New York trip | 2015

Hello world! I know i haven't been around since the new year, i had a lot going on with my life: mostly travels and studies. But i'm back for good and i'm ready to share with you my lovely travel experience and trip to New York on October/November 2015.

There's something about the New York sky... 

New York is amazing in fall. You can see all those beautiful colors, the reddish/orange leaves, it's cold enough to wear cozy clothes but warm enough to be able to go outside and walk in the wonderful New York parks without freezing. 

Central Park, NY

One of the best things about New York is the parks. Central park is a must-see destination for everyone that wants to visit NY, and it's so huge that you cannot walk it all. There are lovely horses though, willing to give you a ride around, if you get too tired. But apart from Central Park, there are other big beautiful parks: Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens is one of the biggest NY parks and it holds this giant beautiful world globe. Talking about parks, i cannot leave aside the Astoria Park (i was living 5 mins away from that), where you can enjoy the river view and the beautiful Triborough bridge which connects Manhattan, Bronx and Queens.

La me talking with this lovely horse!

La me in Central Park, NY

La me captioning the Triborough bridge in Astoria Park, NY

My mom & I playing hide and seek
in the infinite park street

World Globe in F.M.C. Park

 

Holding tight that Flushing Meadows
Park sign!

Enjoying the colors & the bridge
 of Astoria park

La me in Astoria Park

For people that live in countries that do not celebrate Halloween (like me, duh!), that season of the year is one of the best to visit New York and participate in the Halloween craziness. Halloween candies, scary costumes, spooky house decorations are only a few of the things you can see in NY at the end of October.

Someone went overcrazy
with the shopping! 

But we all know that if you go to New York, you are gonna spend much of your time in Manhattan and Times Square or at any of the huge malls for...shopping! Manhattan offers any store you can imagine: from Disney and M&Ms store, to Sephora and Victoria Secret (the combination of fairytales and fashion shopping is heaven for us girls!).

Times Square by night

La me in Manhattan

Of course, you can't go to the US without visiting the statue of Liberty, crossing the beautiful Ellis Island. For those that love nature and animals, like me, there are many parks, zoos and aquariums to see. Bronx Zoo is one of the biggest zoos in the whole world with thousands different and unique animals which also offers train rides to see the amazing natural environment with beautiful rivers and waterfalls (I was walking for 8 hours and didn't get to see it all!).

Bronx Zoo, NY

To end this long post, there are million places to visit in New York and several choices for every kind of taste. For those, as me, that love food the city offers so many delicious options, milkshakes, burgers, sweets, huge pizzas (my favorite meal there is the breakfast, those huge piles of pancakes with maple syrup though :P) etc. I could go on and on about my incredible experience in the other side of the world, but since one picture, or in my case a video, is 1000 words, it's better to watch my vlog that i have uploaded on my youtube channel -->  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHbPE8ZHTMM ♥

And remember: Travel as much as you can. As far as you can. As long as you can. Because in the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take...

Travelers are the best people

I know most people write about travelling and suggestions on how to pack your suitcase before summer comes because that's the time most people leave for vacation. But in my case, since this summer i decided to go camping some place close, i left the best for later. I've been always wanting to visit the United States, and especially New York, and since I live in the other side of the planet, it wasn't an attainable dream. But you know what? Nothing is impossible, if you really want it. So, I think that fall is the best season for travelling, It's the clothes, the air, the whole atmosphere has something that makes me wanna fly away this time of the year, and also to experience the Halloween fest for the first time in my life.

Airplane ticket, passport and visa papers are ready, so in two weeks i'll be having the time of my life in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, that offers a lot to see and a lot to do. I think that there is inside of every single one of us an adventure gene, something that makes us wanna travel and see the world and explores what this big round thing has to offer. It's a unique feeling of freedom that you get when the air of another country touches your face, and you take a deep breath to catch this foreign new smell.. That's the feeling i'm chasing.

But before you travel, you have to do the packing, which for me is one of my favorite things of the world: doing lists about what you want to take with you makes you feel organized and safe (I hope doing lists are considered generally a cute thing to do, and not just me being a total control freak!). So I have, of course, already started my lists: Things I will take with me (devided into large categories like clothes, face products, everyday essentials etc), things that I wanna buy in New York (there are many products, clothes and souvenirs i've been meaning to buy when I'd visit USA like halloween treats ;) ) and, lastly, places I wanna visit there (famous landmarks, museums, my favorite stores, bookcases and others).

