France 2016 || Paris, Disneyland & Lyon ♥

I know... Spring break is over for most of us. But don't cry, summer is really close for our next travel experiments. Well, before we hop onto the summer craziness (aka summer make up, clothes, activities, travel and other everyday things etc.), i'll tell you a bit about my trip in ... France ♥

Eiffel Tower, Paris

La me at Notre Dame, Paris

Paris is one of the most beautiful European cities, and it holds the name "the city of light" for a reason: when the sun goes down, Paris presents some of the most beautiful city lights I've seen. The Eiffel tower is light up (and it had different theme some times, it was sparkly when i was there!!!), everything looks amazing to make you spend the perfect parisian night like you see in the movies. Although, you have to check the weather before you go, because spring (March/April) in Paris isn't as warm and dry as you can imagine: it was raining every single day!
Rain can be cute and give this melancholic and beautiful feeling in the air, as long as it doesn't mess with your straightened hair and your make-up that is on flick for the photos!

Notre Dame, Paris

Love Locks, Pont des Arts Bridge

Waking up in a hotel room in Paris, is really something.. You wake up with a different mood: you feel like you are living in past century and you wanna go out, have breakfast and then wander around the city in your vintage dress until it's time for the Mullen Rouge. Well, not exactly like that, but you have that chic french feeling when you walk across the Seine River, looking all those little vintage shops and artsy buildings until you cross the beautiful Pont des Arts bridge. This is also called the "love locks bridge" because couples go there and attach padlocks (with their names written) on that bridge, then they throw the key into the river, to "lock" their love, to be committed to each other ♥♥♥ (Aww!!)

There is water, parks, flowers, lights, sweets and a vintage beauty in Paris. This city can give you everything: a simple walk by the river, or a shopping therapy in the most popular fashion boutiques. It combines the modern and the old, the eccentric and the chic. Every girl that respects herself enough cannot go to Paris without visiting at least once the very known Laduree bakery. I knew that my first day in Paris as an official french girl i had to have a real authentic french macaroon in this shop (and I did! So yummy! ♥). Well, I didn't have one, actually, I had four, but it's just semantics. Also, the Eiffel tower, the Louvre and the Notre Dame are among the most popular sight seeings, but there are many more beautiful parissian places to visit: Montmartre, Champs-Elysees, Palace of Versailles and, of course, Disneyland!

Ok, what can I say about Disneyland? It's a place where dreams come true.. ♥ 

The minute i passed the gate and stepped my foot in the disneyland park, it was real. All the fairytales i was reading, all the disney movies i was watching... everything came in life in front of me and I was feeling i was one of them! Beautiful scenery, amazing colors, cute shops, sweet fairytale music and all the disney characters in front of you. The most beautiful day of my life ended even greater (if this is even possible) with a half-hour firework celebration at the closing time that took place at the Cinderella's castle, aka the Disney castle, aka the -house of my dreams- castle!

Lyon by night, Fourviere

Before this amazing trip comes to an end, i decided to visit the city of Lyon, a very beautiful city in east/central France. It's not nearly as crowded as Paris is, but i think this is a beauty of it. It's like a little not so popular Paris, and it has almost everything that Paris has: Lyon has the Basilica of Notre Dame & the Metallic Tower, both of which are in Fourviere, and are resemblance of the Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower of Paris. 

A warmer feel of air is what you feel in spring while walking across either one of the two beautiful rivers Lyon has, and also tasting some delicious french sweets and pastries that those little chic french "patisseries" offer. My choice: of course the pink pig!

But they say a picture is worth one thousand words, imagine how many words a video would worth!! Although i could ramble on and on about how beautiful France is for hours, isn't it better to see my whole Paris & Lyon experience but also my Disneyland day through my video vlogs? Merci beaucoup, gros bisous ♥♥♥

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...

Travel Tips

Hello fellow travelers, and people who like to travel, even if you can't right now! I'm in a -i'm going on a trip to the other side of the world soon- rush, meaning that my room is kinda messy, like my mind. Clothes are around my room, backpacks, suitcases all the kind of bags i could discover in my closet are out here now. But the packing and the trip preparations give you an excitement and a very happy feeling... as long as you are organized and not let everything for the last minute, especially if you are planning a long trip to a far away place.

The list. It's all that matters, to be organized for your travelling adventures. Just take a piece of paper, or write it on your computer (but i prefer writing with my own letters on a paper, it feels more personal and i carry my little notebook all around the house and take notes). Start your list by writing down the basic categories: clothing, beauty products, gadgets and other stuff. Then you can divide your large categories into others: for example under the "clothing" category you will have subcategories like "tops", "bottoms", "underwear", "jackets" etc. 

The only way to make sure you won't forget anything is to start in the morning and think what you need in your everyday life routine from the minute you wake up till you go to sleep, and decide which of them are really important to take with. Since we all know that airplanes have a weight limit (unfortunately because most of us would like to bring all our household with us just in case!), you have to think carefully and pack only the important stuff, so you will have enough room left for the things that you are gonna buy there.

After making your list, you will have to start packing. A very useful tip for making room in your suitcase is to use packing cubes and packing folders. They are all over the internet for you to order, and you can put many clothes and stuff in there and minimize the room they would actually take if they were folded free in the suitcase. Also, rolling saves more space than folding, and it prevents the wrinkles of the fabric for clothes that they need to, like formal shirts. 

The most important and useful objects like phone, tissues, camera, gum, passport, money and some basic beauty essentials it's better to put them in your handbag that you will always carry with you around and in the airplane. For those of you who have oily skin (like me), never forget to pack some blotting papers to remove the excess oil, but always use a face and lip moisturizer because the skin in the air tends to get dehydrated. 

Lastly, you may want to keep notes and write while you are travelling like I do, keep a travelling journal or vlog the whole thing. For those cases, do not forget to take your favorite journal or notebook that you want to take notes to, and an easy to use pen, but be careful so it will not be anything too heavy so you can carry it around in your bag all day long. Also, besides your phone, you can bring your camera to take pictures or videos so you can vlog your trip and have your memories into a video.

The most important tip: don't forget to have fun because you only live once ♥

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.