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Bravi – Montreal, Canada

When visiting Montreal, I was able to visit a beautiful family Italina restaurant called Bravi with one of the owner’s cousins. Since we had a huge party, we had a preset menu, but almost everything on the regular menu came out. We did not go hungry tonight. When we walked into our private room, we were greeted with wine and Focaccia. It was absolutely delicious. Everything happened so fast when…

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Ita Rina

First and Forgotten Yugoslav Film Star who provocated Gestapo

Ita Rina was born on 7 July 1907 in the small town of Divača (then Austro-Hungarian Empire, later Yugoslavia, now Slovenia) as Italina Lida Kravanja. She was called Ida Kravanja for short. She was named after a journalist Finzi Haydée, Jewish family friend from Trieste. The first daughter of Jožef a railroad worker and Marija Kravanja, Rina had a younger sister Danica. Shortly after the outbreak of the World War I, the family moved to Ljubljana, where Rina matriculated in 1923. She was not a good student; she repeated the third grade of elementary school. However, her dream was to be an actress.

In October 1926, Slovenski narod (Slovenian People) magazine organized a beauty pageant, and Rina entered the competition. She was crowned Miss Slovenia and was to travel to the final event for Miss Yugoslavia, which was supposed to be held on 20 December 1926 in Zagreb. However, her mother did not want to let her go to Zagreb. After a group visit from the Slovenian delegation, Marija Kravanja relented. Unfortunately, when Rina arrived in Zagreb, the jury was already choosing the most beautiful of three finalists. She was, however, noticed by Adolf Müller, the owner of Balkan Palace cinema in Zagreb. He immediately sent her photographs to German film producer Peter Ostermayer. As her mother did not want to let her go to Berlin, Rina ran away from home.

Her escape was enabled by a family friend, a painter Alojz Malota and his wife Hedvig Šarc. They invited her to come with them on a trip to Austria, and instead she went to Berlin. She has said that she felt very lonely and scared during the train ride and thought about returning home.

“That was my longest and hardest journey. I huddled myself in a corner of a coupe and looked around myself in fear. I only knew few words in German...”

Rina arrived in Berlin in 1927. Shortly after she had her first audition, following which she had classes in acting, diction, dancing.

"They would shine a spotlight on me" she later said "cameras would buzz. There were cables everywhere. Some complete strangers would stare at me, whispering amongst themselves. They told me to scream, to laugh, wave and cry. I think I looked most natural in scenes where I was crying. All I had to do was remember how far away from home I've gone and how I've deceived my mother."

"You don't know how to walk!" a director was yelling. I've dedicated all my strength on walking as gracefully as possible, and I thought to myself "how's it possible that I, who have climbed Triglav thrice, all of sudden am incapable of walking." I must admit, first few steps on film were harder than any danger definitely mountaineering.

After several small film roles in 1927 and 1928, the critics finally noticed her in the 1928 film The Last Supper. The same year, Rina met at a Yugoslav embassy party, her future husband Miodrag Đorđević, a shy engineering student from Belgrade, son of a general director of the Royal Post Office.

He asked her out to dinner in a little more upscale restaurant. What he would find out later is that his students account was not enough to pay for the meal. He went to the phone in an attempted to call a friend who could lend him money. Ita figured out what was going on, and since she was already rich, secretly passed him a few bank notes, to spare him the embarrassment. She always liked him, and they understood each other well.

 

Around that time newspapers in Yugoslavia started to sensationalize her love life, as a counter she published an open letter.

Cenjeni g. urednik!

