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Belarusian cuisine

Modern Belarusian cookery is based on old national traditions which have undergone a long historical evolution. But the main methods of traditional Belarusian cuisine are carefully kept by the people.

Common in Belarusian cuisine were dishes from potato which is called among people "the second bread". The Belarusians bring fame to their beloved potato in their verses, songs, dances. There are special potato cafes in the country where you can try various potato dishes. Potato is included into many salads, it is served together with mushrooms, meat; different pirazhki (patties) and baked puddings are made from it. The most popular among the Belarusians are traditional draniki, thick pancakes, prepared from shredded potatoes. A wide spread of potato dishes in Belarusian cuisine can be explained by natural climatic conditions of Belarus which are propitious for growing highly starched and tasty sorts of potatoes.

A lot of place in the diet of the Belarusians belongs to meat and meat products, especially to the pork and salted pork fat. One of the people's proverbs says: "There is no fish more tasty than tench, as well as there is no meat better than pork". The salted pork fat is used slightly smoked and seasoned with onions and garlic. Pyachysta is one of the traditional holiday dishes. This is boiled, stewed or roasted sucking pig, fowl or large chunks of pork or beef. Dishes prepared from meat are usually served together with potatoes or vegetables such as carrot, cabbage, black radish, peas, etc. It is characteristic that many vegetable and meat dishes are prepared in special stoneware pots.

Among dishes from fish the Belarusians prefer yushka, galki and also baked or boiled river-fish without special seasonings. In general, what concerns the most common seasonings such as onions, garlic, parsley, dill, caraway seeds, pepper, they are used very moderately in Belarusian cookery.

The choice Belarusian food are fresh, dried, salted and pickled mushrooms, and also berries such as bilberry, wild strawberries, red whortlberry, raspberries, cranberry and some others.

Of flour dishes the most popular is zacirka. Pieces of specially prepared dough are boiled in water and then poured over with milk or garnished with salted pork fat.

The Belarusians prefer to use whole milk which affected some methods of making yoghurt and the so called klinkovy cottage cheese. In Belarusian cuisine the milk is widely used for mixing in vegetable and flour dishes.

Myadukha, berezavik, kvas, beer are traditional Belarusian drinks.

Recipes introduced in this book do not expose all the dishes of national cuisine. The methods of cooking of the most popular dishes of old and modern cuisines of the Belarusians are presented here. All the recipes are intended for four helpings; the quantity of products is given in volume and in mass.

British Eating habits

As any other people, the British have breakfast, dinner and supper. Also they have another meal. Well, breakfast is a very big meal and usually consists of sausages, bacon and eggs, or porridge. They can also eat just a toast with marmalade which is made from oranges, or jam, or honey. Yorkshire ham is also a breakfast speciality. And, of course, the traditional meal is tea which people have with cold milk. That’s all sounds very tasty but in fact nowadays a lot of English people take a full breakfast only on Sunday morning.

Another meal is brunch and we can also call it “the second breakfast”. It’s when people have breakfast and lunch, like they match these meals together. The elevenses can be a substitute for brunch.

Next is dinner. It’s usually based on simply-cooked food such as British beefsteak with potatoes, English lamb chops with fresh vegetables and Yorkshire pudding. Also English pork is good, Dover soles are delicacy.

And now about lunch. It’s taken at any time between noon and 2.30 in the afternoon. For many people, and for the British, lunch is a quick meal. They choose any kind of bread with some sort of salad or just a sandwich. Schoolchildren can have hot meal at school but many take a snack from home – a sandwich, a drink, some fruits and crisps. But on Sundays families have traditional lunch. They have roast meat or pork with potatoes, vegetables and gravy.

“Tea” means two things. It’s a drink and a meal. The British have afternoon tea, 5 o’clock tea or high tea. They’ve got tea with sandwiches, cakes and, of course, a cup of tea.The evening meal is taken between 6.00 and 8.00, and often the whole family eats together. The British like food from other countries, too, especially Italian, Chinese and Indian. People often get takeaway meals. Eating in Britain is quite international.

But don’t forget that English food has a bad reputation abroad. Foreigners are obliged to eat in the restraints where food is preparing rapidly in large quantities, and the taste of the food inevitably suffers. It’s also not always attractively presented. But for those with money to spare, there are restraints that compare favorably with the best in any country.

