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It seems like forever ago that I was in Mexico. Since then so much has happened, and I haven’t really come around to post from the trip. The only excursion we did there that did not include a beach, was the visit to the ruins of the Mayan city Chichen Itzá. When I went through my photos from this excursion I was like “What??? Did I seriously not take more photos of this place?”, and then I remembered the extreme heat that made us rush from sight to sight, just dreaming about ta ...

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June is probably the worst month ever to have final exams. All I can think about is that in three weeks I’ll have vacations and can see the ocean again (unless I manage to take a day off from studying to go down to the beach). But until then, I’m taking short breaks from my books to let my imagination run wild while looking at swimwear lookbooks, such as these beautiful shots from the Brazilian brand Cia. Marítima. Teletransportation to this location please! Like, right now! Junio ti ...

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Almost all the trips I’ve done the past year have been to visit someone, which has turned me into the kind of tourist who doesn’t do much research on the destination, but simply relies on the person I’m visiting. I realize that it may seem silly, but in that way I have no idea what to expect and most places end up taking me by storm. The bad thing about this is that I’ve gotten “spoiled”, and when I went to Toronto last week, I completely forgot to read a sing ...

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Do you remember Snoop Dogg and Pharrell’s music video “Beautiful“? If you do, do you remember that insanely cool building with a “pool” where they were having a party? Well, that’s the Visual Art School inside the Parque Lage. And it is one of my favorite places here in Rio de Janeiro yet. The school has a cozy café where you can stay for hours just soaking up the surroundings, which are actually much more mysterious and captivating when it’s cloudy. Eve ...

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Today is the 17th of May. In other words, the Norwegian National Day. I usually don’t long to be in Norway (except for those days in July when there’s almost 50 degrees outside in Seville), but days like today, I feel I get a tiny yearning to be in my small country. Seeing all the pictures of flags, parades and bunads from my friends and family on Facebook and Instagram doesn’t really help. And this is of course the day Rio decided to be rainy. Oh well. Happy happy 17th of May ...

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Hello from Brazil! To be more exact, Rio de Janeiro, and to be even more exact, Niterói. For the first few days I’m staying here with Isa, and then we’re soon going to Rio-Rio for the rest of my stay. Sooo… What do I think of Brazil so far? I love it! The crazy traffic that made us use almost three hours from the airport instead of 45 minutes and the insane bus driving that bumps so much it feels like a rollercoaster ride haven’t made me dislike it because… on every ...

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One of the things I love the most about getting visitors, besides the obvious fact that I want to see that person and showcase “my” beautiful city, is going out to eat and have drinks, and it’s always a perfect opportunity to try out new places. Before my best friend came from Norway to visit me last week, I had written down places I wanted to try months before; places that I had been recommended or that I had passed by and had spiked my curiosity. Some of these places were dis ...

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April is over, and I have to say, this has probably been the best month of my life. I have had some wonderful moments in my life, but I can’t remember having had so many stuffed into the same month; first my graduation trip to Mexico (now let’s see to it that I actually graduate!), and then immediately after, my favorite week in Seville started, the Feria de Abril. It has been a month filled with social activities, reconnecting with old friends and getting a bunch of new ones. I̵ ...

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Have you seen the video with Beyoncé in H&M Summer collection yet? Love Beyoncé, love the scenery, love the song, and love the last black dress. The collection will be available from May 2nd. ¿Todavía no has visto el vídeo de Beyoncé para la colección de verano de H&M? Me encanta Beyoncé, me encanta el paisaje, me encanta la canción, y me encanta el último vestido negro. La colección estará en venta a partir del 2 de mayo.   The post Beyoncé In H&M Summer Collection appeared f ...

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Have you seen the video with Beyoncé in H&M Summer collection yet? Love Beyoncé, love the scenery, love the song, and love the last black dress. The collection will be available from May 2nd. ¿Todavía no has visto el vídeo de Beyoncé para la colección de verano de H&M? Me encanta Beyoncé, me encanta el paisaje, me encanta la canción, y me encanta el último vestido negro. La colección estará en venta a partir del 2 de mayo.   The post Beyoncé In H&M Summer Collection appeared f ...

