Wednesday 30 November 2016

Christmas is in the air ☺

Hello Lovelies! :)

The Swedish crispbread, I bought at the Swedish Christmas Fair and my little present, (ornament) I won at the tombola made me to put together this Christmassy flatlay :) We are getting there! I was passing a creative office in Covent Garden and it was written that it is only 26 days until Christmas! Today it is then 25 full days, so I guess I am allowed to post Christmassy things :)

But today besides the images, I just wanted to share one of my gym experiences :) So basically I am just going to my uni gym, because it is extremely cheap and the gym itself is well equipped and they have tons of classes too! Plus having a friend, who used to work in the reception comes good as he told me that I can book a free consultation, personal training session where they can tell me what to do, with which machine, with how much weights and how many from that specific exercise.

Well I think it’s a little too difficult for me what I got from the trainer, but I will try doing my best! I really liked though that he said exercise should not be a burden it should be something that we enjoy! So after telling him I hate running, he did not put running in my training at all! Yess!!! :) Instead I have the crosstrainer and rowing besides the weights.
And I was over the moon, when the trainer at the end was asking for my age…and then he was already kind of writing down and saying in the same time twenty…..one? And I told him, no it’s 32…he asked me two more times when I actually told him, it’s plus 10…then he really got it I was not that young  as he always understood it as 22 :) and even after I changed and was leaving, he was still around and told me again, that he still just couldn’t believe I was 32 :) what a compliment, isn’t it!? :) I guess then everyone else thinks I am only in my early twenties :)

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[In Hungarian]

Szep napot nektek! :)

A sved karacsonyi piacrol iden nem csak ettunk es ittunk de vettem is egy tipikus sved ropogost, amit persze az IKEA-ban is lehet kapni, de nem ilyen szep karacsonyi csomagolasban :) plusz meg volt a kis dekoracio amit a tombolan nyertem, szoval gondoltam osszedobok egy posztra valo kepet! Inspiralodjunk! Hangolodjunk! Pont tegnap mentem el egy iroda mellett a Covent Garden-ben ahol ki volt vilagitva, hogy mar cask 26 nap van karacsonyig, szoval mara ez mar cask 25, igy azt hiszem megtehetem, hogy karacsonyi dologgal jojjek :)

Na de ma nem errol akartam irni, hanem az egyik edzotermi elmenyemrol szerettem volna beszamolni. Csak az egyetem edzotermebe jarok mert nagyon olcso, jol felszerelt es meg utba is esik, ezenkivul csomo ora van es meg ingyenes szemelyi-edzo is jar, mint ahogyan ezt meg tudtam az egyik szinten egyetemi baratomtol! Jol jon ha o pont ebben a teremben dolgozik :) Szoval lefoglaltam egy idopontot, hogy allitsanak ossze egy progit nekem gepekkel, sulyokkal es hogy mibol mennyit is csinaljak!

Hmm…azt hiszem egy kicsit tul nehez ez nekem, de azert megprobalok mident megtenni, hogy csinaljam es eljarjak 3szor egy heten! De mar jol indult, mert az edzo srac mondta, hogy a sportot szeretni kell es az nem jo ha unalommal, vagy rossz erzessel csinaljuk, szoval miutan megtudta hogy a futast ki nem allhatom, igy azt abszolut kihagyta es inkabb eveznem meg cross-trenereznem kell helyette :) a sulyokon kivul.

Na de amikor befejeztuk, hat eleg vicces volt amikor felvette az adataimat es mar irta volna, de kozben mondta, hogy akkor hany eves vagyok? Huszon….egy – kerdezte o, de mondtam, hogy nem hanem 32. Ez angolul kicsit felrehallhato es o csak mondta, hogy oke akkor 22, de mondom nem :) ezt megjatszottuk, vagy ketszer amikor mondtam neki, hogy hat tizzel tobb mint a 22. Na akkor szinte hallottam, hogy az alla leesik a foldre :) aztan miutan visszaoltoztem utcai ruhaba es mentem el, meg akkor is odaszolt, hogy hat o meg mindig nem tudja elhinni hogy en 32 lennek :) eleg jo kis bok :) na de ezek utan gondolom mindenki mas is azt hiszi, hogy ilyen fiatal vagyok :)

