Space out of January 2015.

Hello there,

so I still can't believe that the first month of 2015 is already over and we are pursuing the second month tomorrow! (WOW!)

So since today is the 1-31-2015 I thought I should do something special just for you guys!

Things you should do in Houston: Visiting the NASA Space Center and that's what I did. 

Nadja, Jenny, Melanie, Lenka (these are all other Au Pairs and all of them except for Lenka are from Germany) and I wanted to see what the Space Center looked like and since I took my camera with me (yes I think I am used to take the camera with me now and since there were so many people taking pictures I didn't feel too awkward taking pictures), I am going to show you some of my favorite pictures. 

 (Found my own Iron Man!)

(I would love to hang there too - just kidding -

no for real I would love to.)

(Don't even know what that is.)

Since the main center was really cute, but still a little bit boring (because you need to pay extra cash even though we already paid 23$ for the entrance when you really want to check out the cool stuff) we decided to take a tour with the free (hurrah) train. Due to the really long line at the red tour we decided to go for the blue tour which led us to the controlling center of NASA and one huge rocket which was really impressive!

(On workdays there are actually people working there

and you are not allowed to watch it so since we went

there on a Saturday we were lucky to get in there!)

And that's it. 

I hope you had an fantastic last day of January and that you'll have an amazing start into February! I am really looking forward BECAUSE tomorrow I am going to start with my FIT-bruary!
Let's see what the next four weeks are going to be like!

Lot's of Texan love
Yours
          Anica (wannabe astronaut) 

Adventurous Bicycle-Tour to Memorial Park

Hey there,

so today I decided to bike to "Memorial Park" which is supposed to be a big and beautiful park around here. 25 minutes. 
That's the time my navigation system told me I would need to bike there. 

To my surprise it took me only 25 minutes and then I realized that bicycling isn't allowed in the park which is basically just ridiculous. Seriously, why can't people bike through the park?! 

So I walked my bike which was annoying, but I biked there in order to get some great pictures to show you! (I just saw like 1/4 of the park because this park is huge, but more later.)

             

             

But somehow, I wasn't really satisfied with my view so I decided to bike to the nature center in order to have some amazing pictures which I could show you.

So ladies and gentlemen, this is how the adventure began. 

My navigation system led me through the busiest part of Houston I've ever seen. There was so much traffic that I felt out of place being the only one on my bike surrounded by hundreds of cars. There was one brief moment I thought that I would burst out into laughter, but I kept my mouth shut. Didn't want to attract more attention than necessary. 

So after 30 minutes of biking through the heavy traffic - or whatever you want to call it - I ended at the opposite street where I started my adventure and that's when I realized I was pranked by my navigation system. Seriously, I got pranked good. 

Being pissed as f*ck I decided to bike home and grab some lunch after already spending 1 1/2 hour at Memorial Park. Shortly before biking home I though I should give this view a try and took a shot for you. (Still annoyed by the fact that these pictures are not as beautiful as I hoped they would)

Since I got back still being alive I can't decide whether it was worth bicycling there, but at least a got a great workout and spend two hours outdoors. 

Yeah, that's it. :)

Lot's of love.

Yours,
            Anica (the one who got pranked by technology)

From Stude to White Oaks and back home.

Hello there my lovely friends,

today is the 1-27-2015 and the weather is even better than yesterday.

(I didn't know that it's going to be 23 degree with sun in January I mean - WHAAAT?)

This morning I worked from 8 AM until 1 PM and went to the playground with my little girl S. and she really enjoyed being there and I enjoyed seeing her enjoying it. (Confusing right?)

So since I was off at 1 PM which is basically really early I decided to take the bike in order to explore some parks around here and that's how I ended up bicycling to Stude Park and White Oaks Park and somehow I am really disappointed because I thought they are going to look damn fantastic but they didn't and I wanted to take some lovely pictures for you, but it was such an ugly place.

(Well, at least I had a 45 minutes bicycling workout).

(Since I had my camera with me I took a picture of downtown Houston)

On my way back home I bicycled along my usual bicycle route (to target and back home) and then I realized that I have my camera with me and that's why I finally were able to take a good picture of this amazing wall which you can find in the middle of Houston Heights (where I am living)!

And that's it! I hope you had an amazing day and that you're looking forward to finally reach the weekend because I do (even though I am working on the weekend the feeling is still there).

Lot's of love.

Yours,
           Anica

Sun and Fun.

Hello there!

So today was a really lovely day (well it's only 3:26 PM, but still it is a lovely day until now).

My shift was from 6 AM until 2 PM and during my on-duty time we went to the "Rose Garden" once again in order to meet Auntie E. (a friend of my host mom) and we had a lovely picnic at the park.

It was so much fun because the weather was great, little S. was in a good mood and I spend some time outside which is nice after spending the last couple of days mostly inside.

(And yeaah! I took my new camera with me.)

(That's like a small waterfall running down the hill. 

And actually you are able to walk around the hill which is so cute! 

Can't believe that this was a parking lot before! 

Damn right. They did an amazing job!)

(This is a lovely Asian tea-house and I think it's so cute!)

And that's it for today! I hope you enjoyed your last Monday in January (can't believe that it's already the last Monday for the first month of 2015 the time is flying!)

Lot's of love

Yours,
           Anica

P.S.: I just figured out that I am not motivated enough to go running here (after running 5 times last week and I hated it) because I just hate the fact that you are always surrounded by traffic and you have to stop like every 3 minutes to look whether you are able to run or you have to stop because of the traffic. (it suuucks!) 

Welcome!

Well hello beautiful!

You found your way from my old blog to my new one or maybe you are a new reader then a lovely welcome to you! *Hurrah* 

Currently, I am living in the United States since 125 days which means that I have a little less than 8 months left to gain more experiences, try new adventures and create myself. 

I am so excited to share with you my life here in the US. 

This time I want you to feel like you're here with me. I want to show you everything worth mentioning in detail and I'll try to describe everything as explicitly as possible! 

Be patient with me!
Lots of love. 
Yours,
           Anica <3