Your regular family meal

In my family we normally eat 3 meals a day. We eat breakfast, dinner and supper. Besides I have lunch in the college.

Breakfast as you now must be the most substantial. But in my family breakfast is the cup of coffee or tea with some sandwich. As for my mother, she doesn’t even eat a sandwich just little cup of coffee.

I mentioned earlier that I have my lunch at the college. There is a refreshment room where I by a cup of tea and some waffles. Sometimes I by jelly in the canteen.

My dinner is the most substantial meal of the day. I am always hungry when I come home from the college so I eat everything with pleasure. I like to begin with vegetable salad. Then I have a soup: chicken soup or cabbage soup. After the soup I have some meat. It maybe roast beef accompanied by boiled potatoes. Also I have tea or a coffee for a drink.

Our supper is less substantial than dinner but very nourishing. Usually my dad roast vegetables with meat.

In our daily ration we have a lot of fruits and vegetables to strength the immune system. But it’s not the only reason why I eat them. I eat them because they are very delicious. Especially I like bananas, apples, kiwis, paprika, cucumbers and tomatoes.

Traditional Belarusian Cuisine

In its development Belarusian cuisine has been influenced by the Russian, Lithuanian as well as Jewish, Tartars and some other traditions. We are not going to dedicate much time to history and will talk right away about the food.

Belarusians have preserved many traditional recipes.

General features:

1)Geographical location and weather conditions in Belarus resulted in a wide use of such products as forest mushrooms and berries, herbs, apples, pears, river fish and crab, milk products.

2)Belarusian cuisine is known for a big choice of potato dishes.

3)Various flour pancake dishes are popular in Belarusian cuisine.

4)Mushrooms are widely used in cooking but rarely as a separate dish and are mostly used to add taste to the main dish. Usually they are stewed or boiled.

5)Fish is also rarely fried and mostly baked, stewed or very often dried.

6)Belarusian cuisine is known for rich soups, often dressed with sour cream, as well as cold soups refreshing for the hot summer periods.

7)Marinated vegetables are widely used in Belarusian cuisine: marinated tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms etc. It is still traditional for Belarusian families to make marinated mushrooms and vegetables based on home recepies.

8)Meat: Belarusians eat lightly salted lard from pork to accompany boiled potatoes traditionally in winter. Pork is widely used in homemade sausages. Low fat pork and beef are mostly baked not fried. In traditional cuisine goose was widely used however nowadays it is mostly replaced by chicken.

9)Grated and pureed forms of products (meats, fish, potatoes, vegetables) are used in many dishes separately or in combination with each other. Forest berries, pears, apples are usually not mixed with each other: various jellies, kvass, purees, baked puddings are made from one type of berries or fruits but not a mix.

10)Cooking methods characteristic for the old traditional Belarusian cuisine are stewing and boiling. In the old Belarusian cuisine ingredients were subjected to a long heat cooking and would become very soft and often shapeless. This softness can still be observed nowadays in traditional cooking.

11)Finally present day cooking in Belarus is characterized by great creativity of combining the old traditional dishes with features of other world cuisines and mixing varieties of ingredients for example in creative rich salads.

Myself as a cook

I have a confession to make: I don’t love to cook.

Sure I like the idea of cooking, and I’m glad that I can cook, but my idea of a perfect day rarely involves spending time in the kitchen.

What I really love is food.

I love to shop for ingredients and envision the delicious dishes I can make with them. I love the taste of fresh, ripe, seasonal produce from the farmers market. I love the way good food makes me feel. I love the knowledge that what I eat helps me thrive.

This is enough for me.

I’m proud of the food I make and it’s always important to me to do a good job (I love eating, remember), I just don’t have that extra drive that distinguishes a good cook from a true chef.

For some, cooking is a true passion–they adore being in the kitchen and everything it involves. These are my heroes. They are the brilliant chefs responsible for the exquisite food all over this wonderful city. They construct the fabulous recipes I count on when searching cookbooks and blogs for something new. They photograph the beautiful dishes that inspire me to try a little harder. Without passionate chefs we would not have spectacular food, and I am profoundly thankful for them.

But not all of us can be amazing cooks. Fortunately it isn’t necessary to be a Michelin-rated chef to make delicious food.

Simple, fresh cooking doesn’t require any special talent. It all starts with excellent ingredients and just a few basic techniques that anyone can master with practice.