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Stockist
Red and White reindeer knit blanket - Primark, similar here ~ £23.80
Etch Tea Light Holder Copper - Tom Dixon ~ £40.00 
Crispbread and wooden decoration  - Swedish Christmas Fair ~ £5.00
Fairy Lights (20) - Primark ~ £1.50 / IKEA HU HUF 1990.00
Sheepskin Ludde - IKEA UK ~ £30.00 / IKEA HU ~ HUF 9900.00
Copper Bowl - H&M Christmas similar here ~ £6.99 
Little red starts ornament - H&M Christmas ~ £6.99 / H&M HU ~ HUF 1990.00





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Tuesday 29 November 2016

Christmas Markets: Little Sweden in London

Hello dear Sentimentals! :)

I am so sorry, I was not able to post anything these last days, because I was just really busy with partying! :) In the past 10 days I have never managed to get home sort of before 1am or 2am, the next day work, work out and then dinners or just drinking again. So this all sounds great, but I have really neglected the blog, but hey! Here I am now with our Swedish Christmas Market in London :) and some more things to be showcased or write about.

Every year the Swedish church in Marylebone/Edgware Road organises their annual Christmas Fair, normally around the 3rd weekend of November to share a little bit of Scandi feeling with apparently 8000 visitors this year, who could buy all sorts of Scandi treats, books, gifts, food, drink and even reindeer meat or reindeer sausage!

We were planning to go there on Saturday, but I just read that Saturday should be avoided due to the crowds of people wanting to go in. So we already explored it a bit on Thursday evening, when the priest assured us that he would let us in on Saturday and we should not worry :) Of course the German punctuality....my German friend from uni was there already way before our meeting time. The rest of us and me being a notorious latecomer, arrived a little later, but luckily we could just join him in the queue so we only needed to wait till the doors were opened at 11am. However as there was this long queue on the pavement, there wasn't enough space for me and me as usual just chatting and talking a lot I ended up falling over in front of everyone....so embarrassing :D lol.

The doors were opened and after leaving our coats in the cloakroom we not only wanted to check the market, but also to have the yummy gløgg, which is the Scandinavian version of mulled wine. It is a little bit stronger than just the normal mulled wine, because other than wine, there is a splash of brandy in it as well :) with raisins and almonds. However I just heard from my friend from the Spitsbergen that the EU would like to control what is in the gløgg, exactly because of the splash of brandy...according to the EU there should not be any other alcohol than wine. Well it is very tasty and loved the little kick of it too, would be a shame to lose its authenticity! And maybe this is one of the reason why all Swedish are so cheerful and friendly :) We need that little extra kick :)

We tried everything :) drank gløgg and then we went up to the cafe, which seems to be in front of the altar with really pretty ceilings, chandeliers and ornaments. A good tip is to try to get there as soon as you can as queues can add up in no time! I had the salmon sandwich and apple cake with vanilla-sauce and ordered it in Swedish and the girl behind the counter was so happy about it. The others had some buns and also the well-known super delicious green princess kakke (recipe here if you want it).
I also played the tombola just to see if I was lucky enough to win something (you know I am a winner) haha opening each ticket with a hope of winning something, in the end I won the smallest thing there a wooden Christmas decoration :) but one of us badly wanted the big furry teddy bear...well I could not help with that...I think we had a good time there and god knows how but we spent there like 2 hours :) and then headed down to a much less Christmassy Winter Wonderland...



    

[In Hungarian]


Sziasztok ismetelten! :)

Jo sokara, de itt vagyok megint! Fuu az utobbi napok, szamszerint 10, hat eleg huzosak voltak...melo nappal, aztan utana vagy edzoterem, vagy vacsora vagy koktelozas, koncert stb...szoval nem ertem haza sosem hajnal 1-2 elott...aztan masnap kezdodott elolrol :) Mindez azonkivul, hogy kicsit faraszto, de szuper volt...de ez azt is jelentette, hogy sajnos nem tudtam semmit sem hozni ide. Na de mar sok minden van felhalmozva amit meg szeretnek veletek osztani es kezdjuk a londoni Sved Karacsonyi Piaccal :)

A marylebone-i sved templom minden evben megrendez egy skandinav foleg sved hangulatu karacsonyi piacot a templomban. Altalaban november harmadik hetvegejen keritenek sort ra, sok sok sved, illetve skandi cuccal, mint peldaul a tipikus karacsonyi manocskak, konyvek, fa karcsonyi diszek, a diszes szines lovacskak, de van itt kaja is peldaul renszarvas hus, amit meg is lehet kostolni, vagy a sved forralt bor ha megszomjaznank.

