Source: My photoblog from Northern Norway.

A few years ago I traveled to Italy to go on a rock climbing holiday. I stayed in the north near the city Genoa and did not do much else than rock climbing. The next time I am going to Italy I want to go on a trip where I am a real tourist.

One city that I will definitely visit is Rome, the capital of Italy. Rome has so many things to see and explore so I do think I will need a whole holiday just for visiting this city.
There are many ways to stay in the city of Rome. One way is to rent something called a short stay apartment. You can basically rent a spacious apartment when you are staying in Rome and enjoy all the luxuries that come with renting an apartment instead of a regular hotel room.
You can find apartments like this on a website called Rome apartments. This site lists apartment all over Rome and you browse them by how many people that will stay there and how much you are willing to pay for the apartment.

Renting an apartment sounds like a great alternative to renting a hotel room if you want to live more like home. I think an apartment will also make one feel that one are living in the real city.

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Here is a beanie hat that one of my friends (she is posing in the picture) crocheted. She made it out of different magenta colors and some other yarn that suited the design. She also added some sequins to make it look more special. I think the result is very good!

Here is a picture of the crocheted beanie hat. It was quite windy outside today so it looked pretty cool when the wind lifted her hair.

Christmas is closing in on us very fast and I am starting to think about what I should get for my family and friends. One product that is very popular as a gift is a nice perfume. It is simple to purchase and rarely fail as a gift if you know a bit about the preference of the person you are buying the perfume to.

Good perfume does not have to cost much and you can find cheap perfume at a website called SaveBuckets.co.uk. They are a price comparison site that can help you find different perfumes at good prices. It is like a search engine that let you find the cheapest prices without having to visit all the different online stores.

If you are uncertain what perfume to get your loved one this website has a nice perfume guide that can help you choose the correct perfume. In this section they explain what the difference is between perfume types and how you should select the right perfume.

You can also find lots of different products that are suitable Christmas presents at this price comparison website. Products that I am considering purchasing for my friends and family include an iPod, a Nintendo Wii and maybe even a laptop if I can find one with a good price and acceptable specifications. I hope everyone will be happy with the Christmas presents I am buying this year.

New reports are stating that the fall temperatures in the Arctic is warmer than ever. The temperatures are 5 degrees Celsius (9 Fahrenheit) higher than normal so this is very serious. The record temperatures are due to many years where the Arctic ice has melted and now we are starting to see the results of all the melting.
The level of salt in the water is also going down due to all the melting water and who knows what kind of results we will see from lower salt levels. Some theroies say that lower levels of salt in Arctic sea may cause the Gulf Stream to go slower or even stop. This will make the climate in Northern Europe much colder.
There has also been some worrying reports that reindeer and caribou herds are declining. This is a real sign that the climate in the Arctic is changing fast.

I’m just worrying that it might be too late to do anything about human made global warming..

My grandmother is getting pretty old and is using a device around here wrist as protection if she were to fall or hurt herself. It is safer for her and the rest of the family feels a bit better about her living alone at her house. But this device will not help if she falls and can not push the button.

There are some other alternatives to the device my grandmother is using. One is a Medical Alert device that has a built in fall alert that goes off if the person falls down. It is being sold by a company called BrickHouse Alert that makes systems that can protect you 24/7.

Another Medical Alert device that this company sells is a GPS tracking bracelet that can be helpful with demented people. It got a built in “wander alert” that let you know by mobile phone or email if a person is wandering off. The device also got a speaker system that let both parties talk with each other. If there is an emergency you will know immediately where the person wearing the GPS device is located.
One should be a bit careful with a GPS device like this and not use it to track people. That would hurt their privacy and is probably illegal.

I wrote two days ago about that I finally finished some knitted ragg socks and today I finished another project.
This time I’m done with a knitted hand towel that I started knitting on way back. It was pretty tedious to knit the towel so I had to take breaks from the knitting now and then. I actually planed it to be bigger, but this size is usable too.
It might be hard to see in the picture, but I tried to make a pattern in the hand towel by knitting 1×1 rib every other line. The pattern feels really nice when you use it.

Here is a picture of my knitted hand towel: