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To become a swan you must first be an ugly ducklin To become a swan you must first be an ugly duckling 🐣

Say hello to my little friend 👋 We met at "Cycling Through the Water" in Belgium. He was mostly interested in the contents of my back pack and willingly posed for a few pictures, hoping I would share my snacks. Unfortunately for him, this girl does not share snacks! Once he realised he wasn't going to get anything, he dumped me for another tourist 🤷‍♀️

This idyllic spot can be found along the popular hiking and cycling network between Bokrijk and National Park Hoge Kempen in Limburg (which happen to be two of my favorite places in the province!). My friend and I arrived just in time for sunset and enjoyed a little walk around. It was a Tuesday evening in December, but still lots and lots of people were hanging out and social distancing wasn't always easy on the narrow paths. I am casually hiding my mask and other people in the second picture 😉

📸📌: Fietsen door het water, knooppunt 91, Bokrijk. You can park your car on the payed parking lots of Bokrijk and walk to the exact location ( +/- 1km). Interested in a longer hike/bike ride? Look up De Wijers cyclist network and outline your favorite route!

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Today I miss good old fashion blogging 😌 I st Today I miss good old fashion blogging 😌 

I still think about that time (2012-2013-ish) a lot and it makes me sad because it will never be like that again. Going out to shoot 2x a week, edit and post pictures to the internet, writing a blurb of text about myself and then on to read as many other blogs as I could find. I don't know how I ever found the time to do all of that?? 😅

Not that it was all rosy. I remember I was unhappy about my blog, always wanting it to be better and have more outfits to share. But now I look back on those days and realize that it WAS the peak moment. I definitely wasn't the most well-known fashion blogger with the bestest sponsorships, but I was having an enjoyable time with enjoyable people.

This picture is from a shoot I did for the blog this Fall. I love how these photos came out!! Everything was perfect: from the fair-isle sweater I looked for for YEARS to the light and the colorful foliage. I love when that happens 🧡

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Drinking my sorrows away... ☕ Whenever my mind Drinking my sorrows away... ☕ 

Whenever my mind is full and the burnout symptoms creep back in, I like to go out for a coffee and an aimless walk around town 😌

There aren't many things that ground me like the feeling of a hot cuppa in my hand and the smell of freshly roasted coffee beans in my nose. A true cup of comfort, you could say! ❤️

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Blue Monday, but make it cute 😉 I'm fighting th Blue Monday, but make it cute 😉 I'm fighting the January blues with this foxy sweater and mahoosive cup of Jo today 🦊🧡 Happy Monday! 

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My least favorite days of the year are coming up. My least favorite days of the year are coming up. That lost time between mid january and mid March, when it's still cold and dark outside, nature is bare and holidays are far away. I cannot wait for wild bluesbells to pop up and magnolia buds to slowly fold open. How about you? ✨

PS: forgive me my latergrams from Fall, but I think you all know how bad I am at posting consistently by now. I'd hate for these photos to be lost on my camera roll.

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Happy Friday guys! You've made it throgh the second week of 2021 🥳 If you don't have any plans for the weekend yet, Bridgerton is available on Netflix 😉

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Chapter 2020 comes to and end as we turn the page Chapter 2020 comes to and end as we turn the page I want to thank you all for your support this year. 💗

It was a year of many lows that taught me how to find my highs in the little things. Despite the tough times, there were also plenty of moments filled with friends, coffee & rose wine, little escapes in my own country and... A PUPPY! Thank you all for following along! ✨

Happy New Year! 🥂🍾 I don't know what will be written in chapter 2021, but I'm hoping for 365 pages full of love and light for all of us.

Ps: the photos from Valencia, Helsinki and Tallinn were made in 2019 but posted in 2020 🙈 I did not travel abroad this past year.

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Since I am living in limbo too, here's a thowback to when I could still buy my mulled wine from a cute Austrian market stall rather than the local grocery store. I smuggled that mug home, so the heartbreak isn't too bad 😉

📌📸: Vienna January 2018.

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Europe, The Netherlands, Travel · 26 May 2020

Keukenhof Tulip Gardens 2018

When I was younger I had a playhouse in my parents backyard. In that playhouse hung a poster of the Keukenhof Tulip Gardens in The Netherlands. We never traveled out of the country when I was a kid and would spend our summers in the Ardennes, in the south of Belgium, instead. Most of my school friends went to all these cool foreign places in summer and told stories about sailing with dolphins or collecting exotic sea shells under the palm trees. Thailand, Egypt, Austria, France, Tenerife,… . I wanted to go everywhere.

