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Dukboki night

 Tonight was my duk boki and movie night! It was very relaxing. I needed this to unwind and set aside the stress that's been possessing me lately. The next school semester is coming up and I have yet to decide what classes to take!! I'm going through a quarter-life crises!! Agghh! Why must growing up be so difficult? My major changes every week. Although, my heart is in teaching, I can't help but to listen to my sixth sense-interior design.

Yes, I do have an obsession with remodeling, decorating, organizing, and drooling over furniture. Think, think, think, Michelle! I need to focus on one career path for now until I finish my 4 yr degree.....Anywho, enough of that nonsense. Back to dukboki night. So, yes. I had dukboki for dinner and watched a very interesting Korean movie- Tidal Wave. Although we already own this movie (but hadn't watched it until recently) I was surprised to find this at Blockbuster?? Hmmm, they must be catching on to popular foreign movies, being that they are going bankrupt and trying to get any type of business they can. Ah, yes. Tonight was a good night. 

Breakfast is my favorite meal

Just another day

I like my chalupa "hot."

I'm still indecisive on how I feel about UGG boots.

 I had to get on of these keychains. How could you resist??

I LOVE watches!!

Sodni stolp/Judgement tower, Maribor

One of Maribor's famous towers

Photo from 25th August, 2010.

Sodni Stolp or the Judgement tower (also known as Okrogli stolp or Round tower) is one of the 4 remaining fortified towers of the old medieval wall around Maribor. There were more towers in the past. The current form is from the year 1830. The tower stood at the southwest end of the old Maribor, but today it's located within town, on the western part of Lent. This tower is one of Maribor's landmarks and shows how rich the whole history of this town was. Maribor could be called the town of towers. There were 9 of them in the past, today only 4 remain. The Judgement tower was originally built in 1310. It was much smaller than today and it did not have a roof in the shape of a cone. That was added in 1540, but it burned down a century later. After that fire, it was reconstructed in 17th and later 18th century, more floors and a roof were added. The name "sodni" which means in Slovenian "in connection with a court or a judge" comes from the legend, that people were persecuted in the tower, but that never happened (source). Other names for the tower are also Pristaniški stolp (meaning Harbour tower) or Samostanski stolp (meaning Monastery tower), due to a monastery in the vicinity. There are plans to revive the tower until 2012, the interior will be redesigned, floors will be designated for a gallery, a restaurant and a pharmacy.

Sodni stolp after the World War II (photo 1) and after 1967 (photo 2). You can see that a very famous old building named Mariborske Benetke (meaning Maribor's Venice), which was connected to the Judgement tower, doesn't stand there anymore. That's one of the sad parts of Maribor's post WWII history. The local communist government didn't care about this building in 1967, when a hydroelectric power plant was built near Maribor and a lot of buildings in Lent were destroyed, the most famous of them was Benetke. It's really a shame. I hope they would rebuilt it, but so far I haven't seen any plans for that.

Sodni stolp from November 4th, 2010.

Sodni stolp closeup, November 2010.

This tower is simple, but for me very beautiful.

You can see parts of the old wall connected to the Judgement tower. Photo from Augusz 2010.

View from Maribor's day market.

[My SLOVENIA page][My MARIBOR page][All photos by MKL, 2006-2010]
[See also: WATER TOWER][Info sources: Mariborčan, Maribor-Pohorje]
Read also: [Maribor: City of towers]

I spy with my brown eye.......

  Leopard prints. This is a clear sign of winter to come. I was shopping around yesterday and I noticed a pattern. It was everywhere!! I kinda like it though.....

All these spots!!!! Now I know what to get all my friends for Christmas....anything leopard print. Hahaha

A good food day!

Do you ever have one of those days where all 3 main meals were the best!!? Normally with work and school getting in the way, I settle for fruit in the morning and fast food for lunch. Yesterday was different; it was perfect! ^_^

My breakfast- garlic cream cheese on top of whole grain bread topped with fresh cucumbers.

 Spicy tuna inari from my favorite Japanese cafe.

And to top of the night, Anthony made kimchi chigae for dinner. Mmmm!!