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Transylvanian Beauty

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No, I have not met a hot vampire and convinced him do to an artistic nude photoshoot for me, just to clear out any misunderstandings :D A few weeks ago I’ve been in a road trip with my class to have some fun before out term papers and we visited a beautiful city called Brasov. On our way we stopped to visit a castle called Peles. Most of my classmates had been there before and said it was boring but I was spazzing (even if I had barely slept three hours the previous night) and my princess complex kicked in so you could only imagine how I was running around with a mad grin plastered to my face, photographing everything in sight. Sadly, it was rather cloudy and the sun was setting by the time we got there so the pictures didn’t turn out as well as I was hoping they would, but they still manage to capture the beauty I want to share with you.

The castle was up on a hill so we had to walk a little, but I didn’t mind. It was one of the last autumn weeks so the forest still looked as if it was on fire. Riveting beauty.

The Castle <3 Unfortunately we couldn’t go inside since it was being renovated but even so, it was worth it. It made me wish I was a princess. Or a maiden. Or a horse, really, anything to live there.

I hope you enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed writing it. Have a lovely day, no matter where or who you are :) Thank you for reading!

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My home

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I think my old home would be more appropriate, but nevertheless, I am going to show you what my home used to look like! We’ve lived in this house for ten years and even though it was really cosy and I had memories with almost every object, we needed something new. So we’re renovating it (well, saying we is a little far from truth since mom is doing all the hard work almost alone, I’m so proud of her) and right now we’ll be living in an apartment for another month or so.

Where the magic happens: my room. It used to be so colorful and filled with tons of stuff, I miss it already. I threw or gave away most of the stuff, I barely have half now. If you want to see more of my room, here’s a post with tons of pictures and explanations.

The second most visited place is the bathroom I guess, haha :D I really miss my huge bath tub, the one in the apartment is so tiny compared to it!

My mom and my brother’s bedrooms. We built the house while mom was pregnant with my little brother, so you can see the room is quite childish for a ten year old. His bed didn’t fit him anymore either, haha~

The stairway of doom. I lost track of how many times I slipped and fell, a painful fall I might add.

The livingroom. I don’t really watch TV so I’ve never spent much time in here, unless working out or spending some time in the evening with my family.

The hallway and the second bathroom which we didn’t use much, to be honest.

I’m going to miss my old home, but I’m way more excited about what it will look like after the renovation. As a bonus, this is the view from my temporary room :)  Breathtaking, you can see the whole city from up here.

Thank you for reading and take care!

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Beautiful Japan: Tokyo, oh, Tokyo!

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I’ve missed making a Japan photography post, so here it is! The last pictures taken in Tokyo before heading up north, to Sapporo. Most of the pictures in this post have been taken in Asakusa, Shinjuku and around Ginza, I think. I remember the moments as if it all happened yesterday, but sometimes you can’t quite put a name on a place. Has it ever happened to you?

Make a prayer in the city of sin.

The Asakusa Beer Hall, or casually known, the flying poop (or was it fart?). I was deeply amused when my Japanese friend pointed to it and explained, because I was just wondering inside my head if it would be rude to say what I thought it looks like. It’s supposed to be the burning heart of the Asaki beer, but well, you can see for yourselves.

We took a boat ride and reached the Shinjuku Gyoen (park)

Japan must have some amazingly skilled urban planners because the views are just breathtaking. Everywhere you go, there will be at least one sight you will never be able to forget.

Around Ginza. We were looking for an open restaurant to have some lunch before taking the train to Sapporo (with a brief stop in Aomori)

And a last glance back to the city that stole so many hearts from innocent travelers. I have to admit I didn’t fight much too keep mine, I just… left my heart in Tokyo :)

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Beautiful Japan: Sapporo, my love

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As the title says, I fell in love with Sapporo. To be honest while traveling north I always kind of missed Tokyo and didn’t look forward to reaching Hokkaido’s biggest city. But oh, when we did! It was love at first sight!

I think I got attached to it because it’s roughly the same size as my hometown, rather small and somehow more welcoming and safe than huge cities such as Tokyo. It’s a lot harder to get lost and a lot easier to find your way around due to it’s street structure (blocks like in New York). All in all a clumsy people (me) friendly city!

In the picture above you can see the back of the Sapporo station. I found the starry clock on the building very beautiful.

If I can remember correctly these pictures were taken in the park close to Sapporo’s City Hall. Look how beautiful the lotuses are!

A really interesting thing about Sapporo is its underground mall. Me and my cousin had to wander a bit before finding it, but when we did I also stumbled upon the first Liz Lisa shop! I bought two beautiful dresses and a jacked and I fell in love with the shop staff’s style. There I discovered gyaru.

 

Here is the entrance on a typical Japanese shopping street. Narrow, cluttered with all kinds of shops and people, a mess. A beautiful mess, that is.

Thank you for reading! Have a beautiful day <3

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Beautiful Japan: Still in Tokyo

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A few of my favourite pictures from around Tokyo. I think the first two are from Tsukiji, Tokyo’s biggest fish market. I remember having lunch in a tiny sushi bar there and obviously having eaten the best sushi of my life. It was a salmon nigiri with melted cheese and onion flambe <3 I’ve just eaten before posting this but I’m hungry again!

The next few are from Asakusa, around the five storied pagoda :)

Here you can see the Tokyo Sky Tree, which back then was under construction. It will be opening in May, I think.

