PORTO - Day 2 - City Centre

Bom dia! :)

hehe I´m into portuguese mood today! So there it was second day, waking up with little headache of previous night´s dinner and wine tasting day we were ready to visit the ´other side´. After cute breakfast in bed made by M, we left ´our house´ to go to the centre of Porto, which meant crossing the bridge and walking up and down hills so comfy clothes were the best choice for the day. 

As a very organised person i hate waisting time on wondering around, as an antisocial person i also don't like asking people the directions so months before we left to Porto Ive done a plan, with routes, big maps printed and all the places we had to visit. 

As the time was around lunch time and our tummies.. id rather sale the wales inside our tummies were about to perform, we decided it was better to eat first. Where to eat in the city centre? Ive bought before and so the first pin drop on our map was Majestic Cafe, which we took a lot of time trying to find as nobody warned us it was under construction and the beautiful entrance, we googled before, was covered in building protection sheets... When we finally did find it, after like 10 min walking up and down that road, we entered the beautiful cafe with old vintage style mirrors, dim lights and loads of tables with happy people enjoying the delicious food. We felt like Pasta Bolognese and hot chocolate to get us active and full of energy for the adventure ahead of us! 

3 pm. 

There we were, holding hands and under one umbrella, one with camera (guess who?) and other with maps, guiding our way through the beautiful city, surrounded by winter-naked trees and under grey skies, but so in love with the moment. We´ve visited different sorts of stuff, from library to church, famous roads, little local shops and the final destination was the Crystal Palace with its beautiful gardens and amazing view over the city - basically everywhere your parents would take you but by our own will - and this is what i loved about it..

With the sun going down, we were getting colder and hungry which meant it was time to get home and find a place for our dinner! For now this is it and here you have the photo diary!s

Stay tuned for the outfit post of that day!:) 

-xoxo Masha

Simple B for Blues

Haloo!

As promised earlier on my Photo Diary Post, ill tell you something about my outfit in detail! 

Im happy to share with you that Portuguese Brand of Handmade Clutches B Simple (go like their page!) and I we are now collaborating and these sweeties send me their Blue Clutch which i just love! The texture and the material makes it easy to carry and you can put as many things there as you want!  They have in different colors: Black (the classic Must have! Follow the link to purchase your simple b for beauty hihi), Green, Brown, Beige. Sometimes classy is good but other times Zebra pattern or Shiny Party clutch will catch every ones attention and guess who has such Clutches? Oh yes, B Simple´ve got it! So check their Facebook and Instagram <3

Back to my outfit: On Xmas My M gave me New Balance, and no matter how many times i told him not to give me anything, stubbed sweet-ass gave me These Beauties! Comfy, stylish - fit with everything sneakers which are my always-foot-wear hih so i wore them for the travelling, comfy and easy to take off while sitting and laying in weird positions, in small sits of the intercity train! 

Simple Zara Jeans and Stradivarius Basic Top, free and loose made up a perfect travel match to the destination of my dreams and romantic plans - Porto! 

Guess who took the pictures by the way? My Dear M - so credits to him and his first photoshoot <3

Enjoy! 

PORTO - Day 1 - Taylor´s

Hello there!

As you might've seen in my Instagram, if you follow ( @manyashaa) me of course, then you would've known that right now I'm typing this in a beautiful city of Porto in the north of Portugal! Some people asked me ´Hey? why are you in Porto?´ and it got me thinking.. There isn't a big explanation, as we - humans, many many centuries ago were always moving around.. the nature of human living was about travelling from one place to another in the search of food and place to stay..  They wouldn't stay in one place for long, nothing would hold them back but with development and simple discoveries they discovered how to build houses, make animals domestic animals and make families so this began to hold them back and our nature changed into more domestic humans lets say, where we have our houses and we don't travel as much. Some people managed to leave everything behind, the properties the jobs and take their  loved once and travel the world in a mini van - every typical tumblr girls dream (ahah).. So M and I decided to have our getaway weekend... Sadly only weekend as I'm guessing parents of 17years old teenaged wouldn't be happy with us leaving school and them behind, but yet, we get to spend 3 days in a place we've never been before and tun into Mini versions of Dora the Explorer and discover the city of Porto. So friday 16th the day I've been waiting for for 3 or something months, counting days on my phone app and literally surviving day after day - finally happened. Early morning we took the train and our romantic adventure began!