If you get in the habit of cooking for yourself, it will one day become second nature. You’ll get faster at chopping, you won’t need to constantly check recipes and measure ingredients, and you’ll intuitively know when and in which order to add things to the pot. But all this takes practice, and if you don’t make a regular habit of cooking for yourself it will continue to be difficult.

The good news is once you are comfortable in the kitchen, more interesting and complex recipes start to sound appealing. This is not necessarily because you learned to love cooking, but simply because it is easier for you.

Once you’ve broken the proficiency barrier you open a world of different dishes and cuisines, unchaining yourself from repetitive stir fries and culinary boredom.

For the non-chef, this is the level of proficiency you want to achieve. You do not have to love cooking to enjoy making dinner. You just have to get beyond the point where you struggle with it. It really isn’t as hard as it sounds.

My favorite recipe is the recipe of Chocolate Cake.

You’ll need:

· 170 g of flour

· 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder

· 2 teaspoons baking powder

· 220 g of sugar

· 1 cup of milk

· 170 g of melted butter

· 2 eggs

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180 deg C

2. Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and sugar in a bowl.

3. Melt the butter at low heat and add to the dry ingredients. Also add milk and eggs.

4. Mix everything together until smooth, either by hand or by using an electric mixer at slow speed.

5. Transfer to bake tin and bake at 180 degrees until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean (35 to 45 minutes)

6. After the cake has cooled cover it with the frosting.

Table manners

Although rules regarding (относительно, касательно) table manners are not very strict (жестокие, требовательные) in Britain, it is considered rude to eat and drink noisily. At formal meals, the cutlery (ножи) is placed in the order in which it will be used, starting from the outside and working in. The dessert spoon and fork are usually laid at the top of your place setting, not at the side.

After each course, the knife and fork should be laid side by side in the middle of the plate. This shows that you have finished and the plate can be removed. If you leave the knife and fork apart (в стороне, отдельно), it will show that you have not yet finished eating.

It is considered impolite to smoke between courses unless your hosts say otherwise. It is polite to ask permission before you smoke in people’s homes.

In Britain, smoking is now forbidden in many public places, e.g. in shops, in theatres and in cinemas.

The ABC of table manners:

1. Do not attract undue (чрезмерное) attention to yourself in public.

2. When eating take as much as you want, but eat as much as you take.

3. Do not eat too fast or too slowly, cut as you eat.

4. Take a little of every dish that is offered to you.

5. Sit up straight and face the table, do not put your elbows on the table while eating.

6. Do not reach across the table – simply say: “Would you please pass the salt”, etc.

7. At a small party do not start eating until all are served. At a large party it is not necessary to wait for all. The hostess gives a signal to her guests by saying:”Start eating, please (your food will get cold).

8. There is no rule about eating everything on your plate, to indicate that you have had enough place the knife and fork together, not criss-cross.

9. When refusing a dish or helping simply say:”No, thank you,” when accepting – “Yes, please”.

10. Do not leave the spoon in your cup, when drinking tea or coffee.

11. Do not empty your glass in one gulp/ at a gulp (too quickly).

Advantages and disadvantages of eating out

Eating out can be a fun thing to do with your family and friends. Going to a restaurant to enjoy a freshly cooked meal that you do not have to clean up after is a fun way to relax. Many restaurants also serve food that many people do not have the time to cook on their own or do not know how to prepare.

There are some disadvantages to eating out, however. One problem with eating at a restaurant is that it is more expensive than eating at home. Since there are so many people who work at restaurants who all need to be paid, it costs a lot more than buying the ingredients at the grocery store and making dinner at home.

Another problem with eating out is that it can be unhealthy. You don't prepare the food yourself, so sometimes it's hard to know which ingredients are going into your meal. This can be a problem for people who avoid certain ingredients because of health problems or for people who are trying to stop eating fat, sugar or preservatives. This is especially true at fast food restaurants, which often have fatty, sugary foods.

In general, eating in is always a reasonable choice for anybody. That's because you want to enjoy your private special soup or improve your relationship between members in your family, or maybe because you want to save your money.

My favorite restaurant and its menu

My favorite restaurant is Patio. We usually go there with my friends and parents. We like this place, because of the atmosphere and low prices. Every weekend and holiday we go there. I usually book a table before coming. The choice of items in menu is various. Every of us have special dishes that we order every time we go there. My favorite dish is Greek salad. It’s made of boiled chicken and eggs, salad lettuce, cherries (tomatoes).

