A little Asos wishlist

Blue drop waist t-shirt dress • Navy base floral dress • Textured salmon dress • Grey sweater dress
Asos. The love of many bloggers. But mine? Not so much. I do check their site every now and then, and booooooy, do I regret browsing their dresses section today! I am SO tempted to grab my credit card and order the floral one. It's seriously the prettiest and the print is a perfect combination of pale pinks, navy blue and white. My second fave is probably the grey sweater dress. It's a petites exclusive, and with my 1m75 it'll be more of a t-shirt than a dress, but I still love the idea of having a dress with sweater details. But we can't have everything in life, so It'll be just me, lusting after these beauties a little more. Summer is coming closer , and that means.... travel plansssss! Our plans change every five seconds, but at the moment we're thinking a city trip in June and a longer trip in September. Andalusia in Spain is our current idea for September, but we've also doubted about northern Italy or Greece. For the city trip I would really loooove Edinburgh, but Kenneth's not such a fan of that idea. He would love to visit Istanbul, but then I'd like Budapest more. Maybe we'll go with something completely different in the end, or maybe with nothing at all. In any case, wouldn't it we awesome to wear that floral dress while strolling the streets, enjoying an ice cream in the sun in any European city? I thought so too! 

Baby Baby Baby Hairs

Sweater: forever 21 (similar) • Jeans: Zara • Necklace: Sfera • Shoes: unkown
Justin Bieber songs are awesome for post titles. Less awesome than J.B. is getting an email to tell you you have to rewrite an entire chapter of your thesis because one of the organisations you worked with wants to change "a few" things. My thesis is due next Wednesday. Pleas excuse me while I leave it at this and go cry in the bathroom.
Stressed. Out. Peace Out.

This is Belgium: Haspengouw

Imagine a land, with nothing but blooming trees and little lambs frolicking through immense fields of dandelions and grass. Imagine sunshine and happy faces. Kids with ice cream on the tips of their nose, running around you while you're trying to keep your balance so you don't drop your camera. Imagine Belgium.

Last week I was watching the weather forecast, a rarity, when the weatherman mentioned Haspengouw, the fruit region in the east of Belgium. He had me glued to the screen with his pictures or acres of blooming fruit trees and endless orchards. I convinced my mom that we absolutely had to go for a walk that weekend and so it happened. With my camera in had and what seemed to be half of Belgium's 11 million population present, we went for a mesmerizing walk in the beautiful countryside.

We parked our car in Groot-Loon, and started from the small church there. We then headed for the small back roads, following the crowds, and ended up in the romantic old town of Borgloon, where we sat down on a terrace and enjoyed the sunshine and cool drinks. There were a lot of cycling tourists as well, and even people who rented Vespas (so cool!). But with the sometimes large groups of people walking in the area, they were more stepping with their bikes, than actually riding them. I think I saw more Canon and Nikon cameras than I did on Times Square, and there even was a photography group taking in a whole orchard shooting pictures of the spawn in the small ponds underneath the trees. A man lay down on the ground in what seemed to be very uncomfortable positions to get that perfect shot from a well, to then ask his wife  to frolic through the orchard like a true Tiroler. Blossoms and sunshine put people in a good mood. I smiled to them and went passed them to make outfit photos. I saw the man secretly snapping a picture of me while I was standing under the trees. He put his thumbs up.

If you ever were to visit Belgium in late April - early May, GO HERE. And for all those who aren't sick of all the blossoms on my Instagram yet, there's even more pictures after the break! 

A Pattern mixing classic: polkadots and stripes

I am wearing a Forever 21 t-shirt • H&M cardigan • Gap skirt and Teva Sandals

On Sunday, Kenneth, me, my mom, my youngest sister and my younger brother ventured out to Haspengouw, Belgium to go on an amazing walk through fields and fields of blooming fruit trees. I have a post full of pictures ready for Thursday, but I wanted to share my outfit for that day first as it's been a while since my last outfit post. I went for a safe combination, that has proven it's success on many blogs before. You can't go wrong with some kind of black and white pattern on top and a bright colored bottom. For comfort I wore my trusty Teva sandals. So classy. I scored this cobalt blue skirt online in the Gap sales back in January, but only wore it for the first time this weekend. I absolutely love it. Bright blue hues, like cobalt, royal and electric are some of my favorite colors to wear, yet are barely present in my current wardrobe. I am still looking for that perfect cobalt dress to wear year-round. I spotted my dream dress in the Kate Spade Saturday collection, but it's waaaay out of my price range so I'm checking my local Zara for a look-a-like more often than is good. I might bend soon though. I am weak when it come to pretty dresses. And my oh my, does Kate Spade know what girls like.
Come back Thursday to see a little of all the beauty I got to enjoy this weekend.
Hope your weeks are off to a good start!

I found that right here... In this city

I've been secretly coming to Antwerp since I was about 14. I took the bus to school and on Wednesdays we always had half the day off. The bus to the city left right across from my bus home. I always lied that a friend was with me, but in reality I was often taking the one hour bus ride on my own. My mom would kill me if she knew. In the beginning I'd wander around the shopping street. They had the biggest Zara I had ever seen and as my parents gave me a small clothing budget every season, I'd spent hours browsing the racks. We're 7 years later now, and I am starting to know the city like the inside of my pocket. This winter we went to the city to follow a college lecture there, and right behind the building lay hidden, a small garden with a lot of bare trees and sand boxes. It looked quite sad and abandoned at first, but on a sign were pictures of a beautiful Magnolia tree and lot and lots of flowers. Last weekend, the day after prom, Kenneth and I went to the market to buy fresh fruits and I suddenly remembered the garden. It wasn't far from where we were so we went to check. Ya shoulda seen me. Like a kid in a candy store. Or in the land of Oz if you like. Everything was, though fading, still in full bloom and the magnolia tree was looking majestic in the center of the garden. Bees were buzzin' and butterflies were flying everywhere. Aaah, so dreamy! 
Also, go see an outfit without my cargo skinnies on Bella today!