Edinburgh Random 2 :: Harry Potter Adventure + Outfit

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EN :: Greetings from the second and the last random post from lovely Edinburgh. In today´s post I will mostly talk about tourist places but my blog is more or less about fashion and beauty so I tried to post the pictures in "fashion-travel" style. The first part of pictures is all about the café called the Elephant House. It is the place where Harry Potter was born and I heard it is always very full and if you want to go, go early before they open to avoid standing in long queues. I wanted to come early so and feel that atmosphere, to have the feeling she had when she was writing. What was her view, where was she sitting, what was her inspiration? I remember reading the first book borrowed from my best friend and since then I couldn´t wait to read the second and third... I just always took these books as a perfect materialization of someone´s genius thoughts and imaginations, but then... then it came. I didn´t even know she lives in Edinburgh and I wouldn´t even know until I didn´t come there for a trip. Wherever I go, I always do a research - where to go, what to see and this café was one of the places I had to visit. Well when we came, the place wasn´t full at all and we even could choose the place to sit. We ordered a cappuccino to make us warmer and enjoyed the atmosphere. The place is probably crowded when you go in summer or other warmer months, but we tend to travel in January when it is our anniversary so we can always enjoy these places more or less for ourselves. And what did we see through the window of the Elephant House? There was the Edinburgh Castle straight away and under the cafe on the other side there was a graveyard. The castle could probably be an inspiration for the Rokfort and when we went for a walk to the graveyard, we found the one with the name Thomas Riddell (who is Voldemort in the book) and a few more as McGonagall or Moodey who were inspirations for the names of some wizards. In my opinion it is incredible how you only read these books somewhere at home as a child and you think it is all just a fiction or a figment of imagination and then you come to this town and you realize you are standing at the places where she draw inspiration from. Well I also went to the toilet as I was curious what is there and the amount of the messages people left there for her was unbelievable. I wish to know if she came to this cafe again and if she saw all these messages...how did she feel about it though... :)

SK :: Zdravím z druhého a zároveň posledného zhrnutia z mesta Edinburgh. V dnešnom randome to bude vyzerať trošku ozajstne turisticky a aj keď je tento môj blog viac-menej o móde a kráse, snažila som sa pridať fotky aspoň približne vo "fashion-travel" štýle. Prvá várka fotiek sa týka kaviarničky menom "Elephant House", v ktorom J.K.Rowlingová napísala prvé časti Harryho Pottera. Keď som sa ešte len chystala do Edinburghu počula som, že v tejto kaviarni býva celkom plno a ak sa tam chcete dostať, treba sa tam vybrať skoro ráno pred otvorením, aby ste si získali miesto. Ja som bola odhodlaná prísť tam ráno a pocítiť tú atmosféru, mať aspoň na chvíľu pocit, aký mala ona, keď písala Harryho...Aký mohla mať výhľad, kde sedela, akú mala vlastne inšpiráciu? Pamätám si, že prvú časť mi dala prečítať moja najlepšia kamoška a odvtedy som sa nevedela dočkať, kedy vyjde ďalšia a ďalšia. Človek tie knihy berie ako nejaké skvelé zhmotnenie niekoho geniálnych myšlienok a predstavivosti, ale potom.... potom po rokoch to proste príde.... Ja som vlastne ani len netušila, že autorka býva v Edinburghu a asi by som to doteraz ani nevedela, ak by sme sa tam nevybrali na výlet. Kamkoľvek ideme, naštudujeme si niečo o meste či o krajine a chceme sa pozrieť na najviac populárne miesta. Do kaviarne sme sa dostali úplne v pohode a nemuseli sme ani čakať v neskutočne dlhých radoch. Toto sa podľa mňa deje skôr v lete, keď je sezóna a turistov je všade neúrekom. My sme však prišli začiatkom januára, a tak sme si ešte dokonca mohli vybrať miesto, kam by sme si radi sadli. Objednali sme si kapučíno a trošku sme sa zohriali, pretože vonku bola poriadna kosa. Čo sme ale videli cez okno Elephant Housu? Priamo z okien sme mali výhľad na Edinburghský hrad a pod oknami sa rozprestieral cintorín. Hrad bol pravdepodobne inšpiráciou pre Rokfort  a keď sme sa nakoniec rozhodli zájsť aj na cintorín, našli sme niekoľko hrobov, kde bolo pochovaných zopár ľudí s menami, ktoré boli jej inšpiráciou a objavili sa v knihe. Okem hlavného hrobu s menom Thomas Riddell, čo bol vlastne Voldemort ste tam mohli nájsť hrob s menom McGonagall alebo aj Moodeyho. Je to až neuveriteľné a človek si to uvedomí až neskôr, že stojí na miestach, z ktorých čerpala, kde to všetko raz vzniklo.... keď som si ja čítala v detskej izbe prvú časť Harryho mysliac si, že je to absolútny výmysel, ona sedela v kaviarni s výhľadom na "Rokfort" alebo sa prechádzala pomedzi hroby a inšpirovala sa menami pre čarodejníkov. Niekedy sa zamýšľam nad absurdnosťami, ale veľmi ma to fascinuje... No a keď som sa zo zvedavosti bola pozrieť na WC, skoro som odpadla... Toľko odkazov pre autorku som v živote nevidela...toľko fanúšikov, toľko fanatikov, toľko závislákov, toľko čitateľov a nadšencov tam zanechalo svoj odkaz asi z celého sveta až to bolo neuveriteľné... Neviem, či tam niekedy ešte J.K.Rowlingová zavítala, ale chcela by som vedieť, aký z toho mala pocit...









