Salina Island - The Green Pearl🪷🪻

When we visited Lipari Island, the biggest of the Aeolian islands, we also wanted to explore some of the nearby islands. And we decided on Salina, also known as the green pearl.

We totally understand why this is her nickname. The Island almost looks and feel tropical. It’s greenery everywhere , and the vibe is relaxed and easy going wrapped in a gorgeous surroundings.

The Island has many little villages around the Island. We stayed in Santa Marina, and then we rented some bikes and cycled to the nearby villages. That was a very cool experience.
It’s a small but beautiful Island. We fell completely in love with it.
It has something for everyone. Many nice restaurants with high quality food, a nice selection of local shops. Beach clubs, but not sandy beaches we are nearby the Stromboli Vulcan ( Island neighbor)
You can rent small cool beach cars, bikes and explore this green Island. You can go for vine tasting . Rent a boat for exploring the Island , or simply just stay in the village and enjoy the vibe.

Are you visiting some of the other Aeolian islands, make sure you don’t miss out on Salina.

It is a beautiful gem hidden amongst the bigger sisters of Islands.

#thisisustravelling #salina #aeolianislands #sicily

Vegas , baby🦩🦩🦩🪩✨💘

We celebrated the wedding of our niece @lill_merete and her husband @finndl yesterday. The wedding theme was “Vegas meets the Barn”

They transformed a barn into a wedding venue like in Vegas. Balloons, glitter and sparkling flowers everywhere. We had a southern american street style barbecue, games and it was a whole big thing. All the love to the newlyweds, and Viva Las Vegas!🥳This was actually their second time of marriage, because they also got married in Las Vegas last year.But yesterday all of the family and friends could attend as well.
ps. Glenn wasn’t attending yesterday because he got sick and needed to be in bed.
#thisisustravelling #wedding #vegasbaby

While we wait for our return to Sicilia in two weeks time, we wanted to share the hidden gem of the baroque villages.

This is Scicli. One of our favorites.
The little baroque village. A gem of a place. This village is situated perfectly within a very short distance of both Modica, Noto, Donnalucata, Sampieri and Marina di Ragusa, just to mention a few popular places nearby.

It is authentic. Charming. It’s a quiet place were people live all year round. Here you can come for that slow living vacation. Take in the atmosphere of the village and enjoy the views of the mountains and the surrounding countryside. And it’s only a short drive of 15 minutes to the sea and the beach.

Scicli offers you that magical golden sunset that gives life to the aristocracy buildings. It has many small and cozy squares where people come to meet. Scicli also has many great restaurants with local food, and are great for shopping as well. Especially Sicilian ceramics. Because it’s a village that has its inhabitants all year round, it’s not just a tourist destination. People live here, and that’s why it doesn’t feel like a tourist attraction. But you need to appreciate the slow pace, because this place is not for the restless types😉❤️

Are you nearby, don’t drive by this unique little village. It will charm you and give you great memories. Promise🫶

#thisisustravelling #sicilia #sicily #scicli

Three weeks and counting down until we are back in Sicilia🥰😘☀️⛵️🌸 And we have missed being in Sicilia so much. After travelling a whole year in Italy and Sicilia, we learned so much from our travels. The culture, the people, the traditions, the food, the struggles and the differences of our lives in Norway and in Sicilia.
And we have discovered that we really need both of these two worlds in our lives.

Since we got back home in Norway after our travels, we have spent pretty much the first 7 months to get back to a new normal since we sold our house before our trip.It felt difficult to “ jump back right in“ , into the high level of efficiency that is required.
We needed also to figure out how to make this new life experience we had been living, to fit in our Norwegian way of living. It turns out it just doesn’t. Our life in Norway and how we lived in Italy it’s just to different to each other.

Here in Norway we are living largely more life of how to live in efficiency. We are very digitally integrated and it sometime feels like too much. So that is why we love coming to Sicily. Because here we can breathe , and here we enjoy the rhythm that Sicilia has brought to us and taught us that we actually can slow down.

We are staying for 4 weeks this time. And our first stop is a place where we can truly wind down and start our vacation. We are staying the first three nights at the incredibly beautiful @countryhousevilladorata in Noto.
Cannot wait to see everyone again❤️

More to come about our travel plans in Sicilia a little later⛵️☀️

#thisisustravelling #noto #sicily #sicilia

July so far☀️🥰

#thisisustravelling #norway #hometown

About last night..
Such a great day spending it on the rooftop bar at @taket_tbg ☀️☀️☀️ This new rooftop bar is in our city. Only two minutes from where we live🙌 It has a wonderful view and atmosphere. And the food is also super tasty and nice.

This is not an ad for the hotel or the rooftop bar. It’s just us sharing some nice places to visit if you are in town.

#thisisustravelling #rooftop #tønsberg

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