Category: Joy
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
Three years…time flies 💖
Hello guys, I’m writing today, because I feel very nostalgic and happy at the same time. My little boy, turned three years couple days ago.
I still can’t believe when this years passed…
For the all of you who don’t know me, he was born prematurely in 35th week of my pregnancy. He was tiny little baby and now is one happy little boy ☺️
I feel so thankful every single day, since I saw this little eyes, arms and feet…to be a mom it’s the happiest thing that ever happened to me 💖
Thank you, my dear son, for all those little moments every day, for teaching me how to rediscover the world with you…for choosing me for your mommy! I love you to the moon and back!
Thank you guys, for reading my story!
Have a great Sunday evening!
xoxo
Yours,
Ell
Do we take our partner for granted?!
Hello guys, in this sunny autumn afternoon I’m thinking about our relationships and how sometimes we take our partners for granted without even noticing that.
Yes, with our busy schedules during the week and even weekends, somehow we stopped being romantic. We just go through our tasks and at the end of the day, we are so tired of that routine that we just turn Netflix or some YouTube channels and just fall asleep after. And did anyone actually notice that this routine is repeating again and again… and if we don’t wake up on time from this bubble we take the risk to destroy our relationships.
I’m not sure if we women notice that situation more often than men…, but sometimes it really hurts when you went through that conversation several times in your relationship and your partner still wakes up in the morning, knowing that you two are alone (the kids are not in your bedroom) and you could have some privacy and instead of hugging and kissing you, he takes his phone and open the newsfeed or Facebook…
I’m not trying to say that every day should be exciting adventure for you, because sometimes it’s really nice to just stay at home with your partner, instead of going out, and pour a glass of wine, turn the Netflix on…but let’s not get so comfy with that and try to pay more attention to your relationship. Do some new things for both of you, travel to new places, discover new things together…if we don’t make the effort to keep the flame of our marriage/partnership, believe me, it won’t last for long… In the times we live, into the quick liquidity relationships and hectic daily life…we have to at least try more often to spend some quality time with our partner.
So…after all…everything that matters is love. Love yourself, love your partner, family, friends….when we give love it returns to us…this is the circle of life 💕
Thank you all for reading my thoughts this afternoon, if you like it, you know what to do 😎
Have a great afternoon!
xoxo
Yours,
ELL
My moments 💌 