Category: Health
Top 10 amazing places in Bulgaria
Hello guys,
Today I would like to share with you some really amazing places in my home country. Due to the past year…with all the lockdowns, coronavirus spread and travel restrictions we (me, my husband and our friends)decided to discover some “hidden” places in our country.
Probably some of you know, some don’t that here in Bulgaria we have small sea cost, we have mountains, we have a lots of mineral water resources, good wines and etc.
That practically makes our small and beautiful country year round travel destination.
For the winter for example…we have couple ski destinations like Bansko and Pamporovo, but a lot of the people don’t know actually how beautiful Bansko is during the summer. That is what I discovered past summer and I’m pretty sure that we’ll go there this summer again.
We have really small sea cost comparing with our neighbour Greece for example, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t have pretty sights and breathtaking sunsets.
My heart was won by Veleka beach this past summer…such a beautiful place where the delta of Veleka river hits the Black sea. So at one side there you have the view of the river and on the other side the beach… amazing!
On the other side, close to Veleka beach you could find one wild and extremely beautiful beach, called Silistar.
There is one more amazing place, I recently discovered, this place is called camping Zlatna ribka, right next to the well known city of Sozopol.
So… we went from the winter through the summer, but there is another year round destinations with great SPA, food and wine experience. Me and my husband just came back from one of them called Wine and SPA complex Starosel. We loved that place…
Amazing place which combines hot mineral water, great wine, food and a lots of activities either for adults or for the kids.
Of course there is more places like Starosel, Midalidare for example is another wonderful wine and spa destination, not only for relax and some getaway but even for your dreamed wedding.
Speaking of weddings I couldn’t not mention our wedding in the magic little village Golyama Zhelyazna, right on the Sopot’s dam. It’s not a coincidence that the place is called Heaven’s bay or Rayski Zaliv 🥰
There is a lot more places in our small country like the one I mentioned before…with the variety of wineries and mineral water resources there is great places like Chateau Copsa, amazing SPA destinations like Hissar, Pavel banya, Banya village, right next to the town of Bansko and many, many more… so if I inspired you a little give me a tumb up and consider to visit our beautiful country in case there is no more lockdowns, travel restrictions and etc.
Thank you guys for reading my story today!
Stay safe!
xoxo,
Yours,
ELL
Does the positive vibe helps…?!
Hello guys,
Today I would like to talk to you about those moments when you feel like everything underneath is falling apart despite all the positive thoughts you have in your mind.
Yes, there is moments like that in everyday life… and yes, those moments pass too… sooner or later
The only difference between going through those moments with as much as possible positive thoughts is that when it’s all gone you would be able to recover faster and easier… and yes, it is hard to actually apply those rules when you are really upset… oh boy, tell me about it… I’m mostly that kind of person who just need one flame… and the fire / storm / scandal is 100% sure… yes, a pure Aries 🙈
But I’m trying… really I’m trying to minimize the problem, not to make it even bigger with a nice fight for example. And yes, for me the positive vibe really helps in most of the times ☺️
So… my advice is to take a deep breath, make a nice dessert instead… or go out (if you can… with all this lockdowns) and enjoy some free quality time 💖
Whatever you choose to do… do it and keep your mind clean from negative thoughts 💖
Have a great week and start of the new month 🍀
xoxo
Yours,
ELL
New year new challenges…
Hello guys,
How are you in this cold weather. Hope all of you are healthy and happy!
Today I would like to tell you more about how my year started. I decided that 2021 will be different for us, because of the all changes we made last complicate year.
So first I decided to turn into myself and start a really healthy life. I decided to turn to a nutritionist for a complete and balanced meal plan and now I’m finishing my first week of this change.
I decided to stay away from all my negative thoughts and feelings about our new apartment and stop chopping this topic with my husband, so after all whatever happens with us in the future, at least I will be sure for myself that I did everything that I could.
I’m pretty sure that this year will be challenging too, even more than the last one, but this is something good. Challenges come to our life’s to change it in a good way, I strongly believe in this! Even in the worst scenario ( for example friend of mine just lost her kid due to a cancer… I really don’t know what to say to her now…it’s hard…).
All I want to say is that yes, life is hard… I experience a lot of shakings in my mood, doubts in my own abilities, but if you let all those feelings to take advantage of you the situation would become even worse.
