Lido di Venezia

Little more picture spamming from our trip to Venice! I decided to separate Lido post from all Venice posts because Lido became sort special for us during our trip, it was a getaway from the masses of tourists and the heat of the city. Not saying there wasn't a lot of people in Lido as well but it seemed far less crowded and more relaxed.

Just got in to the island! We were planning to visit just ONCE, but ended up returning there every day. In the end we sorta regretted that we didn't book our hotel from there.

Italian ice-cream is heavenly I swear. I can never get enough of it! I was planning to write a small tip on where to get the best dark chocolate gelato in Lido, but I've already forgotten the name of the shop, boohoo.

Melt-in-your-mouth mozzarella, nomnomnom.

Our favorite beach spot (which might have been a private beach, since there was barely no one there ever ). 

''Free beach'' with loads of services was a whole different story SO CROWDED. And getting a chair for a one day would make your wallet cry for help.

Random shots and some fave snacks. I'm forever bitter that there's no cafe Zero in Finland, boohooo.

Fun fair

Knit- Monki

Skirt- Boohoo

Bag- Lost Mannequin

Shoes- Converse

Last weekend, a touring fun fair hit my town. I figured it would be a great chance of dressing up in something cute, girly and maybe a bit ''child-like''.  I added some edge to classic plait knit with a (vegan) leather skirt and red classes. Summer seems to be quite persistent this year, it was still way too hot to wear a knit to be honest.

Getting lost is the only place worth going to

I've been meaning to post this a whole lot earlier, but I've been crazy busy with work lately. I'm having two days off this upcoming weekend, such a luxury !

But here's the first bunch of photos from my recent trip to Venice!

My comfy travelling look! Boy London tank top, leather jacket , biker boots and all my crucial stuff like laptop showed into Lost Mannequin back bag got me through the 6 hour waiting time at Amsterdam.

Somewhere nearby Amsterdam, looks so pretty in the morning sun!

Chocolates in Chocolate cafe in Amsterdam airport. We bought a little, warm chocolate cake to share, yums!

From Amterdam, we flew to Venice and passed the Alps. We were lucky to have clear sky so we could see the mountains really well!

Waterbus was the greatest way to get around, it was quite expensive tho! 

We stayed at Hotel al Graspo de ua. It was really cozy, even though rooms were really small , had no elevator and our aircon overheated one night. The staff was really friendly! Oh, and it's super hard to find if you don't know where to look, it's in a super tiny alley with very few signs.

Breakfast at our favorite cafe, cafe Torino ! We ended up going there every day because of the delicious tuna sandwiches, mouthwatering cappucino and nice waiter.

Saint Mark's Square, this photo really doesn't give you any idea of how crowded it was at any given time...

That's it for the first photo dump! Until next time, then I'll be sharing some stuff about island of Lido, place I most miss about Venezia.

15 again

 I've been having a ''blog silence'' for over a month now. Not even sorry. I've had lots of things on my mind, I've had summer vacation,  I've been abroad, got back to work and started working like crazy to get some money to my savings account ( I used all my savings in Italy and I feel anxious when I don't have anything ''in case of emergency''-money)  which elevated my stress levels to maximum... I haven't found any room for blogging in my life. It has been a refreshing ''blogging vacation'', but now I'm back in the action! I have few posts waiting for you guys, so keep alert!

I'm starting off with something that is basically my teenage years in a solid object.

Converse All Stars.

I don't know about you, but I used to wear nothing but them when I was 14 until I was about 16. I remember having a pair made out of pvc-ish material in white ( I got them from Venezuela and they were my dearest pair), and when I finally let them go, they were more like grayish. I remember sitting in school corridors with my friends at 8th. grade , doodling and writing to each others' kicks. Good old times. I remember when I really got into girlish style, I told someone I'm never wearing a pair of All Stars ever again. At least not old and stained ones.

Lately I've had a slightdesire for my old favorites. With thick sole. Then, one day when I was casually strolling around Venice I saw these at AW display. On sale. That's when I knew. I could not leave without them.

Aren't they wonderful? The thick soles make them stand out from the crowd of black Converse shoes ( while giving a midget like me much wanted extra centimeters). Whenever I'm wearing these I feel like a 15 year-old again (in a good way though, not in the ''I want to dye my hair with all the color of rainbow and wear nothing but hoodies all year''- kinda way)! I'm not going to draw on these though.

Do you have some nostalgic pieces that remind you of your oh-so-lovely teenage years whenever you dig them out of your closet?

All the photos above are taken on my Venice trip, you'll be seeing a lot that very soon ;3