Oh Venice..

 Dearest Readers, I've been so overwhelmed lately that at times I'd take a deep breath and take a moment off of this rather realistic world and gallop into this other dimension that allows me to reconnect with my mind and heart. Browsing through my photos tonight, I realized that Venice is kind of a big deal. At that moment, all I knew was that I had a train to catch, apparently taking me to another world-famous landmark that I've seen in a lot of movies that I wasn't able to recall. It all happens very fast, next thing I knew, I was in Venice, going from one alley to another, looking for souvenirs like normal tourists would and taking bunch of photos for my mum who'd love to go. I didn't even have that time to stop and go, "Man, I'm in VENICE.." and I regret that deeply. Venice wasn't as impressive in my memory, but looking back, I knew I didn't bring along some part of myself that would be highly impressed by that place, it was wonderful.

My favorite place in Venice was this book store that claims to be "The Best Bookstore in the World" which I almost agreed with (I didn't spot any Harry Potters in there, sorry.) It's an old store that has bunch of books nobody would probably read anymore. There's no price tags on them, I wasn't sure they were for sale. You can't look for any book specifically, but you can find them, the same way people meet their true love, unplanned. The owner is an old man, greeting everybody who comes in, showing them a 3D painting he has on his right, and an exit in which people can find a staircase made of books. My favorite thing about the store is this place in the back that looks like an entrance but there's only river in front of the door, which means at some point in the past people would have to be on a boat in order to visit and buy themselves a book. I also love the fact that it's so messy, the lovely old man wouldn't know if someone has brought home one of his books as a souvenir. I didn't buy any of the books because nearly all of them are in Italian and I can assure you there's no space left in my luggage for a book, I did get a few lovely postcards that I highly adore. 

 "What are you doing in Italy if you're not eating at least one gellato ice cream a day?" is the quote-to-live-by here right? or not?

 this is me, looking pretty homeless after a full day out in Venice, 

 Black T-Shirt - H&M

Mocca Jacket - H&M

Dark Blue Jeggings - CoolJeans

Boots - Caprice

Orange Checkered Bag - H&M

Batik Bag in the back - Indonesia

Venice, thank you for the gorgeous day I forgot to be thankful about.

 It was honestly and utterly wonderful. 

*watch my VENICE VLOG HERE!*

x, Nessie

♥

Paris Je T'aime

Dear Friend:

It's quite early here in Paris, but I've decided to write and let you know that I am well, and hope you are enjoying the same great blessing. 

Paris is a city like no other, I've now seen, touched, felt, breathed the majestic air that's been glorified by so many of the fairest before. As a child, I could only dream that one day I'd be able to see the magical tower with my own eyes, how big it is, how tall, where is it placed, how far can you see it from and whether or not it is touchable. Boy was I wrong, Paris is not only just about a beautiful tower placed in the middle of the city. 

Paris is filled with poise, class and culture. The air that you breathe in does not feel the same, they're richer, valuable and fulfilling, as if it's your undying gratitude to be able to take them inside your system for a short-while. It's almost like there's a border between what people would recognize as a famous land-mark for tourists and this vivid dimension where people like me, got carried away by this dream-like ambiance that surrounds this city. I enjoyed almost every millisecond that I've spent here, from walking inside the famous Notre-Dame Church, eating Sandwiches and Croissant in small restaurants, sitting under the Eiffel Tower for 5 hours, watching a ceremony in Arc De Triomphe, shopping and strolling down the Avenue des Champ Elysees, running around Louvre in the rain, visiting Grand Mosque of Paris and spending nights walking around in the cold, trying to get the most out of Paris for the short period of time that I am here for. I love this place and I'll be back one day.

Lace Black Top - GinaTricot

Dark Blue Jeggings - CoolJeans

Mocca Coloured Jacket - H&M

Boots - DocMarten

Sunnies - H&M

Bag - Proenza Schouler

 I've only got a little more time before leaving, I'm sure you'd love this place as well if you ever visited. If you have, tell me I'm right and which part of Paris was your favorite. 

From Paris with Love,

Nessie

♥

Madam Tussauds!

Well hello there everyone! I have travelled from the faraway land of Oulu to the (slightly warmer) land of Amsterdam! We arrived on Tuesday, very late at night, and my body feels like it's just going to mutilate itself. After a few hours of sleep, we woke up and was ready to start our day in this majestic land. Sandih, my cousin, was free for the day to go with us around (he's a fancy flight attendance.) So, Tanya, Neen, San and I went to the world-famous Madam Tussauds. This should be surprising that I had never visited any of the Madam Tussauds before.
If you're like me, hadn't been to Madam Tussauds before, it's basically a wax museum, (I should probably stop describing it as I'm sure everyone's been there and I'm making a fool of myself) and I had a bit too much fun with all the creepy famous-human-like figures. Oh, did I say that there's a lot of Celebrities just hanging around the wax museum? YEAH, it was THAT famous I guess, here are some of the photos of me taken with them:

here's one of George and I having a cup of coffee while watching a street performer dance. 

