Today is my birthday. It's the first time since many-many years I'm celebrating it without my dear friends, my mom and my brother. Which is actually quite sad. I always used to spend it with them and it was really something special. A day when I can leave behind all day-to-day problems, forget about work-load, just relax and devote myself to those I love. It is strange that they are all somewhere 11 hours ahead of me now and I cannot see and hug them.
That's why I decided not to make a party though normally I always done it. I apologize before my local friends here, I wouldn't just feel comfortable enough, I'm not sure that I would be able to celebrate it with the whole passion... That's why we only have a plan to go to Blank Angus tonigh, it's our favorite (actually almost the only one we've tried) Steak-house and after that to have an evening of Opera singing, the only classical music event I found for Today http://www.philharmonia.org/pergolesi-in-naples/. And at week-end we've planned to spend several days in Sonoma Valley, enjoying wine and Nature.
My husband made this day special, he baked his amazing Apfel Strudel for me and even managed to do it the way I didn't notice it at all, it was really a surprise:)
Actually it's because I finally went yesterday to the Step class of Ralph, the instructor, which I was recommended to visit in another 24hour fitness. Ralph gives his classes in the only club of the net available for me (they have 3 levels and I can visit 2 of them) in Mountain View. I didn't like the club itself, it is designed in a very weird way. For example, free weights are separated from all the rest and there are just not enough equipment generally. But the step class was not bad at all. It is still different to what we do in Russia and also what I saw in Austria in Fit und Gesund. That's how we do step classes in Russia, in Onegin:
Something similar we were doing in Austria. So, it's not just exercise, it's partly dancing, some passion, so to say. Though it doesn't mean that it's easy, there are many hours of training standing behind:)
And that is a video from the instructor whose class I visited yesterday:
It was also quite funny though:)
So, I stuck there in the club for about 2 hours and it gave my husband a chance to prepare for my birthday though it was not my goal at all, it's just the class only takes place Tuesdays and this Tuesday was first since several weeks when I was in the area so early in the evening (6.30 p.m.).
By the way apart from my normal trainings we also visit Dance Courses with my husband, it's ballroom dancing and it's really hard for me for whatever reason. I'm not used to move in that way, my movements are awkward and I don't feel completely comfortable. But still it's nice.
And last Monday after this course we just by a chance stopped by the next door where there was a class of Israeli dancing. We just wanted to have a look, to give it a try.... and stuck there for 2 hours! That was really wonderful, very funny, very active, people were extremely friendly and we really have had a lot of fun and decided to proceed with visiting these classes.
By the way it's not that easy to make a good Strudel here. We are really having problems each time to find the right appls and the right pastry. For now we've found some options though not the best. It's is still not the same as in Austria:)
My mom sent me flowers with chocolates which is also very nice:)
And my brother with his girlfriend sent me a flower-cake with a baloon and a toy:) Now I have something more like a pet!!!
I found it after I came back home from my birhday workout. That's the way it is, they just leave the sendings by the door. It was very surprising for me, in Moscow it is impossible to imagine.
That's why I decided not to make a party though normally I always done it. I apologize before my local friends here, I wouldn't just feel comfortable enough, I'm not sure that I would be able to celebrate it with the whole passion... That's why we only have a plan to go to Blank Angus tonigh, it's our favorite (actually almost the only one we've tried) Steak-house and after that to have an evening of Opera singing, the only classical music event I found for Today http://www.philharmonia.org/pergolesi-in-naples/. And at week-end we've planned to spend several days in Sonoma Valley, enjoying wine and Nature.
My husband made this day special, he baked his amazing Apfel Strudel for me and even managed to do it the way I didn't notice it at all, it was really a surprise:)
Actually it's because I finally went yesterday to the Step class of Ralph, the instructor, which I was recommended to visit in another 24hour fitness. Ralph gives his classes in the only club of the net available for me (they have 3 levels and I can visit 2 of them) in Mountain View. I didn't like the club itself, it is designed in a very weird way. For example, free weights are separated from all the rest and there are just not enough equipment generally. But the step class was not bad at all. It is still different to what we do in Russia and also what I saw in Austria in Fit und Gesund. That's how we do step classes in Russia, in Onegin:
Something similar we were doing in Austria. So, it's not just exercise, it's partly dancing, some passion, so to say. Though it doesn't mean that it's easy, there are many hours of training standing behind:)
And that is a video from the instructor whose class I visited yesterday:
It was also quite funny though:)
So, I stuck there in the club for about 2 hours and it gave my husband a chance to prepare for my birthday though it was not my goal at all, it's just the class only takes place Tuesdays and this Tuesday was first since several weeks when I was in the area so early in the evening (6.30 p.m.).
By the way apart from my normal trainings we also visit Dance Courses with my husband, it's ballroom dancing and it's really hard for me for whatever reason. I'm not used to move in that way, my movements are awkward and I don't feel completely comfortable. But still it's nice.
And last Monday after this course we just by a chance stopped by the next door where there was a class of Israeli dancing. We just wanted to have a look, to give it a try.... and stuck there for 2 hours! That was really wonderful, very funny, very active, people were extremely friendly and we really have had a lot of fun and decided to proceed with visiting these classes.
By the way it's not that easy to make a good Strudel here. We are really having problems each time to find the right appls and the right pastry. For now we've found some options though not the best. It's is still not the same as in Austria:)
My mom sent me flowers with chocolates which is also very nice:)
Машунь, с днем рождения, дорогая!! С прошееееедшим :))
ReplyDeleteФБ напомнил как надо, а я проморгала))
пс: про посылки под дверью - ох, как и я долго привыкала! А еще всё время порывалась первое время всё, что стоит на улице, обязательно в дом заносить)
Спасибо большое:))))
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