12. Home-made gingerbread cookies.

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Christmas is coming very quickly. I just can't wait to decorate my Christmas tree, prepare all these delicious dishes and sing some carols. I love this whole atmosphere which is connected with Christmas and winter in general. I hope there will be snowing during the holidays, because everything looks wonderful when it lays under that snowy cover. Anyway, I want to share with you one of my recipes, which is just perfect for Christmas. What I'm talking about are home-made gingerbread cookies. The recipe is really simple, so I believe everyone can make it without any problems. Here are the ingredients:

• 750g of flour
• 250g of sugar
• 250ml of honey
• 5 eggs
• 200g of margarine
• 1 heaped spoon of cocoa
• 1 packet of gingerbread spice
• 1 teaspoon of ammonia

And this is how it's done:

Prepare a rather big bowl. Put honey in it. Then whisk eggs with sugar and add them to the honey. What you have to do next is melting margarine and pouring it into the bowl. Then we have some dry ingredients: add cocoa, gingerbread spice and ammonia. One important remark: ammonia has to be melted in one spoon of warm milk. Finally, put flour in the bowl and mix all ingredients together thoroughly. Then put the dough back and bake it the next day in 180°C for 12 to 15 minutes. 

My gingerbread cookies look like that:

As you can see, I decorated them with some frosting and sugar strands. It takes much time, but I think the effect is worth it. I guarantee everyone will love them!

I suppose I won't write anything in the nearest future, so I wish you Merry Christmas. I hope you'll spend that time with your family and friends in a peaceful and warm atmosphere. 

11. Karpacz is always a good idea!

Do you know that feeling, when you are tired and bored of all your daily duties? So do I. Fortunately, after some discouraging weeks at the university, I had a chance to run away from that monotony – I spent one weekend in Karpacz. Every friend of mine knows that I love mountains and I visit them with pleasure every year. This time it was a really short trip, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. Fascinating places, breathtaking views and a great company – it’s all I need! I could finally relax and forget about my studies, even for a moment. Instead of spending another day in the room with my notes, I was walking down the streets of the city with my boyfriend, admiring the Karkonosze mountains. Despite I was in Karpacz a few times before, I still marvel at this place and its vicinity. I’m sure I’ll come back there in the future.

As always, I took plenty of photos during the journey. I want to show you some of them. 

10. All good things come to an end.

Yes, it has happened – holidays are over and it’s time to come back to studying. Those three months went by so quickly! Of course, I didin’t realize my plans about writing blog in summer (I’m so predictible in my laziness). I promise I’ll do my best to improve myself in that matter. Anyway, I should probably say something about the last months. How did I spend them? Mostly at home, unfortunately, but I was hardly ever bored. So many books had been lying unread on the bookshelf during the academic year and I finally had some time to read them. Furthermore, I got down to watching tv series and a few of them really caught my attention. Of course, not only did I stay at home, but also I went outside with my friends. As I mentioned in my previous post, I visited Natalia in her house in Malbork, where we spent eight awesome days together. I’ve got a lot of pictures as a token of that time. For me, this summer was great, but I believe the next one will be even better. I hope for getting a job and going abroad for a month or two. But first, I have to come through another tiring year at the university. May the force be with me!