Snow

So we finally got the firs snow of this season. And it was wonderful. The only problem was that I had an exam and too many other things do to for my studying and I couldn't do what I wanted the most - go out and take pictures.

But still to keep the spirit. Here are some pictures from the end of the last season when snow covered the path to one of the world's most famous sights...


Already interesting sculptures of nature became magical...




And just before the sunset I saw the village and the church. Do you recognize it?


These are Škocjan caves caught somewhere between the green spring and the white winter...


After this week I'd say that this year's winter promises the white Christmas... In a way I'm a bit sad 'cause I won't see it. It is difficult to imagine the worm New Year's eve but I do promise to report on it... ;)

Globalisation

Throughout this week I was mainly trying to finish my essay concerning globalisation. I spent a lot of my time going through some scholar papers about transnational future – but that is too much to write about today…

But still – let’s face it, globalisation is here and we have to deal with it on one or another way. To do that we first have to look at what it really is. The first thing they thought us is that there is no clear definition of it. It brings good and bad consequences dependent on which side (North or South, East or West) you are and about what subject are we talking about.

Anyway I am pretty sure that sometimes pictures from London say more than the words…

I can't forget my trip to Australia desert where a friend of mine Chinese girl whose English version of name was Grece said:"I would really like to buy some souvenirs to give them to my family and friends, but I don't see the point of buying gifts that were anyway made in China..."

So here for example Chinese guys are working in the other side of the world serving their food in the shirts which say “London” and were probably made in China and with American ship brought here…

I believe that the future of the world and globalisation lies in our hands. We can choose what to except from it and what to reject. And we can do this with the help of the globalisation itself that has joined black, white, asian and other people from different religions, countries and backgrounds, women and men, young and young by heart, reach and poor…

In the end we are all just ambassadors of ourselves in this sometimes chaotic world…

Freedom - Ljubljana ZOO

So what do you do on the free day in the middle of the week when there is no lectures? You grab a friend and go to the local ZOO (in my case that would be in Ljubljana)...

It is so relaxing just wandering around, enjoying the nature and watching the animals. Their life seems so easy. They spend their day eating...

Hanging out...

Observing the observers...

Sleeping...

And letting the others to take care of them and serve them...


I was (and still am) so jealous of this guys... Ok, they probably also have to clean after the animals but the important thing is that they get to feed them, they can touch them and most of all they can play with them in their day-to-day job (so they are also paid to do that).

By the way, at the end of the show this guy got a kiss from the sea lion! I'd like that too...

But despite of their easy life this animals are still in capture.

If we look at pros and cons we can see that there are more on both sides.
It's a fact that there are several species that are not yet extincted just because they are bred and taken care of in different ZOOs around the world. Those in favor also say that the majority of the animals have never seen the wilderness so they don't miss it and they couldn't survive out of the cage.
Opponents disagree by claiming that the animals in the ZOO can't do what they want, go where they want and be with whom they want. That this is not their natural inhabitant so they are not free.

I can't avoid asking myself at this point - is the constant fear and battle for survival really a freedom?

And aren't we all in a way just captives of this world - the values we have been taught throughout the childhood, the everyday life, the expectations that are getting bigger every day in this wild western world?

Maybe the answer lies in the eyes of the wise old owl...

...or better yet - in each and everyone of us. We just have to find it and feel free!

Determination - Autumn downhill

On the last open weekend (after the whole summer) we finally got to the Bike park in Kranjska gora. It was almost sunny autumn day…My brother was of course on his bike, while I just decided to stick to my camera. Honestly there is no way I’d go down that hill like they did…There were lots of guys, but only one in particularly caught my eye!

But he was not actually a guy - more a boy - in fact I don't think he was more than 6...

So this little boy was there with his own little bike in the middle of this steep road and he was not afraid at all. The hillock, that big guys use just to jump over it, was just too much for him. But he didn't give up... He went off his bike on his knees and pushed the bike over the hillock! He looked so determined and fearless.

And cute...

One day he'll be just like them (or even better)...

So the day and this year's season came to an end...

Me

That’s me - Tjaša in the sunny botanic garden of Adelaide (Australia)

Me once again only this time in rainy Brno (Czech Republic)

On both pictures I’m doing two things I love most:

1) traveling and

2) photographing.

And that’s what my blog is (gonna be) about…