• Estonia,  Tallinn

    The Tallinn Winter

    01/03/2018 / No Comments


    Wow it’s cold!

    We came back home yesterday from our small getaway in Tallinn, Estonia. It was so freezing there that I think my body is still a bit frozen. Our mini getaway was fun and great in every way, but the freezing cold weather combined to the crispy sea breeze and badly heated stone buildings caused some major chills.

    The level of the coldness effected our travel plans too, because had to go and shop for warmer clothing, even though we didn’t really plan to go shopping at all at first. We also had to skip all the outdoor sights because it was too cold to explore outside. We decided it’s best to explore more indoors and stay close to our hotel.

    Luckily us humans are easily adaptable and so we adapted quickly to this cold weather. The most beautiful part of Tallinn is no doubt the old town with it’s picturesque pastel-coloured old buildings and the narrow snowy streets were so charming to look at as well. We did manage to get some sunshine a little bit every now and then and we did enjoy exploring around the old town. We have been to Tallinn before, but we still managed to find some new places to roam.

    All in all it was a pleasant and much needed getaway, although next time we will choose the summertime. Well, at least now we have plenty of new sweaters and we are of course one travel experience richer, so can’t complain!


    Psst. Estonia celebrates it’s 100-year-old Independence this year, so if that’s not a good reason to go and visit Estonia, then I don’t know what is! So please, if you haven’t already been to Tallinn and to Estonia, go now! You will love it. 🙂

    Until the next (warmer) adventures!


    <3: Tiina Johanna
    IG: @tiinajohannaaa

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  • Barcelona,  Spain

    Back home through Barcelona

    14/10/2017 / No Comments


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    Wow, back home from city hopping in Spain!

    It was awesome! I can’t even describe the feeling that was created by these past three weeks exploring through these beautiful coastal cities in Spain. Of course we have travelled before, but somehow it feels like the trips just keep getting better and better and this time it was really hard to return back home to Finland. I usually experience my culture shock after coming back home and it’s never fun. Maybe I shouldn’t come back anymore? Haha.


    We did experience some tiredness during the last few days of this trip, but I think it’s mainly because we didn’t feel as happy in our last destination as we thought we would. The last four days we spent in Barcelona, in a semi-decent and very centric hostel. The hostel wasn’t fantastic, but we didn’t really expect anything more with that prize either. This time we hadn’t the possibility to cook anything ourselves so we had to eat outside every time. Luckily we had a wonderful café called Federal close by, and even though it was bit expensive, it was a delight for the stomach! We ate every breakfast there, because their smoothies and healthy toasts were perfect. These brekkies were the most glamorous meals of our stay in Barcelona, otherwise we ate with a smaller budget.


    During the first day we pretty much went through all the best sights in the city, because we wanted to get them over with before the Parliament speech of the Catalonian leader the next day. As it happens, we arrived right in the middle of the huge demonstrations in the Catalonian area. The day we arrived, there were three different huge demonstrations around the city and thousands of people all around making noise. We even had to walk with our luggage from the train station through the center to our hostel, because the taxi driver didn’t want drive in the middle of the demonstrations. Other than that, we did get to enjoy a good time in Barcelona and this was just on the arrival day. The other downside was the many tourists all over the city and the tourist prizes in the restaurants. We didn’t expect these during the end of September and the beginning of October, but how wrong were we. We did the best we could and enjoyed as well as we could though. We went to the beach, ate in decent restaurants and explored aimlessly through the historic center.


    But as I said in the beginning, we didn’t really feel charm of Barcelona this time. Maybe it’s the tourists or the drug dealers all around, or the fact that I had already been there before, but it just wasn’t as amazing as it used to be before. Don’t get me wrong, Barcelona has the most epic sights, beautiful architechture and city views and the beach is lovely and it really is a place where everyone should visit at least once in their life. The charm just wasn’t as strong this time. But like I said, maybe it’s the tourist season’s fault, because the first time I visited Barcelona, it was in May and there weren’t as many tourists back then.


    It’s about the bigger picture

    When you look at the bigger picture, our trip was amazing! Valencia and Alicante were so fantastic and Barcelona was ok too. We experienced fantastic things, saw beautiful sceneries, got to know the culture and ate delicious foods. We are already thinking about the next trip to Spain and we hope it’s gonna happen soon. We want to up our game even more, so let’s see what we will plan for the next big adventure!

    Check the best activities, sights and tours around Barcelona here:


    <3: Tiina Johanna
    IG: @tiinajohannaaa

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