I have been award the Liebster Award now a total of three times from some fantastic bloggers I have “met” on since starting Compass & Fork in June. So a thanks to:
The Traveling Gals- This is a wonderful blog with three generations of women from the same family working together on a blog. I love it. All angles are covered.
Cess Here and There- London based adventurer who loves travels, animals, food, fitness, environment and a couple of weirder things! You can find a wide variety of topics on he blog.
Kid Friendly Europe 101- A great blog featuring you guessed it, kid friendly activities in Europe.
What you are wondering is the Liebster Award? It is an award given from one blogger to another. A way to make connections, help your readers and fellow bloggers get to know you better, and establish yourself in the world of blogging. It also is a way to support other bloggers. Most of our readers of blogs are not bloggers, so trust me when I tell you it takes an incredible amount of effort to publish a high quality blog which readers enjoy and share with their friends.
The word liebster has German origins. The word “liebster” has several definitions: dearest, sweetest, kindest, nicest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, welcome, sweetheart etc.
So what is involved, each nominee is asked to answer 10 questions and then nominate 10 fellow bloggers. As the person nominating you get to ask the questions of the next round. (Full rules are listed below with my nominees and questions)
So without further ado, the questions and answers. (Warning: by the time I answer all these questions you are going to know a lot more about us. Us is myself, and my blogging partner and husband Mark.
I am answering the questions in order of nomination.
Questions from Cess Here and There
1. Who is your best travel companion?
Mark/Elizabeth
2. What do you collect?
Christmas Ornaments
3. How did you choose the name of your blog?
Brainstormed a huge list, checked available URLS (this eliminated a lot of our favorites) and then asked our friends to vote.
4. What is your favourite cocktail?
Pisco Sour
5. What is your life motto?
Mark: Life be in it
Elizabeth: You get what you settle for.
6. Where would you like to be right now if you could teleport yourself?
In the US for Thanksgiving next week.
7. What annoys you the most about your fellow citizens when you encounter them abroad?
How they complain it is not like at home.
8. Which book would you recommend?
Dr. Seuss: All the Places You’ll go
9. What is your favorite social media?
Not a fan
10. What has been the worst situation you have been in while traveling?
Not really many, but I got hurt and had to be on crutches for 3 weeks in Italy.
11. Do you have a bad habit you can’t get rid of?
I am addicted to travel!
Questions from The Traveling Gals
1. Where do you live and where is your favorite place to go there?
We live in Melbourne. One of my favorite places to go is just outside Melbourne on the Mornington Pennisula. We live in the inner-city and sometimes it is great to get out of it!
2. Do you prefer the city or countryside?
Countryside
3. What is your favorite thing about blogging?
I think it adds another dimension to our travels, we learn more and enjoy sharing what we learn with others.
4. How do you promote your blog posts?
Social media, recipe sharing sites, facebook groups.
5. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
Any where with Good food, good weather, and a nice lifestyle (relaxed). While a lot of places match that description, it is probably not in a big city.
6. Why did you decide to start blogging?
To share all the stuff we have learned from a lifetime of travel and visiting over 50 countries. We rely on a lot of blogs to help us plan our trips and it is a way to help others.
7. List three words to describe yourself.
Elizabeth: Inquisitive, honest, positive
Mark: foodie, passionate, honest
8. What are your favorite hobbies?
Hiking, cooking, reading, travel
9. Where do you do most of your blogging?
Where ever we are.
10. Name your favorite celebrity (dead or alive).
Mark: Dali Lama
Elizabeth: Hugh Jackman
Questions from Kid Friendly Europe 101
1. Out of all the countries you have visited, which one did you like the most?
Mark: Vietnam
Elizabeth: Patagonia
2. What is the most extreme thing you have ever done?
Mark: 30 day Outward bound course
Elizabeth: Not really into extreme, paragliding maybe, whitewater rafting neither seems very extreme.
3. If you can take someone with you in your travels, who would it be?
Each other
4. Bike or Train?
Depends how far I’m going
5. What/Who inspires you to travel this world?
To see new places, try new things and learn.
6. What is the best memory that you have while traveling?
Mark: Hiking the “W” Torres Del Paine in Patagonia
Elizabeth: Week at Petite St. Vincent in the Grenadines
7. If you could give someone $1,000,000 who would you give it to?
Probably split is between a number of people rather than all to one.
8. Apple or Samsung?
Samsung
9. What is the scariest thing you have experienced while traveling?
Mark: Being pick-pocketed in Buenos Aires
Elizabeth: Being tear-gased in student protests in Santiago
10. Name the top 3 most beautiful beaches you have visited.
Whitehaven Beach (Australia)
Kangaroo island (Australia)
Any beach in Western Australia
11. How did traveling change your life?
The world is not black and white and it is certainly not a sound bite on the evening news. Travel makes you appreciate what you have.
10 Facts about Myself
5 about Mark
- Been to every continent except Antarctica
- Has worked in 8 countries
- Is a great cook!
- Is from a family of great cooks!
- Loves Collingwood Football Club
5 About Elizabeth
- I have never broken a bone
- I would travel forever if I could work out how
- Autumn is my favorite season.
- The one thing I would love to get rid of is my allergies.
- I’d like to live in Europe for awhile.
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After you receive a nomination and accept taking on the award you then must:
- Thank the blogger who nominated you (in this case, Compass & Fork)
- Create a blog post on your site and display the Liebster award logo
- Answer the 11 questions assigned by the blogger who nominated you
- Nominate 11 new bloggers for the Liebster Award (ideally the ones who have less than 200 followers but after some research, I realized that this varies)
- Give your nominees a list of 11 questions they have to answer to keep the love going
- Notify the nominees
- Post your Liebster award blog post link in the comments column of the blogger who nominated you (in this case, Compass & Fork)
Our nominations for a Liebster Award:
Journeys Alive
FoodLvr
Our questions for our nominees:
- What is your best travel memory?
- What is your favorite food?
- Which do your prefer entertaining at home or going to a restaurant?
- What is your personal philosophy/motto?
- What do you define success for your blog?
- If you had a super power- what would it be?
- What is your favorite holiday and why?
- If people like your blog, what other blogs would you recommend they read?
- What is the one place you would like to travel to that you have never been? Why?
- Book Recommendation and why?
- What would make the world a better place?