Prima aventură cu Răducu

Încă de când Răducu era la dospit, am avut "grijă" să îl învăț cu fâțâiala și aventura. Din păcate, născut fiind în octombrie, iarna ne-a cam tăiat elanul aventuros și am stat în bârlog, la hibernare/alăptare :) Dar cum a apărut Sorinel pe cer și mugurașul în copăcel, nu a mai fost vreme de stat în casă. Pe lângă plimbările mele obsesive pe sub copacii înfloriți din ultimele săptămâni, am inclus o escapadă la munte în weekend-ul ce tocmai a trecut. Oh Doamne, cât de dor îmi era! Iar pe lângă dor, mai exista și nerăbdarea mea în a-i prezenta lui Răducu pe mama natură în toată splendoarea ei.

Așa că, cu mic, cu mare am plecat la primul drum. Destinația, nici prea prea, nici foarte foarte...aici, în "vecini", la Moeciu. Cazarea a fost ochită de Mr. Daddy pe Booking, eu nu am stat să citesc prea multe despre, m-am mulțumit cu cele câteva poze la care am tras cu ochiul. Nici nu mai conta, important era că plecam!

Prima reușită a excursiei se datorează Piticului, care a demonstrat încă o dată că "cine se scoală de dimineață departe ajunge" și aș completa cu "și prinde cea mai wow cameră din pensiune" pentru că o poate alege. Așa că, pe principiul "primul venit, primul poftit" ne-am ales cu camera cea mai cea. Dar chiar dacă nu am fi avut această cameră, întreaga casă este minunată. Eu sunt foarte atentă la detalii, consider că frumusețea vine din micile detalii, cum ar fi o clanță lucrată de mână, un candelabru lucrat dintr-o roată de moară, etc.

Pensiunea, pe al său nume "Casa Moeciu Family", este exact ce ne-am dorit: o casă veche, recondiționată și peste care s-a construit și o parte nouă. Sunt 3 camere în total, iar fiecare cameră are 2 paturi duble (da, două), astfel familiile pot veni liniștite la o porție sănătoasă de lăfăială. Dacă te miști repede și ajungi să alegi camera.... ajungi în PARADIS. Eu așa m-am simțit. Camera noastră avea geamuri pe toaaaată lungimea, așa că oriunde te întindeai, oriunde stăteai erai ziua cu ochii în munți, iar noaptea cu ochii în stele.

Noi suntem mai hippioți, ca să nu pic fripturiști, și nu avem nicio problemă în a călători cu sandvișul și berea în ghiozdan. Spun asta pentru că acolo nu există în incinta pensiunii posibilitatea să luați masa, daaaar.... la parter se găsește o minunăție de bucătărie echipată complet la dispoziția intregii case. În schimb, în vecini, la nici 5 minute de mers pe jos, există o pensiune cu restaurant unde ciorba de burtă e taman bună :) ;)

Întreaga zonă din preajma pensiunii este perfectă pentru pitici. În primul rand, curtea este fooooarte mare și este gândită special pentru copii. Proprietarii au la rândul lor 3 copilași simpatici, iar atenția lor pentru fiecare detaliu nu poate trece neobservată. Există o veche căsuță de fâneață recondiționată care acum este un cuibuș perfect pentru cei mici, numai bună de escaladat și dat pe tobogan. Pe lângă asta, există un maaaare spațiu liber pentru jucat fotbal, leagăne făcut fie din lemn, fie din cauciuc, iar atracția principală este o tiroliană mică, de care este prins un scaun de bebeluș.

Noi/Răducu am apreciat enorm toate aceste lucruri, dar el fiind mic, a avut alte bucurii de genul unui somn în vârf de deal in Manduca acompaniat de oițe, fluturi și raze calde de soare.

Noi ne-am bucurat de mult zen. A fost un reset de care era mare nevoie, așa că am decis că vom avea mult mai multe escapade. Urmează vizita la bunici de Paști, iar in mai am rezervat deja un weekend la Corbu. Sper să mai strecurăm și un munte până atunci.

Mai las câteva poze, poate vă inspiră!

Roxana

Warsaw Feelings

I really wonder when this whole blogging thing is going to become a habit. I wonder if other bloggers feel the same....you need time to write or should I simply write just stuff & things?

Well, it's been a while since I haven't shared "the story of my life" here and I can say that a lot of things happened. And are happening. And will happen.

First of all, my trip to Warsaw was F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C. It pretty much had a bit of everything. I got there on Sunday afternoon, the sky was crystal deep blue and as soon as I reached the hotel, I literally dropped my bags and left to go sightseeing.

On the road again

I woke up with a quote in my mind today: "Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans"

So yeah, was so busy this week, that I didn't even think too much of the fact that today I'm going to Warsaw. Few of you might know, but I have a 2nd job besides my shop. Or better said, it's my first job. 

For 3 years and a half I'm working for a company based in London, UK for which I organise international conferences in telecom. I used to have a love-hate relationship with this job when I was staying in London, but since I moved to Bucharest and opened the shop I started to see only the benefits.

So yes, long story short, today I'm going to Warsaw! 

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Woohoo!

Stuff and things and autumn.... blings!

