Juliánna, Morten, Matthias & Izabel

Babusjka by Teater Gyda

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Juliánna

The children and I went to see Babusjka today, yet another creative performance involving the talented Patricie Homolova, whom we had met during the Kulturmaskinen Festival. Matthias enjoyed the show thoroughly, all the small and colourful characters that were magically appearing from under Babusjka’s dress every now and then, with a new story to tell, a new song to sing, a new shape to take. Once again, I am grateful that shows and artists like these are available only 300 meters from our house. Thank you, Teater Gyda, we look forward to the next show!

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Eventyrløbet 2012

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Juliánna

We took part today in a yearly local running event, Eventyrløbet, organized for the 35th time in Odense. Despite the rather unfavourable weather (at times sunny and warm, interchanged with strong wind and at one point hail storm) 22,000 participants showed up, all eager to complete the designated 2,5 (children), 5 and 10 km (young adults, adults) run/walk. I ran 5kms with my injured knee, in a comfortable yet engaging jogging rhythm, whereas Kincsem did the 10km run, while the children were left in Hanne and Erik’s safe hands. I enjoyed very much taking part in this event, it is one of those affairs where you feel a sort of belonging to a place, sharing some sense of civic culture, supporting a healthy lifestyle along with our family, coworkers and friends. We are likely to take this up next year, possibly trying Matthias out on the 2,5km run, too.

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The (little) man with the yellow (ah well) hat

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Juliánna

Matthias saw this hat today at Føtex, pointed at it and said “gule hat” (referring to The Man with the Yellow Hat from his all time favourite Curious George movie) – he tried it on and declared he wanted to have it. We paid the 12 USD for the hat, came home convinced it would end up in some corner of some room, but it hasn’t. He has worn it all day long, even to bed – just like Ted. As for us, we’re glad he doesn’t ask for a Superman costume. Yet.

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Signs of getting better

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Juliánna

The children were showing signs of improvement this morning – no high fever, paler rash, insanely high levels of energy – so I decided to spend the day outside, mostly blowing bubbles in the park, running after an unstoppable Izabel, shopping and getting lost several times in the isles of Føtex, hanging out in the library – in other words, just like a regular weekend day. I am very grateful for their good genes, they respond so fast to medicine – we were getting cabin fever the past two days, but are on the right track now.

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Project Knitting: The Bubble dress

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Juliánna

I have finaly finished Izabel’s bubble dress, designed by the lovely Inger Moldrup Sørensen - I left out the bubbles at the neckline, as Izabel has too large a head to be able to fit it through regular size… I am pretty happy with the result, especially the construction side of it, which was a bit of a challenge.

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Those little things in life

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Juliánna

I remember as a child being sick, my mother in charge of our treatment, my father in turn, spoiling us with sweets. I am convinced to this day that the medicine worked better because of the sweets. Indeed, there’s nothing like having a chocolate cookie with milk at 5.30 am, on the top of the stove, with full access to everything forbidden, just after you slurped down 5 ml of Penicillin. You almost feel as if you weren’t sick at all.

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Down with scarlet fever

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Juliánna

It all started Saturday afternoon, with Izabel turning unusually quiet- her temperature went up to 39 Celsius, by Saturday morning her little body covered in rashes – Kincsem rushed to the doctor only to find out that she has a mild version of scarlet fever called scarlatina (skarlagens feber) – by Monday morning, Matthias was showing the same symptoms, so one more trip to the doctor, and he got set up on Penicillin, too. I am to travel again to Transylvania on Sunday, so I am hoping by that time the worst is over.

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Mother’s Day in the Castle in the Clouds

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Juliánna

P.S. Köszönöm szépen, Kincsem.

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Expat potluck dinner May 2012 – Odense Centralbibliotek

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Juliánna

We were invited to our local library’s Expat Dinner meeting, our second of this kind, I have published about this event before. There were a lot more people this time and a more relaxed and casual atmosphere, probably because they had a children’s books author do a workshop, which sort of broke the ice. We met a lot of people with interesting backgrounds (a Polish-Alaskan soldier who was deployed to Afghanistan and came to visit his Polish sister in Denmark, who, by the way, is married to an Indian guy, who speaks fluent Spanish) – I myself am excited about meeting Sandra from the university, an Argentinian woman with whom we decided to start a Spanish speaking club – we are convening for the first time at our place, on the 23rd of June – can’t wait to see where this is taking me, so far all people on our list are extremely intriguing and funny. !Vamonos! Thank you, Odense Centralbibiliotek, for yet another engaging evening. And for the beautifully illustrated Andersen collection of fairy tales Kicsem won!

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Project sewing: Recycling jeans

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Juliánna

Matthias’ jeans were torn at his knees, so I decided to make shorts out of them. It was my very first sewing project, and it turned out OK. I am still more hooked on knitting, probably also because it is pure handwork, no machinery involved – you could use two twigs and some yarn and create the most fabulous patterns or a piece of clothing. Thank you to Eva from Kulturmaskinen, who initiated me in the art of sewing, generously helping and guiding me each step of the process. The textile workshop is a place I have been visiting more frequently lately, as it challenges and at the same time stimulates my imagination and creativity.