Me & DSLR Camera for the first time!

Hi everybody! Long time no see - I am very sorry, I've been quite busy to be honest. Today I want to show you some of my very first pictures that I took with a DSLR Camera. It's an old model by Canon, and it was lended to me. I would love to buy one for myself, but those cameras can be very expensive and I have other preferences in my life right now (like travelling to Japan! Yay!). I was quite surprised by those photos, I didn't think they would turn out this way! We were on a walk in a forest and the lighting was quite bad - it was already about 5 PM and it was getting dark. So the conditions weren't the best! Let me know if you like those pictures! :-) have a great start to the week everybody!

Adelka

It's officially Christmas time!

Hi guys! Lately I've been feeling a little bit down, because I've been sick and couldn't do many things apart from sleeping...so while I've been laying in my bed, the winter arrived! A week ago I could go out in caprese pants and a sweatshirt, today I had to wear scarf and a trench coat. It's not really freezing yet, but you can definitely smell the winter in the air, if you know what I mean :-) 

Tonight, when I went to school to pick up the kids, it was already dark outside, the lights were lit up and the air crisp...I really got into the holiday spirit! Ooh how I love Christmas season!!! It's my favorite time of the year :-) I wish we already had some decorations on or at least the tree up! Tomorrow I want to go to Christmas markets, which start this weekend! If I feel well...hopefully I wake up tomorrow feeling much better than today :-). I'd love to buy advent wreath for my bedroom, but I don't know if its worth it - I won't be here for all four advent Sundays...we'll see.

Anyways, I've decided to dedicate this blog completely to my life & travel & au pair experiences and create another blog - AdeleInBeautyLand. It's written in czech language, for many reasons. Just to let you know ;-)

Hope you all are doing great!

Have a great weekend!

Adelka

Sick & The Best TV shows

Hi guys! I wanted to do some product review blog posts for you, but instead, I'm lying in my bed all day sipping Twinnings English Breakfast tea and sleeping. I am sick, hopefully it's just a cold and it goes away as fast as it came (yes, yesterday I felt so well that I went running into the Foret Boucone and did my personal best). And today I woke up with a sore throat, stuffy nose and slight temperature :-( I don't even crave food, especially chocolate, so that's a sure sign I'm sick, haha. 

I've been catching up on my TV shows that I watch regularly, today's been a Once Upon a Time kind of day...It's a cute fairytale TV series with Jennifer Morrison, she stared also in Dr. House as Cameron. She's great in this show! She plays the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming. Also, Emilie de Ravin (Remember Me) plays Belle.

Another one of my favorite shows is The Vampire Diaries. I don't think I need to elaborate on this one any more, I'm sure many of you know this series and if you don't, you're probably not a fan of vampire stories. I just want to say I love Elena as a vampire now and I am all the way Team Delena!

Moving on to less action, but sure as much drama, Glee. Are you a Gleek? I sure am! I love music, I love dancing. If you do too, you'll love Glee! It is about a high school glee club and high school drama, and high school geeks, but in a very nice and good way. 

Now moving on to my favorite sitcoms! Of course Friends and all that jazz, we've seen it about milion times, right? 2 Broke Girls would be a great replacement. These two New Yorkers are trying to move out of Brooklyn by succeeding in their cupcake business. The jokes might sound cheap sometimes, but trust me, it's hilarious.

This sitcom I'm about to tell you guys you already know of, it's another very popular TV show. HIMYM or rather How I Met Your Mother. It puts a smile onto  my face every time :-).

Last but not least, I'm gonna talk about Scrubs. It's a sitcom from the medical enviroment, starring with great Sarah Chalke! And what's the best - you can watch it on youtube, on the official scrubs 4u channel!

Hopefully this gave you some tips on what to watch when you're sick or just bored! :-) Coming up with more meaningful blogpost soon, hopefully...

Adelka

You Better Dig Two

Hi everybody! I'm so excited for the holiday season coming up! I love Christmas, it's the best time EVER. And the best thing is that in three weeks I'm going to fly home to see my family and my friends. Time goes by really fast over here...especially when you're having fun. I just wish I had some friends over here, somebody to go to the movies with, drink coffee...I want to try out this new gym in a small city nearby, maybe I'll meet somebody there :-).  Today I bought another Christmas present, I'm getting really excited. I am flying home, so I can't really bring that many presents with me. Boo :(. I wanted to buy the Dolce Gusto coffee machine for my parents, but I guess not. Next year, maybe. I know they would love to have one but they'll never have the courage to buy it! Haha. What are your holiday plans? When do you start buying your presents? I am actually very late this year. I'm notorious for having all of my gifts ready by the end of October :D.

 

Adelka

5 Things

1) L'Oreal nail varnishes

[I bought these varnishes at a local outlet store only for 2.99€ each! In the stores, they retail up to 11.99€.]

2) My door cork board

[It's really big, so everything I need to pin up there fits there. My post cards, calendar, train timetable, important numbers and pictures made by the children I take care of.]

3) My first french book

[Petit guide de survie pour New-Yorkaise en déroute! by Minkdy Klasky. It's fun and easy book and it helps ton with my french.]

4) Writing & Receiving letters

[It's much nicer to receive a letter than a facebook message...]

5) French wine

[Bought these two babies today as a Christmas gift to my parents]

Adelka