To travel is to live

Well it is not long ago since I came back from my Eurotrip and yet here I am craving for my next getaway. Obviously influenced by Pinterest and my "Places" board I keep dreaming about roadtrips and exotic places all over the world. I guess some people just have this traveling urge inside them. And I'm pretty sure I'm one of those. If only I could afford more trips. But I shouldn't complain at all. If I count my trips during the last years it seems I've managed to travel at least twice a year. Which is pretty decent I suppose. 

Now the next goal is to actually go to more countries. For some reason I keep revisiting places. Like London, Paris or Istanbul. Oh and Italy! I've been so many times to Italy, it is crazy. And I will go again in two weeks. Anyway.. 

The feeling you get when traveling, meeting new people and places, different cultures and traditions, tasting weird flavors and listening to unknown languages is so amazing. I could really live on traveling. 

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In other news, I'm literally busier than ever. Working on my portfolio and thesis project in order to apply for master programs for next year has been all I've been doing lately. And although it is a really creative process, it undoubtedly is extremely exhausting as well. Let's hope all this effort will pay off eventually :) 

photo found here

Guest Post | Yeobo

Hello, we are Becka & Nathan from Yeobo blog  We are so excited to be joining you on Anna-Rosa’s lovely piece of the web. Since she’s on a Euro-tour of her own (lucky lady), we thought this would be a perfect time to give you a few of our travel tips. Nathan just visited Italy in June, so let’s start there!  If you’re visiting Italy, you're probably staying in a bigger city as a hub and taking day trips to explore the surrounding areas. Here are four things to always have in your day bag. 

Camera 
Don't leave your camera behind for the sake of comfort, you'll end up regretting it an hour into your day. Plan ahead, bring a larger bag to comfortably tote your gadgets. Or invest in a camera strap you won’t be embarrassed to wear all day. We love this one from Tanner Goods. 

An easy change
Guess what, Italy can get really hot... Depending on your traveling dates, it can be shirt sticking, face dripping kinda hot. Yuck. A smart traveler brings an extra shirt, or even a complete change of clothes. This will save you come 9 o'clock when the sun has gone down and your looking for a nice place to eat dinner. We realize this isn’t the most glamorous tip, but trust us... you’ll want to freshen up a bit after walking about all day in the hot sun. We love basics that can easily be tossed on with just about anything. Everlane has the perfect pieces for him and her.

Phone charger / adapter
Your phone will die and it will die fast. Even if your battery is fully charged, the constant yelping, gps locating and instagramming (all while you're roaming in a foreign country) will surely drain your battery. Fortunately there are tons of places to charge, like outlets on trains or in train stations. Just make sure you have the right adapter for your cables. We love these cord tacos to keep everything neat in your bag. 

Extra room
Lastly, you want to leave some room. If your packed to the brim, you're going to be very sad when you can't fit that gorgeous pair of leather sandals into your bag. Roaming new cities often leads to shopping. Leave space for it!

Thanks for having us!

Becka & Nathan

and off we go...

So guys, this is it! 

In a couple of hours I'll be on a boat to Crete and I couldn't be more excited! On Sunday we will be heading to Venice and on Tuesday to Lausanne. Not to mention that on the 25th I'll go visit my boyfriend in The Netherlands!!! Can't wait to see him <3 

Three birds with one stone: Italy, Switzerland and The Netherlands. Plus I'll get to have my friend-time and my boyfriend-time, all in one trip. Ok it's not a small one, but still...everything I need right now. 

Well the exciting part, in terms of blogging, is that I have scheduled a series of enormously exciting guest posts. Some of my top favorite fellow bloggers will be contributing here, on my little niece of the internet, keeping you updated while I'll be having some time off of everything. A much needed break!

Feel free to follow along my Euro-trip via Instagram, since it will be the only of the social medias I won't be able to let go, lol! 

Stay tuned cause the Guest Posting period starts on Friday with a lovely post, kinda related to my trip.

See you in Novembeeeeeeeer!!!!!

Love

Anna-Rosa

[image found on this lovely etsy shop]

travelogue | folegandros

Hello hello!! How is everything?

As you might have noticed on instagram, lately I'm enormously obsessed with Greece and summer. I recently visited Folegandros, a beautiful little island at the southern part of the Cyclades and fell in love with it. If anyone of you is visiting Greece any time soon  I highly recommend you to go to Folegandros too. The boat needs appr. 8 hours to take you there but believe me it is totally worth the trip. Just make sure you stay long enough to enjoy the island. The ideal plan would be to take the boat from Folegandros and visit the rest of the Cycladic islands as well, but I know this might be a lot to ask :) 

Anyway, visiting or not, these are some snapshots from the beautiful Chora village. Maybe the most beautiful and traditional small village I've ever visited....and the sunset....oh my!!!! (after the jump)

Travelogue | Istanbul

While I was searching for a good photo for this post I became so excited about my trip to Istanbul on Monday. When I was a freshman, my university took my class at Istanbul. Although there haven't passed so many years I remember only a few things, but certainly all of them are great! Now I have the chance to visit Istanbul again with a friend of mine and I couldn't be more happy. I will see everything I fell in love with back then and I'm sure we'll find out a whole bunch of new things to do! My favorite part is that I will make our daily program myself! So stay tuned to see more about Istanbul and our time there :)

[photo and graphic by me]

Stockholm Weekend #1

I and a bunch of friends went for a long weekend to Stockholm thanks to ryanair and its cheap tickets. Here are some photos from our first day. Check this weather out guys! Seriously, we went to Stockholm and were soooo lucky with the weather, I cannot believe it! More to come...

ps: I have to start posting again, I know, it's been a long break. Sorry for that..

xoxo 

Venice :: the sunset !

last but certainly not least...the venice sunset!!! 

Love xoxo

Venice :: The exhibition

Snapshots from the architecture biennale in Venice.. I feel really lucky and inspired I visited the exhibition. So many things and pictures.. 

xoxo

Venice :: The travelers

And here are...we!! With our huge ugly plastic boots.... Having fun in Venice!!! Love 

Venice :: The City

Oh God, I don't even know where to begin from.. Well, here are a few photos from Venice. I took so many, so I decided to group them. These are photos I took during our long long walks in the city.. There were many things I didn't love in Venice...but, as far as architecture is concerned I can only say "wow"! 

more to come... till then xoxo

Postcards from Italy *

I 'm so exciiiiiiiited!!!! I just booked tickets to Venice!!! A friend of mine is having Erasmus courses this semester in Venice and Antigoni and I thought it is a great opportunity to visit Venice!! I'm double-excited cause the 13th International Architecture Biennale is taking place in Venice this time of the year. 

Anna-Rosa xxx 

ps: I made this poster for Antigoni to thank her for booking the tickets and to have something to remind her we are flying to Venice in a month!!!!!

ps2: song !

A week in LA * [black n' white edition]

More photos from my trip in LA last year * 
Anna-Rosa xxx