special, just relaxing: I've begun to read a new book, which I bought at the Book Fairy in May, "The Mabinogion" by E. Walton. In these days I'm coming back to my old love of Celtic sagas, in order to enter inside the atmosphere of my imminent travel in Ireland (awww...). I'm just on the very first pages but yet I adore it, it's the kind of epic, celtic stories I've always been in love with!Sadly I have to say that I've dropped the book I was previously reading without finishing it, which is something I rarely do. And, as silly as I am, I kinda feel guilty for it ;) It was "Luzhin's defence", first novel written by Vladimir Nabokov: it's the story of this mad, loner chess's genius... I've always been charmed by geniuses' bios, even if this one is fictional. It's really introspective, which normally I adore, but this time I couldn't bear it: I really needed something less brainy in these warm days, as I couldn't properly concentrate on it, and consequently I couldn't enjoy it as it deserved. So... I'll take it again later, maybe.Actually the weekend has not been just all peaches and cream because my beloved Nera felt sick. She still is, so I'm really worried. She has a terrible stomachache: when you touch her belly she cries... we don't know what could be. This evening mum will take her to the vet, so I'll hope she'll be able to recover :_(