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We recently visited Xàbia (Spain) and despite only being there for a couple of days, I came home with quite a few photos! Platja de L'arenal Platja de L'arenal is a beach in central Xàbia. Sunbathers and surfers on one side; lots of shops, bars, restaurants
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July was a month of quiet, fractionally shorter days, people sailing boats through city waterways, Summer sales, rain, temporary outdoor bars, bouncing between hot days and cooler days, golden evening light and tick vaccination adverts. Lots of small boats line Stockholm waterways during Summer, and many cruise along with Swedish
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June was full of heat, heat and more heat. As well as graduation trucks, sunbathers, Swedish strawberries, long days and short nights, Midsommar ads, floral dresses, rambunctious seagulls, queues at ice cream shops and bright pelargoniums. The photo of these girls with heads full of rollers is my favourite from
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May was a burst of heat, t-shirts and Birkenstocks, cherry blossom, boats moving back to the water, bright green leaves, the return of pop-up fruit stands and outdoor dining. Spring rattled past very quickly this year, especially considering there was still snow on the ground in early April, and we&
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April was a month of daffodils, påskris, snow, luminous sunsets, loppis popping up in public spaces, people being "sunflowers" and soaking up the sun with their eyes closed, clear blue skies, the reopening of ice cream shops and a city buzz we haven't experienced in months.
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March was a month of bitter cold, the return of seagulls, semla, piles of påskgodis, tulips, snowstorms, colourful sunsets once again, light mornings and blue evenings. Trays of delicious semla filled the windows and counters of bakeries. Me and Scott are still divided on which shop sells the perfect semla
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My last photos from the streets of Seoul [sniff]. Reliving my experiences to write these posts is one of the things I love most about having a blog. And also why I feel a bit disappointed when I reach the end of a photo sorting mission! This post contains images
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Thick smog hung over Seoul for most of my visit, casting a beautiful steel blue light on everything. In fact, the first smog free day didn't arrive until it was time for me to leave. The air quality was consistently "very unhealthy" according to my weather
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I took a surprising amount of photos in Seoul given the relatively short amount of time I was there. The next three blog posts of my Seoul adventure are a chronological-ish collection of interesting things I spotted around the city... I landed at Incheon and met my good friend Magda,
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Bukchon Hanok Village is an old residential neighbourhood in Seoul. Bukchon means "northern village" and hanok are traditional Korean houses with tiled roofs. The area is a hilly maze of narrow streets and alleys, with homes, shops, museums and places of cultural interest. I didn't discover
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I considered gently easing you into my Seoul trip. Then I changed my mind and decided to give you my first experience of the city... Gwangjang Market (광장시장). A traditional street market in Jongno-gu, crammed full of food vendors. I'd been awake for almost 30 hours by the
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February was a month of bright but cold sun, late piles of Christmas trees on pavements, the return of outdoor fika, thick ice, long shadows, people on sledges, birds chirping for the first time in weeks, pastel sunsets, and faces peeping out of hoods and jackets once again. Cold shadows
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