I’m a “less is more” kinda girl. I like simplicity and I like colors.

Oh, it’s hard to mention just one place, I’ve been to so many lovely places and all of them have something special. Braunwald in Switzerland has got a big place in my heart because of its raw and untouched beauty. I feel very lucky to have friends with a holiday house there that we can visit again and again. However, I cannot fail to mention beautiful Norway, my home country, as one of my top favorite countries to visit.

I’ve lived in 5 different countries, Norway, Switzerland, Germany, USA and the Netherlands, but I’ve visited more than 20 different countries and I plan to visit many more. :)

It may not be a fun fact, but I have a fun story about the time we visited the UK for the first time. We traveled by car, 3 kids (age 5 to 10) in the back, taking the eurotunnel from Calais, France to Folkstone, UK. We wanted to make the trip exotic and exiting for the kids, so we made everything we saw along the way sound super interesting and special. When we arrived in England, we went: “Wow kids, we’re in England!! Isn’t this exciting? Look! We have to ride on the wrong side of the road now!” The kids were indeed very interested, watching everything they saw through the windows and then suddenly my son exclaimed: “Wow, look!!! English people!!!” Just as if he’d seen a lion or a tiger, that’s how interesting English people can be ☺☺.

What I learned from this is that kids are easily excitable and you don’t have to spend loads of money on exotic far-away places to please them. If you’re on a low budget, you could take a trip around the neighborhood and still make it interesting. Traveling is what you make of it and if you start noticing the little things, any place will have something to excite you.

I always love to look for seashells and beautiful stones wherever I go, but my best find ever must be this old razor, complete with vintage razorblade supplies stored in a beautiful box (pictured below). I found it at an antique market in Germany and I paid €0,50 for it!

Must be the wing, symbolic for being free and able to fly/travel around the world. 

I chose the blue background because it complements the yellow in the necklace and makes it stand out. The round shape of the pendant with the different charms looks like a sun so I decided to make it work like one and together with the multicolored spring flowers; it looks like a happy spring day in Holland. Well fitting with the current season and the place I live and love.

My iPhone, money and my business cards (pictured below).

@ventureforthphoto (relatively unknown IG account with amazing imagery of his exotic travels)

@thetrottergirl (simple and aestatic lifestyle imagery of Eva Tsang’s many travel tips)

@natgeotravel (because they go to the most amazing places and because they cover it all) and so so many many more…..

You should really check my follower list on Instagram :)

Always bring your mobile phone. It’s the best way to capture the little things you see and you’ll never miss a shot. Sharing your findings on Instagram makes it even more fun and who knows, you might even make connections to local Instagrammers.