In Amsterdam, I got: The Known for Dinner Party zine, a bracelet featuring the Woman Reading a Letter painting from the Rijksmuseum, and a Moleskine notebook with the letter “KK” that Fafa got for me. In Berlin, I got: Random skincare products from dm. I bought Bunny prints for Jik and Liz, as well…
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Keep ReadingSitting in Prague Old Town’s Starbucks because it’s raining heavily, and we couldn’t find a decent-looking coffee shop nearby. It was my suggestion, and it didn’t take long to regret it. We placed our order and went to the second floor to watch people running in the rain—but gosh, the whole floor reeked of…
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Beer! Hello from Prague - the land of bottomless Pilsner and delicious Czech pastries. We are here til tomorrow :)…
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Keep ReadingI’ve added visiting Poland in winter to my to-do list and learned that a cross through a name on a road sign means we are leaving the area.…
Keep ReadingOkay, Berlin I ought to try to sleep! I have an iced latte waiting for me in a couple of hours. Gute Nacht!…
Keep ReadingHi from Berlin—Kreuzberg, to be specific. Don’t ask me to pronounce it; I had to Google it just to spell it. I’m having a flat white—my first one today, my first one in Berlin, and, come to think of it, my first one on this trip. The weather is lovely—warm, windy, and a bit…
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