L'église suédoise.
Dimanche:
This morning I went to the Swedish church in Paris where it was family sunday.
This morning I went to the Swedish church in Paris where it was family sunday.
The kids played the history of the born of Jesus and afterwards there was a
christmas party when the kids showed a lucia cortege. It was really nice, made
me get the real christmas feeling even though it's raining like crazy and not
snowing the 4th of december.
L'église suédoise.
Peter.
Samedi:
Went to théâtre Bobino to see Peter Pan. How fun! The actors were amazing
Went to théâtre Bobino to see Peter Pan. How fun! The actors were amazing
and I could follow the history just fine even though it was in French. Guess that
the fact that most lines were the same, just translated into french, like the ones
we had when I played Peter two years ago was helping. Had a great time there
and afterwards I did some christmas shopping so now I'm almost done with all
my gifts.
Cutest Pia waiting for Peter Pan to start.
Peter Pan
the only thing today.
Having one of those days where I can't really figure out one single
thing to do except sitting at the computer or playing wordfeud (hannawi
is my nickname there if you are also addicted and want to play with me).
Guess it's just because it's friday and I think it's weekend already since
friday usually is quite easy going for me. The two oldest kids are at hockey
tonight so I'm only taking care of the youngest one. On top of that are we
ordering Pizza tonight (YEEES!!!) so I don't even have to cook any dinner.
Tonight I'm going out with some friends to one of the local pubs in St.G.
Tonight I'm going out with some friends to one of the local pubs in St.G.
Looking forward to it. And tomorrow I'm going to see Peter Pan the musical.
Do I need to tell you how exited I'm about that? I believe it's gonna be awesome.
the days go on.
Found the most amazing radio channel: P4 Bjällerklang. A channel
Also, I need to tell you how proud I am that I was out doing sprints
where they play only christmas songs from 21th of November until
the 9th of Januari. You can check it out here.
Starting to realise that my blog is starting to become more of a
Starting to realise that my blog is starting to become more of a
christmas blog than an au pair blog. But right now, my au pair life is
just rolling on very fast with just daily routines and there isn't so much
to wright about it other than that I like my job and my life here very
much right now. The kids will have school/la creche every day until
the 17th of december when the older kids get there christmas break.
Until then we have homework, hockey, tennis, bathing, dinner and
just ordinary every-day-life stuff to deal with. But I'm not complaining,
this is probebly the toughest but also the best job I will ever have.
Also, I need to tell you how proud I am that I was out doing sprints
this afternoon for the first time in my life. How did I become such
a runner?
thoughts about wednesdays.
Wednesday went fast as usual. The feared day of the week for au pairs
Tomorrow it's the first of december, too bad I don't have a christmas calender!
aren't so bad for me at all. Probebly because I don't start work until 12.30
and then can have some alone time before. But stil.l if it weren't because I
love my kids and my family I would probebly be like most other girls and hate
it, now I actually like this hard working day.
Tomorrow it's the first of december, too bad I don't have a christmas calender!
Will probebly take a look at the Swedish christmas calender that goes on TV
every year. Looking forward to it!
lussebulle.
According to facebook, today is the big making-lussebullar-day. And the
fan of christmas number one joined them of course. I spent all my afternoon
in the kitchen making them but it was definitely worth it. Adventsfika, here I
come!
first advent.
First advent today and this morning I went to the Swedish church to
get the real christmas feeling. It was lovely, I knew all the songs and
chatted with a swedish lady sitting beside me. Afterwards I bought some
presents, ate falafel in Marais and then went back to St G to see a dance
show at Théâtre Alexandre Dumas. A lot of great things on one day!
I'm listening to Christmas songs on Spotify right now. Found this list
I'm listening to Christmas songs on Spotify right now. Found this list
on facebook that a friend of mine made. It gets me into christmas mood.
Maybe I should go downstairs and make me some swedish glögg too. And
I also need to bake Lussebullar soon, I'm craving for it. I'm going all in for
christmas right now.
tänd ett ljus...
weheartit.com
yummie.
Aren't I'm the best au pair when doing american pancakes to my kids
for gouté? (I'm telling myself I did it for them when I actually only
thought about myself and my craving for pancakes when making them)
Pancakes!
jag kommer hem igen till jul.
Two days left for first advent. Six days left for december first. 28 days left
until I'm home in Sweden. 29 days left for christmas.
Time.
Time to get up.
Time to get better.
Time to stop laying in bed feeling sorry for myself.
Time to dress up.
Time to go down and take a coffee.
Time to start working.
Some motivations sentences for me to stop being ill and start
Some motivations sentences for me to stop being ill and start
living again. Hope it works!
ill.
Pretending I'm not feeling like someone shot a hole in my head. My nose
is rinning, my eyes is rinning and the only thing I want to do is go back
to bed and fall asleep again. But oh, I forgot. I can't do that because my
head is killing me.
Best regards,
Best regards,
Hanna, an au pair with constant illness (like that should be something unusal)
Peace out.
proud.
