Laid back

shorts: h&m top: zara sunglasses: asos shoes: park lane via asos leather jacket: topshop

Packing for Easter can be tricky when the holiday falls into the month of march and the weather fluctuates constantly. Hoping for some sunshine and warmer temperatures here on Mallorca, I also packed a few pairs of shorts and a short skirt or two, and whilst I mainly wore jeans the first few days here, I finally got to wear my more summery pieces for the first time this year when the temperatures started going up a few days ago. I've already worn these safari-style shorts (as I like to call them) in a previous outfit post, but I find them so versatile and easy to wear that I thought I'd show you another way of wearing them, combining them with some very basic pieces like a striped top, black sandals and a leather jacket. Even though I really enjoy more eye catching outfits too, I often like to keep it simple and comfortable, so this outfit was perfect to wear on another road trip I went on two days ago with my family. I found this beautiful platform still on site of the hotel from where you have a great view over the natural reservoir next to where we're staying and I thought it was the perfect backdrop for my outfit, don't you think?!

Roadtrip

I love taking pictures for my blog, Instagram account or even Facebook. However, in a time where Instagram feeds and blog posts seem almost staged or too planned out, I find myself taking pictures with the motivation of getting the "perfect shot" for Instagram or the blog way too often, instead of just capturing a moment in time. Don't get me wrong - I love taking beautiful pictures, editing them and uploading them to my different social media platforms with a witty caption, but I also really like taking pictures just for the sake of taking pictures. I've noticed that I take hundreds of pictures when I'm on holidays but only a small selection of allll those pictures actually ends up on my blog. 

Especially since I got myself a new phone back in February, with four times the storage space and an even better camera with cool features, I've been snapping everything and everyone on it. Admittedly, this has made me lazier when it comes to carrying my camera(s) with me, but it has also led me to take more spontaneous, in-the-moment pictures. My phone is now over flowing with pictures and I decided that I'd like to share them. Whether that'd be for you guys, following and/or reading my blog or even just for myself to look back at in the future. Starting with this post, I'll be using my blog as a platform to share my (at times random) photography, so if that's something you like, watch this space. I'll start off with pictures I took yesterday when I went on a small road trip with my family, as we rented a car and drove around the east coast of Mallorca and I got particularly snap happy.

I'm still here

Hello, it's me. After a a more or less unintentional break in all things blogging, I'm back. I spent most of the past two weeks in the library, trying to push through my last term and all the work that comes with it. Between trying to understand strange theories and coming up with ideas for my dissertation, I often felt uninspired and quite frankly, lazy, when it came to blogging. If you follow me on Instagram or Snapchat (noraameliie), you know that I am alive and well, but blogging simply hasn't been a priority lately. Right now, I'm on a 10 day holiday in Mallorca with my family, which doesn't mean I won't have to do any work, but I'll at least have the chance to unwind a little bit before going into full on work mode for the last couple of weeks of University. I've packed alllllll my spring clothes for Mallorca, so fingers crossed that the weather will play along and I can take some nice outfit pictures. Do you have any requests of posts that you'd like to see from me? I'm feeling very low on inspiration at the moment but I don't want the blog to become too one sided, so do let me know!

What I Eat In A Day: my very first video!

The first thing I did when I wanted to learn more about veganism, was watch YouTube videos as if my life depended on it. I went through hours and hours worth of videos of people talking about why they eat a plantbased diet, how they transitioned to it, I watched one documentary after the other and most importantly, I watched tons of What I Eat In A Day videos. Seeing what someone eats on a regular day on a vegan diet not only inspired me to try out the diet (and ultimately the lifestyle) myself, but also provided me with lots of ideas of what I can eat when I felt like all I could come up with was veggie pasta or Chinese stir-fries. It's been over two years since I started my YouTube journey and today, I'd say that at least 90% of the YouTube channels I follow are veganism related and a lot of them feature multiple What I Eat In A Day videos. For the longest time, I've felt inspired to make a video like that myself, so after filming some footage yesterday, I finally decided to give it a go and after almost an hour of cutting, inserting and playing around, I finished editing my very first What I Eat In A Day video! It's quite short, my editing skills are still in the baby phase and I filmed the whole of it with my phone (I don't have my tripod here to use my camera to do it) but this is it! I'd love to get some feedback on what you think about it, and of course do tell me if you'd like to see more of these kinds of videos from me?! Likes, comments and subscribes would obviously make me one very happy gal too!