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Last week we finally got a nice, full summer day in Norway. And not a day too early since the day before, Jose arrived from Spain. Norway truly was at its best behaviour; twenty-something degrees, sun and smelling like summer. I had a few days off from work, and on Thursday we went down to Rødtangen (a few hours south of Oslo), to the family of my brother-in-law’s summer house, to celebrate my super cute nephew’s second birthday. That meant lots of food, one of the best cakes I’ ...

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When Jose and I went diving a few weeks ago, we arrived Tarifa a few hours earlier so we could walk around the town, and relax for a few hours on the beach. Tarifa is part of Costa de la Luz and the province of Cádiz. It is actually the most southern point of Europe, only 15 kilometres away from Morocco. Awesome. Because of the strong winds from the Strait of Gibraltar, Tarifa is a very popular destination for windsurfing and surfing. Luckily it wasn’t so windy when we went, so we had a gr ...

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(All you yogis out there will get my joke. Ha. Ha.) A week ago I arrived in Norway, and I’m staying here aaaall summer (and some). The last week has just been work, eat, sleep, eat, sleep, work, sleep, sleep, eat, eat… You get the point. I’m still not used to this working stuff… Oh, how spoiled us students are! Luckily I have some things more or less prepared that I still haven’t posted yet from when my life wasn’t as monotonous, so don’t worry, this wil ...

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I have an enormous respect for water, so when Jose gave me an “Introduction to Diving” as a birthday present, I screamed of joy and shivered of fear. Well, almost. So last Friday we took a forever-ending bus drive down to Tarifa, Cádiz, and started our adventure. The company we dived with was called Explora Cádiz, and we both found them very professional and friendly. They offer many different courses, not only our short crash course, so I would imagine they would be a good choice fo ...

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You know when you go somewhere that you kind of imagined was alright, and then you are completely blown away? And you think “Why on earth hasn’t anyone really recommended this to me or told me how pretty it is?”.  It doesn’t happen to me a lot because usually I do a bit of research before going somewhere, and then I either imagine it’s pretty, and it is, or I get disappointed. One of those few times happened two weeks ago when I went for a day trip up to La Alpujarr ...

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I am really bad at taking care of my nails, even though I keep reading over and over how important your nails are for giving a good first impression, and I keep telling myself that I should start taking better care of my nails. My problem is that I am horrible at putting on nail polish, and I always mess it up. So for me, doing my nails takes several hours. Sigh. And it’s seems like lately all of my friends from the university make the coolest and most creative designs on their nails, and ...

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As I mentioned in my last post, last week I went for a few days with my parents to Nerja, a coastal town in the eastern part of Málaga province. I don’t need much more than a beach to be happy, but I usually find these tourist-y seaside towns to be very alike. Nerja was charming though. It has of course your usual tourist shops up and down the promenades, and the typical restaurants with old, faded photos of foods as menus (Whyyy do they do that??!!), but it seemed to have kept some of its ...

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My last week has been seriously great. First, my parents flew down from Norway, and I spent the weekend with them. That meant eating out (oh joy!)… at La Estraza (of course), and we also tried out a restaurant close to La Alameda de Hércules (Calle Trajano 44 to be more specific) called Restaurante La Dalia. I’ve been wanting to go there for some time, and I wasn’t disappointed! The sirloin was excellent, as well as their potatoes with alioli (they were very close to the best o ...

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My last week has been seriously great. First, my parents flew down from Norway, and I spent the weekend with them. That meant eating out (oh joy!)… at La Estraza (of course), and we also tried out a restaurant close to La Alameda de Hércules (Calle Trajano 44 to be more specific) called Restaurante La Dalia. I’ve been wanting to go there for some time, and I wasn’t disappointed! The sirloin was excellent, as well as their potatoes with alioli (they were very close to the best o ...

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It’s already been 3 weeks since I was in Mallorca, so it’s about time that I post some more from the very fun trip. As I’ve already mentioned before, it was a perfect weekend where we celebrated Ivón’s birthday. We just saw the South and the South-East part of the island, and I realize Mallorca has so much more to offer than what I’m posting here, but that’s just another reason for going back, isn’t it? The Beaches Playa s’Arenal: Playa s’Are ...