PS. I can’t wait till my next class!
I’ve had a busy few days, but I’m back at home now and happy to report that the second day of my floristry training was incredible. All the training in basic techniques we had during the first day paid off, and I got a chance to create some beautiful bouquets and flower arrangements. So if you’re looking for a creative way to spend a weekend and you love flowers, a floristry workshop is something I’d really recommend! And here are some photo impressions from Sunday! PS. I can’t wait till my next class!
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Today was the first day of my professional floristry course – 7 hours of flower cleaning, sorting, prepping and the basics of hand-tight spiral bouquets. And let me tell you, working with flowers is much more difficult than you’d think – my aching back and feet are a testament to that - but it’s also very, very rewarding, and a great outlet for creativity.
The only downside is that after living in the Netherlands I can see that the flowers I get to work with here in Poland are not really of great quality and of limited choice, even though the course I’m attending is a good one and we use fresh flower material straight from the flower market. Still, working with flowers is amazing and lets you create something unique and beautiful, so why not try? Here are some photo impressions from my first three hand-tight bouquets – still a bit shaky and not exactly perfect in shape, but I’m proud of them anyway ;-) What do you think?! And it’s official now – the Autumn has arrived. Not only does the calendar say so, but the signs of it are everywhere – the leaves are turning gold and red, pumpkins of all kinds have become ubiquitous, wild flowers on trees and bushes have turned into fruits. Here are a few picturesque examples spotted with my camera - for inspiration :-)
The city of Rome And I will be gone for a few days again - tonight I'm flying for a week to Rome. I'm planning to explore as much as possible, take in all the famous sights the city has to offer (which, of course, means take pictures of as many things as possible ;-) and eat lots of the amazing gelato ! Keep your fingers crosseed for my trip, and I'm planning to come back with a lot of new material for my blog at the end of next week. I've been pretty busy the last few days since my parents came to visit. One of the things we did was go to a rock concert - the one by Tarja Turunen, the ex-voice of the Finnish band Nightwish. And – not surprisingly – the concert was incredible! She has an amazing, strong and well-trained voice of an opera singer, and is not afraid to experiment with it. This, against the background of strong, dynamic hard rock music with gothic elements, results in a combination which is unique and sends a thrill down your spine. Plus she’s amazing at establishing a rapport with the audience – who love her immediately – and seems to be a natural on the stage. So if you ever get a chance to go to her concert – by all means, do! Here is one of her songs which she sung at the very end – “Until my last breath.” Enjoy! Innsbruck – the capital of Tirol - is a world-famous winter sports city which in the past hosted quite a number of Olympic Games and other international competitions. But as it turns out it is also a treat to visit it in Summer. You’ll find here a sizeable Old City part with picturesque narrow streets, colourful merchant houses lining the squares, an impressive castle, imposing old churches and much, much more – all this set against the majestic backdrop of Nordkette, the so-called Insbruck’s own mountain range. But enough words – pictures are much better at conveying what Innsbruck is like, so visit my new Innsbruck Photo Gallery – enjoy! And I'm happy to announce that the second part of the Gallery with my photos from Austria is already on-line! This one is a bit more varied - yes, there are mountain views, but aslo some birds of pray, village views and even one with Alpine cows ;-) Enjoy! Visit Alpine Views Gallery II And finally, here comes the first part of the photos from our short holidays in Austria, in the Mayerhofen Valley of Tyrol. The Alps are simply breathtaking – there is no other way to put it. And it’s amazing that during one week at the end of Summer you can get to see and capture both Summer and Winter views. I invite you to visit my Alpine Views Gallery I. Enjoy! Achensee (The Achen Lake) is the biggest post-glacial lake of the Austrian Tirol. And like every post-glacial lake it has incredibly blue water, lies in a picturesque setting surrounded by mountains and… is very, very cold ;-) Let me show you a short photo-story of an Achensee day trip. One of the more original ways of reaching the Lake is to take o 50-minute ride up the mountain from Jenbach with the Achensee Steam Cog Railway, driven by the oldest steam cog locomotive in the world – one built in 1889. Admittedly, it may not be the most comfortable or fastest way of transportation available, but it certainly is an original and unique one, with lots of whistling, hissing and puffing ;-) And this is how it looks: Once the antique railway reaches the Seespitz Station, having consumed hundreds of kilograms of coal (some of which has by now ended up on your clothes in the form of soot), you can take a boat trip around the lake and admire the views. And the views are really amazing: You can also get off the boat at one of its many stops and visit one of the lake-side villages, to see an incredible number of traditional Austrian houses with wooden balconies overflowing with flowers, and an occasional alpine cow ;-)
I'm happy to report that I'm back from my holidays, which were a definite success :-) The Austrian Valley of Mayerhofen we went to was so beautiful that it looked more like a picture out of a fairytale book than reality. Cable car rides up the mountains were thrilling, mountain trains offered adventures, Alpine meadows were picturesque, mountain views breathtaking. The air was so incredibly fresh and the colours so brilliant that I got an injection of energy every time I looked around and breathed – it made me feel so alive. And now that I’m back in Warsaw – the grey city covered by dreary clouds sprouting tons of grey rain – I have my one-and-a-half thousand photos from Austria to cheer me up! So, obviously, you’ll be reading a lot about it and watching lots of my holiday pictures here in the upcoming weeks, but for starters – a short photo-story about all things Austrian! Let's start with a few amazing mountain views - and yes, apparently if you visit the Alps in August, you can get photos of both mountain summer views and winter views!!! (for the latter you just need to get to the top of a glacier ;-) Then, there are of course mountains streams, rivers, lakes and waterfalls: And have you ever seen some postcards with "traditional Austrian houses," the ones with wooden balconies flooded with blooming flowers? Guess what - they really do exist!!! Next, we have a number of different railways which help you move through and up the Austrian mountains - some come from 19th century, some look as if they were from 22nd century: We definitely can't forget about the few animals which are symbols of the Alps - an Alpine cow and an Alpine marmot ;-) And last but not least in my teaser-preview of Austria, the country's world-famous speciality and delicacy - the Sacher Torte!
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