I primi di dicembre sono stata invitata in Austria, nel cuore del Tirolo, per scoprire il comprensorio di Hall-Wattens e i Mondi di Cristallo di Swarovski…. un week-end all’insegna di luci e colori. La regione di Hall raggruppa dieci paesi: il più famoso è appunto quello di Hall in Tirol. In questi luoghi regna la natura e la cultura e la tradizione vanno a braccetto con la modernità.  Siamo arrivate in treno ad Innsbruck; il viaggio è stato veloce e anche molto piacevole, grazie alla compagnia di altre colleghe blogger.

Una volta arrivate ci hanno subito accompagnate a conoscere i Mondi di Cristallo di Swarovski. Bisogna dire che visitare questo parco alla sera è un’emozione incredibile, poichè le strutture di cristallo sono molto suggestive per la loro brillantezza.  Le installazioni che mi hanno colpito di più sono il Festival delle Luci dove nuvole di Swarovski sospese incontrano luci e suoni e l’installazione dell’Angelo, dove ognuna di noi ha potuto esprimere un desiderio, che un Angelo di Cristallo ha poi portato in cielo. La sera abbiamo cenato al ristorante di Daniels Kristalwelten e poi siamo rientrate in hotel.

La mattina seguente siamo andate alla scoperta della cultura di questi luoghi che hanno qualcosa di sacro e di magico. Mag Gaby, una guida bravissima, ci ha portate alla scoperta di quello che è accaduto nel medioevo all’interno della Torre della Zecca a Hall in Tirol. Abbiamo così scoperto che qui, nel 1486 fu coniato il primo tallero del mondo.

Dopo aver visitato la cittadina di Hall, ci attendeva un pranzo tipico Tirolese e in seguito una degustazione di grappe di Der Bogner, ad Absam.

La sera non ci siamo fatte mancare un giro per i mercatini di Natale, dove abbiamo provato i kiachl, dolci e salati, gli spatzle e il Vin Brule. Alla domenica siamo tornati ai Mondi di Swarovski per recarci nel famoso “Gigante”, dove al suo interno abbiamo visitato tutte le stanze addobbate di cristalli e dove viene raccontata la storia di questa incredibile famiglia. In questo museo interattivo puoi addirittura perderti da tanta bellezza; ambienti diversi creati da cristalli ti accompagnano in luoghi suggestivi e pazzeschi. Nelle stanze del “Gigante” di Swarovski si possono trovare pareti create con 12 tonnellate di Cristalli, lampadari che illuminano stanze fatte di specchi o riproduzioni di personaggi come Gandi, Martin Luther King o Albert Einstein, che Daniel Swarovski ha voluto come collaboratori anche dei giorni nostri, per la loro capacità di portare pace nel mondo.

Un messaggio bellissimo e incredibilmente profondo. Dopo aver bevuto un aperitivo alla Vip Lounge e fatto shopping da Swarovski, siamo andate a pranzo. Il treno di ritorno ci attendeva per le 15.20. È stato un week-end all’insegna della cultura e della bellezza; questi luoghi sono davvero incantanti e io ve li consiglio vivamente!

English

At the beginning of December, I was invited to Austria, in the heart of Tyrol, to discover the Hall-Wattens region and the Swarovski Crystal Worlds… a weekend of light and colour. The Hall region is made up of ten villages, the most famous of which is Hall in Tirol. In these places’ nature reigns and culture and tradition go hand in hand with modernity. We arrived in Innsbruck by train; the journey was fast and also very pleasant, thanks to the company of other fellow bloggers! Once they arrived, they immediately took us to the Swarovski Crystal Worlds. It must be said that visiting this park in the evening is an incredible emotion, because the crystal structures are very impressive for their brilliance. The installations that struck me the most were the Festival of Lights where clouds of suspended Swarovski meet lights and sounds and the installation of the Angel, where each of us could express a wish, which a Crystal Angel then brought into the sky. In the evening we had dinner at Daniels Kristalwelten’s restaurant and then we went back to the hotel. The following morning, we went to discover the culture of these places that have something sacred and magical. Mag Gaby, a very good guide, brought us to the discovery of what happened in the Middle Ages inside the Mint Tower in Hall in Tirol. We have thus discovered that here, in 1486, the first tolar in the world was coined.  After visiting the town of Hall, a typical Tyrolean lunch awaited us, followed by a tasting of grappa from Der Bogner, in Absam. In the evening we did not miss a trip to the Christmas markets, where we tried the kiachl, sweet and savory, the spatzle and the Vin Brule. On Sunday we returned to the Swarovski Worlds to visit the famous “Giant”, where we visited all the rooms decorated with crystals and where the story of this incredible family is told. In this interactive museum you can even miss out on such beauty; different environments created by crystals accompany you to evocative and crazy places. In the rooms of the “Giant” of Swarovski you can find walls created with 12 tons of Crystals, chandeliers that illuminate rooms made of mirrors or reproductions of characters like Gandi, Martin Luther King or Albert Einstein, that Daniel Swarovski wanted as collaborators even today, for their ability to bring peace in the world. A beautiful and incredibly deep message. After drinking an aperitif at the VIP Lounge and shopping at Swarovski, we went to lunch. The return train was waiting for us at 3:20 p.m. It was a weekend of culture and beauty; these places are really enchanting and I highly recommend them!

Hello dear friends, how are you? Ready for summer? Every year, as soon as you begin to perceive the smell of spring it is felt the need to get back a bit ‘and then physically fit to do some’ sports. From this point of view, I live in a wonderful area: the morning at seven o’clock when I wake up and I open the windows, I see many people running along the bike path in front of me home. Nicola also every Sunday morning of early and go running at least for a few hours … I will I sit in bed to catch up on some ‘sleep, but then I never understood: sleep is recovered? Today I present the new Swarovski Activity Tracking Jewelry with its five functions: 1. Measure the distances traveled, 2. Monitor your daily activities, 3. Monitor calories burned, 4.Monitor the quality and quantity of sleep and finally 5. sets personal goals. You can help to big to get back in shape. The mechanism is simple: just download the Misfit App from the App Store or Google Play, synchronize the device and away, that’s it. The Swarovski company has created two straps to suit every occasion: a completely silicone that allows you to do sports and go underwater up to 50M and another: a real bracelet Slake Deluxe Alcantara®, enhanced by crystals to wear even in the most glamorous evenings. I give you also another very interesting news: from 10 March Swarovski will launch a competition with relative final draw where you can win one Swarovski Activity Tracking Jewelry if you guess the steps that separate you from the store Swarovski closer. Participate is simple: go to the website and sign up satj.swarovskiitalia.it. Good luck! But back to us and the mothers who do not sleep anything like me. I’m trying the number 4 function, one that monitors the quality and quantity of my sleep. I must say that worse than I thought, although I have a heartbeat that seems to always be on the alert: typical of every mom? My Swarovski Activity Tracking Jewelry calculated that I slept 21 hours in three days: making an average, half are considered restful sleep hours, the other half not. So I sleep an average of three hours to really night, the others are marked by my daughter who wakes me up, kicks and turns to me. Oh okay, grow, say … And then we women-mothers have a higher gear. Do not believe? And ‘the time came for me to get back on track again and start running, so soon even tell you how it’s going with the function number 2. I embrace. Nicole.