Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Summer will bring you over…

Yes, I know I should post first all the photos I took from December 2009 to July 2010. But, I really don’t feel like it… My blog, my rules.

Here are my 2010 summer photos. Spent most of the summer writing my thesis, so there isn’t a lot (I think shooting my laptop screen over and over again wouldn’t be that appealing). I only had two breaks, the first when me & J. went to the seaside with my parents and S. <3, in the beginning of July. And the second on the last day of hot weather in Portugal, during which I happened to host a Pool Party for my friends.

But before we get to that, let me introduce you to my current boss: M.

She’s the sweetest thing alive, most of the time! Winking smile

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Algarve 2010

During our time at the sea side S. discovered ice cream… Let’s just say it was a revelation!

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She also discovered sharing…

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But mostly she discovered she was always the center of attention!

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Back at Lisbon

S. with her cousins :)

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S.’s picture pose. lol

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And then they were gone, and I was left with my thesis. So for the next two months I procrastinated a lot, worked a little, went out to lunch a couple of times…

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… cooked a little…

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… and finally, I organized a pool party for my friends.

Pool Party

There was a lot of jumping…

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Swim ring surfing…

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Some chilling…

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Some ball games.

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And of course, some eating & drinking

Meats, Fish, Shopska Salata & a lot of Sangria.

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After a few drinks, experimentations with the swim ring started…

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People broke chairs… & then some other people sat in the broken chairs by mistake and got stuck…

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And then we ate some chocolate fondue & and home made popsicles.
Mmmmmm <3

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All in all, it was a great afternoon between friends <3

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<3

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After that, autumn came.
I hanged out at David’s, tried to shoot his birds, failed.
So I shot his garden instead.

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Then came Halloween, J. scared some children…

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I went to the park with my boss :)

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And then last weekend we had some family fun :)

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And that’s all for today.

Bye bye Summer, Hello Winter.

Saturday, October 09, 2010

From Paris with love…

 

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Rainy weather makes me wish I was in Paris.

Last year, around this time, I went there for a few days to visit D. and R. It was nice to go back after all this time.

It was a rather gastronomic journey. Actually it seems my whole life revolves around food – eating food, thinking about food, making food, looking at food, making plans around food, etc.

 

So, having that in mind, I started my weekend by eating the best ice cream in world – Bertillon. I’m not kidding, it is truly divine, like nothing you’ve ever tasted.

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The next day we just walked around breathing in the city and going to some freaky taxidermy store. Strange strange, though I’d fancy a few butterflies myself… Maybe one day.

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Some other stores just opt for live animals instead :)

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The next day (or was it the same day? I’m not quite sure anymore) we went to have lunch at La Durée. Hmmm :)

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The next day I was in for a real treat, a true algerien lunch <3

All the food came directly from Algeria and it was wonderfully cooked by A.’s mum.
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My first macarons. They were quite nice… I thought I wouldn’t like them, felt bad for not having tried one at La Durée. Next time I guess.

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R. likes to sleep even more than I do, and that’s saying something :)

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D.’s appartment is lovely and full of beautiful things

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The next day I went to my old neighbourhood… for old times sake.

School… or should I call it Hell?

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My old street…

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The place where my dad used to eat almost everyday…

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Sunday’s brunch spot…

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I cooked dinner one night… Things didn’t really go quite as wished but they seemed to enjoy the tiramissu at least.    

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And that’s it… Paris was lovely as always, I hope to go back soon enough…

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