I decided for myself that I’ll stop making all those big plans for everything and try just to have an idea of what I’m gonna do or where we’re gonna go and etc. I would like to be more flexible at the end of this year, more the type of person who’s trying to solve the problem, not to analyse it forever.
So this is practically my most bright new year’s resolutions. What about yours? I will be very happy if you share some of them with me in the comments below.
Have a great day and weekend!
xoxo
Yours,
ELL
The positive part of 2020
Hello guys,
In the very end of this year I would like to turn back and think about of all the positive things that happened to us. I mean, yes, 2020 was a very hard year for all of the people in the world…some of us lost friends or family members, some of us lost their main income, some of us went through this year with other personal issues due or not to coronavirus… but instead of looking back with regrets… let’s be thankful for the lessons we learned and continue in the New Year with more positive thoughts!
I understand how hard could be that, but in the other way we won’t win anything if we stay on the negative side of the situation.
Whatever happens in the future with the spread of the coronavirus… let’s trick it with more flexibility, with calmness and more smiles 💖
First I would like to say a big Thank you to all of you, who read, like and are actually interested in my blog page! Thank you guys, I really appreciate it, this page was a dream that came true this year, because I was able to say to my self “ What are you afraid of?! Just do it!”
I’m not gonna make this post like the typical New Year’s resolutions, this year I’m just thankful… for all that things, that happened to me, to all the lessons I learned, to all of my friends and family!
2021 is a new chapter… you all are capable to do whatever you really want to! Yes, it’s not easy… but after all it’s worth it, believe me 😘
Thank you all for staying with me this year!
I promise to share a lot of new adventures with you in the next one 🥰
Stay healthy and positive!
xoxo
Happy New Year!
Yours,
ELL
Our Christmas
Hello guys,
First I would like to say Merry Christmas to all of you! Wish you on the first place health, happiness and a lot’s of joy and love!
In this special year we all need to turn to ourselves and appreciate more our time spent with family and friends!
We all need to be a little more positive, better to ourselves and to people around us. I think this is the code for this holiday season…to learn to be better.
To appreciate more the time spent with our siblings, to appreciate us and to try to be better versions of our selfs.
To be great full for our little moments this year and to wish to have more in the upcoming year.
Stay healthy my dears and enjoy every single moment spent with your families and friends!
Late fall getaway
Sometimes we all need to escape for the weekend and just do nothing.
That’s why I decided to give for my husbands birthday a little getaway from our daily routine as a present. And it was really nice and relaxing. We both need that for sure.
I highly recommend this place for a little spa getaway. It’s perfect for couples who doesn’t want to live the resort. The food, the view the people…everything was great!
If the situation wasn’t like that and we weren’t living in this pandemic world, probably we will travel to another place outside our country, but it is what it is and we were happy to spend the weekend just us two, no matter what is the situation outside.
So after all…we came to an agreement that we definitely should do it again, if we have that possibility… if the situation allows us that.
It’s nice to spend couple days with your husband like the good old times… 😎
Have a great weekend guys!
And if you can give yourself a little getaway…just do it, it’s worth it! 💖
xoxo,
Yours,
Ell
Living in a pandemic times… how to avoid the panic and live a normal life instead
Hello everybody,
I’m writing today about this very painful topic from the beginning of this year, the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lately our situation here in Bulgaria increased and we are having more and more positive cases, so yes, nobody is pretty sure if we won’t experience another lockdown in the next couple months. So again nobody could plan anything and I’m not talking about some weekends getaways, but even Christmas holidays, New Years Eve and etc.
I’m wondering however what happened with the seasonal flu and viruses that were so common in this season, because everything that you could hear nowadays is COVID-19, all right, but what happened with the flu…
I don’t want to go deeper in my thoughts about the line between the seasonal flu and the Covid virus and is there a line at all, so just wanna tell you guys to try at least to live normally, to eat more healthy food, to try to exercise more….living a healthy life is the first step of protecting yourself from all those viruses.
With the consuming of more vegetables and fruits we are increasing our chance not even to have a better immune system, but to feel better in our own bodies. In addition to that if we add some light exercises to our daily routine, that would help our metabolism to start working faster and to get rid of some extra pounds/kg. Doesn’t that sound’s good?