As a starter you may have a cocktail, tea, juice or anything else. There is a wide choice of dishes for appetizer. You may order a salad, sandwiches, pancakes or even pizza. The kinds of soup are usually traditional for our country there, so I never order it. The list of dishes for entrée is quite extensive. You may order any kind of meat; you may also order any kind of spaghetti there, sushi, potato dishes and a lot of another delicious food. For the dessert you may take different cakes, ice-cream, waffles, croissants etc. in Patio there is large list of various alcoholic drinks such as wine, beer, vodka, Champaign, tequila and etc. after a meal I usually ask for a bill which is not large at all and add some tip for the waiter.

The problem of junk food

In today’s fast-moving world, people have less time to spend eating, let alone cooking. It’s probably for this reason that junk food has become so popular, and there’s no doubt that it’s here to stay. But what exactly is junk food?

Basically, it’s anything that is high in calories but lacking in nutrition. Hamburgers, crisps, chocolate bars and hot dogs fall into this category. Pizzas, although they can have vegetable and cheese topping, are also included as they contain a lot of fat.

Apart from the risk of cancer, another side effect of consuming highly fattening junk food is that you are likely to gain weight. This is especially true because you tend to eat more, as junk food is less satisfying and lower in vital nutrients than healthier food.

The best advice, then, for those who cannot live without their hamburgers or chocolate bars, is to limit the amount of junk food they eat. A little now and then will probably do no harm.

People are too busy to cook and eat proper meals, so they grab whatever is available – and that is usually junk food. They turn down traditional food and go for junk food instead.

Another alarming thing about people’s lifestyles today is that while the amount of junk food we eat has increased, the amount of exercises we do has actually decreased. Exercise plays an important part in keeping the body fit and healthy; it helps to control our weight and, if taken regularly, can also decreased our chances of having a heart attack in later life.

Researchers suggest that the new generation will be much more likely to suffer from heart and liver disease.

Ironically, if people were to make time to exercise and improve their eating habits, they would probably find that they were far better equipped to deal with their stressful lifestyles than they are now.

The importance of healthy food

I want to start with that eating healthy does not mean we are on a diet but does require planning, effort and purpose. Also we must remember that fats and sweets should be limited. We should eat three meals and two snacks a day provided we have a healthy balance of nutrients. Eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. A positive attitude and strong discipline will also contribute to eating well.

Healthy eating contributes to healthy digestion while simultaneously supporting healthy living. Food is one of the most abandon substances in the world because of over eating and poor eating choices. Food is needed to survive but eating too much or poorly nutrient based food will ultimately cause one to lose that right of survival. This is a good saying to live by, eat to live, and not live to eat. So eat healthy food if you want to live a long life, reduce the stress and have a young looking skin.

12/Typical supermarket

When we want to buy something, we go to a shop. Before going to a shop one should look round the kitchen and make up a shopping list of what is needed. But it isn’t necessary to visit a number of provisional shops such as bakery, grocery or butchery to buy food for the family, because we can buy foodstuffs in a supermarket. A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments. It is larger in size and has a wider selection than a traditional grocery store, also selling items typically found in a convenience store, but is smaller and more limited in the range of merchandise than a hypermarket or big-box store.

Like big department stores supermarkets sell various goods under one roof and it is very convenient for customers, because customers save their time. So, saving time is the greatest advantage of supermarkets as well as low prices of goods there.

The supermarket typically comprises meat, fresh produce, dairy, and baked goods departments, along with shelf space reserved for canned and packaged goods as well as for various non-food items such as household cleaners, pharmacy products and pet supplies. Most supermarkets also sell a variety of other household products that are consumed regularly, such as alcohol (where permitted), medicine, and clothes, and some stores sell a much wider range of non-food products.

In supermarkets a customer goes from counter to counter selecting and putting into a basket or a trolley the goods he wants to buy. Then he takes the basket to the check-out counter where the prices of the purchases arc added up.

A larger full-service supermarket combined with a department store is sometimes known as a hypermarket. Other services offered at some supermarkets may include those of banks, cafés, childcare centres/creches, photo processing, video rentals, pharmacies and/or petrol stations.

 

My favorite place to buy food

At the weekends, when I have more time to spare. I do my shopping at the big self-service food store in town, for I can buy a lot of goods more cheaply there than at my local grocer's. This store is called “Prestige”. Accompanied by my family I walk round the co-operative supermarket and other large food stores looking for bargains.

