New House

My boyfriend and I decided to break our routine – after three years of living together, just the two of us, we’ve decided to move in with a friend to a bigger, nicer house.

The location is amazing – there is a park just outside the garden, there is a gym nearby and the road with bars and takeaways is five minute walk away. Lush. 🙂
Living in a quiet family residential area on the other side of Oxford from all of our friends, proved not only boring, but also inconvenient (think of all the taxi costs!)polina.rocks Polina Skrebneva blog new house

The house is generally bigger than our old flat – bigger bedrooms (more closets!), bigger bathtub (my paradise), bigger kitchen (finally!), and most importantly, bigger lounge/diving room / social space.
I love hosting dinner parties, and now actually have the space for them!

Anyway, I am super excited, as this house feels like a new beginning, full of inspiration and positive vibes.

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Hot topic – refugees

My Facebook feed has divided my friends into two camps: those who share petitions, encourage everyone to help and not turn their backs on people in need; and those who share articles, photos and videos about refugees’ mess and aggressive behaviour.

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The biggest ‘complainers’ are the smaller or less wealthy countries. People from the smaller countries relish their culture and history and are genuinely afraid about their country’s well-being. Furthermore, they don’t have the money that Germany or the UK have.
Ultimately, no matter what we say now, the refugees are coming, they are already here. The question is how do we react to it.
Of course we have to be humanitarian. Of course we can’t turn our backs on families who have lost everything because of someone’s political ambitions. We have to help.

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But what happens to Europe when millions of people with different believes and society rules settle down?
Are we all going to integrate and live in peace?

Or is the history repeating itself and European Union will fall just like the Roman Empire did?

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Beautiful Oxford

No matter which part of Oxford you live in, there always will be a park nearby.
I live five minutes walk from Hinksey Park, which has a lake, a boating lake, tennis courts and even an outdoor pool.
The other day I was running in the evening and just got a little overwhelmed by the beauty of nature around and how lucky I am to live in a busy city, which has some very beautiful and peaceful places.
Obviously, I decided to take some panoramic shots on my phone.

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