Travelling again...

... and this time actually to one of my favorite cities: London.

However, I actually got pretty sick during the trip, so I did not have as much time as I would have wanted to explore the city and do some shopping (although I did manage to visit my favorite department store Harrods at least!).

But being sick in London is not so bad. They do tea very well, after all, and they have great TV, so if you are just in your hotel room ordering room service all day there are far worse places to be than in London!

My next holiday has been booked

I will be going to Paris!

I've actually never been there before, but I have been wanting to go for a long, long time. I am currently planning the trip, and there are so many things to do and see there, I am getting really exited even just doing that. So needless to say, I can hardly wait to actually go!

(images from Pinterest)

Some more images from my last trip

Images speak more than a thousand words, so besides the photos I showed you guys in my previous post, I decided to show you some more, instead of going into too much detail in writing.

Some of the high lights of my trip were:

- Shopping

I love Marimekko, so visiting their flagship store was a great experience!

One of my favorite window displays was this Louis Vuitton one, with a vintage type writer:

And when I returned home, I saw the exact same display in my local Louis Vuitton store too!

- Having some goodies

- Seeing interesting historical buildings

as well as going to very charming restaurants and coffee shops:

So all in all, it was an excellent trip, which is good, since I won't be going on another one for quite some time.

What I have been up to lately

This blog has been quiet for a while, and in case you were wondering why, it was actually because I was travelling. Which basically means:

Eating lovely baked goods and enjoying some good coffee...

Tax free shopping...

(I especially love the new Florabotanica perfume by Balenciaga! Smells divine and looks so pretty too!)

Finding a limited edition Diet Coke pack, designed by Jean Paul Gaultier. I love how this looks!

And visiting interesting places, such as this museum, which was both extremely interesting and wonderfully designed.

I am back home now though, so the blog should become more active in a day or two!

Some more photos from my vacation

I already mentioned (here) that I was on vacation recently and I posted some photos from my trip to South East Asia too. But since there were so many beautiful and inspiring things there, I thought I would share some more of the photos I took:

This was one of my favorite details in all the hotels I stayed in during the trip. So pretty! I really wish I had something like that at home too!

And yes, that means I am back now. Vacation's over, but luckily, fall has always been my favorite time of year, so I am happy anyway!

Have an amazing weekend everyone and enjoy fall!

What I am doing right now...

I am on vacation!

Which means:

Sipping delicious fruit drinks and fruit coctails in the sun

Shopping (of course)

Lounging by the pool. And the sea!

Eating delicious things.

And a lot of spa treatments, since I am in South East Asia, where they really are experts on these things.

So even if I am not blogging, I am definitely fine! You might even say: Better than fine.

But you will probably hear from me more once all this pampering is over...

What I am doing right now

Like I mentioned in my previous post, I am going travelling soon, so I have quite a few things to finish up before that. But I still take the time to do some shopping, both for the upcoming fall (for some reason, buying fall items and winter stuff is always so much fun, much more fun than shopping for the summer. I have never really understood why...) as well as for my vacation. Which is kind of silly, because I am actually going to Asia, where shopping is supposed to be really cheap, so people are actually recommending me to travel there very light, with basically not much in my luggage, since I should be shopping there anyway. But since I've never been to the places I am going to, I am not really sure I will like the stuff on offer there, so I am still looking for some holiday garments online as we speak, just in case.

Old habits die hard, I guess. I've always liked both planning holidays as well as shopping for them almost as much as I like going on them. It's just so much fun to imagine what your holiday will be like!

As a part of this routine, I will also be watching movies that are set in the countries that I am going to. I don't always do this, but I try to do it when I am going to a completely new country, but only a week or two before you actually go, since it really helps you get into the mood for the holiday. And you get to see what the place actually looks like a bit more than in photos too. Tonight I will be watching the old Leonardo di Caprio flick The Beach, since one of the countries I will be going to is indeed Thailand, where the movie is set and filmed!

(the garment in the picture is from Island Importer, one of the online stores I've been checking out for holiday garments. They have a nice selection of holiday wear, but actually specialize in beach weddings, and clothes for them. Now, I won't be attending a beach wedding myself while on the trip, but since I don't like to "dress down", even on holiday, their beach wedding selection fits my holiday style quite nicely. Too bad the selection isn't bigger though!)

My trip to Kyiv, Ukraine

Summer is the time to travel, and I have been travelling quite a bit already this summer. One of the most interesting places I went to so far was Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

I must say that I honestly did not have very high expectations for this city, but I soon discovered it to be quite charming, at least in the summer.

Here are some of the photos I took while in Kyiv: