Sunday, 15 September 2013

¡Hola Barcelona!

Saavuttiin Barcelonaan Avignonin ja Portboun kautta keskiviikko-iltana. Muutaman kyselykerran jälkeen löydettiin lopulta Las Ramblasilt meijän hostellille, jota meille oli suositeltu. Hostellin nimi oli Be Sound-hostel ja sijaitsi siis ihan keskustassa rantojen ja kauppojen lähellä. Yks yö makso 15€ ja sisäls aamiaisen. Paras hostelli tähän mennessä! Nuorii täynnä ja respatyypit chillei:)

Päivät kulu shoppaillen ja rannalla ja käytiin me ilmasel walking tourilki. Eka ilta oltiin hostellilla muiden kaa, tokana käytiin tapaksella ja jatkettiin paikkaan jossa saatiin ilmaseks sangriaa. Perjantai-ilta meniki sit vähä railakkaammin. Osallistuttiin pub crawlille, johon kuulu kaks baarii ja vikaks vip-pääsy Barcelonan kuuluisimmalle klubille. Oli ihan superkiva päätös Barcelonalle! Aamulla Fredu lähtiki sit kotiin Stokikseen ja me jäätiin Sannin kaa jatkaa reissuu:)

Nyt saavuttu Madridiin, josta myöhemmin lisää!

Xx Sanni ja Henu

//english

We arrived Barcelona wednesday evening via Avignon and Portbou cities. Before we found our hostel we needed to ask a few times how to get there. It was all worth it, cost only 15€/night, including breakfast. Staff was so helpful and atmosphere the chillest. Visitors were all young so altogether it was the best hostel during our trip. It's name is Be Sound, we were recommended to stay there by our friends. Location was not only near the beach, but also next to La Ramblas and shopping streets around.

We spent the days on the beach and shopping, we also took a part of free walking tour. First evening we hung out with other people at hostel on the roof top terrace. The second night we had a great local tapas dinner and free sangria night at pub. Friday night was the wildest, we joined the pub crawl: two bars and one famous club called Opium. Shots and vip entrance included;) Super fun ending of our Barcelona days!

Early in the morning Fredu flew back home and we'll keep on travelling just us two;)

Now we have arrived Madrid. So see u later alligators;)

Xx Sanni & Henu

Wednesday, 11 September 2013

FRANCE

Here's France as we promised!

We went from Milan along the coast to Nice where we stayed couple of hours. Havung lunch and seeing the beach, city ....During the train trip we saw Monaco, St.Raphael, Cannes and all small cute beach cities. So amazing, we've never been travelling the train between mountain and the sea!

Well im the evening we arrived "dangerous" Marseille. We just hanged out, went to store, drank couoke of beers and ebjoy the nice beds. The day we spent on the beach and city walking.

In the evening we went to restaurant steet, had a take away picnic in the park, drank also a bit and ended up to the bar called 'Petit Nice' which is the cheapest in Marseille. It was full of locals and cheap drinks. AWESOME NIGHT!

Leaving was before seven...We suffered the hangover and surprisingly the train was LATE! one hour...So nice morning at the railway station. Finally we started the trip to Barcelona at 9....

So next post will be SPAINPOST!

xx sanni&henu

PS. kaks viiikko jälel woohoo

Sunday, 8 September 2013

ITAAALIA

Here again!

After Croatia we went to Ancona, Italy, by boat. We spent couple of hours on the local, amazing beautiful beach. Then we sat down for coffees and ice creams and continued to Venice in the afternoon.

We arrived in Venice (via bologna) late in the evening. We started to look for hostel/one star hotels but all of them were full/expensive. Finally we got advise, found a cheap nice hostel just close to centre.

There we stayed two nights. Venice were awesome, full of tourists though. Yesterday we took a train to Verona, city of Romeo&Julia. We spent few hours there and got back to the train.

Now we are in Milan, for the first time staying in a Hotel, kinda near the city centre. We like the place a lot so we are gonna stay another night here. Heh, we still have more than two weeks left.

xx Sanni&Henu

PS. Next post from France! Keep following;) pic 1 : Ancona pic 2 : Some travelling, boat&train&hostel pic 3 : Venice pic 4 : more Venice pic 5 : fooood pic 6 : Verona pic 7 : travelling pic 8 : Milan

Wednesday, 4 September 2013

More croatia..

