TRAVELLING TO CRETE: FALASSARNA BEACH

Greece is a magnificent country with a ton of beautiful islands. Or so

I've heard, I've actually just been to one of those islands: Crete. 

We visited Crete this Fall, just a couple of weeks ago actually, to celebrate my boyfriends mom

and stepdad who both turned 60 this year (congrats to them!). We were quite a big crew who went

on the trip; 10 adults and 4 kids. Phew! To survive a week on Crete without getting too pissed at each

 other etc. we decided to stay at a hotel, which turned out to be a pretty great move. 

Okay okay, enough with the smalltalk! Let's go to the topic of this blogpost: Falassarna beach!

The thing is, one day we rented a car (or 4 of us adults did) and drove out to what turned out

to be such a beautiful place: Falassarna beach. We even went back there two days later.

Falassarna beach had the clearest, most turquoise waters I've ever seen (hey the above image is

edited af to suit my IG feed...). We just couldn't get enough of swimming or playing beach-tennis

in the water (btw, the perfect activity when you want to work out while getting tan!).

I was however sick (the flu, fever - you know the drill), so I was pretty stoked about the beach
 having some  pretty comfortable, and stylish looking (great for good pictures hey!) sunbeds.
They were perfect for taking breaks from the water activities, to lay on and read a book or two. 

I actually read one of my absolute favorites books this year on a sunbed in Falassarna.  The book
is called "You are a badass" and is written by an author named Jen Sincero - I truly urge you to
read it. It's awesome! So inspiring and a real kick-in-the-butt self-help book. 

One "funny" thing about Falassarna beach is that it seemed to be pretty popular among nudists 

(yeah I saw some weeners I could've lived on without seeing...). But the beach is really huge
and long, so you can choose the area that is best suited for you! 

- Go to the left side of the beach if you want to be "where
everyone is", among lots of sunbeds, kids, you name it.
- Go to the middle area of the beach if you want some more calm,
less kids, but still a great sandy beach with lots of sunbeds.
- Go to the right side of the beach if you want lots of privacy, get
naked among nudists and swim at a rockier area of the beach
(pictured in the first image of this blogpost).

The beach has a beautiful mountain backdrop, and when you drive down from the mountains
to the beach, you'll see some pretty huge olive tree plantations. Unfortunately I do not have a good
 picture of the view from the mountains down to Falassarna beach, nor of the olive trees - but hey it's
 better experienced live (everything is).  By mentioning the fact that there are olive tree plantations,
I think it's pretty obvious that Falassarna beach is kind of a great place to buy some olive oil at!

So, that was that about Falassarna beach. I only have one more thing to
say about it: go there if you ever find yourself on Crete and want to go
to a beautiful beach! You won't regret it, I promise.

xoxo

TRAVELLING TO LAKE COMO

This Summer we travelled to Lake Como, in Italy (as I've previously mentioned).
Lake Como is said to be the most beautiful lake in the world, and I must say I agree.

As we were on a 9 day roadtrip through 4 countries, we only had two nights to spend at the lake.
To get the most out of those two nights, we decided to spend the first night up at a small family hotel
 in the mountains surrounding Lake Como, and the second (also at a small family hotel) down by the lake.



The views from the hotel were amazing. And it was so
peaceful and calm, I could've stayed there forever...

The second night, at the hotel down by the lake, we also had an amazing view! There was a
small beach nearby (like TINY, it was really packed with people, even dogs...) where we spent
a couple of hours in the afternoon. It was OK, but I wouldn't recommend coming to Lake Como for
a beach holiday. The beaches there are just a few, and they're really uncomfortable with basically just
 rocks and no sand. Plus, as I said, TINY and packed with both people and dogs.



Conclusion: visiting Lake Como for two days was really great, but I would definitely stay longer the
 next time... There's so much to explore! Cozy little towns and villages all around the lake, amazing
restaurants, hikes to take in the mountains, boat-rides, ah... And hey, fun fact, did you know that
 George Clooney has a villa at Lake Como? So bummed that I didn't see him... Oh well, next time!