(Mr Clooney's not impressed, said he could do better at them splits)

 Here's Justin, kind of mad at the Paparazzi who asked him about *NSYNC (and me getting excited about it too)

 Self explanatory. 

The newest Bond Girl:

 tell me this is not the creepiest thing.

 Selfie with Ronaldinho. 

 I respect Victoria but DAMN.

 Spidey, Save ME!

this is my sister and I on top of Amsterdam's busiest center:

I also went to the Amsterdam Dungeon, 

there were no cameras allowed, but it's such an awesome place! It was very interesting to see theater, history, horror and comedy come together. It's not like gutted scary, more like thrilling. I was very impressed. I loved it, if you were to come to Amsterdam, this is one thing you wouldn't want to miss!

There will be more of Amsterdam coming your way, I will be right on it!

If you live in Amsterdam or have been here, where do you think I should go?

x, Nessie

♥

Pretty City & Finnish Junk Food

A few days. ONLY four more days left here. I don't know how I feel about this at the moment. All I know is that there's only so much this small city has got to offer, and I have just so little time to try getting all of them ticked. The weather has changed somehow drastically in these past few days. The wind blows a lot harder, everything is a lot colder, the sun sets earlier and takes longer to rise. There are days that I really don't want to go out unless I have to. There's no excuses when we've got this little time though! We went out pretty late as I went to bed really really late the previous night (technically earlier morning) but we did get to go to a few places though! I tried the famous Hesburger and got chicken nuggets, which was lovely. 

White T-Shirt - Divided (H&M)

Jacket - EDC Esprit

Blue Jeggins - CoolJeans

Boots - Caprice

Bag - Divided (H&M)

Tanya's Jacket - H&M

Nazneen's Jacket - Oakley

My adorable new bag from H&M! It's so thin that it fits everywhere, and so big that everything fits in it!

My awesome dinner, Finland's finest Hesburger's Chicken Nugget with Curry Mayonnaise Dip-Sauce!

How's your week been? 

Mine's been a little heart-breaking, fully exhausting, nerve-wracking and packed.

I've been very moody for some reason, sometimes I'm all "YES! Living life at the moment! I'm so excited! Yes!" but then again there are a lot of moments this week that made me just want to bawl my eyes out. I guess it's because I've always been that girl who stays inside her comfort zone in terms of traveling and all that, once I'm settled, it's really hard for me to leave it. BUT I NEED TO. So I'll try as hard as I can to be positive. That's be my resolution for the upcoming month. (:

How's your week been?

x, Nessie

♥

Rainy Day Pancakes

I have exactly a week left in this gorgeous city.
A week left to freeze waiting for bus,
A week left saying there's nothing much to do here,
A week left to run down to grocery store when I run out of milk,
A week left staying up until three hoping there's northern lights,
A week left to walk down the street smiling to myself, grateful for this insane opportunity that I might not get if I had chosen that I won't go to this one old university I've never heard of. It's crazy how much things change in a year, I'm not one of those people who brags about their school, but I can see good future for IPMI IBS.

Meanwhile here,
I got stung by a bee (left hand, index finger, right onto my bone! haha) but I wasn't going to waste my time inside the apartment 24/7, no matter how cold and rainy it was outside and how hilariously massive my index finger has became.
We took a few people's recommendation and went to get the famous pancakes everyone's been raving about!

I heart LA shirt from JunkFood

Leather Jacket from RoseBullet

Dark Blue Jeggings from CoolJeans

Boots from Caprice

Bag from Proenza Schouler

I'm going to seize the moment.

 I am not the happiest, content person I know, but I will try, not for anyone but myself. I've always been a curious person, but often my fears force me to neglect great chances coming my way. 
I will try to let it know that it's not in control of me.

"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." 

Walt Disney 

♥

Autumn is Here

 I love this blurry photo Tanya took of me.

And just like that, a month passed by. 

I've grown to love this city more than I should or thought I would. I've never experienced the beauty of Autumn before, I can now legitimately say that it is beautiful. I'm not even going to pretend like I'm not gasconading my experience, leaving people with the feeling of wanting and jealousy only help them to go after something and that's always good. 

I fell in love with the season the day I refuse to be saxicolous, the moment I stepped outside for fresh air and found that as the wind blows my hair softly in the middle of the woods, the sound was more than a feeble whistle, I looked up and there were leaves, flying around like thousands of orange and pink butterflies. The branches waved gently, reminded me of a mother saying goodbye to her kids as they leave to find their own adventures. It was intimate, it was like the whole ecosystem surrounding me just paused and enjoyed that one small beautiful moment. 

Neen, Tan & I found ourselves in a beautiful park today and took a few photos, it was such a wonderful park, I had to share some of the shots I took and Tan took of me. 

Black T-Shirt from Jockey

Beetlejuice Trousers I bought Online

Leather Jacket from Zara

Gold Watch from Guess

Black Boots from Dr. Martens

Sling Bag from Proenza Schouler

x, Nessie

♥