I'll be writing more about my travelling and preparations soon. But the point of today's talk was to not be afraid to travel, not be afraid to take chances.. Dare and test your limits, because when you travel it's not only the place and the destination that matters, but it's that you will be a new person and you will see things differently when you come back. Going somewhere new is also changing the way you see your old place, your hometown. One advice and one of my favorite quotes ever is that "life begins at the end of your comfort zone" (N.D. Walsch). And "yolo" isn't just a teenage slang trend word, it's a way of life, because in the end, you do only live once my friend.

Things you need for Autumn / Fall Essentials

Autumn is one of the best seasons (my personal favorite ♥) and there are several things that we need to have a perfect fall.

Cozy Sweaters

Comfortable clothes and sweaters are the first thing that you will need for fall, since summer has ended and the weather becomes more chilly. It's the best season to wear your favorite sweater with a skirt, a baggy college hoodie with some leggings, you can experiment many combinations. The most suitable colors for fall clothes are warm and dark : dark red, orange, blue and purple.

Boots

After the summer sandals, you need to switch to more autumn-like shoes, and the most suitable one is boots. Since it's not so cold like winter, you won't have to invest into think warm or fluffy boots like uggs, but ... boots are a very good choice for fall. You can wear low heals for all day long, or a higher but chunky heal which is so comfortable to give something more to your look. The boho style low suede boots are also a very good idea for fall and can be combined with everything, from jean shorts to casual dresses.

Flannels

Flannels are one of the things that immediately pops into my mind when i think of this season. You can wear a flannel shirt or just put it around your waist which will give you style but also you will have something to wear if the weather gets colder. Just by wearing flannels, it can make any outfit look more suitable for autumn, and they are sooo comfortable and easy to wear.

Darker make-up choices (lips & nails)

All the neon bright summer colors you used to paint your nails or your lips with, have to be put away because fall brings darker and more earth tone colors. A wine color lipstick is a definite fall essential, but your overall make-up choices need to be based on warm orange, red and purple shades. Also, it's the best time to try all those dark green, red, gold, and purple color nail polishes that you couldn't do in summer.

Candles

Last but not least, candles will give to you and your room a more cozy and fall feeling. Not only for decorative purpose they look very cute, but also the wide range of fall smells that are out there will make you feel like you wanna grab a book, drink hot chocolate and smell the autumn. The pumpkin scent is always good for fall, but my favorite one is the new Yankee candle called "autumn in the park" which smells like literary autumn in a jar.

Autumn planning

Goodmorning people :)  

September has just started.. And with September, not only all the good things like fall, rain, leaves, cozzy clothes, boots etc come, but also bad things come like obligations for school and work. You have to say goodbye to your summer holidays, the being free feeling, sleeping in the morning and waking in the afternoon and generally do whatever you want whenever you want. Schedule is here now and we have to get used to our new reality.

So, today I woke up early morning (had to set about 5 alarms every 5 minutes to get me out of my bed!) and met my BFF out to have a really good breakfast to start our day. What else would we have? Waffles and milk.♥ After having our stomachs full, we started scheduling our program for September, working on some blog ideas, studying a little bit which felt really refreshing and we could keep track of our program so we won't fall behind in anything this year. 

The first and most important thing to keep yourself organized is a planner. You don't need to buy a planner from market which can be expensive and also so non-personalized, since many others will have the same as you. So, if you are like me, and you like to have unique things with your own style, you can just buy a plain notebook, a cute one that you will like, and you can decorate the front as you want, but also the interior. Last year I was looking so much for the perfect planner for me, that will have the exact style of dates and boxes and lists etc all the things that i was imagining, but i could never find one that fit exactly to my desires. And then i thought, why not make one? It's not a science. You can print tumblr or your own pictures and glue them to the front and make it personalized. And you can also draw the inside the way you want the calendar to look like, with different colors. For example, i have every month a different theme (September is a brown-orange color with drawn leaves, October has a halloween theme and stickers etc). So, everyone is gonna ask you "Wow where did you buy this?" and you will say "Well, I made this :)".

September please be nice and surprise me ♥