Vsikdar sem bila ljubeznjiva napram g. dopisniku Vašega lista. Želela sem na ta način izražati simpatije, ki sem jih gojila do “Vremena”. Toda nežentlementski dopis Vašega dopisnika od 15. t. m. je zlorabil to mojo ljubeznivost in me prisilil, da Vas naprošam zaradi istine za uvrstitev naslednjih vrstic: Prišla sem domov na oddih, da se pripravim za bodoče delo, ne pa da se zaljubljam kakor goska. Zaradi tega ne potrebujem nikakih senzacij, zlasti pa ne senzacij, ki gredo preko meja dopustnega. Čudim se prostosti, ki si jo jemlje g. Ambrož, da izmišlja kar imena mojih idealov. Prava senzacija bi bila šele, ko bi g. Ambrož nekoliko srečneje uganil moje ideale. Kar pa piše g. Ambrož, je bilo doslej meni in vsem mojim znancem docela neznano. Odpotovala bom tedaj, ko me pokliče novo delo. Senzacijonalni odhod avtomobilov itd. je prosta glupost. 

Da končam. Žal mi je, da se je edini g. O. Ambrož smatral za najpametnejšega od vseh tukajšnjih novinarjev in da je segel po tako nehvaležnem poslu. Naši javnosti je treba servirati resnico o mojem delu in moji osebi, ne pa glupih izmišljotin. Prejmite g. urednik izraze itd.

Ita Rina.

Her breakthrough into European stardom came after taking a role in a controversial film Erotikon by a Czechoslovakian director Gustav Mahaty. As soon as she read the script about a seduced and then abandoned daughter of a guard of a railroad station, she understood it as her big chance, and she was right.

Erotikon premiered in Prague. Czechoslovakian censors cut out the scene of her giving birth to a child, but the movie garnered great success with film critics and audiences across Europe. At the premiere in Paris in Moulin Rouge and the film goers carried her out of the theatre on their hands.

The films success angered the puritans. Especially the french catholic theologian, abbot Betteleme who wrote: "... First, they lie next to each other, and then one to another ... It is true that the cover hides their figures, but it certainly does not hide their movements... The protagonists are shown in particularly long shots, especially Ita... A viewer can recognize her excitement, then her expression of anxiety mixed with longing, then the pain and at the end... I blush while describing the scenes". He went though streets of Paris tearing down the posters that were plastered all over. That only raised the popularity of the film.

In 1930, Rina acted in three films, most notable being the first talking Czechoslovakian film Tonka of the Gallows, which is often named her best role. Meanwhile, she married Miodrag Đorđević in 1931. Although she had announced her retirement from her film career, but she actually continued her acting until the outbreak of World War II. Her last prewar film was crime drama Zentrale Rio.

The situation in Germany was getting tense, especially for anybody who was considered undesirable which included actors who were foreign. She left Germany on the insistence of the then ambassador of Yugoslavia Ivo Andrić. In 1939, very close to the start of WW2 every time she went to work or went home, there was a man who sat in the car. In the beginning he was very quiet and she thought he was an assistant of the producer and that he might represent some new custume, a way of saying thanks to the actors. And then he spoke. At first there were talks of the superiority of the German race, but later his changes because more apparent. "I argued with him in that car" she told to the operator in the studio and retold him the whole conversation. "How could you have dared, that man is from Gestapo." said the operator. The story was retold to Ivo Andrić, and he ordered her and her husband to urgently leave Germany. The taping of the film was mostly done. That night they packed all of their belongs. In the morning she taped a few leftover scenes and absconded for Belgrade that same day.

"Only on the road I understood what's going on. Tanks everywhere, soldiers."

They went to live in Belgrade. She didn't act as the war was starting to rage and had her first child Milan in 1940 and thee years later a daughter Tijana. Her in-laws disagreed with the marriage to a controversial actress at first. And they had a permanent table for themselves and their friends at the local tavern.

After the bombing of Belgrade they moved to Vrnjačka Banja. Life during wartime was hard and she laboured and sold all of her possessions to keep family fed. She even rescued her husband from jail where he landed after he, in a tavern proclaimed that Hitler will have the same fate Napoleon did in Russia.

