Hi guys and dolls! I hope you've all been doing super great! It has been a terribly long time since I posted a bucket list article, feel free to check out my previous posts Bucket List #1, Bucket List #2, Bucket List #3, Bucket List #4, Bucket List #5. So, without further ado, here goes!

     Since I came back to Venezuela from the United States, I've wanted to learn another language. Having learnt English at a very young age, I've always felt that I never got the complete learning-a-new-language experience because I actually can't remember the struggle. Don't get me wrong, I'm incredibly thankful that I got to learn English so quickly, but I guess that now I want to work hard for it and see my effort pay off.

     My favored languages have always been French and German, especially because these are two languages that I consider “Similar” to Spanish and English. Last year, around November, just when I was wrapping up one of my postgraduate courses I decided that since I had a free slot on my agenda (This is a rare phenomenon) and I had a car (Yaaaassss), I could push myself a little further and spread myself a little thinner (I don’t know why I do these things, I can’t have free time!). 


     So I slept on the possibility of studying French or German, thought about it real hard and made my decision. I called up the French Alliance here in Caracas, and set myself up for the most awesome learning experience I’ve had (For now). There were a ton of things that worried me. I have always been very confident Language-wise, but I must admit I was afraid I wouldn't be able to learn as fast as I expected, that I wasn't  going to be able to understand the pronounciation or that I wasn't gonna like the language as much as I thought. 

     On January 2017, I started my first French lessons ever (Yay!). Here are my first impressions:

·        The teacher was the most French looking person I’d seen in my life (Dressed in black, white and a red and white striped handkerchief tied around her neck.)

·        Listening to the language straight from someone’s mouth was 10000000000% more beautiful than I’d expected.

·        The amount of bilingual people learning French is higher than I thought (So I guess I’m not that special haha)

·        The whole French Alliance campus is definitely like a little piece of France in Caracas. I’ve never been to France (Yet!) but the atmosphere is definitely different, and very very pleasant.

     Since I absolutely enjoy studying and I adore the language, I have been doing admittedly well. I gave myself two years to get an A1 level. My goal was to get an A2 level in a year, but I have so many things on my plate right now that I’ve decided to set a reasonable goal or myself that will keep me motivated and won’t make me feel bad if I don’t reach it (As opposed to saying I want to earn a C2 level in a year. I feel I could, but my schedule won’t allow it in this precise moment).

     Given that my schedule is ridiculously complicated, I like to listen to a lot of TED Talks in French, French music and French TV shows via youtube. Also, I like to practice simple things like greetings on my InstaStories (because why not?). These things keep me thinking about French 24/7 and I find that it makes it easier for me to understand the pronunciation of certain words.

       I guess one of the things I'd like to do the most right now is practice French in France, and to really experience what it is like to speak to native-French speakers, just like I've had the pleasure of speaking to native-English speakers. 

I hope I can give you guys an update when I get my A1 level certificate!

Hi guys! I'm back with the first Bucket List post of the year (Yay!)! This one is about something I've been wanting to do for a very long time, visit Canaima National Park here in Venezuela. This national park has some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world, and unique flora and fauna, given that the tepuis that occupy 65% of the national park are some of the oldest rock formations in the world (They've been there ever since Africa and South America were part of a super continent! That is amazing!)! I am Venezuelan and I adore my country with all of my heart, but I feel like I will never know just how amazing it is to be Venezuelan until I've known all of my country's beauty! On my honeymoon I would love to go on an expedition through Canaima. 

This national park has amazing rock formations, the tallest waterfall IN THE WORLD and much more! I'll leave some pictures below so you can have a preview of this amazing place!

I hope you guys likes this post. You can check out my other Bucket List here #1, #2, #3 and #4. Thank you for reading, stay awesome!

       This is a definite must for me! I've always felt very interested in learning sign language, specially because I love learning new things that could make me useful in any situation! When I was about 11 years old I got a Helen Keller book that had the sign language alphabet on the back. My little sister and I tried to learn it but didn't practice much so we forgot. It kind of bugs me that in many countries the school systems don't have a class specially for sign language.  There are so many people who would benefit from learning this kind of language at school. Even though I never got around to learning it myself, I would love to study it and master it. I think not knowing sign language keeps me from meeting lots of interesting new people. So, I've decided that I'll learn it. Maybe I'll enter a course or learn it via youtube tutorials. But I want to learn it as soon as I can so I can meet tons of awesome people.

     
      The day I discovered Aquafaba I realized I had a higher chance of going back to Miami than finding any kind of chickpea in Venezuela. This miraculous liquid that made most of my wildest dreams come true (Vegan lemon meringue pie, vegan lemon meringue cupcakes, puffy and light vegan yellow cakes, perfect brownies, amazing VEGAN MACARONS) was pretty much nowhere to be found and I after much thought I found myself asking my mom for permission to use the ONLY CAN of chickpeas we had left in the house for a little aquafaba experiment. I was planning to make something simple: Vegan meringues. I thought to myself "Well, If there are people that manage to make them with hand mixers, I can totally pull it off with the kitchen aid!". So I opened my can of chickpeas, put the aquafaba in the kitchen aid, ate half of the chickpeas and began to mix that motherflecker in medium speed for about 5 minutes, then high speed for about 10 minutes. I added powdered sugar, set them on a baking sheet and baked them according to instructions. This was my result:

  *So, this is my second Bucket List post. I'll be doing a ton of them but not precisely in order so I might make a random post between each part of the Bucket List. AND those amazing macaron pictures aren't mine. Just sayin'*

As always, thanks a ton for reading! Stay awesome!

       As some of you know, I live in Venezuela. Yeah, that really beautiful, warm country in South America with a bad management problem. Certain circumstances have made it extremely difficult for me to travel, but do I let that stop me? NO! One thing I've come to understand in my very short life is that things change, situations change, people chance, etc. I force myself daily to think in a positive manner, even though it gets a lot harder whenever I'm outside in the real world. When you go outside and see mostly misery, hunger, poverty, etc; all those good thoughts you managed to work up slip away like water between your fingers. The real challenge is keeping them and thinking about yourself and your dreams. That's the reason for a new post series I thought up: My Bucket List! 

       I have always been a dreamer, I want to do amazing things with my life, I want to help animals and people alike, I want to travel, I want to cause a change in the world, I want to give myself completely to what I believe in. Most of all I want to be a really old lady and feel super awesome because I did everything I wanted to do. One of those things is to visit New York City. These are the things I need to do when I go:

• Walk hand in hand with my boyfriend through Central Park.
• Ride the subway.
• Visit the Empire State Building.
• Visit the 9/11 Tribute Center (I was living in the States on september 11, 2001 and I've always felt deep respect for everyone who was involved in that tragedy.)
• Steal a cab from someone who needs it more than me (How I Met Your Mother Reference)
• Visit the Statue of Liberty.
• Drive across the Brooklyn Bridge.
• Visit the American Museum of Natural History.
• Eat as many vegan cheesecakes as I can!