Realized that I actually have my first real job. My first (almost) full time job.
And I like it, a lot! I'm also living in a new country learning a new language
and trying to make a life her. You can think what you want but I'm pretty, damn
proud of myself tonight for doing that!
Ganska så kool brudi då. (som kommer hem om 32 dagar och då kommer
att krama om mina bästa <3)
love it.
Twilight was the best thing ever, know it's not completely okay to
think like that but I'm saying it anyway. Because I am and will always
be a twilight girl. It's weird how you can feel so much about a book.
It's twilight and Harry Potter that makes me forget about everything
else and just be there and now in what I'm reading/watching.
Just love it!
The Catacombs.
Sunday today and my plans are just to go to La Defense. Buy tickets for Peter Pan,
drink coffee at Starbucks and then go and see twilight. Just perfect for a sunday!
Yesterday we were at the catacombs under Paris. A little bit scary actually, being
Yesterday we were at the catacombs under Paris. A little bit scary actually, being
so deep down with a lot of skeletons around you but the funny thing is that you
after a while got used to it and those thousands and thousands of skeletons started
to be just a part of the interior. Apperently they are skeletons from a cemetery in
Paris that needed to be taken away because of some building project and also
skeletons from people who died in a disease a couple of hundred years ago that
they thought would spread if they were buried in an ordinary cemetery.
Waiting more than one hour to get into the Catacombs.
Catacombs.
norway?
What is it with a lot of young people here wearing caps with a norwegian flag?
Guess I'm not so far from sweden as I thought.
busy but interesting.
Had a hectic morning with phonetique course at La Clef at 9.00 and then
Phonetiques is a course you can take extra at my language school. It's
a guided tour at Le Louvre 10.45 with my agency. It was stressful but I'm
glad I managed to do them both because they were both very interesting.
Phonetiques is a course you can take extra at my language school. It's
only 45 minutes * 4 times but you learn a lot about pronunciation and
how to read the phonetique writing.
The guided tour at Le Louvre was something that my agency send out an
The guided tour at Le Louvre was something that my agency send out an
e-mail about and this was the first museum visit of six. We're gonna go see
and talk about the history of art from the Renaissance until todays modern
art. Today we started talking about the Renaissance and the Italian painters that
are very famous from that epoch. This is a really good opportunity since Paris
has so much art to enjoy but it's hard to know where to go and what to see
because there's so much! Just walking around Le Louvre is a challenge itself.
The first four tours are gonna be at Le Louvre and after that there will be one
tour at Musée Orsay and one at Centre Pompidou.
Le Louvre.
Beaujolais noveau.
Yesterday it was the third thursday of November. In France there is a
We had a tasting at my school after class with Beaujolais noveau, cheese,
fête that day every year when you are drinking Beaujolais noveau wine.
Remember when I told you about the fête I was at in Sigean, Southern
France, where we drank noveau wine produced in that area? Anyway,
this is the same but with Beaujolais wine and this is not only done in just
one small place, whole france is "celebrating" it because it's a really popular
wine that is produced in in the wine region Bourgogne (southern France again).
We had a tasting at my school after class with Beaujolais noveau, cheese,
and baguette (of course). So good! Très sympa. Hope we will have more
happenings of this type. No one can say no to food, right?
one good and one bad thing tonight.
So ennoying when you write a long post about beaujolais wine and
what that is and it just disappears just because you did something stupid
on your keyboard. Will write it again tomorrow and post it then instead.
Right now I just want to say, I'M SO CRAZY AWESOME WHEN PARALLEL
Right now I just want to say, I'M SO CRAZY AWESOME WHEN PARALLEL
PARKING MY CAR!!! Today, outside La Clef, I parked at a spot with
maximum 20cm at each side of the car. Isn't that a good driver or what?
Going to bed proud tonight. À demain.
Going to bed proud tonight. À demain.
young.
This morning:
My dear beloved two-year-old are being sweet and saying "Au revoir, bonne journée".
(No offense taken, of course I understand that mum is most important all the time
My dear beloved two-year-old are being sweet and saying "Au revoir, bonne journée".
The only thing is that he says just like that because he wants me to leave so that
he can be alone with his mum. So when I'm trying to go down the stairs he stops
me and pushes me back so that I can't get through and take his mum away from him.
Aren't they lovely sometimes our youngest?
(No offense taken, of course I understand that mum is most important all the time
and he does actually the same with his dad. Just think it's a funny story that says
all about how kids are thinking and acting)
about.
Sometimes you need to be weak and a little girl again so that
you the next day can wake up even stronger.
Morning again, wednesdaymorning again. I'm up way to early just
because I can't change my routins with taking a run wednesday
mornings. Feeling quite proud of it actually! After my run I'm going
away with Caitlin on a secret mission and at lunch time it's hard
work work again. Not that I mind, being au pair is probebly the weirdest,
toughest, hardest work from day to day but it can also be the best,
happiest and the most rewarding job you can ever have as well.
Not very clear maybe but I think my au pair friends out there are
agreeing with me.