They moved back to Belgrade after the end of World War II in 1945. Although she was promised several roles in Yugoslav films, all projects were cancelled and she was treated unfavorably. After receipt of a letter she had written to President Tito, Rina began working as a co–production advisor in Avala Film. But she soon left Avala Film and moved to Lovćen Film.

She returned to the silver screen once, in the 1960 film War, about nuclear war fallout, directed by Veljko Bulajić. This was her last role. She got her role not though a studio, but through her husband asking nicely.

“Before the shooting of the film War began, I was approached by a very likable gentleman, that was the husband of Mrs. Ita Rine Miodrag, and in a very discreet, shy way, asked if we can talk and during that conversation, suggested to cast Ita. Honestly speaking, I have already completely forgotten about her. There was war, and they she didn't work for a very long time. She wasn't listed anywhere in cinematography as an active actress. I remembered her from her films. I suggested we meet. So we met, I don't know where in Zagreb or Belgrade, I cannot remember, but she impressed me. She made a strong impression, of a smart woman, an actress who didn't want to be in a film for no other reason, but to be filmed. She wanted to know about her role. I really liked that, so we made a deal.” 

As she suffered from asthma, Rina and her husband moved to Budva (then Yugoslavia, now Montenegro) in 1967. There, she took care of her husband, who was ill with sclerosis. Rina died on 10 May 1979 from an asthmatic attack during the great earthquake that leveled the capital of Montenegro. She was buried a few days later in Belgrade, in the presence of numerous film artists, admirers, friends and family. Her husband died next year.

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. full name : Circe ‘ Marie ‘ Jones Laveau de Glapion . alias : Circe Jones, Circe Laveau, Circe de Glapion, Marie Lavaveau iii . nickname : CJ, CL, CC, Little Marie, Her Royal Highness, Queen . titles: Voodoo Queen of New Orleans . species : witch, human . gender : female . pronouns : she/her . age : 26 . date of birth : october 31st 1992 . ethnicity : mixed . nationality : american . place of birth : new orleans, louisiana . hometown : french quarter, new orleans, louisiana . current location : french quarter, new orleans, louisiana . religion : roman catholic, voodoo . spoken language : english, french, louisiana creole and latin. . read only: spanish, latin, italina, egiptian hieroglyphs, japanese and many other ancient languages.   . social media presence : yes [ facebook | instagram | twitter | snapchat ] 

physical information.

. face claim : robyn ‘ rihanna ‘ fenty . weight : 134.5 lbs | 61kg ` . height : 5″ 8  | 173 cm . hair type : curly . hair color : black . eyes : hazel . body shape & type : hourglass | mesomorph [ fluctuates ] . scars : none . piercings :  both nipples, both earlobes, both upper earlobe, bose orbitals, both helix, septum [ worn only on special ocassions ] . tattoos : yes [these are protective tattoos that prevent posession, low level curses, hipnotizm and any other form of manipulation and/or ill doing] on her wrists, ankles and lower back. 

medical record.

. psychological issues : none   . physical issues : asma . prescriptions : inhaler / the pill  . phobias & fears :  to be overtaken, controlled and possed by darkness. . drug use : yes [ infrequently ] . alcohol use : yes [ frequently ] . physical activity : yes [ daily ]

personality.

. alignment : neutral good . zodiac : scorpio . lunar zodiac : monkey [ water] . positive traits :  resourceful, brave, passionate, stubborn, a true friend  . negative traits :  distrusting, jealous, secretive, violent . likes : being in the limelight, the truth, facts, being right, fashion, jewlery, studying magic, longtime friends, teasing,   . dislikes :  dishonesty, revealing secrets, passive people that let others walk all over them. . hobbies : doing readings [ tarot cards, christal ball, tea leaves ], writing, reading, reaserching magic, 

report card & worksheet.

