Church of Timios Stavros (To Μοναστήρι του Τιμίου Σταυρού), or in translation the Church of the Holy Cross (it used to be a part of monastery), is one of the most beautiful churches I've seen in the last few years! It is located some 70 kilometers away from Trikala (Thessaly, Central Greece) in an area known as Aspropotamos, between Krania and Doliana. It has 13 domes, and in its amazing architecture you can see the use of stone everywhere, even on the roof. It was built probably at the end of the 18th century (around 1770.), and restored twice so far. When the Nazis during World War II (more precisely, in autumn 1943.) burned almost the entire region, the church itself began to burn but luckily it survived a flurry of fire without major catastrophic damage.

The pictures you see today I took last summer, when we spend 2 days in this region... 

Crkva Timios Stavros (To Μοναστήρι του Τιμίου Σταυρού), odnosno Crkva Svetog Krsta (nekada je bila deo manastira), je jedna od najlepsih crkvi koje sam videla u poslednjih par godina! Nalazi se nekih 70-tak km od Trikale (Tesalija, centralna Grcka) u oblasti zvanoj Aspropotamos, izmedju mesta Krania i Doliana. Ima 13 kupola, a u arhitekturi je u potpunosti koriscen kamen. Sagradjena je najverovatnije krajem 18og veka (oko 1770.), i restaurirana dva puta do sada. Kada su Nacisti tokom II Svetskog rata (tacnije jeseni 1943.) spalili skoro citav region, crkva je i sama pocela da gori ali je srecom prezivela nalet vatre bez vecih katastrofalnih ostecenja.

Fotografije koje vidite danas sam uslikala proslog leta, kada smo proveli dva dana u ovom regionu...

Some 10 days ago I decided to niceeeeely (more than 3 cm) cut the split ends, and to freshen the hair color that has become too bright and somewhat undefined. Last time I chose a very dark shade of chocolate that seemed a bit blackish, but this time I wanted something a bit lighter yet still darker than what I had. You still follow me, right?:)

Pre jedno 10-tak dana sam resila da finooooo (tj vise od 3cm) skratim rascvetale vrhove i da malo osvezim boju koja je postala previse svetla i nekako nedefinisana. Prosli put sam izabrala vrlo tamnu nijansu cokolade koja je pomalo vukla na crno, ali ovaj put sam htela nesto za nijansu svetlije ali opet tamnije od onoga sto sam imala. Jel' me i dalje pratite?:)

In the end I decided to choose something that is closest to my natural color, so my hairdresser mixed two colors, and I remember that one of them was called "cappuccino". As the color developed on my little head, it looked really light and I was a bit scared (would you please tell me if there is a phobia of "too bright shade of the hair color", so at least I know what I suffer from?!). A slight feeling of anxiety was following me until we washed off the color and began to dry the hair, and then that feeling was replaced with "analyzing" the result.

Arrival of spring (ok, as well as the change of each season) definitely means a change in the makeup routine. When it comes to the shades of liquid foundation, all foundations that I use during the spring are for the medium complexion, and very often the shades are called "sand" (although there are no rules, it all depends on the brand).

Dolazak proleca (ok i promena svakog godisnjeg doba) definitivno znaci promenu u mejkap rutini. Kad su nijanse tecnih pudera u pitanju, svi puderi koje koristim tokom proleca su namenjeni "medium" tj srednje tamnom tenu, i vrlo cesto nose oznaku "sand" (mada nema pravila, sve zavisi od brenda).

Recently I got a couple of liquid foundations, and one of them is Rimmel's "Clean finish" foundation in Sand (330) shade, which is not really new on the market. Enriched with vitamins A and E, it supposedly offers "100% poreless" finish. It comes in a glass bottle of 30ml, and is applied with the help of small spatula. When you take the applicator out from the bottle, that amount of product is really enough for one application.