My white Christmas

I am terrible with my posts, though it is better later than never. :)
This year I have spend Christmas back home together with my family. It was amazing!!! One of the best Christmas I have ever had - being in a family circle, loads of snow, home cooked food, presents, movies, being lazy and not worring about anything!!!

Few moments to share with you:


Me, my sister Laura and Dzera - all ready to unpack prezzies :)


Our X-mas tree - Santa was extremely nice this year!!!


Walking in the snow - my whole family


Me and my Mummy


Together with my Darling


With my very good friend - Vaidile


Having fun in the snow

My weekend in London

This weekend I have spend in London, visiting one of my old friends - Jovin, we haven't seen each other for about 2 years. It was amazing to meet again and to share our life stories. Jovin is from Mauritius, we have met in Latvia, while he was having his internship there, after that he was living in Singapore and now London. That is just fabulous how many stories one can share.

For the time being Jovin is staying in nothing Hill, so I had a change to visit this lovely and extremely expensive region of London. The price of the apartments in this area has gone up after the famous movie has been shot.

The more time the I spend in London the more I like it, which I find quite strange, as I am not a big fan of huge cities, I prefer small cozy ones, being closer to nature.
London has everything a heart may desire - crazy night life, it is a paradise for shopping lovers, variety of food, mixture of cultures, fun, lots of action at the same time might be peaceful and quiet. Amazing parks in the very centre of town, famous red busses, fancy looking taxis, which are ok to look at though not so tempting to use, if you know what I mean.


Notting Hill


The red red bus :)


The Tower of London

My new life

I am terrible with updating my blog, sorry about that. Can't promise anything, though I will try to improve in this area.

It is almost 3 months as I have been living and working in UK, in the cosy Chentenham town.
Work is great, the more I get to know the more I like it, I think I will stick in finance area for a while.

When I just came to UK it was a bit hard to get used to the new life style - as my dad would say the normal one, when you finish your job at about 5pm, go home have dinner and relax, you do not have any other commitments after working hours. Which is so different from what I was used to, while being in AIESEC you are always on duty it might be a midnight, or a Sunday afternoon, the duty I really liked, I do miss that sometimes. I had to learn how to utilize the free time, and how to really enjoy it. I have signed in for the gym, started to play netball in Kraft ladies team, signed in for the gym, read more.. I do like it, you have more time think. :)

I have settled down in a really nice house, which is about 10 min walk from work, and about 15min from centre, which is great, no need to use public transport. I am sharing a house with 3 other people, Sara (she is Swedish), Andy and Dan (both guys are local), we get on really well, which I am very happy about.
Winter is coming here very fast, we do have about minus 6 degrees during the night, and about 3 plus during the day. I don't mind if it is cold as long as it is dry. And we do have a central heating, oh it is amazing how much you can miss these things (this is remembering cold nights with the hot watter bottle in NZ).

See few pictures below from the trip to London when my sister Laura was vising me.


Me and my sister Laura

On the way again

I am back home to Lithuania, having a great holiday and starting to pack my bags again. This time I am going to UK for the internship with Kraft Foods. I will be working in Cheltenham, which is a small town about 2-3h drive from London. It is an internship from 9 to 12 months. So, if you ever pass by UK feel free to visit me :) I am leaving home on 4th of September, still have a bit more than a week left, have to attend 2 weddings, say hi-bye to my dear friends.

Future plans

After lots of discussions and sleepless nights I made up my mind - I am going home!
Those of you who do not know I had a pretty good permanent job offer here in NZ, so speaking about the future plans - prolonging my stay here was one of the key options on my list.

It is hard to say no, but there are moments in our lives when we have to make the choice, and try not to look back and think what if.. There is one sayings I really like - "when one door closes the other opens, but we tend to look at the closed door for too long and do not notice the open ones".

It will be extremely hard to leave New Zealand, country which has become my second home land. I will miss fudge slices, meat pies, hot chocolate. I will miss seeing half dressed kiwis walking in the streets, when I am wearing my winter jacket. Non smoking policy :) The beauty of the landscape.. My dancing classes..

And most of all I will miss my team - my friends who become my kiwi family, and who made my stay in New Zealand as one of the best years of my life.

Kia Ora Amigos ;)

Hello Everyone,

My name is Giedre Brazdzionyte from Lithuania but living in New Zealand at the moment. I finish my MC here term soon though. Aditi hassled me into creating a blog, so here I am. I should have done it earlier so I could record/share my experiences from Kiwiland......which is the most beautiful place on earth.

Few pictures from NZ for your viewing pleasure ....