Go to: St. Petersburg and Tallinn

The second trip on my summer holiday is here: a cruise to St. Petersburg and Tallinn with Kristina Katarina. It was actually a quite special trip as all my siblings were there and my mom, her man and most importantly Z, too. It's so rare to even have my sister and brothers in the same room nowadays so the 4 days on a same boat was just luxury! And the food on the boat was absolutely amazing, as always.

We spent two days in St. Petersburg which was very dreamy but strange city. I've always been interested in Russian tsars and the whole city just pulsates history and stories. Lately the old parts of St. Petersburg have been renovated and you can just imagine horse carriages going around the canals. We visited glamorous palaces covered with gold, garden bigger than you can imagine but still, everything seemed a bit sad. An old era that will never come back.

Well, enough of historical stories and nostalgia. We also visited some turist attraction places and one day we shopped in Tallinn. It was just a perfect ending to my holiday.

And!!!! When we were leaving the port of Helsinki I saw the King of Norway coming to his boat!!! The King!!!! WOWOOWOWWWW!!!

Native Americans

For me there is something really interesting and intriguing about the Native Americans. It's like they are very much connected to the nature and their roots. So I love these photos taken over a century ago by Edward S. Curtis. He photographed different tribes before the Western influence took over.

Villa Tuglas

I'm here again from my travels! And now you can experience something amazing that I had a privilege to see myself. My friend lives in this most beautiful little jugend house called Villa Tuglas in Helsinki. I visited her and was totally blown away with the history of the house and how you could see and feel it in there. All the original furniture, old photos, old drawings and notes and every little thing that many of Finland's most known artists have left there. And my friend really lives there with all the things!

Needlepoint for men

How funny is this book about needlepoint by Rosey Grier, former professional American footballer. I would like to have that panda pillow.

Found via Candy Castle