Liebster Award :)

Hello everyone! :) My blog has been nominated for a Liebster Award by the wonderful Lisa from the blog Pixie Diaries. Thanks Lisa :) x

So, here is how it works: 

1. When you receive the award, you post 11 random facts about yourself
2. You must answer 11 questions from the person who nominated you.
3. Pass the award onto 11 other blogs
4. Ask them 11 questions.
5. You are not allowed to nominate the blogger who nominated you!

11 Facts About Me: 

1. My middle name is Rachel but I also have the hebrew names of Ilana Raiza, named after my late great grandmother Rose. 
2. I travelled to India with my best friends when I was 20 and was an extra in a Bollywood movie with the actor Shahid Kapoor.
3. I lived in the Ghanaian village of Fuo for 7 weeks in 2010, when i was volunteering with the development charity Tzedek. I worked as a teacher at an NGO, with 8 other volunteers.
4. My first degree was in Drama and English Literature and my second is in Applied Theatre (Drama in community). I'd love to work for a theatre. 
5. My favourite movies are The Notebook and Titanic
6. I am a hopeless romantic 
7. My favourite food is my mums chicken noodle soup. 
8. I am Jewish and my grandfather is a refugee from Germany (now living in the UK).
9. I pierced my nose when i was 20 but it got infected and only lasted 6 months, Sad times 
10. I love soul music, especially Motown and neo-soul. My favourite singers are Joss stone, india arie and stevie wonder. 
11. I love animals and really want a dog when I have my own home.

My 11 Questions from Lisa:



1. If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?

If I was an animal I would be a fluffy little duck/ baby chick, because they are small and cute! 


2. What is your favourite breakfast food?

I love to eat chocolate cereals, although recently I have found porridge with sugar to be yummy.

3. Where did you go on your last vacation/ trip?

Believe it or not I havnt been away since 2010 when I went to Ghana, West Africa for 7 weeks. It was a life changing experience and I had such an amazing time.

4. What is your favourite movie?

I think my favourite movie ever would have to be the Notebook. It is such a beautiful and romantic film and I cry whenever I watch it.

5. Who would you want to play you in a movie about your life?

I would want Rachel McAdams or Natalie Portman to play me in a movie about my life because they are both amazing actresses with a lot of range!

6. If there was a zombie apocalypse and you had to choose between staying in your home with ample food, but little protection (meaning you don't have the supplies to board yourself in completely) or hitting the road with a full tank of gas, but very limited supplies, what would your coarse of action be? 

I think I would stay in my house as everyone needs food to survive. A hard question Lisa!

7.  Are you a cat or a dog person? Why?

I am a dog person although believe it or not as a child I was scared of them. I used to be a cat person when I was younger but not I find dogs to be friendlier and cuter. I would like a dog at some point.

8.   What is the worst book you have ever read?

Gosh, I have read a lot of books but I think perhaps Frankenstein  by Mary Shelley. I didnt enjoy it. 

9. If you could go back in time, what year would you go to and why?

I would like to go back to the 1920s in America and go to illegal jazz parties as a flapper just because I think that would be so much fun! 

10. Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?

I hope that I am in a career I love or am with somebody I love, hoping I will settle down and start a family, but who knows what God has in store!

11. Do you drink coffee or tea? (I'm team tea)

Right with you Lisa, I'm team tea too!! Its wonderful to wake up in the morning with a cup of tea.

My 11 Nominees for the award:

Anna at Little Reminders of Love

Michelle at Oh Mishka

Catherine at A Time to Create

Keith at Unapologetic Dreamer

Kizzy at the Dainty Dolls House

Carly Watts Art and Illustration

Ally at All Things Sweet

Courtney at Vintch

Deirdre at Decoybetty

Chloe Moon at Argo...

Selina at Ginger and Chestnut

My 11 questions for them:

1. If you could live in any country other than the one you are in where would you live?

2. Chocolate or marshmellow?

3. If you could buy clothes from only one shop for the rest of your life what would it be?

4. What is the coolest place you have travelled to?

5. If you had a pet what animal would it be and what would you name it?

6. Which celebrity would be your ideal lover?

7. If you could be a 1950s film star who would you be and why?

8.  What is your favourite song and why?

9.  What songs would make up the soundtrack to your life?

10. Can you speak a foreign language and if so which ones?

11. If you could be a fruit, what would you be?

Hope you enjoyed and thanks again Lisa. Eleanor xxx