. education : High School [ finished ] . higher education : Beauty School [ finished ] , Comunity College | Bussines & Marketin [ finished ] . current occupation : philanthropist [ beauty salon owner, inn/hotel owner, realestate owner, restaurant orner, tour owner ( haunted tour of new orleans ) , voodoo shop, reading sessions, mardi gras committee member, religious leader, community leader, mortuary/funeral home owne, blood bank owner, herbal medicine shop owne, owns several fishing boats, etc.]

magic.

. magical practice : voodoo, pegan, wicca, traditional witchcraft . group worship:       - The Lao           - rada loa - guardians/primordial loa           - petro loa - anger/violance loa            - ghede loa - death/afterlife loa  . individual worship :      - Damballa Wedo - the primordial creator of all life. He rules the mind, intellect, and cosmic equilibrium.      - Erzulie - spirit of love, beauty, jewelry, dancing, luxury, and flowers.      - Loco - patron of healers and plants.      - Ayida-Weddo - fertility, rainbows, wind, water, fire, and snakes.      - Ayizan - the loa of the marketplace and commerce.       - Agwé - the loa who rules over the sea, fish, and aquatic plants, as well as the patron loa of fishermen and sailors.       - Ogun - Loa. He is a warrior and a powerful spirit of metal work, as well as of rum and rum-making.      - Baron Semedia - master of the dead, Baron Samedi is also a giver of life. He can cure any mortal of any disease or wound, if he thinks it is worthwhile. His powers are especially great when it comes to vodou curses and black magic.      - Mama Brigite - Goddess of Death. cares for dead more than they were ever loved while living. helps trapped spirits move on.      - Papa Legba - the intermediary between the loa and humanity.  . familiar(s):       - Paris - her black cat, immortal loyal servant, protector and magical advisor. named after Marie Laveau I’s first husband Jacques Santiaco Paris. over 200+ years old. after two centues of living on the streets he found himself being summoned by the new voodoo queen. he can talk to other animals, dominick and circe (but only she can understands him).       - Dominick - her raven, immortal loyal servant, messanger and survailance. He’s named after Marie Laveau I’s second husband Louis Christope Dominick Duminy de Glapion. over 225+ years old. he can talk to other animals, Paris and Circe (but only she can understands him). him and paris have a sort of old married couple dynamic calling eachother names and arguing over petty things but they are really good caring friends.      - Damien - her black python. he hangs around the house and the grounds freely. he’s always threatning to eat Dominick in jest. a magically enhanced animal it can change it's size to fit any cavity or to intimidate threats. not poisonous but packs one hell of a bite.

relationships.

. relationship status : single . romantic orientation : panromantic . sexual orientation :  pansexual   

. family :       - House Laveau - 25+ Family Members      - House de Glapion - A noble french house of 15+ members.

. friends/aquientences :        - Paris      - Dominick      - Damien

. lovers :      - N/A

. allies :       - The Council - The International Council of Supernatural Creatures. They protect the world form supernatural threats and keep the balance of good and evil.      - The Curch - an organization dedicated to the worship of god. and the protection of the light as well as all that is good.       - The French Quarter - Her neighborhood. The heart of New Orleans and the birthplace of Jazz. 

. enemies :      - The Order - a centuries old mercenary group of rogue extreamist hunters hell bent in erradicating all supernaturals.      - The Cult - a group of satanic worshipers, who’s only goal is to serve there master.      - The Beast - Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Samael, The Prince of Darkness, The Devil... He goes by many names but no matter what you call him he is cheat and a liar, never believe him. Diety/Founder/Leader of the Cult. 

history. (~COMING SOON)

    childhood.

    teenage years.

    young adult years.

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The Alpe Adria Trail

"You're missing a beautiful sunrise" I announce to the three silent tents, dewy and pale in the dawn. No replies. 

"Guys" I say louder. "it's amazing" A grunt from one, I hear Harley turn over in his sleeping bag. We're meant to be up and out of camp in half an hour. Better change tack. 

