Houston-treasures with Jessica.

Hey there guys, 
so Jessica arrived in Houston yesterday and we spent some time bicycling/walking through Houston, visiting Discovery Green and Sam Houston Park, walking through underground tunnels, exploring some underground shopping areas with a cute souvenir shop.
Since the weather was incredible we had the chance to spent tons of times outdoors which was just lovely. We just took thousands of pictures and it really felt like we know each other for years, but actually we don't which was really fun! (Thank you Jessica for the great day!)

On our way home we bicycled along the bayou river and it was pretty impressive what we found there! Since I've never been there before it was also a new experience exploring Houston with new places which I am absolutely going to visit again! :)

After arriving back at home we decided to take a UBER taxi to get to the Water Wall in downtown Houston since it was too late to bike there and it would have been pretty exhausting bicycling there! And let me break this down for you: THE WATER WALL IS IMPRESSIVE! *o*

After our little watery adventure we just grabbed some dinner at the Galleria Mall and went back to my house, chilling out while getting ready for the next day because today was the day Jessica needed to catch her bus to Austin! :) 

And that's it! I hope you had an fantastic Tuesday and a great start into Wednesday! 

Ouh and let me tell you I've filmed A LOT so there is a new VLOG-Video coming up really soon.

Stay tuned!

Lot's of love. 

Yours, 

          Anica (the guide)

P.S.: Made some incredibly delicious (and good looking) pancakes this morning! ;)

Discovery Green Cluster

Hello there,

I hope that you're fine! 

So today is Sunday 2-8-2015 and I have another cluster meeting at Discovery Green Park in downtown Houston! Since the weather was adorable (20 degree, sunshine combined with a cold breeze) I decided to bicycle downtown which was actually a great workout (nearly 1.5h workout in total). Seeing the other Au Pairs, talking to them and talking to my LCC was really amazing, but the best part was that we had a lovely guide showing us the whole park and telling us something about Discovery Green. She was a really lovely, older lady and she really did a great job keeping the tour exciting! 

So here are some unedited pictures for you! (BE JEALOUS! :P)

(I actually thought that this 

looks like a huge mirror)

(This is the field of lights. There are hundreds of

lights with different colors when it's getting dark

outside and you can just walk through them!)

(This flower looks like a bird!)

And that's it!
I hope you had a fantastic weekend!

See you soon!

Lot's of love.

Yours,
            Anica

(I stole that picture from our cluster meetings website

so excuse the weird editing!)

P.S.: I am so annoyed by the fact that I can't really plan my fitness routine because my schedule changes every damn single week and next week I am working 25 out of my 45 hours on the weekend which sucks. I guess I just need to try to do some Pilates and stick to eating super healthy and clean (70% nutrition). 

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)