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› FINALLY On My Way to Sofia! After a Very Long Night at the Airport
FINALLY I’M ON MY WAY!
I am so tired of being at the airport. I arrived at 22.19 and have been here ever since. Finally, I will be able to board the plane soon.
I am so exhausted from all the stress, rushing, repacking at the airport etc. One of my bags was too heavy, so I had to fix that.
I will write more when I have arrived in Sofia. I don’t have much time in Vienna before the next flight leaves!
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› Why I Don’t Feel Like I Belong in Sweden — My Travel Dreams & Bucket List
Not about escaping — it’s about finding where my soul feels at home beyond Sweden
— Porch Talk —
All my life I’ve felt like there is something more out there for me. Discover hidden gems, see how people live in different parts of the world. Explore, discover and experience.
Not in a dramatic “I hate everything here” kind of way (almost though) — I may be born in Sweden but the urge to “escape” is huge.
I want to go all over the world – Spain, Greece, America, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Kenya and so many more places.
I want to see and experience culture, food, streets and everything. Not tourist things but those hidden alleys with stories of each person in each household. See their windows, flowers, garden, back alleys (all this of course without trespassing or being a creep) and see, just their personality.
Traveling, for me, isn’t just about checking off tourist spots and bucket list to be honest — even though I have some special places I wish to go to. It’s about feeling something.
Maybe it looks like escaping. Maybe part of it is. But I think it’s more about searching for something I haven’t found yet.
It’s not about escaping Sweden — it’s about finding the right place for me whether it’s in Norway, Spain or Vietnam or somewhere else.
It’s more about this constant feeling of wanting to explore what exists beyond what I already know.
I want freedom. I want to feel like myself without needing to hide. I want to explore the world together with my son.Maybe that is what I’m searching for — not just places, but pieces of myself.
Explore. See. Feel. Hear. Touch. Breathe.— Question Jar —
● Do you think home is a place, a person, or a feeling?
● Have you ever felt like you were born in the wrong place?● If you could disappear to anywhere for a year — where would you go?
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› My Happy Songs for Today | The Music That Puts Me in a Good Mood
Which songs always put you in a good mood?
When i was waiting on the bus to go to the town for a meeting, I reflected on one thing.. Some days, music makes me happy and honestly, i have MANY songs but today these songs makes me happy (I’m switching music as well and not playing same songs all the time)
Here are a few of the happy songs I’m currently listening to
🎵 AronChupa & Little Sis Nora – Llama in My Living Room
🎵 PSY – Gangnam Style
🎵 Lvbel C5 & AKDO – Coook Pardon (I have no idea what they’re singing about, but it’s incredibly uplifting!)
🎵 Lvbel C5 – HAVHAVHAV (Still no clue what the lyrics mean… but the music is so good.)
🎵 Russell Brand ft. Catherine Zeta-Jones – We Built This City / We’re Not Gonna Take It (from one of my favourite movies, Rock of Ages!)
🎵 HammerFall – Hearts on Fire
🎵 Lordi – HardRock Hallelujah
These are just a few songs that make me happy, especially today.
My mental health is actually doing okay today, so I’m trying to keep that feeling going with some music. I rarely listen to music anymore, but today felt like the right day to press play.
I may be goth, but my music taste is all over the place. 💀 The only genres I really can’t listen to are classical and jazz… they just make me anxious for some reason and makes me stressed.
What songs instantly make you happy? I’d love some recommendations!
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› Shopping Adventure #2 — I Said I Was Just Looking…
Shopping adventure today as well! Not as much damage as the other day, but still a lot of damage 😅 At least the bank account doesn’t cry today.…
Natural candy (almonds, cashew nuts etc.) ● five empty spray bottles (they came in one pack) ● sodas ● phone charging cable (3m!) ● blister bandages (again. I forgot mine at home, so I had to buy another pack) ● permanent markers (so I can label the bottles with what they contain) ● a new hairbrush ● ice cream (review later) ● reusable makeup remover pads ● a travel-size hand sanitizer and probably more — I am so exhausted. Sleep deprivation plus people. Woho.
The original plan was to go into town to meet up with my son’s friend’s mom and give her something they requested for E, then go to the store to buy the candy (nuts), travel-size bottles and look for a new phone charging cable — JUST LOOK. Not buy one.
Oops.
Well… that decision changed quickly when Elin and I discovered they only had one black cable left, so I grabbed it. No doubt.
No, I don’t have a picture of everything I bought. It has been 250 mph all day, but I managed to take a picture of the box with the cable (I opened it so I could charge my phone while I’m taking a bath — yes, I have my phone with me when I take a bath).
I think I have everything now for my trip (except some food I can eat while waiting for the plane, but I’ll buy that on Saturday or Sunday. I leave Sunday night). -
› Shopping Adventure, Mochi Disaster & Bulgaria Countdown
Shopping adventure — First time me and my bff/cousin (God, I’m tired of writing that so I don’t care anymore — Elin, yes that’s her name) — ELIN, went to the new store that opened in town.
Normally I LOVE this store but this one… there’s something about it that I don’t like, but I can’t put my finger on it.
I still did some damage to my card — yes, my account is crying.
Hair dye ● travel perfume bottle ● mouth hygiene kit (I know I said I could buy toothpaste and a toothbrush in Bulgaria, BUT COME ON! Look how cute it is! — below) ● two different sodas I’ve never heard about ● chapstick (E has ruined my other ones) ● earplugs ● mochi (not sure if I spelled that correctly) with the flavors Strawberry Cheesecake and Salted Caramel — read the verdict below ● two bags of Maltesers (obsessed!) ● blister bandages ● Coca-Cola for Elin ● sunscreen & aftersun lotion (gonna put them in my travel bottles) ● travel serum bottle ● probably more but I can’t remember at the moment.
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The Mochi Reviews & Verdicts
The Verdict: I LOVE Strawberry Cheesecake and Salted Caramel (two separate bags), and I had NEVER tried mochi — until yesterday.
Elin laughed at me. She loves them and knew the texture etc. I didn’t. When I opened the little bag of Strawberry Cheesecake, my eyes literally became 👀 and I gave Elin the bombastic side-eye.
The first bite? Oh God. The taste? Bleh. Verdict; AWFUL
Salted Caramel: I looove salted caramel, so of course I bought that flavor as well. Opened the bag — it smelled different than salted caramel, but I didn’t think much of it. Took the first bite (Elin at the same time as me) and we have NEVER spat out something so awfully disgusting so fast in our lives. Verdict: HORRIBLE
“My soul left my body.” When we say that, we mean it was awfully disgusting.
Points: -100/10
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I’m going to another store this week before I leave to see if I can find those travel-size spray bottles and a sharpener for my eyeliner. Two things.
I can’t believe I’m leaving soon. I found out about the trip when there were 50+ days left, and now… there are six days left.
Excuse me? Where did the time go?