To me, as a kid, travelling outside of Belgium seemed like something that was never going to happen for me. I don’t know why, but it did. I remember looking at that Keukehof poster and thinking I’d be happy to make it to Amsterdam one day, let alone something far away like Austria! Yes, I am laughing too, knowing what I know now haha. When I was 17 my dream came true when I went to Paris for the very first time. Soon followed by a road trip through Italy, Prague and the Christmas markets in Cologne. I’d go even further than I ever could have dreamed and flew to New York twice, cruised the Caribbean and drove from Nashville to New Orleans. It would take 9 years, but eventually I found myself in… Keukenhof Tulip Gardens, Amsterdam.

When my boyfriend asked me what I wanted for my 26th birthday, I didn’t really have an answer. I had everything I needed and I know that he’ll never agree to buy me more clothes or shoes, haha. It’s by chance that I landed on a blog post somewhere that chronicled a visit to the tulip gardens the year before and when I looked up the dates and tickets, it turned out they had some left on my birthday! It was a weekday, which probably helped. Boyfriend happy that he had a gift in time and me happy that I finally got to see my poster in real life!

As you might be able to tell from my photos we weren’t the only ones in the garden. The crowd was insane. I chose photos with the least amount of people in them, so they don’t really show exactly how busy it was. There were parts of the garden that we didn’t even get to visit. It was so crowded on the pathways that I felt claustrophobic. It says a lot if you know that Keukenhof is a 32 hectares large garden!

Those 32ha are full of beautifully designed flower beds, installations, landscapes, sculptures and ponds. There’s also a typical dutch windmill and lots of beautiful, large walkways lined with (blooming) fruit trees. If you’re tired of walking, you could also check and see if there are any special events going on while you’re visiting. There are several flower shows and other events being held every day. We sadly didn’t get to visit any because the crowd beat us to it.

These photos above are my favorites from the day. It started raining around noon and a lot of people went hiding, so we had more space to walk around and take pictures. Aren’t the rain drops on the tulips just gorgeous?

With over seven million flowers, Keukenhof Garden in The Netherlands is the world’s largest flower garden. The region is famous for its tulips, but you’ll also find plenty of daffodils, hyacinths, cherry blossoms and other spring blooms in Keukenhof. What you will not find in Kekenhof are large fields of tulips like the ones you often see on social media. Those are privately owned fields from local growers. You could combine your visit to Keukenhof with a bike tour in the larger area if you’d like to see those fields. Whatever you do, these fields are private property and should never be entered without permission! Please don’t be that person!

According their website, the history of Keukenhof starts all the way back in the 15th century! Back then, the garden was used to grow supplies for the castle kitchen. Hence the name Keukenhof which translates to “Kitchen Garden”. The garden as we know it today got its start in 1949, when a group of local tulip growers decided to use the garden to show their creations to the public. The concept opened to the public for the first time in 1950 and has been a great success ever since. In most recent years the garden reported nearly one million visitors spread over eight weeks each spring. No wonder it was so busy, haha!

Keukenhof Gardens are open every year from mid-march to mid-may. The highlight of the season is usually around mid April, which is when we went. All information is on their website.

Don’t forget to buy a fresh stroopwafel before you go home!

In: Europe, The Netherlands, Travel

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  1. Mica says

    26 May 2020 at 23:03

    It looks so beautiful! I’ve never seen anything like this! 🙂 We have a flower show here but it’s over an hour away and a a bit far for the boys – it would be nice to visit one day though and see pretty gardens like this! Such a nice birthday idea!

    Hope you are having a great week 🙂

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  2. Emily says

    27 May 2020 at 19:10

    What a dream! I’ve never been in NL during that time of year, but now that our 2020 plans have been cancelled, I’ve been wondering if we could get there around that time next spring primarily so I could visit Keukenhof. You just have me dreaming of it even more!