"You're missing the most amazing 'gram ever guys." I say even louder. That gets them. Alex's head appears out of the tent. Harley, phone in hand, is up. Joanna in her flip flops and socks, Sven with his long hair sticking up in all directions. Know your audience, everyone.

It was a beautiful sunrise though; we were camped high up , looking down on a valley filled with golden mist. The lower hills were navy blue, fading into bands of azure. The high peaks behind are peach and pink, dusted with gold sun, the mist turning bright as the light hit it. The alps wake up beautifully. It was going to be a hot day of climbing, and it was time to get up and get on the bikes.

We were taking a week off work to do the Alpe Adria trail, a gravel route that runs from Salzburg in Austria over the alps and into Italy, ending up on the Italian Coast at Grado- though we were detouring to finish in the more spectacular Venice. The trail took a lot of digging to find, but proclaimed itself to be the “best cycle trail" in Europe. I didn’t need much more persuasion than that. So, with my twin sister, Joanna, our boyfriends Sven and Tim, and two friends- Harley and Alex- we set off in September. 

Flying into Salzburg through a whole series of thunderstorms, we set off to our airbnb in stormy wet darkness, and rolled into camp soaked through. So much for missing rainy season.

 In the morning, we were greeted with the sound of frantic rain fall, lashing against the windows of the airbnb. We peered outside, and then flopped back into bed. It wasn't going to be a pleasant ride today. Two coffees, breakfast and a pack of early haribo later, we climbed reluctantly onto our laden bikes and set off into the downpour. It was mountain rain; heavy and soaking, but not too cold. We pedalled through a gloomy seeming Salzburg, admiring a castle which slid out of the cloud for a few moments, and some pretty architecture. Salzburg is (I assure you) one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, but the cloud cover sat at 5 metres up, so my only recollection of it was greyness and the feeling of my waterproof giving out at the elbows. Then we climbed out of the city and into the mountains. 

The alps are beautiful. The route winds between some of Austria's tallest mountains, prettiest alpine scenery, most stunning villages and down some fantastic bike paths. Sometimes I had to pinch myself to remind myself that I was actually living this. We rolled into Hallstatt on the first day, greeted by scenery so stunning it looked like it was out of Lord of the Rings rather than Austria. The tiny medieval town sits right on the dark shores of lake Hallstatt, tucked under vertical cliffs of granite and sheer pine forests. The lone church tower soars into misty air, reflected by the dark waters of the lake. Even in low cloud and rain, the place is serene and magical. The town itself is a riot of colourful quaint wooden houses on steep streets, with no cars allowed. Even the Spar- where we spent an abnormally long time buying "grobes brot" (big bread) filled with chocolate and poppy seeds and as dense as a brick- was prettified, subtly hidden behind a deaccession.   

This magical experience was cut short by the angry owner of the campsite, who was so furious that we'd want to stay at his campsite that he shouted at our only german speaker (sven) and slammed his door in our face. We googled the campsite later to see that this was that average greeting for anyone who wanted to camp there, with comments such as:  "For some reasons, as soon as the receptionist saw us, he was shouting as us and told us to get out", "The ground keeper was offensive and clearly didn't want us to be there from the moment we started to talk with him"  "the owner is rude and crazy and does not like young people" "The receptionist was utterly unfriendly, quite aggressive and unpleasant from the beginning with no apparent reason." I recommend avoiding Campingplatz Klausner-Höll! 

All was forgiven the next morning, as we rose to see a wonderful misty sunrise over the lake, with sunlight pouring over the peaks onto the serene lake.  We spent a long time having coffee and pasties on the shore of the lake, unable to leave the beauty. Eventually the crowds of tourists shipping in on buses got too much to bear, so we set off out of the valley and over to Werfen. 

The ride was a bit like the sound of music; green pastures and cows with bells, trees just turning yellow, and beyond this all, the awe inspiring granite peaks of the alps- blue-black silhouettes against the blue sky. We spent the day on bike paths, slowly climbing and descending several small passes, and stopping for coffee, cake and ice-cream whenever we came across the next charming town. Progress was slow but appetites were satiated. 