Shame, shame, shame....But who's the one to blame?! It's been a week since I got back from Paris and just 10 minutes ago my full energy tapped me on the shoulder and was like "hey you, enough...!"

Paris was a wonderful-exhausting mix of inspiration and energies. The fair, which is not small (at all!!) was again the source of multiple shows of fireworks in my brain. As in....lots and lots of ideas.

When I hear someone saying "OMG, you are going to Paris, I envy you!", I simply feel like going crazy and slap them. :)) First of all, my dear friends, I do not like Paris. Just like that. It's dirty, the french from Paris are rude and oh yes, it smells like poop and pee all over the place. I like the architecture, the fact that it's Paris. But that's it. And secondly, the fair is next to the airport, next to the hotel. So no Paris, just fair.

A s.t.a.r.... to Paris!

Oh what a day! :) A wonderful, fascinating, gorgeous day! Last night it rained and I had such a good long sleep....perfect for the day that was coming.

I woke up with a wonderful news... I've been on TV! Well, I knew I was going to be as I have given a short interview last week, but I totally missed the news on the day. So here are my 30seconds of fame! I do look good on TV, right? And look at my shop!! <3 lovely.

Then, another good news popped in my inbox: My shop was approved on Tripadvisor. It needs some editing (add pics and stuff) but ... it's on! Check it out here.

And the most exciting part of today is that...I'm off to Paris!! yuhuu! Me & mom are going to Maison & Objet to get some super cool stuff for Christmas. I can't wait to see what's going to inspire us!



So, that being told, I do have all the rights to feel like "A star travelling to Paris for the Design Week". Well, 4 days!


Bisou!!!
Roxana

This autumn I harvest happiness

I can't believe it's September already. I really don't understand time anymore. It feels like yesterday I was waiting for cherries and now I'm thinking of Christmas. Well, I'm the extreme kind of person I might say... But as soon as I know it's September I have to think a lot more in advance. I need to plan everything for the shop. And when I say in advance I mean it. I have ordered some of the Christmas products in January. I don't even know what I got anymore.

Chapter 2b: Cluj, Salina Turda and Paltinis

I can't believe how long it takes to go through this whole trip that we had! When I was travelling I didn't even realise how many stuff we've done, how many kilometres I drove, I was just fascinated by everything.
After visiting the Corvins Castle and Prislop, I drove straight to Cluj (and it was quite a long way) so in the evening we just stopped at a pension right cross the street from the Botanical Garden and went to sleep immediately! In the morning we woke up super early (7.30am - which for me is very early) and started visiting the city.
Well, I liked Cluj, I loved the people, I loved the vibe but I think from an architectural point of view I was expecting a bit more. I was looking for that centre area like you have in Brasov or Sibiu. Cosy, with little cafes, pedestrian area and so on. But it was nowhere to be found.
So after few hours of sightseeing (and shopping in outlets!!! there is no holiday without a bit of shopping, right?!) we decided it was time to go to Turda Salt Mine and drive to Sibiu.

Chapter 2.a. Yoga Retreat & Sarmizegetusa

Day 1 & 2

The trip to Sarmizegetusa was long, but very nice. We left Bucharest around 2PM and reached the final destination (A pension in Orastioara de Jos) at around 9PM. Took us a lot, but we didn't hurry and we stopped in different places and of course we got lost a bit..... :) 

On Saturday morning we woke up with the sound of a tibetan bowl at 7AM. That was the best early rise ever, ah...that sound!!! We had a long yoga session, have discussed stuff and things and then me and 3 others went to visit Sarmizegetusa. 

When we got there, I couldn't believe my eyes.... That place is truly magical. It is sooo peaceful, like seriously I never felt what I felt there anywhere else. I can't describe in words. But peaceful it is very close to what I felt. The ground was shinning and glittering everywhere. Like seriously glittering with tiny sparkles, I thought I was hallucinating...but it was for real.

The thing I didn't like was that I wasn't allowed to sit anywhere on the grass around the temples, not even for 2min. Then we tried some yoga and we were told that "no other activities than visiting are allowed". Well, probably they have a reason. I can imagine they don't want people going for picnic or doing any "weird" kind of meditation or whatsoever they imagine.

Here are some pictures from the Yoga camp and Sarmizegetusa through my eyes:

Chapter 2: The trip!

I'm back! Actually I got back last night...even tho I was supposed to get back home on Sunday night.

It was such a fantastic trip... which I was expecting, but I wasn't expecting THAT much.

To sum it up:

5 days;

2000km (aprox);

8 fabulous visiting spots in Romania;

1100 pictures.

I think we've done pretty well, right?! ;)

Here are some photos from my Instagram feed. Editing 1100 photos might take a while so until then, enjoy!

Chapter 1: Plans for the weekend!

Omg, omg! I'm sooo excited, I don't even know where to start. I don't know if it is because of the fact that I'm going to a yoga retreat or maybe it's because I'm going to Sarmizegetusa or just because I'm gonna have 4 days of exploring new stuff! Either, I'm just super happy. Superlative of fantastic I can say.

I'm new into yoga. I've done it previously while I was living in London but unfortunately it was way too pricey for me at that point to continue. But in those 2 months of practising it, I felt amazing. My body, my mind were aligned in peace and joy. I knew that at one point I will be back on the mat. It took me a while, but now it happens the best way ever.