EN :: Welcome to the Diagon Alley! Haha. This diagonal street is considered to be an inspiration for the one in the book and film. It is really incredible to be there - especially when you are such a fun of it. On this street you could find several shops with Harry Potter souvenirs. I wanted to buy a magic wand but then I decided I´ m not gonna be silly because it will only sit on my shelf :) It was however nice to see all of that, you could find there some chocolate frogs, every flavor beans, many different small souvenirs from every faculty and loads of other things from the books and films you could ever think of.

SK :: Vitajte v Šikmej uličke! Haha. Veru, aj to bolo jej inšpiráciou a táto skrútená ulica, je považovaná za predlohu. Je to fakt neuveriteľné a ja ako fanúšička, som sa z toho veľmi vytešovala, pretože teraz presne viem, ako z časti fungovali jej myšlienkové pochody. V Šikmej uličke sme našli niekoľko obchodov, v ktorých predávali rôzne suveníry týkajce sa Harryho. Dokonca aj všelijaké prútiky a musím sa priznať, že som si chcela prútik Harryho kúpiť, ale potom som sa rozhodla, že to bude ozaj zbytočné a len by mi zapadol prachom niekde na poličke :) Aspoň som to všetko videla.. Denný Prorok, brká, čokoládové žaby, fazuľky rôznej chuti, šály a rôzne maličkosti všetkých 4roch fakúlt, no proste všetko na čo si len z filmov a kníh spomeniete. 







EN :: Later we also went to see this school or college which was near and as soon as we came to the premises I said "wau". What other can you say when you see this? I wish I could attend the school like this haha. I would say this was also one of her inspirations as there is many nice towers etc but it could be really anything. Anyways, I felt like in the film and I was happy there was so quite - no people, no students so we could take a few pictures without anybody in the background. I am attaching a few pictures of smiley myself from the town as well :D

SK :: Neskôr sme navštívili aj areál školy alebo skôr nejakej univerzity, ktorá bola v blízkosti. Hneď, ako sme tam vošli, som povedala "wau". Čo iné sa dá povedať na takýto areál? Chodiť do takejto školy musí byť radosť haha. Myslím si, že aj táto škola s vežičkami bola sčasti jej inšpiráciou, ale to mohlo byť skutočne všeličo... Tak či onak, cítila som sa tam ako vo filme a nebolo tam ani veľa ľudí a študentov, takže sme sa tam mohli vyfotiť bez rušivých momentov.  Pripájam aj niekoľko momentiek z mesta s mojou vysmiatou maličkosťou :D






EN :: Well the buildings in Edinburgh are so photogenic and wherever you have a look, it is worth it. We knew about these stairs and nice view of the Edinburgh Castle from the Instagram so we tried to find it. In Edinburgh there is really many many streets with stairs but these were the ones we wanted to find! The view was beautiful and so was the weather so we took a few pictures as well. Of course there were always few people going up and down so we were waiting and freezing to have a nice picture but I was angry especially because one younger woman was exercising there running up and down the stairs and she was disgustingly spitting and sniffling like an old man... Ewww. A real lady... As I said we were inspired by Instagram pictures which were even more beautiful as the trees were all colorful but I think in the winter it is worth it as well. I am happy we found everything we wanted and then I have to say the evening Edinburgh is charming as well!