We took a day off in Werfen,a tiny town which sits in the shadow of the incredible "Hochkogel”, a 2000m high mass of sheer granite. Even their stunning Hohenwerfen castle, sitting pearched on a precipice of 600m,  looks like a toy town in comparison. There is plenty to do around there- you can hike up to Hitlers holiday home, or drive out to some spectacular waterfalls. We opted to see the Ice caves, the worlds biggest. It was an epic just to get up to them- a 20min bus up a steep, windy mountain path, then a 15 minute cable car, and another 20 minute walk up and up to a giant gaping hole int he side of the mountain. The ice cave was pretty...cool, excuse the pun- towering ice sculptures formed by cold air getting trapped in the cave. Lit by eerie magnesium, and directed by funny tour guides, it was worth the freezing feet. Bring something warm though!

After this, we cycled over to the incredible Badgastien. The cycle ride spent most of the time on the valley floor, passing ravines and sheer mountainsides, clear waters and immaculate gravel bike paths the whole way. Badgastine is fantastic- other than it's name, which allows for many jokes about farts- it is an unmissable stop. The town sits on a ravine, separated by a waterfall. It was biggest climb of the trip coming up into Badgastien; you edge up a mountainside at a steady pace, winding up through the town with the view spreading out on to one side. We stopped for photos and a great coffee half way up, gazing at the waterfall falling between houses built on vertical sides. After several hours of climbing, you are rewarded with a train journey over the summit, and then an amazing 10km steep downhill, wiggling down alpine paths to the valley floor. We camped just outside of Spitall an da drau, and found the best pizza of the trip in a back alley tennis club pizza joint. If you get a chance, definitely visit Tennishalle, the pizzas were divine.  

From here, we passed through Villach, and off to the Italian border. We had quite a time at the Italian border, I was so excited at getting there I promptly rode into a concrete pillar and fell off, along with all my bags and water bottles, which got the attention of the snoozing border guards. We stopped for selfies and haribo, feeling extremely proud of ourselves. There was a man waiting there who showed us how to gesture like an Italian- it's apparently all in the shoulders.  

We raced off to the first town we could see to get out first Italian Snack (fresh bread, coffee and ice cream) There had been much excitement throughout the trip about reaching Italy and having Italina food. We couldn't wait to carb load with pizza, bread, ice-cream, and pasta. It did not disappoint. From the Italian border, we rode almost of the alps on an 80km downhill which blew my mind. It followed the old Pontebbanna train route,  but it had been perfectly tarmac-ed, so cycling was an absolute joy. It was the stuff of every cyclists dream. A long downhill, perfect surface, completely off road, wiggling through tunnels and over bridges, following a spectacular ravine down to the sea, with views of distant lofty peaks. It was the best day of the trip, and perhaps of any cycling I've done. 

We took a day off in Venzone, at an icy cold, clear glacier lake called Lago De Cavasso. Camping on it's shores, with beer and pizza mere steps away at the campsites restaurant, we spent a perfect rest day chilling out and attempting to swim (but running out screaming after a few seconds in the icy glaciated water) 

From Verzone, we headed out of the alps to Udine, and over the flat (boring) farmland to Venice. We took a ferry into Venice, sailing up the grand canal in a purple sunset. You aren't allowed to take bikes into Venice officially, but we sneaked them in anyway and walked them through the narrow cobbled streets to our Airbnb in the dead of night.

That evening, after a 120km last leg, we gorged on local pizza, sitting on the banks of a canal in the jewish quarter of Venice. All we could hear was water and the noises of each other devouring our pizzas. It was truly a good end to a trip that tested out taste buds as much as our legs. 

If you are interested in a flattish, gorgeous, off road route between two incredible cities, this one is the one for you. More information at : https://www.alpe-adria-radweg.com/en/

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