Last week I flew out to the beautiful Czech Republic for a photo shoot and press conference for NIVEA. At the end of a late night taxi ride and feeling smug that I had prepared well for the trip, I pulled out a Last week I flew out to the beautiful Czech Republic for a photo shoot and press conference for NIVEA. At the end of a late night taxi ride and feeling smug that I had prepared well for the trip, I pulled out a vast wad of Euros, only to discover that the Czech currency is the Koruna!
When I finally reached my hotel room (after a slight diversion to take in a cash machine) I was delighted to find a huge bouquet of flowers, not bothering to read the card I assumed they were from my hosts NIVEA and so inadvertently upset Hubby when he rang me to see if I liked HIS flowers!
The next day was a Press Conference for the Czech media. I felt quite proud of myself as I spent some time learning a little introductory speech in Czech and they actually seemed to understand what I was saying! For the rest of the conference I worked with a presenter/translator who helped me to get the whole room of journalists joining in with my ‘at work/under the desk’ exercises – mind you I had to put on my now infamous 5” stillettos to show that exercise is still possible even in ‘unsuitable’ footwear!
The following day I did a photo shoot for a well known Czech magazine, followed by a four hour car journey through unbelievably beautiful scenery to Slovakia. I was very well looked after on the journey by the lovely Michaela who fed and watered me all the way to Bratislava
Not a good start to the next day – I took a very early shower and sorted through the bottles in the cubicle – they all had Czech labels on but some were translated into English and I was delighted to find one labelled ‘Body Lotion’. After using it however, I was horrified to find my clothes sticking to my skin and came rapidly to the conclusion that the bottle was in fact mis-translated shampoo!
The Slovakian press conference was however another great success and I was relieved that I managed my introductory speech in Slovakian without accidentally slipping into Czech and offending anyone!
I was up at the unsociable hour of 4am next morning to get to Vienna for the flight home. I arrived home fully expecting the usual chaos of homework books, underpants, doggy bin excavations and guinea pig fights only to find the place absolutely immaculate – my lovely husband and kids had tidied the place up as a welcome home present!
Mind you I came back down to reality with a bump at 6am this morning as I dealt with the messy digestive consequences of both dogs raiding Hubby’s secret butter stash!
Next week it’s my first Bootcamp and I’m really looking forward to it, however I’ve been a little dismayed by the number of worried emails and texts I’ve had from people worried that I’m either going to cripple or shout at them! Bootcamps seem to have acquired a bit of a negative image recently and mine is going to be completely different – it’s really just a day of fun female fitness in the fresh air and so henceforth it will be known as BOOTY CAMP!!
I’ve also had a few requests from people to run couples and singles fitness days and I was wondering if anyone had any other ideas for fun variations – if you have, or you are just interested in coming along to the next event, please email Annabelle Perry by clicking here: email address hidden