candles and christmas.
Just some things that makes me feel good. Thank you Sweden for having
a big swedish shop all over the world.
For advent.
Christmas mulled wine.
Christmas flower.
Candles with vanilla and cinnamon/apple scent.
IKEA!
More and more for each day I realise how much of a Swedish person
I actually am. Therefore I took my friend Caitlin too IKEA not so far away
from our town. Bought some candles and christmas things and ate salmon
at the restaurant. Just like home. Can't be more happy right now!
frågor.
Sorry my english friends but this post's gonna be in Swedish since
I got some questions from some swedish readers.
Jag har ju nu varit här i drygt två och en halv månad och mycket har
Jag har ju nu varit här i drygt två och en halv månad och mycket har
hänt sen jag första gången satte min fot på fransk mark och mycket
har jag lärt mig. Och tänk då att det är mer än 6 månader kvar i det här
(oftast) fantastiska landet!
Jag får ju ibland lite frågor här i bloggen vilket jag tycker är jättekul. Det
Jag får ju ibland lite frågor här i bloggen vilket jag tycker är jättekul. Det
är många som funderar på hur det är att vara au pair och jag svarar alltid
på era frågor så det är bara att fråga på. Det jag inte har varit så bra på
har att varit att publicera frågor och svar i bloggen. Det tänkte jag göra nu,
men först undrar jag om det är någon fler där ute som har några frågor om
au pair - livet eller rent allmänt om mig och mitt liv här i Frankrike. Skicka en
liten kommentar här under så ska jag försöka svara så gott jag kan!
my new christmas buddy.
Having a long weekend. Yesterday, 11-11-11, it was férie in france to remind
of the ending of the first world war. That means that all schools were closed and
a lot of people were free from work including me. So I went to Paris (as usual
when I'm free) and stayed there just walking around at Champs Elysée with
Allison. I finished the day with dinner, movie and sleep over at Caitlins place.
Lovely work free friday!
Today, it's saturday but feels like sunday since I was free yesterday. That
Today, it's saturday but feels like sunday since I was free yesterday. That
couldn't stop me from going into Paris once again and this time with the goal to
go and see Galeries Lafayette and their christmas decorations that are really
famous. I wasn't dissapointed at all. So beautiful! And of course it suited me
really well right now since I'm longing for christmas so much. I'm so thankful
that someone (even though it's commercial...) just start to decorate the same
time of the year as me so that I can enjoy it everywhere I go!
Galeries Lafayette
brown.
"New" haircolour! Feels so good. I'm home again.
colour!
Colouring my hair right now. Bye, bye blondie!
christmas soon?
Today is it the 9th of november. That means one and a half month
left until it's CHRISTMAS! I love christmas and all my friends and
family thinks I'm crazy wanting to listen to christmassong, eating
ginger bread cookies and decorate my room with things that belongs
to christmas this early. But that's me! I just love it and I can't resist
when monoprix is already selling christmas cakes. I think I need
to go to IKEA soon to by some decorations and I'm hoping that
my mum will bring dough for ginger bread cookies when she's
coming in a month.
Soon the month is here wich I've waited for the hole year!
Soon the month is here wich I've waited for the hole year!
I can't be the only person that feels like this?
Christmas tree outside of notre dame.
museum visit with La Clef.
The museum we went to was Galeries de Paléontologie et d'Anatomie
comparée du Jardin des Plantes. There you could find tons of skeletons
of animals and humans from our time but also fossils. Very interesting
and I was really exited about all the big skeletons. It's crazy to even
think about how these animals lived and are living on our planet.
Since I was with my school it was free for everybody visiting from La
Since I was with my school it was free for everybody visiting from La
Clef but this museum as many other museums in Paris is free if you are
under 26 and a european citizen or a long time residence in Europe.
Good thing!
A giraff skeleton and some other animals from the savannah.
A giraff skeleton and some other animals from the savannah.
A whale skeleton.
Galeries de Paléontologie et d'Anatomie
school, sort of.
School today for the first time in two weeks. But not ordinary school
for me this time. Me and some other girls from my class are going
to Paris with the school to a museum. To be honest, I have know
idea where we're going but it seems cool and it will all be in french
(of course since it is a french course) so I hope I will learn something
new today as well.
Later on it's time to clean the kids rooms. Monda = cleaning day!
À tout a l'heure.
Later on it's time to clean the kids rooms. Monda = cleaning day!
À tout a l'heure.
news.
New jacket - H&M
New shoes - H&M
visit.
So happy today because this weekend my dearest Märta is here visiting.
Jasmin and Märta.
Found out that it's very popular to take a padlock and lock it at a bridge in
Spent the day with her, Jasmin and our danish friends eating sushi and
walking around in Paris. Manage to do some shopping also before I met
them. What I bought will I save as a surprise for tomorrow but I can tell
you now that I am so happy about my new clothes.
Babysitting tonight and my head is just killing me so I will probebly go to
Babysitting tonight and my head is just killing me so I will probebly go to
bed in a couple of minutes. My plan is to wake up early and go for a run
in the morning before I'm going to Paris. We'll see how that goes.
Bonne nuit!
Jasmin and Märta.
Found out that it's very popular to take a padlock and lock it at a bridge in
central Paris. Then you write yours and your boyfriend/girlfriends name
so that people can see that you've been there as a couple. Pretty cute!
vacances.
