Travel Diary: Days in Rome, Part 2

Day 3

We started this day with a visit at the Forum Romanum, right next to the Colosseum.

The sky was blue, but is was super windy. After a while we really got tired from walking around, also the ground was quite sandy and the wind blew it right in our faces.

After Forum Romanum we caught a tram that brought us to the Trastevere district. We were in search for a place to have lunch and I was searching for two bookshops I had heard of before.

A typical italian restaurant.

After a while we found "Almost Corner Bookshop". 

I bought "A time in Rome" by Elizabeth Bowen and "My Cousin Rachel" by Daphne du Maurier here.

This shop was quite cute, filled with books and cards.

The streets in Trastevere are filled with cute little shops, restaurants and ice cream parlors. 

At "Fior di Luna" we made a quick stop for some ice cream ( :

Back in the city we need some rest and visited a café somewhere in Rome. I had some coffee and already started reading in my new book.

On day 4, which was also our last day, we had breakfast and then packed all of our stuff. We brought it to a locker at Termini station and from there we took a metro to the Vatican. This must be the main attraction in Rome, cause it was super full. 

From the Vatican we walked to the Castel Sant'Angelo and enjoyed the sun. We also had some lunch in this district and tried a highly recommended ice cream parlor before driving to the airport.

Travel Diary: Autumn days in Edinburgh

Edinburgh has been on my travel-list for so long! So this autumn we finally booked our flights and I am so glad that we did - as it's become one of my favorite cities! It was such an amazing few days, cold, a bit of rain and even the sun came out! We had a very cute Airbnb in the Grassmarket area, located between two bookshops. From our living room we could see the Edinburgh castle, which was perfect!

Right after arriving at the airport, we took a bus that brought us to the city. Everything was easy and uncomplicated. We directly found a cute pizza restaurant called "Woodland" where we had finally lunch after 9 hours. We enjoyed yummy elderflower and raspberry lemonade, olives, pizza and veggie pasta.

I totally fell in love with this Bowie picture 

We started our mornings slow, enjoying earl grey tea and toast with hummus and cucumbers.

On our first real day we went (after breakfast) to the National Museum of Scotland. It was not that far away from our Airbnb place so we could easily walk there. We passed Grassmarket and the Greyfriars graveyard, Greyfriars Bobby and we were there. The entry was free and we spent the whole morning looking at animals, minerals and other interesting things.

The Grassmarket was not far away from our home, there was a vegan café called Pumpkin Brown Café, where we enjoyed pumpkin spice latte and hot cocoa.

I also went to Armstrongs Vintage shop at the Grassmarket. They have a huge collection of all vintage things you can imagine.

We walked down to Dean Village which is really worth seeing. The houses are cute and you can walk by the riverside of the water of Leith.

We visited the Waterstones Booksellers shop quite a lot. They have an amazing selection of books, I especially fell in love with the poetry and crime (Sherlock Holmes, victorian crime stories) sections. I of course bought books here: Ariel by Sylvia Plath, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and The Dun Cow Rib - A Very Natural Childhood by John Lister-Kaye.

And we also visited the Waterstones Café upstairs. First time it was super full and we couldn't get one of the popular tables at the window (from where you have a fantastic castle view). The following day we came early and we snatched a window table! The pumpkin spice latte was super delicious!

Coffee and cake time at The Elephant house. This café is also the birthplace of Harry Potter. This place seemed a bit over hyped, coffee and cake were delicious though and they sell nice postcards.

Armchair books. This bookshop was just right next to our Airbnb apartment. A cute little shop full of books, also antique ones. I didn't buy anything here.

Travel Diary: Days in Prague

Hello lovely people,

last week the boy, me and our two friends went for a city trip to Prague. The czech capital has already been on my travel list for some time now. How lucky I was in january when the four of us decided to make a little trip to Prague. The apartment was found and booked very quickly via AirBnB and also a carpark was not far away from there.

Our first real day was sooo warm and sunny! We were so lucky with the weather, we made a walk through Prague old town, passed the Charles bridge, had some yummy lunch next to the bridge in an austrian restaurant, I went to the "Shakespeare and Sons" bookshop, walked by the riverside of the Moldova, walked through Letna Park, and finally ended up in the beautiful Café Letka to have some coffee, hot chocolate and some cake. After homemade dinner we went to the city again to visit a jazz club.

The second day started with rain and it wouln't stop for the rest of the day. Luckily we already  did the sightseeing the day before. So we visited some vintage shops, had some coffee and muffins in the Coffee Room and drove to the old town again. We visited the "Týnský chrám" cathedral and did a little bit of shopping.

"The ancient splendor and beauty of Prague, a city beyond compare, left an impression on my imagination that will never fade."

- Richard Wagner -

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We had a wonderful old and antique AirBnB apartment in the Vinohrady area. Our neighborhood was filled with cute cafés, vintage shops and restaurants.

One of the hundrets of beautiful cafés in our neighborhood: Coffee Room. My friend Laura & me really wanted to try their Avocado toast, but we were too late for lunch... ) :

So we had some coffee with oat milk and some banana muffins.

The interior was so much my taste.

Okay, when we did our research for Prague, we already saw these baked deliciousness on several photos. Of course we wanted to try them out ourselves. I don't even know what they are called honestly, maybe "TRDLO", we just called them "Rollo" :D :D Mine was filled with vanilla cream, cream and strawberries. Really recommendable.

Oh how I was looking forward to visit this gem of a bookshop! I could have spend the whole day browsing through all these books! There is also a basement with even more books and a sofa to sit down and read. 

Still in love with this shop!

Some of the books I bought at the "Shakespeare and Sons" bookshop and some Alphonse Mucha postcards I sent to my girls.

This was such a rainy day. It called for many café visits and a Little bit of shopping.

Polaroid nostalgia

Rainy days...

More bookshop coziness and a view to the castle

Coffee and cake time with my gang at the beautiful Café Letka.

Týnský chrám: Sadly it rained here, so everything turned out a bit more grey...  

Prague just has the prettiest buildings. Couldn't even decide what to photograph...



Cozy corner with the coolest band posters ♥



The gang in the "JAZZ REPUBLIC" , listening to some jazz (though I kinda hate jazz) :D Fun evening though, enjoyed some wine and cocktails.