Tere Tallinn or Dear Tallinn. Two days in the charming Estonia.

The Christmas markets

The sexy couple in Tallinn drinking glue wine

Tere Tallin (dear Tallinn in Estonian), this charming city always leaves me speechless with her beauty and enchanting vibrations.
Tere Tallin (cara Tallinn in Estone), questa incantevole città lascia sempre senza parole con la sua bellezza e le sue incantevoli vibrazioni.

Tallinn is the capital of Estonia, the northernmost of the three Baltic countries. Under the influence of Russia, Finland and Sweden, this city preserves an authentic and special glamour. Know for being the most technologically advanced country in Europe, on the other hand, in the streets of the Old Town, the time seems it stopped at the Middle Age.
If you are great fans of Game of Thrones I am sure you will be willing to move here after a short trip.
The first time I visited Tallinn it was a couple of years ago with a friend. Everything was new to me and absolutely unexpected! Who would have thought I would have found myself eating middle age food in middle age restaurants?! I loved this city so much that I promised to myself I would have gone back and with my boyfriend...which of course loves anything that is historically interesting and wishes he was born in the middle age.
Tallinn è la capitale dell'Estonia, la più settentrionale dei tre paesi baltici. Sotto l'influenza della Russia, Finlandia e Svezia, questa città conserva un fascino autentico e speciale. Conosciuta per essere il paese più tecnologicamente avanzato d'Europa, d'altra parte, per le vie del centro storico, il tempo sembra si sia fermato al Medioevo.
Se siete grandi appassionati di Trono di Spade sono sicura che sarete disposti a trasferirvi qui dopo un breve soggiorno.
La prima volta che ho visitato Tallinn è stato un paio di anni fa con una amica. Tutto era nuovo per me e assolutamente inaspettato! Chi avrebbe mai pensato che mi sarei trovata a mangiare cibo medievale in ristoranti medievali?! Ho amato questa città così tanto che mi sono ripromessa che sarei tornata e con il mio ragazzo ... che naturalmente ama tutto ciò che è storicamente interessante e avrebbe voluto essere nato nel medioevo.

Alentejo and north coast. The best seafood restaurant and amazing wild beaches!

Hello everybody!

How are you? I am very good, still on vacation in Portugal :) even though the weather is not the best (either is windy or cloudy) me and Rob and Gabriel we have been able to do many nice trips. Yesterday we actually drove to the north coast in Alentejo, up to Azenha do Mar where you can find the only and the best seafood restaurant for some miles. You got to go there max at 11.30 a.m. If you want to make sure you are going to have lunch. Huge amounts of people can wait to eat there! That's how good it is. And..it's absolutely worth the wait and the drive. Excellent food and service. We have had clams, huge prawns, octopus salad, king crab and fried calamari. I was exploding! It was excellent! And cheap! 

To help the digestion...what's better than driving all around the coast and stopping by amazing beaches? Honestly over there is so beautiful...it looks like no man arrived in some of those areas...it's so wild and Jurassic, if I can say that!

Have a look at the pics!

Enjoy!

Xoxo Elisa 

Two days in Copenhagen

Hello guys!
We are always out and about here! Eheh! Enjoying the summer vacation is not just relaxing at the beach! Actually if you want to escape the heat, a short trip to one of the Scandinavians capitals is always a great solution (most likely if you are living in Europe)!

That's why me and my family headed to Copenhagen for a couple of days. We left quite early on a Tuesday morning and we reached the center of the city and the hotel by 10:00 a.m. We stayed at WakeUp Copenhagen a very nice hotel, very central and with good facilities. It's very clean and the rooms quite spacious. I really liked it and I recommend it. The reception service is not the best, but despite that it's worth the money.

We started the tour of the city in the smartest way possible when you have short time on you: Bus or Boat tour. Since Copenhagen is a charming city built on islands and canals, we opted for the boat tour! It was amazing! Starting from Nyhavn, the old port, we visited all the monuments and historical buildings boat view! Doing this kind of tour is really time-saving and the smartest solution if you just have the time to taste a bite of this city! There's a lot to see and a lot to visit! After the boat tour we had a walk in the center, full of shops and nice cafes and restaurants! For dinner we had an amazing tasting dinner at an excellent Italian restaurant "Bæst" in Nørrebro. I highly recommend it! I wish we had the time to visit that area that is famous for being the alternative part of the city (a kind on Grunerløkka if you are from Oslo or Corso di Porta Ticinese if you are from Milan).

The second and last day was dedicated to visit The Little Mermaid. It's pretty beautiful but there are a way too many tourists over there! It was looking like we were going to La Mecca or to Fatima in pilgrimage! Other than that the same area Kastellet and the park are pretty amazing with an old church and beautiful lakes. Much more enjoyable! 

Many things to visit there still and that's a good reason to go back to that amazingly enjoyable city! Everything to discover!

Xoxo Elisir 

Colors in Venice

As we always want to make our beloved happy, thid time the chance came with fulfilling one of Roberto's dreams...a trip to Venice!
We left Milano pretty early in the morning and around lunch time we were already walking around the small streers of that amazingly beautiful city! Canal Grande, Piazza San Marco, Venezia è un sogno (Venice is a dream).
If you are travelling with a stroller I highly recommend to make sure you have strong arms to help you!
The dress I was wearing is a campionario, so that means it's a unique piece ;-) I found it in a street market in Milan, I love it!

DRESS CAMPIONARIO
SHOES LES TROPEZIENNES
BAG BALECIAGA
NECKLACE TIFFANY

Xoxo elisir