Szoval szombatra terveztuk, hogy menjunk, de aztan hallottam, hogy jobb a szombatot elkerulni, mert hosszu sor van, hiszen iden is 8000 latogato volt...szoval mi mar csutortokon elmentunk es megerdeklodtuk, hogy mi is a helyzet szombaton, de a pap aki szuper kedves volt, mondta hogy be fog bennunket engedni es nem lesz nagy sor, nem kell sokkal korabban erkezni....na de radasul, ha van valaki a bandaban mint az uj nemet srac aki mindig szuper pontos sot sokkal hamarabb erkezik, akkor tenyleg nem kell aggodni :) o mar ott volt 10:30tol es igy...ismertek en mindenhonnak kesek...barmennyire is probalom odatenni magam...szoval a lenyeg, hogy igy szinte az elsok kozott voltunk, mert csak siman csatlakoztunk hozza...na de azert volt sor es az egyik csajszit a sor vegerol szedtem ossze es annyira beszelgettunk, hogy egyszer csak lecsuszott a labam a padkarol es egy jo nagyot puffantam :) szerencsere nem lett semmi bajom, de eleg ciki volt....haha!

Miutan megnyitottak bent voltunk se perc alatt es termeszetesen nem csak a cuki kis dolgokat akartuk csekkolni, de mindenkeppen terveztuk, hogy a forralt bor sved megfelelojet a gløgg-ot is kiprobaljuk :) kicsit erosebb mint a forralt bor es ezert nem is adnak olyan sokat belole, mert az aljan a mandulan es mazsolan kivul meg egy adag brandy is figyelt. bar pont most hallottam a spitzbergaki baratnomtol, hogy az EU probalja leszabalyozni, hogy mi lehet a gløgg-ben, mert hogy csak borbol kellene csinalni...de pont ez a lenyeg! Talan eppen ezert olyan mosolygosak pirospozsgasak a svedek, mert belekevernek brandyt es vodkat meg mas piat is :) Kar lenne erte! :) nekunk bejott ez a kis extra benne!

Probaltunk mindent kiprobalni, megkostolni :) ittunk sved forralt bort, meg felmentunk a kavezo reszere is, ami nagyon szuper! Kepzeljetek el a templom oltarat es a padok ahelyett, hogy az oltal fele neznenek, hosszaban vannak rakva, koztuk pedig hosszu asztalok, amelyek kore le lehet ulni es jo hangulatban elfogyasztani a kis itokankat es sutinket :) en egy lazacos szendvicset ettem, meg egy almas sutit vanilia sodoval. A tobbiek pedig megkostoltak a fahejas csigat es a szuper finom es hires 'hercegno tortat'. Gyurka baratom is szokott ilyet csinalni....nyamm! (receptet itt talaltok angolul).
Na persze mivel azert eleg szerencses ember vagyok ki kellett probalni a tombolat is, es igaz hogy meg lett az eredmenye, de nem a fonyeremenyt hanem a legkisebb fa karacsonyi diszt nyertem meg. Ez is valami, bar az egyikonk a legnagyobb es legpuhabb teddy mackot szerette volna...az ido eleg gyorsan ment de mindenki jol erezte magat es ki tudja hogyan de kb 2 orat vagy tobbet is eltoltottunk ott...majd a sokkal kevesbe karacsonyi hangulatu Winter Wonderland-be vettuk az iranyt...de az mar nem igazan tetszett senkinek sem.

    

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This collage was made by Phoebe

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Where: Swedish Church - Svenska Kyrkan, 6 Harcourt street, London, W1H 4AG
When: usually 3rd weekend in November, but the cafe is open daily

I would recommend to go there!

Stockist
My Romantic Swiss Dot Blouse - Stradivarius ~ £19.99
Black Shaper Jeans  - H&M ~ £39.99

                                                                                                            


Thursday 17 November 2016

Hungarian Din Din with Friends!

Hello Sentimentals! :)

This week was busy as hell again, hence I am only able to bring you the pics of the weekend's Hungarian dinner now! ... Eating Out! Friends! Winebars! Shopping! Christmas shopping! Gymtime! Permanent Hair Removal! This was all since Monday!!! And besides all this I work as well....so really, everyday I got home super late completely knackered! But here I am again!