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Monday moods 🤪 Aka: when you want a picture bu Monday moods 🤪

Aka: when you want a picture but you don't know where to put your hands and people are staring 😳🙈🤷‍♀️

#styleandsmilemonday #mondaystyle #mondaystyletribe #stylemeonamonday #autumnstyle #myseasonalstyle #autumnstylefile #myautumnwardrobe #stylingtheseasons #stylinginspiration #neverknowinglyunderdressed #simplestyle #mystylestory #simplystyledforautumn #myautumnwardrobe #autumnstyles #autumnstylefiles #dailyedit #dailystyle #countrystyleloves #everydaystyle #everydaystylebook #mylifemystyle #happytobemeoutfit #simplystyled #simplestylingsimplyme #discoverunder3k #igers_belgium #vlaamseblogger #belgianblogger
To become a swan you must first be an ugly ducklin To become a swan you must first be an ugly duckling 🐣

Say hello to my little friend 👋 We met at "Cycling Through the Water" in Belgium. He was mostly interested in the contents of my back pack and willingly posed for a few pictures, hoping I would share my snacks. Unfortunately for him, this girl does not share snacks! Once he realised he wasn't going to get anything, he dumped me for another tourist 🤷‍♀️

This idyllic spot can be found along the popular hiking and cycling network between Bokrijk and National Park Hoge Kempen in Limburg (which happen to be two of my favorite places in the province!). My friend and I arrived just in time for sunset and enjoyed a little walk around. It was a Tuesday evening in December, but still lots and lots of people were hanging out and social distancing wasn't always easy on the narrow paths. I am casually hiding my mask and other people in the second picture 😉

📸📌: Fietsen door het water, knooppunt 91, Bokrijk. You can park your car on the payed parking lots of Bokrijk and walk to the exact location ( +/- 1km). Interested in a longer hike/bike ride? Look up De Wijers cyclist network and outline your favorite route!

#fietsendoorhetwater #wandeleninlimburg #visitlimburg #ILOVELIMBURG #mijnlimburg #altijdlimburg #lovelylimburg #sheisnotlost #ladiesgoneglobal #thediscoverer #belphenomenal #lavieestbelge #belgianshooters #belgium #staycationbelgium #lovingbelgium #instabelgium #wheninbelgium #igersbelgium #ig_belgium #belgiumtrip #bestofbelgium #belgiumblogger #antwerpblogger #travelbelgium #visitbelgium #belgiantravelblogger #thegingertravels
Today I miss good old fashion blogging 😌 I st Today I miss good old fashion blogging 😌 

I still think about that time (2012-2013-ish) a lot and it makes me sad because it will never be like that again. Going out to shoot 2x a week, edit and post pictures to the internet, writing a blurb of text about myself and then on to read as many other blogs as I could find. I don't know how I ever found the time to do all of that?? 😅

Not that it was all rosy. I remember I was unhappy about my blog, always wanting it to be better and have more outfits to share. But now I look back on those days and realize that it WAS the peak moment. I definitely wasn't the most well-known fashion blogger with the bestest sponsorships, but I was having an enjoyable time with enjoyable people.

This picture is from a shoot I did for the blog this Fall. I love how these photos came out!! Everything was perfect: from the fair-isle sweater I looked for for YEARS to the light and the colorful foliage. I love when that happens 🧡

#thursdaysstyleisfullofgrace #thursdaystylefiles #mythursdaystyle #thursdayfashionfun #thursdaythredit #thursdayootd #thursdaystyle #stealmystyle #wearwhatyoulove #stylemehappy #neverknowinglyunderdressed #simplestyle #mystylestory #mystyle #simplystyledforautumn #myautumnwardrobe #autumnstyles #autumnstylefiles #dailystyle #countrystyleloves #everydaystyle #everydaystylebook #mylifemystyle #happytobemeoutfit #simplestylingsimplyme #discoverunder3k #belgianblogger #belgiumblogger #antwerpblogger
Drinking my sorrows away... ☕ Whenever my mind Drinking my sorrows away... ☕ 

Whenever my mind is full and the burnout symptoms creep back in, I like to go out for a coffee and an aimless walk around town 😌

There aren't many things that ground me like the feeling of a hot cuppa in my hand and the smell of freshly roasted coffee beans in my nose. A true cup of comfort, you could say! ❤️

#coffeedaily #coffeepeople #coffeeroastery #coffeevibes #caffeinedaily #caffeinefree #caffeinequeen #caffeineplease #cupofjoe #cupoftheday #cupofexcellence #cupofjoy #warmdrinks #winterdrinks #ilovecoffee☕️ #coffeeislove #coffeecommunity #bringmemycoffee #mycoffeemoment #mycoffeecup #antwerpcoffee
Blue Monday, but make it cute 😉 I'm fighting th Blue Monday, but make it cute 😉 I'm fighting the January blues with this foxy sweater and mahoosive cup of Jo today 🦊🧡 Happy Monday! 

