Earlier this month I went to Lisbon – mainly to attend a conference, but also to tick off one of the cities on the very top of my to-visit list. Not really a sole purpose of the trip, but one I’d kind of looked forward to, was getting to travel alone. Even though I’ve now lived alone in Amsterdam for a few months, I still think that I don’t handle long periods of time on my own very well. The thought of discovering a completely…Continue Reading “On Travelling Alone”
Ah, Southern European air, how I’ve missed you! Lisbon has been top of my to-travel list for years (more on that in my next post!) and this little long weekend trip came exactly at the right time – when a very nice vintage dress had found its way to my closet, waiting for the perfect warm day to be worn. Lisbon certainly provided plenty of that! The dress in combination with my Superga trainers and a tourist-friendly new backpack (you can’t live in Amsterdam and…Continue Reading “Vintage in Lisbon”
I can’t say that Helsinki is a dream destination for me, having been there at least ten times in my short life, but every time I go, I try to put on those tourist glasses and find something new, a little excitement in the city next to the beaten paths. This time our trip was planned with the hope of seeing The Killers in concert – a dream live band! – but alas, the concert was postponed to July, when we already had the tickets…Continue Reading “24 hours in Helsinki”
There’s just something about film photography that makes it so enchanting. Maybe it’s the element of surprise you get once the film is developed and the sheer joy of seeing the pictures turn out well-lit, and cheerful. Perhaps it’s the point-and-shoot simplicity of it all. Or the fact that the quality compared to digital photography is so low-maintenance, muted, grainy and vintage, giving the pictures an instant charm without any editing. I’ve shared my films on the blog before – for example this summery set…Continue Reading “Vintage Tourist”
Although my Instagram might suggest otherwise, I am indeed back from our sunny getaway to Macedonia. Back home in Estonia, dealing with the first snowfall of the year and trying to slid back into my routine. However, as I’m still finishing the baklava I brought back, it feels like our little getaway wasn’t too long ago and seeing myself in summery outfits still seems a bit tangible. So to make all of you cold northerners yearn a bit of warm sunshine, I bring you my…Continue Reading “Holiday Outfits”
(eestikeelne allpool) I’m changing these rainy days and falling leaves for some sunshine this week and heading off to Macedonia! An unconventional and under-the-radar choice, brought on by the budget flights of WizzAir, I’m hoping this will inject some necessary vitamin D to recharge. I think I’ve packed all the essentials, so I thought I’d share a few of them here too, in case any of you need a bit on inspiration to book a trip to under the sun. You can keep up with…Continue Reading “Packing For Macedonia”
Here to cure your lunchtime hungers is the second part of my guide to Warsaw on all things eating and drinking! As I did some quite impressive research for this trip, including finding and saving so many amazing-looking cafés on Instagram, then even though we had a great apartment with a better kitchen than the one we have at home, we ate out most of the time. Of course it had to do with the prices in Poland – 15 euros was quite the standard for…Continue Reading “My Guide To Warsaw: Where To Eat”
Being right on the border of Eastern and Central Europe, Poland is a country of contrasts and definitely a sight. I recently had the opportunity to write a travel article about Warsaw, the Polish capital, and having never been there, I had to rely on my thorough Googling skills and the experience of friends to put the guide together. What I didn’t expect to happen, was that I managed to sell Warsaw as a destination to myself also, so the better part of this summer was…Continue Reading “My Guide To Warsaw: What To See”
I remember my first time at a secodn hand shop – one of my school friends took me to a shop she’d been to with her mom and we killed some time before her dance lesson. As a result, I bought a slightly cropped red-and-white roll neck jumper, which seemed to be the coolest thing ever, consider I was about 12 and had just spent a considerable amount of my pocket money on something that was my very own. That friend showed me loads more,…Continue Reading “Your Guide To All the Vintage In Tartu”
On our spring trip to The Netherlands I was set to visit Keukenhof, the tulip gardens in the Northern part of the country, because being a lover of all the cliches, this seemed too good to be true. Mirko however is very sceptical of all things touristy, but it was my birthday and a field of flowers was were I wanted to be, so we took on the daytrip from Utrecht to Keukenhof and back (with a snap visit to Primark in The Hague on…Continue Reading “Reasons To Visit Keukenhof – The Instagram Dream”