As we got to our cozy hostel the room wasn't ready so we took advantage to visit Taylor´s place! We found ourselves drinking port wine glass after glass and loose the notion , the feeling of our feet and head on our shoulders at around 3 o clock. Here you can see the pictures i took and aren't you just in love with their ceiling? yes! Its a ceiling so colourful no need for editing even! totally #NoFilter ahah

We took a little guided walk around their warehouse and learned some new things about the making of Port, the styles and the history!

We didn't notice the time passing but yet decided to walk by the river. Gladly the weather apps were wrong and there was no rain but grey skies which wasn't that bad actually..

 The views were staining, i couldn't stop taking photos but M was getting annoyed of my Blogger addiction so we decided to head to our hostel and find out what was behind the door with the name of our suite `Douro`- the name of the river! As the door opened so opened my mouth and eyes! Cozy bed, little veranda was just what we needed for 2 hour rest before the dinner!

As the sun went down and we got sober :) we headed our way to the centre of Porto city to have dinner at Burger Place - Bugo´s Burgers! Which by the way overcame our expectations! The burgers were tasy and delicious, the size is just perfect you eat it all, slowly drink strong Port and get happy heheh :) And this is what i got while we were waiting for taxi:

And now after the Photo Diary of Places enjoy photos of my happy face wearing: New Balance 300, Zara Jeans, Stadivarius Basic Loose Top, and Zara Duffle Coat with Huge Hood which made me look like an Eskimo! At least I was warm tho..

Later today Ill share with you more detailed photos of my outfit so stay tuned my lovelies and have fun wherever you are this weekend:)

-xoxo Masha

Midi - Maxi - Fur

Hello There!

Finally on the 12th day after the New Year had started i had the time and possibility to take some pics and write you something! I've been thinking a lot about blogging lately and i thought what could make it more fun than its already is!? So i thought i need to find Sponsors which will push me to take photos and have deadlines, the real deadlines so i don't disappoint them and also add something to my wardrobe because, really, i got very tired of everything in there and no matter how much I'll try to sell it all i won't have enough money to buy everything i want.. Even if there are sales :) ahah so i figured it would be best stop spending money on one night dress, or one time use top and keep everything! Freeze my credit card in a huge square of Ice like it did the girl from the "confessions of a Shopaholic' movie and wait till theres a three or even four digital number! And when this miracle finally happens I'll go have a day off to shop shop and shop! With time my style changed and this week, reviewing my Wishlists and my list of links that i save of nice clothes i realized that this is not me at all, so i Deleted all of them and going to start the new Me Wishlists! yey!:)

For today, I've tried to wear something completely new and weird for me.. as Im not very tall - 1m70 and the midi dresses that are so in fashion now don't usually look good on me, making my legs shorter and i just don't feel comfortable.. but yet, i decided to give it a try! So here you can see me in Burgundy (obviously, my fav color!) and a fur vest (yes its huge I know.. I share it with mom cos all though it was given to me i never wear it!) and shoes.. well there was a problem cos i needed to make my legs a bit longer than they seemed so i thought these boots were quite nice and all though im Russian lately Ive been completely freezing outside and these shoes have holes so i needed to add something.. Here where the socks idea comes from! 

Im having mixed feelings about this outfit so i want your opinion! 

P.S. Im ready to tell you a secret! I was going to wait till the actual day but i just can't keep myself calm and stop my on-going and non-stopping exciting mode! M and I we are going to Porto this weekend! Its been a long time since we planned to have our gateway trip and now we finally have the time, place and money! so stay tuned for Photo Diary Every day (there are three days only but still) and outfits outfits outfits! My Dear will be the photographer - lets see how it goes :) hihi

well, enjoy <3 

-xoxo Masha