As I am now back into full speed with university, I wanted to give myself a nice reminder of the summer I got to have even though we are in a global pandemic. To have a fresh reminder of the memories made and know that at the end of all this hard work there is a reward too. You can find it in family and friends, photos and events and have it make your darker days a little brighter. Also wanted to share with you my summer and that doing holidays in the heat of the moment is now the new normal, otherwise, there is a chance you won’t get to go! I had many holidays booked for this year, this was not one of them, but I still made the best out of it. So even if you can’t go on holiday, go see family, travel your country (according to guidelines of course 😉 ) see new things or try new things you may not of before!

Arrival:

Obviously, going to another country this time required flying, not a fan. I have done a lot of work with my flight anxiety since my last time flying and learnt a lot of new ways to keep it in control, let me know if you would like a post on that! Anyhow, I got on the plane, it was not too bad, I didn’t cry, I got safely to the ground and thanked the crew and was on my way. Nothing new flight wise about the pandemic, other than wearing masks at the airport, on the flight and the cabin crew collected information sheets with our details on incase someone caught the virus on the plane, other than that no biggie. When I arrived, at my boyfriends home, we were greeted by family and did the usual introductions, but then I was met with this angel! my dog obsession went from 100 to 150 when I saw her, she then completely filled my holiday.

General meet ups:

While the restrictions in Poland were off, we got to meet a couple of friends and spend some time with them, not common as the last time we saw them was a year ago, so lots to talk about. Had a couple of drinks, a couple of days out, a couple of hangovers, generally a good time!

Heat, heat and MORE HEAT:

it was so hot this summer, I don’t remember when I had sunburn this bad again! most of the time we also spent doing water activities, for example on the first day we all as a family went to the lake, and here you can see we went again on our own for some time alone boating, as relaxing as it was, being on a boat with 2 boys had its down falls, ie they act like idiots, but they did take nice Instagram pictures for me!

Relaxing:

obviously, when you’re on holiday, you come to relax, so when all the family goes off to work and the boys go off to the gym, I take time to soak in the silence and peace around me. Obviously making use of the hot tub all the time regardless!

Sport, obviously:

Could not get away without the boys making me attend any sort of sports event this holiday, so we went to see a speedway match. I enjoyed it live as my boyfriend often watches it on TV at home and its not so exciting, so it was not a complete waste of time. Putting aside that the venue threw all the pandemic rules out the window 😦 so I had to watch out for myself, it was a okay day.

Travelling to Lodz:

Now on to going to see my family and spending some good qaulity time in the city, also going to get some work done …

THE kitchen:

As some of you have seen on my blog, I made it my mission to transform my nan’s kitchen. She has had the whole flat done but due to covid, she could not get the last room done, so I and my boyfriend volunteered to do it for her! I have never done anything like this, ie wallpaper, but we learnt along the way and the results are amazing, I love it so much. Took 3 gruelling days but one pair of happy grandparents for years to come.

Seeing the city:

Took some time off after the kitchen to just go and explore the city, as unfortunately most of my family is shielding from the virus I could not go and see them. Still enjoyed my time with my grandparents, caught them up on our lives and took them out with us too.

Date night:

We also managed to squeeze in a date night, having family around all the time gave us very little “us” time so spending one night alone did us some good. We have been here for a month now and as much as we love seeing everyone, you get enough eventually, so wine and good food came to the rescue!

Time to go home:

Before we knew it, we had come to the end of our holiday. Took the train back to Tourn and got on the flight back, not my best flight I must say but I got through it in the end, I now have some sort of peace of mind that flying is at bay for me now, the only good thing to come from this pandemic. We made it home just in time as a week later the UK and Poland started tightening restrictions on everything and travel, so good timing. Also, I said this puppy was with me the whole holiday 😉

I hope you enjoyed looking at my time on my last-minute vacation! I love doing these stories, but you might see less of them now due to no travelling, but I hope to get one to you at the start of next month with my Halloween night movie date! Also, I have a little announcement post coming later today/tomorrow, keep updated!

Love, Kasia x