Here's the second day in Split, Croatia. We found locals' rocky beach and walked to the mountain. Now Fredrik has arrived, we ate and went to sandy beach for beers. Its been long day and we've done and seen a lot the city now. Its time to leave Croatia and step to the boat...

Most of the pics are on the camera, here are some that we took by phones.

xx Sanni&Henu

Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Let the rail begin!

Hi all!

So finally both of us bloggers are together! And at the moment together with other young people, sitting here 27 degrees balcony sofas in the beach city in Croatia called Split.

We have 23 days ahead in Europe, including countries like Croatia, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Sweden, where we will spend some days. Route is not crystal clear, we'll go with flow and listen to our wallets.

The budget is 50euros / day. Shopping is not included, but we have only one big backpack that makes a limit.

Anyway!! Here is the first country, Croatia! We flew here today and tomorrow Fredu will join us. Tomorrow evening we take a boat to Ancona, Italy.

We're adding pictures during the trip so you can follow our route! ;)

xx Sanni&Henu

Wednesday, 28 August 2013

SHOREDITCH AND BRICK LANE !

Shoreditch. Mun ja monen muun ehdoton lempipaikka Lontoossa. Rentoja hipsteribaareja, vintagetoreja, ruokakojuja, katumusaa, graffiteja ja boheemin tyylikkäitä lontoolaisia.

Brick Lane on siis katu Shoreditchin sydämessä. Sinne pääsee kätevästi overgroundilla tai busseilla. Jos tubella haluu kulkee nii Liverpool Station on lähin. Matkan varrella Liverilta Brick Lane kadulle on muitakin kojuja, lähinnä itämaisia maahanmuuttajien pystyttämiä, myynnissä tavanomasii halpalaukkuja, kankaita ja koruja.

Brick Lane katu on tosiaan se ydin juttu. Sieltä löytyy sivukatujen vintage kaupat ja lisäks iso ja kuuluisa vintagetori marketin kellarikerroksesta, jossa myyjät ite paikalla myymässä oikeesti vanhoja aarteita eri vuosikymmeniltä.

Arskat on £8 luokkaa, aidot vanhat täl hetkel "in" olevat teksti pipot £10, hameita ja paitoi £5-15. Leviksii ja muita shortsei ja farkkui n. £10-35, käsityön tehtyi printtireppui n. £20. Ite löysin sähkönsinisen peplum mekon vaa £10 !!

Sit löytyy markettihalli, auki vaa viikonloppuisin ja parhaimmillaan se on sunnuntaisin.
Ruokakojuja on joka lähtöön: etiopialaisii kasvisruokii, sushii, espanjalaist, kreikkalaist, afrikkalaist....En oo ikinä paremmi tutustunu eri maide ruokakulttuureihi!

Kojuista ostetaan usein mix&match aterioita, eli £4-5 saa valita tietyn verran ruokaa, £5-6 saa valita kojun annista mitä vaan. Rajana lautasen koko, ruoka syödään usein kaduilla istuskellen tai lähel olevan aukion piknik pöydillä. Lisäks ulkoota löytyy chicken wingsei ja perinteisii burgereita, lähellä kans pubiruokaa ja pari itämaista raflaa joissa voi mm. shishaa.

Ruokakojujen lisäks sisämarketista voi ostaa kankaita, tauluja, julisteita, vaatteita, design juttuja ja must jännin koju oli ehk hiuksiin laitettavat höyhenet. Tytöt siis kiinnittää sun hiuksiin höyhennipun ja sen pitäis pysyä siinä parhaillaan 6kk, pesusta kärsimättä. Tollasta kaikkee!

Ulkona kadut täyttyy kans kojuista ja Shoreditchissä voi viettää vaik koko päivän. Lähellä on käsitöitä ja muita perinteisimpii torijuttui tarjoava kuuluisa Old Spitalfield Markets ja pari muuta markkina hallia. Myöhemmin päivällä niistä saa mm. leivonnaisia puoleen hintaan.

Lisäks musiikkifaneille olis siisti levykauppa, muistaakseni Rough Trade nimeltään, jos on levyi, kasettei, vinyylei ja oisko ollu kirjoi ja lehtiiki..Kaupast löytyy kans valokuvauskoppi ja kuvan voi jättää kaupan seinälle,joka onki täynny asiakkaiden ottamii kuvii.

Kaduilt saa ostettuu ihanii hedelmäjuomii! Sit joka sunnuntai pääsee seuraa livenä graffitien tekoo jossai päi shoreditchiä.

