Maree('s) Muses

I want to tell you about a very stressful weekend that I went through. I'm not exactly sure why I want to share this, but I do. I apologize if it gets lengthy. You are under no obligation to read all of it. I just cannot skip over the details and make it short, because it's the details that are important. I have recently registered with a recruitment agency that sends me offers for temporal part-time jobs in fashion retail. Usually it comes out of the blue and they are very short placements, just filling in where somebody is missing. Anyway, since I am embarking on an exciting trip and I need to earn money to pay back to my lovely family who have funded my travelling adventures, I decided to pluck up my courage and I replied to one of the offers.  What followed was one of the hardest things I have ever done. And I shall tell you the story of how the little inexperienced me battled through a weekend in fashion retail, quietly repeating to myself: "London, I'm d

I have marked all the calendars with a very relevant washi tape that was given to me by a friend some while ago. Finally there is some proper good use for it :) Here are some of the things that I've already got ready: an umbrella so cute that it's borderline childish CHECK extra batteries and charger for my camera  CHECK Thanks, family! :) a cutesy travel-themed notebook to jot down impressions, stories, anything and everything... CHECK That means I will have a solid source for upcoming London-y blog posts :) an unnecessarily lovely and detailed street map of London CHECK Thanks, mom! :) Yes, I am old school and I believe in real maps. Nothing can go wrong if you have a map. My phone is just a regular stupid one, but even if I had a smartphone, I think I would prefer a real map in my hands. an ever-growing list of places I need to see and take a picture of, because they appeared in a film/television series that I like CHECK I am now getting to a point of endles

... from misery to happiness todaaay (*cue sing-along in a Scottish accent*) Here is the big announcement and the super exciting adventure that I have been hinting pretty much for about 2 months now. And surely, the Sherlocks and Watsons among you have already figured it out, because the last couple of clues that I left were so damn obvious... I will be visiting London. In less than a month, for a couple of days, I will be in the actual London town over in my beloved Britain. I had a new passport made :) Which in in itself deserves a celebration, because for the first time in my life I have a good picture on an ID type of thing. Love my passport. Here it is with my super London-y folder where I keep all my organizing and planning stuff for the trip.  I didn't want to say anything in public until it was for certain that I can go. And honestly, never in my life has there been a project with so many ups and downs. I had everything planned and ready and t

Hello friends, how are you on this fine day of May? Celebrating the end of WW2 ? :) I dare to presume that you have noticed that this year marks the 450th birthday of one William Shakespeare, the greatest playwright of all human history. Have you indulged in a bit of drama to celebrate good ol' Will's birthday? I certainly did! Czech Television could not stay behind all the celebrations and the new art channel offered, among other things, a BBC series titled The Hollow Crown , which comprises one of Shakespeare's tetralogies of historical plays: Richard II, Henry IV parts 1 and 2 and finally Henry V. The executive producer of the series was Sam Mendes (yes, the Sam Mendes) and  it was released as a part of 2012 Cultural Olympiad. starring: Ben Whishaw (Richard II), Jeremy Irons (Henry IV), Tom Hiddleston (Henry V)  img source Honestly, just reading the list of names involved in this project made me ridiculously excited, because with people like Rory Kinne