This large self-service store are brightly lit and well laid out. The goods are tidily arranged on trays and long shelves on which the various prices are clearly marked. There is plenty of room for the customers to walk about.

The shelves are well stocked with a very wide selection of attractively packed goods - everything from quick-frozen food to washing powder, from shoe polish to new-laid eggs, from tinned fish to toothpaste.

I walk from shelf to shelf, filling my wire basket. I have to be careful when shopping in a self-service store for the goods are so attractively displayed that I am tempted to buy things I do not need or cannot really afford.

I go to the cash desk, where there is a short queue. When it is my turn the cashier reckons up the bill on a cash register.

The process of buying food

At the weekends, when I have more time to spare. I do my shopping at the big self-service food stores in town, for I can buy a lot of goods more cheaply there than at my local grocer's. Accompanied by my family I walk round the co-operative supermarket and other large food stores looking for bargains.

These large self-service stores are brightly lit and usually well laid out. The goods are tidily arranged on trays and long shelves on which the various prices are clearly marked. There is plenty of room for the customers to walk about.

The shelves are well stocked with a very wide selection of attractively packed goods - everything from quick-frozen food to washing powder, from shoe polish to new-laid eggs, from tinned fish to toothpaste.

I walk from shelf to shelf, filling my wire basket. I have to be careful when shopping in a self-service store for the goods are so attractively displayed that I am tempted to buy things I do not need or cannot really afford.

I go to the cash desk, where there is a short queue. When it is my turn the cashier reckons up the bill on a cash register. Before getting home, I go to the market.

The market is large, with well over a hundred different stalls; part of it is covered, part of it is open-air. A wide range of clothes, household goods, fruit and vegetables is on sale and prices are often considerably lower than in the ordinary shops.

A big department store

Many shops generally deal in certain goods displayed in shop windows and a lot o" stores called department stores sell various items of consumer goods under one roof. The department store is a great convenience for customers because it saves our time In the store customers go to the counters, choose the goods they want and pay at the cash desk. Salesmen or salesgirls stand behind the counters but there are self-service departments with no salesmen but only cashiers who sit at the cash desks just in the departments.

In the department store a customer can find: stationery, household goods, electric appliances, crockery and glassware, textiles and other departments. The hats department sells caps, kerchiefs, wide-brimmed (fur, felt, straw) hats, berets.

The hosiery handles socks (cotton, woolen,.pylp/p)^ stockings, pantyhose and knitted goods: knitted underwear (slips, singlets, panties), cardigans, jackets, jumpers, pullovers, sweaters, knitted caps, mittens, scarves.

In the drapery one can get a length of cloth (linen, cotton, cotton print, pure silk, rayon, nylon, velvet, all-wool, thick wool cloth).

The ready-made clothes for men's department is stocked well with everything a man needs in the way of clothes: shirts, trousers, coats, waist coats, two-piece and three-piece suits, overcoats, raincoats.

If a woman wants to buy ready-made clothes (dresses, gowns, aprons, skirts, blouses, costumes, trouser suits, coats trimmed with fur of mink (fox, nutria, muskrat) she goes to the ready-made clothes for women department.

Sports goods is supplied with trainers, T-shirts, bathing trunks, bathing suits, sports shoes, sports equipment.

Haberdashery handles handkerchiefs, lace, ribbon, tape, thread, needles, safety pins, umbrellas, while men’s haberdashery is stocked with braces, collars, mufflers, shaving-sets, electric razors. There is also perfumery having face cream, powder (loose and compact), eye shadow, lipstick in going shades, perfume, eau de cologne, lotion, shampoo, soap, nail polish on sale.

Jewellery sells ornaments, bracelets, rings, earrings, brooches, necklaces, beads.

Brief-cases, handbags, gloves, wallets are sold at leather goods.

At the shoe department one can by footwear: boots, high booties, fur-lined booties, shoes (made of leather, patent leather, suede), low shoes, high (medium, low)-heeled shoes, rubber shoes, sandals, slippers, canvas shoes, high (low) platform shoes.

In big department stores they have information bureaus, where a customer can inquire about any goods he / she would like to buy. If a customer is overloaded with packages the department store can take care of delivery by means of home delivery service and the customer can have his purchases delivered at any time and place he / she wishes.

