Morocco photo diary: Tanger

       

 

 (edit by Maylee Keo)

  (edit by Maylee Keo)

I started my trip in Morocco from Tanger. The trip didn´t start so smoothly as both of my flights were late and instead of arriving in Tanger at 11pm it was already past 3am. On top of that the receptionist had decided to go to sleep instead of waiting for me as they promised when I called the hostel earlier. So, instead of having the receptionist pick me up from the parking lot they told me to take a taxi to, I followed a helpful old man through the dark medina and probably woke up a lot of people by ringing the doorbell half a dozen times until someone let me in the hostel. Still not the receptionist. The receptionist was nowhere to be found so I decided it´s better I just find an empty bed and deal with the check-in in the morning.

I left on this trip by myself but in the end I didn´t spend much time on my own as there are a lot of solo travelers and backpackers travelling Morocco. I found new friends the first morning in the hostel. In Tanger we did a lot of walking around the medina, went to the beach, ate fresh seafood at the harbour and visited a palace. I only booked 2 nights in Tanger but I feel there probably was more worth seeing there.

Kallio block party 2015

Kallio block party is a free street festival in the area of Kallio (my hoods yo!) in Helsinki. Stages and a bunch of people take over the streets for a day. I love events like this and of course had to go with a friend, a camera and a bottle of wine.

 STREET ART

 

  

  

STREET FOOD 

Many food trucks and stands with lots of delicious food to choose from.

MUSIC

Local artists performing, DJs playing and people dancing on the streets.

PEOPLE...

People sitting on the streets. People jumping robe. People everywhere.

 I live in the building with the photo of a donut shaped bread on the side.

MY OUTFIT

Me posing in clothes made by myself. White is my new favorite color.

Gothenburg photo diary

A few weeks ago I traveled to Gothenburg in Sweden to visit a friend for a few days. I travelled light and I only stayed two days. Two days is not a lot of time to do stuff but we did walk around the town and take a boat to an island. We sat by the sea and he took a nap while I collected seashells and put flowers in my hair. You know... good times.

 

Memories on polaroid

Photos are so much better on paper. My friend Natalia took these photos with her new polaroid camera last weekend. And about 30 seconds later I took a photo of them with my phone. OF COURSE. 

We looked through some really old photos on my friend´s laptop and I realized that I´ve completely stopped blogging. I used to carry a big camera everywhere I went and we took dozens of photos of each other (and coffee) whenever we did anything. Now it´s just a few photos here and there with the phone. I blame instagram. It´s so fast and easy to put photos there that I´ve forgotten why I used to blog. From now on I´ll try to make it 1-2 times a week.

Only two more things:

1. I want a polaroid camera.

2. Summer nights are probably the best thing in life.

First summer dress of summer 2015

 I think it was either February or March when I made this summer dress. Since then I´ve been waiting for the weathers that allow wearing it. Last saturday I got to wear it for the first time even though I´m telling you... It looks much warmer than it was! I was on this island (Suomenlinna) in front of Helsinki with my friend and her dog. The sun was hot but the wind was cold. I love this place and I can´t wait for the heat wave so that we can go there and swim too.

But I absolutely love this dress! It´s so simple and easy. It´s lightweight viscose with black and white print. It makes me feel like I´m a movie star in the riviera.