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Last day of autumn is past and calendar winter has begun. Although it not always feels like winter, I am happy for the colder days that are to come. This year I am going to explore winter mountains like never and I am looking forward to it. But for now – a couple of autumn photos from this year.
Broc:
Gruyères:
Challex:
Gstaad:
Nyon:
Salève:
You can find more autumn photos in my latest post here.
I have been walking a lot with my son, mostly around my house which is situated in such a nice neighbourhood. Just a stone’s throw from my place there is a little river that gets pretty lively after rainfalls, there’s a lovely footpath leading to a flock of sheep, there are many playgrounds and sports fields. It’s nice to watch how the seasons change and alter the places I know like the back of my hand. It’s less boring that way!
Sheep are my favourite, especially when they have young. Oh dear, it makes me scream: CUTE ALERT!
But it’s not only animals that grab my heart. The omnipresent nature and mountains make me feel at ease with my life. I really love living here. There are pros and cons of being an expat but the mountains will always cover it all for me.
It’s already winter in mountains. Maybe not too fierce one but there’s enough snow to go sledging with our baby boy. We decided to hike to a neighbouring Petit Mont Rond which was more of a walk to us. Starting from Col de la Faucille where there was snow already, we mounted our little one on a sledge and followed the now unused ski pistes.
The day turned out to be pretty favourable for our outing. Although the skies have been covered with clouds, every now and then we had a sun spell that would cover the world with a nice yellow glow.
When we reached the top we were stunned by the view. Clouds were high enough not to cover the Alps chain so we saw all of it! Spectacular.
After a while of photo taking, nature gazing and snow play, we went down on a sledge ride. It’s way faster than the way up 🙂
Christmas is coming. I really can’t hide my excitation, I am like a child when it comes to celebrations. And Christmas is like the queen of all celebrations to me. I just love this time. I love everything about it – Christmas songs starting early November, lovely decorated cities all sparkling with lights, choosing gifts for family, sending postcards… And the time spent with family and friends during Christmas is just magical to me. I really wait all year long for this period (and although it sounds like I am exaggerating – I am not!). Christmas markets are a part of the charm and I try to attend at least one of them. The one in Coppet is really nice, situated in an old castle in a little village close to Geneva.
Having tried vin chaud (widely known as Gluhwine or mulled wine) and having bought 3l of it, we entered the castle chambers to submerge ourselves in Christmas spirit. Wow, so many inspirations – for gifts, Christmas decor, dishes… I really had to limit myself and we ended up buying truffle cheese which is the best cheese I have ever tasted, some smoked ham and formerly mentioned Gluhwine.
I was nominated by Kimberly (who is a great artist and photographer herself) to post 5 black and white photos. I do B&W shots very rarely but managed to find something I thought was worth showing.
The photo on the left was taken in Vitkovice desrted factory in Czech Republic. It really makes me feel like time is merciless to everything. The whole visit in this deserted site was very interesting to me. It was like a joint between two powers: heavy engineering and time. See more photos here.
The photo on the right was taken in Paris, Père-Lachaise cemetary. I don’t need to introduce this place, do I? It was so special we actually broke our rule of not going to the same places and visisted it twice. A must-see in the capital of love! More photos from there here.
This photo was taken last year in Jura Mountains, just 20-minutes’ ride from our home. It was a very special day to me as it was my first mountain outing after giving birth to my son so I was very happy to be able to go out and enjoy some me-time the way I like it (meaning in the nature). The photo itself was shot as coloured one and although I think the B&W is a bit worse, it still has some charm. More photos from that outing here.
The two photos above were taken in my home city Szczecin. There is not much story behind them maybe except the fact that our camera was relatively new at that time and we were mastering our skills. More photos from that day here.
My first weekend back in France. First observations: it’s warmer and it feels good to be back. We went out for a lazy walk in Alpin Jardin in Meyrin. It’a autumn undoubtedly. All those lovely colours, leaves scattered on the ground, fresh air letting us know hot days are over… I really like autumn especially when it’s nice and sunny like it’s usually here.
Jardin Alpin is a rather small square so it didn’t take us long to make two loops around. Nature seems to be going to bed now before its final winter sleep.
This time in CERN photo club we had a great opportunity to shoot some studio photos with a beautiful model Sushma Reddy. Enjoy!
I spent two weeks in Szczecin – my home city. I like my place, really. Although for various reasons my stay in Poland was a bit overwhelming, I really enjoyed those peaceful moments in parks where I grew up, where I would play as a child and later would go to school every day. Now, that I am an expat living abroad, I try to cherish those rare moments of me dealing with my patrimony.
We traveled to Poland from where we took off to Hamburg for a weekend where I was to become a God Mother of little Gabriel. It was a bit of a crazy stay as we arrived Saturday midday and left Sunday afternoon and had family events in between but we managed to squeeze in some sightseeing tour. I have already been to Hamburg a couple of times as a child and a teenager but forgot all of it. I wanted to come earlier but somehow never actually made it. And now I am sure I will be back as only one weekend is not enough to get to know this lovely city (whoever reads my blog from the beginning may know that I am particularly in fond of German cities).
Nyon is nothing new to us so I’m showing just a couple of photos from this day.