All images by me, myself and I. 

BACK FROM GREECE

Beautiful Falassarna beach - a MUST when you're in Crete!

Salty legs and scorpio tattoos.

Hotel pool and palm trees under the full moon.

I could seriously live in denim cutoffs and Birkenstocks. Please can I?

Golden bikinis and messy hair on a windy beach day.

Calm, crystal clear mediterranean sea on a sunny day.

Obsession with palmtrees.

Cute restaurant tables in Kissamos.

Reading at the beach. This one is called "You are a badass" by Jen Sicero. Read it!

Deserted beaches are the best kind of beaches.

Cute little green thingies on the beach.

SPONTANEOUS ROADTRIP

This Summer we were going to go on a 10 day roadtrip to Norway, like we did last year.
We had planned it and anticipated it for a year. Bought a tent, actually booked a few hotels
and so on... We were all set to go and then, BAM, came the day when we were gonna go and
nothing went as planned. Both of our cars were unfit for a 1500 km roadtrip, and there was no
time to start fixing them in the middle of the busiest vacation times.

Then I said "we are leaving, somewhere, anywhere".  Said and done, I very
spontaneously booked us flights to Zurich (in Switzerland), and well, two days
later we were on a flight to Zurich with no plans.

Things went kind of great though and we had 9 fantastic days roadtrippin' through Europe.
We visited Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein and had the best time. The weather
was better than we could have hoped for, and everything went smoothly even though we
hadn't pre-booked any hotels (I booked a new hotel everyday while were driving to the
next location - gotta love the Booking.com app!).

We saw some and spent some time at some really amazing places, like Lake Como, Venice
and the Dolomites. Surely the most spontaneous vacation I've ever had, but it was the best,
and I truly recommend anyone to do the same roadtrip we did! Spontaneous or not.

If anyone want to see more pictures, or want to know more about our roadtrip -
pleasepleaseplease leave a comment below :) Thanks!

xoxo

MADEIRA WAS NICE

In December 2017 me and my boyfriend finally visited the beautiful island of Madeira. I had wanted

 to go there for SO long. We stayed there for one week, at an amazing 5-star hotel in Calheta named

  Savoy Saccharum Resort & Spa. We had a beautiful room with the most fantastic view of the ocean!

Madeira was surprisingly full of palm trees. For some reason I didn't expect there to be palm trees,

so I was pleasantly surprised, hehe (I am obsessed with palm trees).

The street outside of the hotel was very steep. But, it was free to park there and we therefore parked our
rental car there everyday. There was parking at the hotel, but we thought it was ridiculously expensive.

The hotel had 3 outdoor pools, and this one was our favorite - the infinity pool.

One of the days we made a day trip to Porto Moniz, which was beautiful.

Wonderful sunset view from our balcony.

One of the highlights of the trip was to hike some levadas. It was so beautiful, and the air so fresh
 and clean. I loved every minute of it. It was like walking in a rainforest.

We also spotted some pretty amazing waterfalls.

There was a spa at the hotel, so naturally all guests had their own private bathrobes and

slippers to walk around in - so cozy and we definitely used our.

The breakfast at the hotel was INCREDIBLE. I practically rolled out of the breakfast restaurant every

 morning. Oh and there was champagne at the breakfast, so, obviously I had a glass each morning (hehe).

The little harbor in Calheta.

Oh those beautiful levadas. I could really see myself going back to Madeira someday!

Please visit Madeira, I can recommend it to pretty much everyone! Maybe not to the crazy party

people, but to all of you others who appreciate a calm and relaxing holiday on a beautiful island.

LOFOTEN ISLANDS

Last summer was great. Top reason? We spent 10 days roadtrippin' through Norway. We discovered
 Lofoten and slept 5 nights in our car. It was such and adventure and so much fun!