Trying to keep things in a normal way it’s not always an easy job, but we could give it a try 😎
I’m that kind of person who always try’s to make the things look in a more positive way, so whatever happens in the next few months, no matter how many plans we have to reschedule just let’s try to be more positive 💖
Just keep your minds and bodies healthy, smile more and enjoy your time always, even if you have a bad day…do something for your self…something to make you feel better and happier!
Thank you everyone for reading my blog today!
If you like it, you know what to do 👍🏻
Have a great afternoon guys!
xoxo
Yours,
ELL
Nothing is what it seems to be…but that’s why we love it
Hello guys, I know I wasn’t posting for a while, but like all of us sometimes, I’ve been through a let’s say…hard time.
The truth is that I thought that I could be pregnant with a second one, it turns out….I’m not…, but all those waiting and wondering “Am I?” just shakes my world in a bit.
Not because I don’t want to have another baby, I do…, but now it’s not the right time for me and I as a woman could feel when is the right time for something like that and when is not.
I think that even that we are living in 21st century sometimes women are not appreciated enough in some countries(or I’m not sure if this is because of the country you’re living and all the common habits, or it’s in your own DNA, no matter what kind of people and mentality you are surrounded). Sometimes men think that if you can handle one baby, why not make some more, especially if they are not that much involved in taking care of their kids. I have the impression, may be it’s just my impression, but in a lots of families men/husbands/fathers doesn’t take that much care for their kids when they are little, I mean they focus on their own job and career and don’t help that much to their wife’s/partners.
Believe me that’s not really good, because that’s why the woman became more depressed, more obsessed about the kids, she doesn’t have that much time for herself and after all as much as you adore your little ones you become unsatisfied of your personal life and that’s not healthy at all…we all know where that lead goes.
So my dear male friends, if you wanna have another baby, please, first talk about it with your partner…don’t make her feel like an incubator 😃
Being a parent is one of the best things in my life ( you all probably know that from my previous posts), but it’s not enough for me and probably for a lot of the women who is reading my posts… so discuss this topic with your partner and if he/she is not ready now don’t be pushy. Appreciate your partner’s decision and wait for the right time… and if something else happens and you actually turns out to be pregnant…don’t feel sorry for that and accept that the destiny wants you to have baby now, and there is nothing bad about that ☺️
Wishing you all an amazing day.
xoxo,
Yours,
ELL
2020…expectations vs. reality
Hello guys, I hope all of you who are reading this post are healthy, smiling and in a really good mood today 😊
Today I would like to describe my expectations for this year vs. all those things which actually happened with me. At the beginning of this year I was full of thoughts for travel opportunities and new destinations in my life like thinking for a new home, visit some countries for the first time and etc.
At the beginning of this year the only scheduled event that actually happened was the birthday surprise trip to Milan with my mom, one of my closest friends and her mom. Our mothers are born in the beginning of February so we decided to organise a trip for their birthdays to Milan for some mommy and daughters time.
After that we were under lockdown for like two months…and all our plans for this year just had to be changed… we had tickets for Barcelona, we had plans with our friends for a summer trip to Kefalonia without kids and etc…I was devastated when I herd the news about changing the date for the Olympic games, but…this is life and sometimes we have to be flexible, we need to learn how to extract the positive vibes from the disadvantage circumstances.
So…after all, we managed to go to Greece, but with our toddler and we had such a great time, after that we went to the Bulgarian seacoast with our friend…and yes, we still have those tickets to Barcelona locked as a voucher, because after all nothing is gonna happen if we go there next year or the year after…, right? The world is not going to end with a cancelled flight 😉
I’m not trying to say that all this situation with the coronavirus is fake or made for the benefit of someone else, but in fact some people got some benefits from this crisis,right?!
Yes, a lot of people died with the virus, I agree… but somehow I still can’t believe that we all need those restrictions. Yes, we are following all the rules of the WHO, our doctors and etc. We were following all the rules from our government, we stayed at home as long as we had to…, but for example, when we were in a lockdown we had like 40-100 cases for a day…after that during the summer we were having regularly over 100 cases even more (I stopped paying attention to that scale somewhere in July, but I remember days with more than 200 cases… and we weren’t under those past restrictions)
After all, I used all those time for some quality moments with my family, for myself, for more positive things, for some homemade food and etc.
So yes.., I had another expectations for this year, but after all it turns out that the unexpected situations lead to lots of great memories💖
I’m wishing you all a positive day full of smiles 💖
xoxo
Yours,
ELL
My moments 💌 