So this dinner was planned for months and months, but either I was at a wedding (1,2,3,4,5) or they were busy writing up their dissertations...and finally we did it! Although I was out on Saturday as well, I still managed to cook this three-course Hungarian meal to couple of my dear uni friends! :) Well I wanted to show that Hungarian cuisine is not only about goulash and tried to copy the chef's and one of the contestants' dishes from the Hungarian Masterchef to show how traditional peasant or shepherd food can be revamped for an almost fine dining experience! Of course I am not a chef and would need to learn loads, for example to put more salt in the food, but I think it was a pretty good attempt! And besides the food, the company was really great too! Obviously you can see we had a great time, but to tell you the truth a bottle of prosecco and another Hungarian delicacy; wine form Tokaj also helped us a bit :)

I think the pictures will tell how such a great time we had and as you all know me as someone that never stops and thinks sleeping is a waste of time (since I don't remember my dreams) I was pretty happy that they only left between 1-2am :) allowing enough time to contemplate about life, our future, boys, and having lots of fun and laughter! :)

And since the dessert was a real winner (haha there is no salt needed in there) I made it again the next day so they could even take it home! :)

In case you want the recipe, let me know in the comment section! :)



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[In Hungarian]

Sziasztok Kedves Szentimentalisok! :)

Hat....igen, magyar otthonban mindig kerdezi a csaladom, hogy hogy nincs idom erre meg arra, meg ezt megvenni vagy azt keresni stb....hat csak azert mert minden hetem olyan mint ez a mostani is. Pokolian tele van! Peldaul hetfo ota, mar talalkoztam baratokkal! Kajalni is voltunk etteremben! Borozoban voltunk! Vasarolgattam! Karacsonyi bevasarlast csinaltam! Edzoteremben voltam! Vegleges szortelenitesre szantam el magam es mar voltam is! Es mindez csak hetfo ota, persze mindemellett dolgozok minden nap :) szoval ezert nem tudtam hamarabb hozni a kepeket a sikeres magyar vacsirol! Na de en igy szeretem!!! Nem tudnek csak a popomon ulni es csak TV-zni es semmit tenni!

Ezt a vacsit mar honapok ota tervezezgettuk, de vagy eskuvon voltam (1,2,3,4,5) vagy a tobbiek nyaraltak vagy eppen disszertaciot irtak! Szoval vegre a mult hetvegen meg tudtuk ejteni! Igaz hogy szombat kora delutanig oda voltam kavezni meg mentorozni, de vegulis estere eleg jol osszerittyentettem egy harom fogasos magyar vacsit Konyhafonok modra. Mivel egyik baratnom sem magyar ezert mindenkeppen meg akartam nekik mutatni, hogy a magyar konyha nem csak a hires gulyasbol all, es ezert direkt inkabb ugymond egyszeru, szegeny ember eledelet valasztottam a sef repertoarjabol amit aztan az o ujragondolasaval lemasoltam. Termeszetesen meg igen sokat kellene tanulnom a fozesben, de azert ugy gondolom a sozast leszamitva, hogy egeszen finom vacsora kerekedett ki belole :) A csajok imadtak! Na es persze a vacsi mellett, mint ahogyan a kepek is mutatjak igazan jol elvoltunk :) na persze ehhez meg az is hozzajarult, hogy volt egy uveg habzo borunk es egy igazi magyar csemege; Tokaji is :)

Ugy gondolom a kepek magukert beszelnek es mindent elarulnak, hogy mennyire jol ereztuk magunkat :) es kulon orultem annak, hogy nem mentek haza koran, hanem hajnal 1-2-ig maradtak, hogy elmelazhassunk az elet dolgain, a jovonkon, hol fogunk kikotni, na es persze a pasikon is! :) Mindemellett nagyokat nevettunk :)

Es mivel a desszert olyan jol sikerult, (hat igen abba nem kellett so) masnap egy nagy tepsivel csinaltam, hiszen az alapanyagok meg voltak es csak ossze kellett raknom...igy amikor Chris jott meg haza is tudott vinni egy nagy adagot :)

Ha szeretned a receptet akkor hagyj egy kommentet :)



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Sorry the picture quality is not the best as they are only iphone pics/Bocsi a kep minosegeert, de csak iphone-nal lettek keszitve es nem normal geppel.
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