The 5 Best Editing Apps for Instagram 2019

By: melissamayr 19/04/201926/03/2019 UncategorizedEditing, featured, InstagramLeave a Comment

New year, new Instagram-editing routine or something like that. Trends happen quickly on the gram, but here are my favorite editing apps for 2019 so far. Stay tuned to find out which apps I keep in my editing folder! Lightroom CC This has definitely been my most used photo-editing app so far! Lightroom has a…

Daytrip to Zandvoort aan Zee

By: melissamayr 05/04/201926/03/2019 Half a Year In Amsterdamdaytrip, featured, zandvoort aan zeeLeave a Comment

Spring has finally arrived here in the Netherlands and the weather gradually gets better. Last Sunday I got to spend some time at the beautiful beach of Zandvoort aan Zee, which is a popular seaside spot close to Amsterdam. Trains to Zandvoort go about every 30 minutes and the ride takes like 35 minutes from…

Brunch in de Pijp: G’s Really Nice Place

By: melissamayr 28/03/201927/03/2019 Food, Half a Year In Amsterdambrunch, featuredLeave a Comment

De Pijp is Amsterdam super trendy neighborhood and home to an abundance of cute cafés. I have been there many times so far and I still come across places that seem entirely new. Last weekend, some friends and me decided to go out for brunch at Coffee and Coconuts, but when we got there it…

Polaberry: the Most Instagrammable Place in Amsterdam

By: melissamayr 22/03/201918/03/2019 Food, Half a Year In Amsterdamamsterdam, featured, Food, polaberryLeave a Comment

Unless you’ve never installed the Instagram app, chances are you’ve stumbled across this picture-perfect place. Polaberry is insta-famous for their elaborately decorated chocolate-covered strawberries. Their founder Polina is an Amsterdam-based influencer from Moscow, who has a high interest in cute food and chique places. It was a really sunny day, so we strolled around the…

Pluk Amsterdam – The Cutest Brunch Spot in Amsterdam

By: melissamayr 07/03/201918/03/2019 Food, Half a Year In Amsterdamamsterdam, featured1 Comment

Time to introduce you to my favorite little brunch spot in Amsterdam! Ok, it’s not really a secret as Pluk has loads of followers on Instagram and it is notoriously known as the girlie brunch spot in Amsterdam. Anyway, stay tuned for my review on Pluk! Pluk is known for their small but insanely delicious…

Daytrip to Rotterdam – Holland’s Modern Port City

By: melissamayr 05/03/201918/03/2019 Half a Year In Amsterdamfeatured, rotterdam, Travel1 Comment

Last week offered insanely great weather for sightseeing, so a friend of mine and me decided to go see the Netherland’s second largest city: Rotterdam. Rotterdam is home to Europe’s largest port, and the city’s economy and history is largely tied to the shipping industry. It definitely is a city of big business, with skyscrapers…

Review: Olaplex No. 4 and 5

By: melissamayr 28/12/201818/03/2019 Beautyfeatured, hair, olaplex, review1 Comment

Ever since Olaplex became popular a few years back, I’ve been a steady user of this magic hair potion. The No. 3 has been a solid part of my hair cair routine for three long years now, so you can only imagine how excited I was when they came out with the No. 4 and…

The 5 Best Editing Apps for Instagram 2019

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Daytrip to Zandvoort aan Zee

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Sky Lounge Amsterdam

By: melissamayr 30/03/201925/03/2019

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Recently I got to spend an evening at the renowned Sky Lounge at Amsterdam’s Hilton DoubleTree with a friend of mine. As this location is mentioned in every single ranking of rooftop bars in all of Amsterdam I was more than excited to go! The SkyLounge is situated in Amsterdam’s Doubletree by Hilton. You enter…

Brunch in de Pijp: G’s Really Nice Place

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Polaberry: the Most Instagrammable Place in Amsterdam

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Daytrip to Utrecht

By: melissamayr 15/03/201918/03/2019

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I recently did a daytrip to Utrecht, to visit a friend who is studying there. It was a perfectly sunny day, so we strolled arounf the city and enjoyed the nice weather. We had lunch at this cool restaurant called Seven. We sat outside on their patio and had lunch. Utrecht really has a great…

An Afternoon at the Rijksmuseum

By: melissamayr 13/03/201906/03/2019

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The Rijksmuseum certainly is Holland’s most prestigious museum, showcasing Dutch history back to its very beginning. I was deeply impressed by how many works of art date back to the Middle Ages or even earlier. Colonial history and its influence in classical art also had a big focus, which I appreciated as this really helps…

Pluk Amsterdam – The Cutest Brunch Spot in Amsterdam

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Daytrip to Rotterdam – Holland’s Modern Port City

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Café Crawl with ISN Amsterdam

By: melissamayr 27/02/201920/02/2019

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Amsterdam has loads of cute little cafés and restaurants, so it is quite easy to feel overwhelmed with the amount of places you will encounter. I recently joined a Café Crawl, organized by the ISN Amsterdam network, to experience some of Amsterdam’s cute cafés. Anyway, here’s the places we went to! Le Pain Quotidien This…