SK :: Budovy v Edinbrughu sú strašne fotogenické a kamkoľvek sa pozriete, stojí to za to! O výhľade na hrad zo schodov sme vedeli z nejakých fotiek z Instagramu, no nevedeli sme, kde presne to je. Zorientovali sme sa tak nejak približne a nakoniec sme s drkotajúcimi zubami inkriminované miesto konečne našli! Schodov v Edinburghu je požehnane, no tieto sme sa snažili nájsť zámerne. Keď sme sa konečne vyštverali hore, naskytol sa nám krásny výhľad na hrad. Viem - v lete či v jari to tam musí vyzerať nádherne, ale my tak nejak máme tendenciu cestovať v januári, keď máme výročie a keď je všade o polvicu menej turistov. Výhľad ale stál za to, a tak sme si tam pár fotiek urobili - samozrejme vždy vtedy, keď jedna žena nebola v zábere, pretože sa rozhodla behať hore dole schodami a nechutne si vysmrkávať nos fučaním a navyše všade pľula ako nejaký starý chlap!!! Fuj... No jedna dáma... :D Fotky sa ale celkom podarili, lebo nám začalo svietiť slniečko a ja sa teším, že sme to všetko mohli zažiť za pár dní a musím povedať, že aj večerný Edinburgh má svoje čaro.





EN :: If you came here - congratulation. I wanted to post a few pictures of the outfit I wore the most of the day.. I don´t really like to shoot the winter outfits and put down the jacket just to show what is underneath. I think the winter outfits should be really wintery - important is how you can style the coat, the boots, the accessories... Everything else can be shot in spring or summer I think. Anyways when we came "home" to warm up a little bit, we made a tea and did a small photo-shoot because the room was so nice... I was wearing my new cashmere sweater and black denim skirt which I paired with my black and white Bronx boots and finished it off with my red lipstick to add a little bit of a color to the grey vibe. I hope you liked my random no.2 and I hope it did persuade you to go there if you are only thinking about it. It is really a beautiful city, with rich culture, history, beautiful places and hidden gems or cafes where can popular book be written.. ♥ 

SK :: Ak ste sa dočítali až sem - gratulujem :) Na záver pripájam detaily outfitu, ktorý som vtedy mala väčšinu dňa na sebe... Nemám extra rada fotiť outfity v zime a zámerne si dať dole bundu alebo kabát, pretože si myslím, že outfity v zime majú byť predovšetkým zimné :) Ide hlavne o to, ako sa človek vyhrá s kabátmi, doplnkami, čižmami atď a ostatok sa dá práveže fotiť v lete, v jari či v jeseni.. Keďže sme sa ale prišli "domov" na hotel zohriať čajíkom, rozhodli sme sa nafotiť zopár fotiek z izby. Bolo tam tak krásne a pohodlne, že by bol hriech to nevyužiť... Urobili sme si teda čajík a čo to pofotili, takže sem pridávam aspoň 3 fotky, aby tento článok nebol iba cestovateľký. Na sebe teda mám kašmírový sveter v sivej farbe a čiernu denimovú sukňu. Zladila som to s čižmami od značky Bronx a červeným rúžom, aby som do toho sivého looku pridala trošku farby. Snáď sa vám môj random č. 2 páčil a presvedčilo vás to o tom, že v Edinburghu skutočne je čo vidieť. Je to nádherné škótske mesto s bohatou kultúrou, históriou, krásnou architektúrou, hotelmi, uličkami a vidíte, že i s miestami plnými inšpirácie pre napísanie celosvetovo slávnej knihy... ♥





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  1. jééj, to muselo byť perfektné, hneď by som tam šla aj ja! :-) ❤ xx

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