16/The Advantages and Disadvantages of Department Store.

The various advantages of a department store are:

· The customer doesn’t need to go to different places to buy the articles he wants, because most of the requirements of a customer are found in a departmental store.

· The department store goes for huge purchases and that means the selling price of the products is reduced.

· The customers are assured of quality of the products and have the advantages of selection because a department stores are stocked with wide variety of goods.

· A departmental store can afford to employ specialists which provide expert knowledge on various functions.

A department store suffers from the following disadvantages:

· People living at a distant place cannot go to department stores because they are located at a central of the cities.

· Customers are not given individual attention because these establishments are too large.

· Department store cosmetics are worth the cost because they are fresher. Drug store cosmetics are often on the shelves for months and may give you an allergic reaction.

Famous British shops

Bluewater Shopping Centre

Bluewater is the largest out of town shopping development in Europe, located in a disused chalk pit at Dartford in Kent. With more than 300 shops and parking for 13,000 cars, it attracts around 30 million visitors each year.

Department Stores

· Marks & Spencer (for clothes and food)

· Debenhams and John Lewis and British Home Stores (for clothes and household items),

· Boots (for toiletries)

· WHSmith (newsagents, stationers, Cds and DVDs).

· Debenhams

· John Lewis

· Allders Department Store

· Woolworths

· Boots

· House of Fraser

· Argos

· Liberty's department store

· Harrod's - the famous department store that every tourist wants to visit. You can find anything from the cheapest to the most expensive things.

Main Supermarkers are:

· Asda stores ltd supermarket

· Budgens Supermarket

· CO-OP supermarket

· Iceland

· J Sainsburys

· Safewaygrocery supermarket

· Somerfield grocery supermarket

· Tesco supermarket (Britain's largest supermarket chain)

· Waitrose supermarket

The ways the british people do shopping

Not only the British people are, in the words of Napoleon, 'a nation of shopkeepers', they are also a country of compulsive shoppers. They love to shop! It is their number one leisure activity and accounts for around 37% of all money spent in England. Still They never know what they want when they go shopping, particularly when they go shopping for clothes. They always ask for advice and they believe the shop assistant who says: " It suits you perfectly, madam." or "Purple is just the right colour for you, sir."

The main shopping street in many towns is called the High Street, where you should head for if you want to go shopping. A few small shops are owned by local people. Most are owned by national 'chains' of stores. This makes many town centres look the same. Some towns also have street markets where fresh food and cheap goods can be bought. Away from the town centre, small 'corner' shops provide groceries to local customers.

In England shopping days are Saturdays and Sundays.

Shops are generally open on Bank Holidays. Bank Holidays are a great time to shop as there are many sales on especially around Easter and Christmas. On public holidays some shops open and some shops do not. As a general rule banks will be closed, most supermarkets and large stores will be open (although with reduced Sunday opening hours), and in larger towns many shops will open.

Sunday shopping has become popular in recent years and most large shops in towns are open for business. Shops are only allowed to trade for 6 hours on Sundays.

Large supermarkets are open for 24 hours except for Sundays.

Many supermarkets and superstores otherwise open from 8am until 10pm from Mondays to Saturdays and 10am to 4pm (or 11am to 5pm) on Sundays.

Over the Christmas and New Year period, all shops are closed on Christmas Day (December 25) and a some shops are closed on New Year's Day (January 1). However, an increasing number of shops are now opening on Boxing Day (December 26), which is when many start their 'New Year' sales.

It is likely that most shopping centres will be closed on Easter Sunday and there will be reduced shopping hours on Easter Monday (often from either 10 or 11 o'clock in the morning).

Bluewater Shopping Centre

Bluewater is the largest out of town shopping development in Europe, located in a disused chalk pit at Dartford in Kent. With more than 300 shops and parking for 13,000 cars, it attracts around 30 million visitors each year.

your favorite types of clothing an jewellery

First I would say that I always wear clothes in which I feel comfortable. I don’t like formal style of clothing. Usually I choose casual clothes like jeans, t-shirts, coats, cardigans, jumpers etc for everyday wearing. In summer I can wear dresses in floral patterns, skirts and blouses. I finish my look with some jewellery. I always wear wristwatch, 2 rings made from silver and my charm a piece of amber triangle shape on leather leash. Also sometimes I wear earrings, bracelets.


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