Feeling Grey...

Heading back to Belgium after spending three weeks of laying in the sun, eating pizza, drinking wine, sipping cocktails, ordering ice cream, swimming in the pool, going to restaurants, is tough. I used a black and white filter on the pictures since I liked the idea of matching pictures to the way I was feeling. I sound like such a drama queen, but I guess I am. 

The only reason I got in that car on the 26th of july, was because I knew that august would be at least as exciting as July. How so? Because, let me tell you, the time has come where I am finally going on my long awaited trip to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. It has been a year of waking op at 5am to head to shitty jobs, not being able to shop while your friends can, going to parties but not drinking a thing because it costs too much. But now, the hard working is finally going to pay off. 

Why Ho Chi Minh? The two boys, with who I come along the best, apart from my dad maybe, have moved to Vietnam. Instead of crying in a corner I decided to save up money so I could travel to Vietnam a year later. It is a whole new experience and I'll be taking my laptop along to blog the hell out of those three weeks of amazingness. 

Here are some of the last pictures taken in Italy!

Heading for an ice cream.

Dream car spotted in Rome

Surprise! I got to see the Vietnamese boys earlier since they were spending their vacation in Rome!

Window shopping and crying over the price tags. (Rome)

Cappuccino in Perugia.

Porchetta Sandwich that made me sick for the rest of the day. (Perugia)

New Orleanian Jazz band. (For those of you who know the serial TREME, take a good look at the guy playing the guitar.) (Perugia)

(Città della Pieve)

Favorite italian restaurant. It is very a la mama. (Città della Pieve)

Last day... I might look happy, but secretly I was crying behind my sunnies. 

Miu miu sunnies

If you read my post about my love for sunglasses, you'd know that I've been saving up for the pair of Karen Walker sunglasses every blogger seems to own. And as much as I would love to call myself a famous blogger, I know sunglasses won't turn me into one. But I did feel as if owning a pair of these would make me part of the community. After saving up my money for weeks and weeks, I started looking for shops in Europe that sold Karen Walker sunglasses. Since the brand is from New Zealand, finding a Karen Walker store wasn't an easy thing. I finally found a stockist in Rome called Astrologo Ottica. Although they did sell Karen Walker sunnies they did not have the Number One Crazy Tort. I didn't want to get any other sunglasses because that would make me feel as if I had just gotten any pair because I was tired of waiting. 

That same day when I entered the miu miu store in Rome, my eyes fell on this baby. The baby I had once spotted on the miu miu website but happened to be out of stock. The baby I gave up on and had to scratch of my kilometers long wish list. But when we met in real life, the love was real. How great does it feel to have saved up so much money and then finally being able to spend it on something that will make you feel so much fabulous woman and so little broken student? Seriously, when I put on these sunglasses (which I do even when it's dark out) I feel like the person I want to be in the future. Am I exaggerating? Don't think so... And I mean look at the pastel pink case! I would even buy it just for the satisfaction of pulling that gorgeous baby out of my purse.

Sunglasses: Miu miu