#joules #bluemonday #styleandsmilemonday #mondaystyle #mondaystyletribe #stylemeonamonday #autumnstyle #myseasonalstyle #autumnstylefile #myautumnwardrobe #stylingtheseasons #stylinginspiration #neverknowinglyunderdressed #simplestyle #mystylestory #simplystyledforautumn #myautumnwardrobe #autumnstyles #autumnstylefiles #dailyedit #dailystyle #countrystyleloves #everydaystyle #everydaystylebook #mylifemystyle #happytobemeoutfit #simplystyled #simplestylingsimplyme #discoverunder3k #belgianblogger
My least favorite days of the year are coming up. My least favorite days of the year are coming up. That lost time between mid january and mid March, when it's still cold and dark outside, nature is bare and holidays are far away. I cannot wait for wild bluesbells to pop up and magnolia buds to slowly fold open. How about you? ✨

PS: forgive me my latergrams from Fall, but I think you all know how bad I am at posting consistently by now. I'd hate for these photos to be lost on my camera roll.

 #almostautumn #upandautumn #embracingtheseasons #fallmood #itsfallyall #autumniscoming #hellofall #myautumnalmagic #slowsimpleseasonal #warmcolors #ourautumncaptures #cuddleweather #welcomefall #fallismyfavorite #seasonsinsquares #ourchildhoodautumn #fallyall #seasonalyear #fallingforfall #huntingforautumn #autumniscoming #fallready #fallfeels #fallinspo #bluemonday #manicmonday #mondayblues #belgianblogger #antwerpblogger #vlaamseblogger
BAM! 2021 sure welcomed us with open arms, didn't BAM! 2021 sure welcomed us with open arms, didn't it? 

I took a two week hiatus from the good ole Gram to get used to my new longer working hours and binge Bridgerton. Am I the only one who thinks that show is a hot mess? It's basically a 1800s costume drama but with taylor swift on violins and the occasional close-up of Rége-Jean Page's butt 😳 I can't help but wonder... what the *bleep* did I just watch? 😅

Happy Friday guys! You've made it throgh the second week of 2021 🥳 If you don't have any plans for the weekend yet, Bridgerton is available on Netflix 😉

#neverknowinglyunderdressed #simplestyle #mystylestory #mystyle #simplystyledforautumn #myautumnwardrobe #autumnstyles #autumnstylefiles #dailystyle #countrystyleloves #simplestyle #everydaystyle #everydaystylebook #mylifemystyle #happytobemeoutfit #simplestylingsimplyme #discoverunder3k #belgianblogger #igersbelgium #ig_belgium #belgiumblogger #antwerpblogger
Chapter 2020 comes to and end as we turn the page Chapter 2020 comes to and end as we turn the page I want to thank you all for your support this year. 💗

It was a year of many lows that taught me how to find my highs in the little things. Despite the tough times, there were also plenty of moments filled with friends, coffee & rose wine, little escapes in my own country and... A PUPPY! Thank you all for following along! ✨

Happy New Year! 🥂🍾 I don't know what will be written in chapter 2021, but I'm hoping for 365 pages full of love and light for all of us.

Ps: the photos from Valencia, Helsinki and Tallinn were made in 2019 but posted in 2020 🙈 I did not travel abroad this past year.

#happynewyear🎉 #happynewyear2021 #newyearwishes #greatfulfor2020 #yearinreview #bestnine2020 #topnine2020 #antwerpblogger #belgiantravelblogger #belgianblogger #vlaamseblogger #discoverunder2k
The five days between Christmas and NYE where you The five days between Christmas and NYE where you don't know what day it is, who you are and what you are supposed to be doing. Am I right?? 🤷‍♀️

Since I am living in limbo too, here's a thowback to when I could still buy my mulled wine from a cute Austrian market stall rather than the local grocery store. I smuggled that mug home, so the heartbreak isn't too bad 😉

📌📸: Vienna January 2018.

#visitvienna #vienna_austria #viennacity #viennalife #1000thingsvienna #welovevienna #viennagram #viennanow #viennagoforit #wonderlustvienna #viennascene #loves_austria #discoveraustria #austriavision #travelfashiongirl #dametraveler #ladiesgoneglobal #sheisnotlost #wearetravelgirls #femaletravelcommunity #travelgirlsgetaways #womenwhoexplore #thediscoverer #girldiscoverers #travelinladies #girlsthatwander #damestravel #belgianblogger #antwerpblogger #thegingertravels
From me to you, Merry Christmas! 🎄❤️ A can From me to you, Merry Christmas! 🎄❤️

A candid photo to - hopefully - brighten up this weird Christmas day ✨ We can't be with our family & friends, but thank goodness there are potato croquettes and cheesy oven-baked appetizers to soften the pain 🥂 have a lovely Christmas!

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