Summer diaries II. - Vojka, Slovakia

This summer, I discovered a new place - a summer heaven on earth - resort Vojka. Vojka is a lake not far from Bratislava, around 40 km. Couple of years ago they started to selling land around it and made part of it a private resort of summer houses there. I am lucky enough to have couple of friends, who have summer houses there. In July, I was invited to spent a weekend there.
I met with Jana and Lucia, my beloved university classmates, and their families. We took a bike ride to the nearby village on Saturday night. There was a halászlé (a hungarian speciality - fish soup) competition going on, which means you can taste as much halászlé from different families serving it as you can and it is all free. We tried three and all of them were delicious. When we returned it was getting dark, but the look over the lake was stunning, with meadows covered in white flowers around it.
The next morning I went for a run around the lake, accompanied with Jana on the bike. Meanwhile Jana ś mom prepared another batch of the most delicious apricot cake - we lived on that stuff all weekend (at least I was).
We spent the rest of the day in the lake - my best swim of this season - or wandering between two houses - Jana ´s and Lucia´s. My man came in the evening and we showed him around the resort (it is him posing for a romantic picture with my friend Lucia :-) ).
For me, that weekend was the essence of summer. Kids (and me) jumping from pier into the lake, swimming, eating great food cakes, sun and friends... I could not wished for more. Thank you Jana and Lucia for introducing me to this amazing place!

Toto leto som objavila nové miesto - letný raj na Zemi - rezort Vojka. Vojka je jazero nie ďaleko od Bratislavy, asi 40 km. Pred pár rokmi tu začali predávať pozemky okolo jazera a na jednej časti urobili súkromné letovisko. Mám to šťastie, že zopár mojich priateľov tu má letné domy. A v júly som bola pozvaná stráviť s nimi víkend.
Stretla som sa s Janou a Luciou, mojimi milovanými spolužiačkami z výšky a ich rodinami.  V sobotu večer sme sa na bicykloch vybrali do dediny. Práve tam prebiehala súťaž vo varení halászlé (maďarská špecialita - rybia polievka), čo znamenalo, že ste mohli ochutnať toľko tanierov od rôznych rodín (kuchárov), koľko ste vládali, a celé to bolo zadarmo. Skúsili sme tri a všetky boli vynikajúce. Keď sme sa vrátili, pomaly bola tma, ale výhľad na jazero bol úchvatný. Všade naokolo lúky posiate bielimi kvietkami.
Na druhý deň ráno som šla behať okolo jazera, sprevádzaná Janou na bicykli.Medzitým Janina mama napiekla ďalšiu várku najlepšieho marhuľového koláča - v podstate sme na ňom ten víkend žili - minimálne teda ja.
Zvyšok dňa sme strávili vo vode - tu som si túto sezónu najlepšie zaplávala - alebo chodením medzi dvoma chatami - Janinou a Luciinou. Môj muž došiel navečer a tak sme mu s Luciou ukázali okolie  (to je on na poslednej romantickej fotke s Luciou :-) ).
pre mňa bol ten víkend esenciou leta. Deti (a ja) skákali z móla do jazera, plávanie, jedenie dobrého jedla koláčov, slnko a priatelia...viac som si nemohla želať.
Ďakujem Trtuš a Cuca že ste ma oboznámili s týmto skvelým miestom!

 

 

Preview: Marine wedding

Geee, time flies! I am home for two weeks and I was not able to do anything, not even look at my Iceland pictures. I took 6 500 of them, so it requires quite some time...

Anyway, at least I managed to finish pictures from a marine themed wedding, which I will be posting here soon. By then, here is one of my favorites from the party. If I get married once, I will definitely bring some confetti to the party!

Lovely wedding

Today I can finally show you some wedding pictures from this summer. One of them was a chic international wedding of a lovely couple Monika and Martin.

Monika is one of the owners of Lovely day wedding agency, run by 4 beautiful girls, so it was really an honor for me to shoot her own BIG day.

If you are planning to get some help to plan your wedding, this agency is definitely a safe bet. Girls have great taste and they pay attention to every small detail.You can see their great website here.

Aren´t these "finger prints in the shape of heart" invitations a great idea?!

And what do you think of this Cartier Trinity wedding ring?


Monika wanted a chic city wedding. I love her simple short dress and high heel shoes!




Her daughter wore the cutest dress and shoes!


To shoot with a two-year old can be both fun and tricky :-).

Bon voyage!

Dear friends, I am leaving on holliday for one week, so talk to you then! We will be sailing on a yacht at the croatian coast. Hope I will not be seasick!!!

Have a great week! Lots of sun and fun!

Garden graduation party

Last Saturday, I attended one of the most amazing parties in my entire life. My friend just graduated from law school, and he organized a celebration in his parents´ garden.

We were brought there by a private bus right after the ceremony.

He and his dad built a tent, tables and benches. They worked on it for a month in their free time.

They cooked goulasch, made potato pancakes and bought a huge roasted pig.

For dessert, we had a chocolate fountain, where we dipped fresh cherries, strawberries, bananas and grapes.

We played darts, danced and laughed.

His vital grandmother made me cry right at the beginning, when she had a speech about her grandson. You could feel the love in this family in the air, and that is what made this party so special.

All the invited friends were such a nice people, that I was overhelmed with joy for the next two days. The party lasted the whole day and night. And it felt so nice, I could go on next day :-) !

Thank you Matej for such an amazing, great event!

(click on pictures to enlarge)