What better ways to enjoy a cold wednesday in the midst of winter, than by dreaming yourself away to the Maldives? Okay so someone might say that enjoying the snow outside might be a better choice. But I certainly won’t be the judge of that.

For those of you who are not so familiar with the Maldives, it’s an island nation in the Indian Ocean (South of India, East of Africa), formed by 26 atolls.

An atoll is a coral island (or islands) that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.

 

In my mind, the Maldives are as close to paradise as it gets. I mean .. Have you ever seen anything this beautiful? And if you can say yes, please do leave a comment saying where, cus’ I’ll need to research that place right away! It’s obviously not the mest price friendly place to visit, but you’ll definitely be given a trip of a lifetime.

If you’re living anything like me, you might also think it’s a struggle finding space for plants, let alone a garden. However, creative souls out there are figuring out new ways to bring the garden into your apartment. Below you’ll se how you can frame succulents and hang them on to a wall.

Succulent plants, also known as succulents or fat plants, are water-retaining plants adapted to arid climates or soil conditions. Succulent plants store water in their leaves, stems, and also in roots.

Photo credit : Sunset

 

So it turns out this mild winter has ended for good, and we’re now being “blessed” with the cold and icy winds from Siberia. Apparently we’re talking about temperatures ranging from -10 to -20 degrees this week. Sounds good huh?

As it also turns out, I might have to rethink my living conditions. As of right now, the room I’m spending most of my time in is the livingroom. However, this room somehow manages to be quite cold despite trying to warm it up. That’s what you get for living in a building that dates back to 1800-something.

The result? I’ve now moved into my bedroom, where the temperature is without a doubt higher, closed the door, and found candles. I might be living in this room the next couple of weeks.

It’s officially that time a year when the vast majority of my fellow countrymen, leave home to go skiing in France, Italy and Switzerland. I’ve only tried skiing once in my life, which is actually a shame – I sincerely believe I’ve got a nose for it.

I visited some place in Norway – and yes, how absolutely horrifying that I’m not even aware of the place I’ve been in Norway. I promise, that will never happen again - back in 2004 or 2005, along with my boarding school. We went up there in a bus, and back then even a short trip of about 20 minutes would make me carsick, so I was dreading it. My mom had bought some pills to prevent it, which resulted in me sleeping most of the time, and having an extremely dried out mouth when I woke up. When we arrived, the prettiest snow-capped area had appeared – it was indeed a beautiful sight, and I’m truly sorry that I didn’t have a camera back then.

2004/2005 was as told my first encounter with skiing, and I was quite afraid of really letting go. I’m a control freak when it comes to stuff like this, if I’m not in charge of the pace, I don’t like it, and then I won’t do it. Of course I know that if I’d get the chance to learn how to ski, I’d get more control and possibly be able to have more fun with it. However, I wasn’t actually bad at it, at all, I can ski all right, I just didn’t wanna take too many risks.

If any of you are going skiing, I hope you’ll get to visit one of these chalets below, or something just as amazing. They’re absolutely stunning!

 

A chalet, also called Swiss chalet, is a type of building or house, native to the Alpine region, made of wood, with a heavy, gently sloping roof with wide, well-supported eaves set at right angles to the front of the house.

 

 

Chalet Zermatt Peak, Switzerland

This $22 million chalet is up for sale in the Swiss Alps, and it’s even got a view of Matterhorn. (a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy.) I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a house this beautiful – the windows really makes the difference don’t they?

In case you’ve got $22 million and not sure how to spend them, you can buy this chalet at Luxury Real Estate.

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I’ve been spending my weekend at my parents house, relaxing, enjoying the act of doing nothing, AND trying to convince my familie that we have to emigrate to some place like perhaps Sydney. I’ve accomplished the first two things, still working on the third ;) The grass is always greener on the other side, trust me I know, but I do feel like our own grass could get just a wee bit more green.

I’ve been told that Google Friend Connect is soon to be demolished, so I decided to remove the box in my sidebar. Instead you can follow me on Blogloving if you’re into these sorts of things.

 

Hope you’ve all had a delightful weekend.

 

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