Ihan aseman vieressä on resunen aita johon saa ripustettuu rakkauslukon, romanttisen sillan tyylii mut vähä persoonallisempaa paikkaa. Aseman vieressä on kans dj't baarin terassil soittamas musaa. Kulman takana on vähä rakennusparakkien näkösis pikkukopeis pop-up storeja, mm. meikkifirmoja, one piece, vans ym vähän tunnetumpia ja hintavampia juttuja.

Ja vinkkinä shoppailijoille: kaduil jaetaa usein flaijereita joilla saa alennusta!

Mulle on usein suositeltu Shoredotchin yöklubeja/baareja, mut pakko myöntää et niillä suunnilla ei tullu 5kk aikana biletettyy..Luulen että baarielämää löytyy yhen aukion ympäriltä josta joskus kuulin. Voitte koittaa metsästää kartoist ja kysellä paikallisilta nii varmaa löytyy:)

Tuhlatkaa ihmeessä ainaki yks sunnuntai aamupäivä Brick Lanen ympäristössä! Ottakaa käteistä mukaan ja pukeutukaa kivan rennosti! ;)

xx Sanni





// in english //

Shoreditch. THE favourite place of mine and many others'. Chill hipsterbars, vintage markets, food stalls, street music, graffitis and bohemian stylish Londonish.

So, Brick Lane is a street in the middle of Shoreditch. You get there the easiest by overground or by bus. If you want to use tube, Liverpool Street is the closest station for that. On your way from Liverpool Street Station to Brick Lane street there are other stalls as well, mostly immigrants selling cheap bags, fabrics and jewellery.

Although, Brick Lane is THE THING. Walking along the street, also around brick lane, you find vintage stores and a big, famous vintage market in a basement, where people are selling theirselves. Staff are truly old and from other decades.

Sunglasses are usually £8, real, old and currently popular text beanies £10, skirts and shirts £5-15. LEVI'S shorts and jeans about £10-35, handmade print backpacks ~£20. I found recently blue peplum dress for only £10 !!

Nearby you'll find also market hall that is open only in weekends and at its best on sundays. You will find food from all over the world: Etiopian vege food, sushi, traditional Spanish, Greek, African...I have never get any closer to different food cultures than there!

In food stalls is usual to buy mix&match portions, with £4-5 you can choose something, with £5-6 you can choose anything that is offered on the table. Limit is the size of plate, normally food is eaten on the streets outside or at piknik tables nearby. Also you'll find basic food like chicken wings and burgers outside the market hall. In Shoreditch, like in any place in London, pub food and asian restaurants are also an option. In asian restarants there is usually opportunity to smoke shisha if you want to. That would be cheaper than in central.

You can buy not only food, but also fabrics, posters, clothes, design stuffs, paintings and my favourite stall sells feathers for hair! Women tie feathers and they will stay in ur hair even 6 months, in spite of showering. So those kind of interesting things!

During the day the streets outside will be filled of more stalls and you can actually spend a whole day in Shoreditch. In this area there is also famous Old Spitalfields Markets that offers more traditional products like handicrafts. You can still find some other halls in Shoreditch, and later they will sell bakery products on half price!

For the music fans there is a cool store, i think its called Rough Trade, that sells vinyls, cd's and cassettes. I think you'll find also some books and magazines in there. Little interest of the store is photoshoot "closet" where you can take photos. Many customers had left their photos on the walls and you can see a massive collection of them on the wall, and join them if you want to, by leaving urs there as a memory.

In the streets people sell fresh fruit drinks and smoothies! Every Sunday you also have a chance to follow artists creating graffities somewhere is Shoreditch.

Just next to the overground station there is a ragged fence that people have hung their love locks. Its a bit more personal place than "clisheish" bridge. Next to the station there are also djs playing music on a bar terrace. Behind the corner there are pop-up stores, more known and expensive, like One Piece, Vans and some cosmetics. Stores have been built in baracks, at least it seems like that.

And a little tip for shoppers: in the streets people are usually sharing discount flyers for vintage stores!

People have often recommended bars and clubs in Shoreditch. Im gonna admit that i never had time for a try during my 5 months in London. I think the night life in Shoreditch is located near the square i heard of. If you wanna try nightlife there, I recommend to ask from the locals that there is plenty of. They know always the best!

Why not to waste even one sunny Sunday forenoon around Brick Lane! Take some cash with you and wear chill and nice! ;)

xx Sanni