I was a bit appalled upon seeing the world’s famous ~evil~ sign on a pagoda in Asakusa. But then I decided to look more into it and found out this is the Asian swastika which has nothing to do with the Nazis, it’s been originated in the Indian culture long before Germany even existed. The name swastika is derived from the Sanskrit word svastikah, which meant being fortunate and it’s a symbol for compassion, luck, success and happiness. Pretty far from the feeling we get from seeing it nowadays…

Thank you fro reading! Take care!

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Beautiful Japan: A new beginning

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As the title predicts, yes! This is the start of a new series! A series in which I will share with you beautiful pictures and memories from my trips to Japan.

In the beginning I wanted to post about my trips day by day, but they are already more than two years old so, unfortunately, I can’t remember the events well enough in order to relate them. So I decided I’ll share my favourite images in no particular order with tiny insights about the places and my time there.

The picture above is taken on the train, on our way to Tokyo (from the airport). There are still many many small cities separated by rice fields which have these beautiful, slightly traditional houses.

 

Tokyo – on our way to Tokyo Tower.

There are so many architectural wonders in Tokyo, compared to my tiny city. Each building is different and beautiful in its own way.

This is in Ginza if I remember well, close to where our hotel was. It took us so long to find it and it was noon already, I remember whining as we kept walking on narrow streets, dragging my huge suitcase around.

This is in Asakusa, we were visiting the temple when our Japanese friends pointed to the Sky Tree. It will open in a few months and the Sky Tree will be the highest observation point in Japan.

Around Tokyo~

The troublemaker gang!

Special abilities: complaining about the heat, always hungry, pissing the adults off, wanting to do stuff completely different than planned, sneaking out of hotels at night.

What is the furthest place you’ve ever travelled to? Thank you for reading!

 

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More To Come

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A quick preview, or list if you wish, regarding my upcoming posts : ) I want to write about so many things, I’m afraid I’ll leave some out unless I write them all down.

~Two outfit posts~

~More about my favourite brands from LFW~

~Tokyo Girls Collection: Hits and Misses~

~Makeup Reviews~

So excited! Hope you are too, lovely readers! Thank you so much and have a nice day!

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Around Tokyo: Shibuya!

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I don’t think there is anyone who hasn’t heard about Shibuya at least in their lives! The famous crossing, the crazy shopping district, the busiest place in the wold~

I guess I am exaggerating a bit, but I can’t help it! I really love Shibuya. Such a lively, beautiful district~

I remember going in Shibuya for breakfast and eating Udon for the first time in my life. Then we walked aimlessly around the idle streets and snapped pictures of interesting buildings.

Another gem that we found: A temple. Hidden between two concrete buildings, old and new, holy and filthy. Filthy is a little bit rough I guess, but hey~

 

Here you’ve got an unflattering photo of me too, haha :D

Have you ever been to Shibuya? Did you enjoy it? Thank you for reading! Click on the pictures to enlarge them!

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My Piece of Heaven

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As you have guessed (or maybe not?) this is a post about my room :) So as soon as you step in you can pretty much guess I have a few ounces too much of originality and creativity and I like weird guys who look like women, haha :D I also CAN’T, under any circumstance throw things away so my room is filled with a lot of stuff, therefore it looks kind of messy. Going in~

This is the left side of the room, with my bed and dresser. We live in a two-story house, so this is practically part of the attic, that’s why the roof isn’t plain straight. More Japanese-rock artists on the walls. Also, why is my room half pink half purple? Because when I was around ten the walls used to be an annoying shade of cute pink and I had barbie posters over-all so when I reached 13 years old we decided to to a little redecorating. But it was too much of a hassle to move all the furniture so I just painted the roof since it takes up most of the walls anyway.

Where the magic always happens, aha (although now I’m at my office) My lovely bed. There’s also a funny story about the big, dark gazette poster which, as you can see, it’s practically glued over a lot of print outs. I tried to put it on the purple ceiling but as you can see it’s not straight so after almost breaking my back trying to make it stay there, in 10 minutes it fell down. So I took it and put it there.

View from up. As you can see, it’s full of everything everywhere. I’ll explain as the close-ups roll :)

This is my friend Barni~

The right side of the library~

The left side, too. Here you can see the beautiful painting made in Japan my dad bought me for my birthday. I don’t really have hanging space so I just put it there, but it’s so nice, I wish I could give it a proper place. Also if you look up, above the library you can see a black thing hanging? That’s my Katana :D

My office right-left~

Also, this is my lovely tea collection :D I think I’ve got around 40 types of tea in there.

My manga collection and a bit of my makeup and perfumes too. I usually use perfumes by seasons so I keep only the spring ones (now) on the shelves. My makeup collection is stored in drawers but it’s a mess in there right now so I’ll skip it. Maybe I’ll make a sepparate post about it :)

And here is the magic lamp :D There’s no genie coming out, but it works perfectly as a hanger when you don’t feel like putting stuff in your closet, neither letting them on the floor.

And windows take up one of my walls. It’s a terrible heat in summer, I have to spend my time in other rooms.

So…do you like it? Should I do a tour of my whole home?

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Not your ever striking neon Tokyo

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I’ve got so so so many beautiful pictures and memories to share with you from my trips to Japan, but today I’d like to show you a less visited side of Tokyo: the more or less residential areas. Less noise, neons, people, but still beautiful and Japanese in my opinion. With narrow streets, cute cosy buildings and little shops. Enjoy!

As many of you have noticed, Japan is one of the few modern countries that still hasn’t moved the power lines underground. A lot of people say it’s ugly and messy, but I really like it. Maybe growing up in a country which has them in the air still makes me used to the cluttered sight, but I find it oddly romantic, like out of a Ghibli movie. 

Thank you for reading!