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June 25, 2018

Visiting Oslo: Free Things to Do

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June 18, 2018

Oslo: Getting to the City from the Airport

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August 18, 2016June 16, 2018

Guide to Cape Town

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August 17, 2016

Bangkok: Gaggan, #23 World’s Best Restaurant

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August 6, 2016

Cape Town: The Test Kitchen

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July 4, 2016

Paragliding in Cape Town, SA

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May 31, 2016

Round-the-World Trip

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September 2, 2015

On the Refugee Crisis in Europe

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Lima: Museo Larco

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🌅 Sunset in Valpolicella. I ❤️ 🍷 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ One of my travel goals is to go wine tasting in all the best wine regions in the world. So of course for the honeymoon, we had to go here. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ On my round the world trip I went wine tasting in South Africa (love pinotage), at 3 different places in NZ (great whites), in Chile, and in Argentina (love Malbec). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve previously gone to Napa and Sonoma twice. The Pinot in the Russian River Valley is great. My parents and I love La Crema Pinot noir, so I recommend it for those of you in the US. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Unfortunately, I didn’t make it down to wine country in Australia, so we will have to go next time. I’ve been to France a couple times, but never to the wine regions, so that’s also on the list. Same for Spain and Portugal. Been there, but didn’t go to the wine regions. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Do you like wine tasting? If so, where do you recommend?? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ _____________________________________________________ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #italytrip #travelitaly #italiabella #italy_vacations #topitalyphoto #italyinsider #italy_ig #volgoitalia #magicaitalia #italiait #valpolicella #vineyards #winecountry #winetasting
Daydreaming of traveling again. My hat has never been more fitting! 👒 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We will travel again one day. But eventually the prices will probably go way up to make up for these losses. So how do you save money when you travel? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For me, I do a lot of research and usually get an affordable place to stay. Then I splurge on food and experiences. As long as the place is clean, safe, and in a good location, it doesn’t have to be super fancy. I go to places to see them, not stay at the hotel. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For example, this is Sveti Stefan, which yes, we referred to as Sweaty Stefan. 😂 We scoped out this side of the beach on our way back from another excursion and found that it was too crowded. So the next day we paid for the private beach on the other side. It was expensive, but totally worth it. Not only were there barely any people, if you want to both go swimming, you do not have to worry about your camera, wallet, etc. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ _______________________________________________________ #montenegro_dreamers #montenegro🇲🇪 #montenegrophoto #visitmontenegro #instamontenegro #gomontenegro #montenegrowildbeauty #mojacrnagora #balkans #adriatic #waytomontenegro #girlsmeetglobe #citizenfemme #sheisnotlost #womenwhoexplore #girlsborntotravel #shetravels #femaletravelbloggers #globelletravels #girlsthatwander #travelgirls
🌸 Yesterday we moved baby bunny into her room! Such a big girl already. 💖 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Now that Alice is 6 months and sitting up on her own, we are also going to teach her how to use a sippy cup. So far she really likes biting it and holding it (advice: do not attempt to take it from the baby 😂). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thanks to @twistshakebaby for this cute sippy cup. It’s the prettiest one I’ve seen, so I was curious to see if it actually worked well. Y’all know I would say if it sucked. It has a little stopper you can put inside and I was pleasantly surprised that no water leaked out at all even though I was holding it upside down for awhile. It also held up to Alice dropping it on the ground several times. 😂 So far, thumbs up. 👍🏻👍🏻 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Can’t wait til she learns how to properly use it. 💖 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you want to order any TwistShake products, you can use naessessaryescape55 to get 55% off anything at TwistShake.com. They’ve got lots of cute things and ship worldwide. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #gifted #twistshake #yestwistshake ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ __________________________________________________________ #newmom #mammalivet #småbarn #vimedbarn #jentami #littlefierceones #pixel_kids #clickinmoms #childhoodunplugged #momswithcameras #letthembelittle #uniteinmotherhood #girlmomlife
💨 Santorini is THIS windy 💨 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This is what the Instagrammers don’t show you. 😬 I went there 4 years ago for Easter break, but I’m not sure I recommend it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Athens was great, but it was a bit too early to go to Santorini. It was too cold for the beaches/swimming, and a lot of the things were closed. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ However, it was great to be there for their national day. And my favorite thing = no tourists! 😊 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ That’s the thing about going places in off season. You have to weigh the pros and cons. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ________________________________________________________ #girlsmeetglobe #citizenfemme #sheisnotlost #womenwhoexplore #girlsborntotravel #shetravels #femaletravelbloggers #globelletravels #girlsthatwander #travelgirlshub #greecetravel #travelgreece #santoriniisland #santorinigreece
What’s better than just one picture of Alice? A collage of 9! 😘💖 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Jeg blir så glad når jeg ser smilet hennes at jeg må bare dele det med andre. Håper andre blir like glad av å se det. 💖😊 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Vi kaller Alice for baby bunny (jeg er mama bunny 😉), så du ser vi har litt av en kanin tema. Elsker derfor de søte kanin overall dere har og de fine hårsløyfer. @littlebunny_no har også det perfekte navn for vår baby bunny! 😉🐰🐰 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Alice er blid og like nysgjerrig som heltinnen hun er oppkalt etter. Hun er nå 6 måneder gammel, så vi håper på en lang samarbeid med dere. 🤞🏻😊💖 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ _______________________________________________________ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #ambassadørlittlebunny #ambassadør #mammalivet #småbarn #vimedbarn #6måneder #jentami
It’s okay to be disappointed about canceled travel plans. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Some people may think it’s frivolous, but for those of us who live on different continents from our families, those trips are everything. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My dad was supposed to be here May 1st and now that’s canceled. Mom was supposed to arrive June 10th, so that will maybe not happen. This is sad because I really want them to be able to spend time with Alice. They only get to see her on FaceTime. 😢💖 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Rurik and I have plans to go to Japan and Australia this summer with Alice. But I guess that’s not going to happen either. Only Rurik’s mom has met Alice, and we haven’t met our niece and nephew in Australia either. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So these vacations aren’t just vacations. They’re rare opportunities we get to be with our families. 😢 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ One of the best things about the wedding, and basically the reason we had one, was having everyone we love all together. 💖 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ How many of you are in the same boat with your canceled trips? _______________________________________________________ #parentsofthebride #nordiskebryllup #nordicweddings #wayupnorth #weddinginspo #destinationweddings #theknot #weddingwire #junebugweddings #bryllupsinspirasjon #bryllupsfoto
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