As I told you before I'm home with the kids this week since they are free
from school. But no worries, it's not to hard on me. Actually we have done
some really fun stuff that we never have time to do when there is school,
homework, activities, shower, dinner and then bedtime on the weekdays.
Wednesday, me, T & C went to the cinema. It was the first time for T
(the two-year-old) so it was really exiting to see how he would react to it.
I was a bit shocked because he was a really nice boy the whole movie and
sat quiet in his chair almost all the time. One time he just wanted to sit in
the knee of me and C and talk about the movie. But then we just told him
that you need to be quiet at the cinema and he actually listened!
Thursday, I took the two oldest ones to Cité des sciences in Paris. A really
Thursday, I took the two oldest ones to Cité des sciences in Paris. A really
fun place for kids (and grown ups to...) where you can go and see exhibitions.
Both permanent and temporary. We wanted to see an exhibition about the Gauls
who they showed right now. The exhibition was really nice; a lot of interactive
stuff, pictures and movies and I think the kids liked it. And of course we ended
the Paris trip with McDonalds. (YES!)
An other exhibition about the universe that they showed at Cité des sciences.
cold holiday.
I'm home again after this amazing weekend in Sigean. Hope
In Paris it's cold now, colder then in southern France. Because of
you enjoyed all the photos, was such an amazing area so my
camera I took photos all the time.
Work has started again. This week my kids are free from school
Work has started again. This week my kids are free from school
so I'm home with them all day long. Not so hard forme though
since my kids are pretty old and mostly hang around with their
friends or with each other. Tomorrow me and the boys are going
to the cinema. It's the first time for the two year old so this is
little bit of a test to see if he enjoys it and can stay quite for more
then an hour. We're going to see "Un monstre à Paris" and as childish
as I am I really look forward to it.
In Paris it's cold now, colder then in southern France. Because of
that I'm just laying with a blanket on my cozy carpet and watching
movies right now. Think I'm gonna continue with that for a while.
Ciao!
rain.
Guess this is how the weather usual is in Paris? Fall is finally here for real.
Versaillesx2
Yesterday me and my friends took the car once again to Versailles, this time
to actually go inside the huge castle (last time we just walked around in the
enormous garden wich was also great since the weather was so nice that day).
We got in for free because I'm a Europian citizen and both of my friends have a Visa
that proves that day are long time residences in Europe. If you can show this you
get in for free in a lot of places in Paris; museums, castles, arc de triomphe and so
on. A really good thing when everything else is pretty expensive!
The castle was really nice, the only not so good part about it was that it was so
The castle was really nice, the only not so good part about it was that it was so
crowded. It took away a little bit of the impression. I think we're going back sometime
in december/januari to see it again and hopefully it's not that crowded that time of the
year. (another good thing when you actually live around big tourist attractions, you can
always come back soon and see it again!) Though it was crowded, I really reccomend
going there if you visit Paris sometime. It's so beautiful!
Caitlin and Stevie
The kings bedroom
The queens bedroom, the door to the left is the door where Marie Antoinette
escaped a couple hundred years ago.
run for your life.
The best thing for me to do on a wednesday morning is to go out for a run. Makes me feel
good for the rest of the week. Unfortunatly is it sometimes not so easy to take that step
out of the house with my running shoes on and do that. This morning I just realized
that the best way to make you do that is to put on your running clothes directly after bed,
then you must go out for a run, right? I don't know if it works all the time. Maybe I was just
in a good mood today.
Anyway, now I'm proud over myself and ready to go back to work again!
Anyway, now I'm proud over myself and ready to go back to work again!
mademoiselle amour.
Yesterday, when I was doing sunday shopping in Le Marais, I found the cutest
store with parfumes, makeup bags, travel kits and so on and I couldn't stop
myself from bying this parfume called Mademoiselle Amour. It smells just like a
parfume wich I wanted to buy this summer but that one was three times
more expxensive. With this parfume you could also buy a bag and a mirror for
the price of 22 euros and of course I did it. How could I resist?
My new love: Mademoiselle Amour.
people watching.
The best sundays is spent just hanging around in Paris with a girl you can
sit quiet with for hours just looking at people without thinking it's weird.
This sunday we spent first at Batille where it was a market, we walked
This sunday we spent first at Batille where it was a market, we walked
around looking at cute presents to buy and then we bought crêpes, ate them
and did some people watching. After that we walked along Seine and enjoyed
the great view. We finished the afternoon in Le Marais with ice cream and some
shopping. Best sunday!
dîner.
vintage shopping.
I started the day with some work and then I went to Paris to have brunch at B.I.A
Friends, B.I.A, cafe au lait and french toast. Just gotta love it!
Cool girls waiting.
(breakfast in America). The brunch was really good and I will definitely do it again
soon. After the brunch we walked around in Marais to do some vintage shopping and
I finally understood why people thinks that Paris is a nice shopping town. It must be
because of all the good vintage stores you can find (and maybe also because of the
big, expensive brands that you can buy here as well if you can afford it)! Though,
shopping on a saturday afternoon is nothing I would recommend. All shops are so
crowded so if you absolutely want to shop on the weekends you need to start early
when the shops are opening, then it's a little bit less crowded because of the fact that
the parisians go out so late. But from two a clock, everybody is out!
Friends, B.I.A, cafe au lait and french toast. Just gotta love it!
Cool girls waiting.
My new adorable bag, only 10 euros so it was a really good buy.
Can I have my cupcake please?
