As most of you already know I'm working as a flight attendant and thanks to my job I'm visiting the most awesome places in europe. When I see a layover in Toulouse on my roster I'm always happy since I absolutely love this place. It's great for shopping, wandering around, cycling, picknicks and relaxing. Toulouse has some awesome restaurants too, but unfortunately they all open at 7PM which is a bit late for me since I have to wake up the next morning at 4AM. So I usually have some tourist food (mcdonalds) or a late lunch when I'm in france.
Despite the alltime restaurant opening time problems I enjoy myself to the max. This time I wandered around together with my fellow cabincrew member and a cockpit colleague and we enjoyed our walk in Jardin des Plantes, which is such a beautiful and relaxed parc! Ideal for summer days and picknicks. We also went to the riverside where we had a nice little afternoon wine. After our stroll we sat in a parc close to our and had some lebanese takeaway food. Life is good enroute!
Bonjour allemaal en welkom vanuit het prachtige Bordeaux, Frankrijk. Samen met mijn vriendinnetje Wendy hadden we een heerlijke werkweek in europa dankzij onze baan als stewardess. In onze week hadden we een prima nachtstopje in Bordeaux, toch wel de mooiste Franse stad van ons route netwerk. Ik vind het altijd heerlijk om er rond te lopen in de smalle straatjes, een beetje winkeltjes te kijken en natuurlijk te genieten van een heerlijke rode wijn (bordeaux natuurlijk!). We kwamen rond het middaguur aan dus perfect voor een late lunch en meer dan genoeg tijd om de stad te ontdekken. We moesten natuurlijk ook een beetje shoppen, want Bordeaux is daar ook echt perfect voor! Ik hoop dat jullie de foto's mooi vinden!
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Bonjour lovely people and welcome from Bordeaux, France. Together with my friend Wendy we had a lovely week of flying europe together. We also had a great layover in Bordeaux, which is the most beautiful french city in our route network. I always enjoy wandering around in the small streets, windowshopping and enjoying a nice good red wine (a bordeaux ofcourse!). We arrived around noon so perfect for a late lunch and time enough to discover this beautiful city. We also did a bit of shopping too, since the shops in Bordeaux are close to perfect. Hope you enjoy the pictures :)
Hi lieve allemaal,
Eindelijk weer eens een nachtstop verslag, dit keer van Bordeaux! Inmiddels alweer een maand geleden, maar de foto's zijn het waard om alsnog te laten zien. Het was een heerlijke nachtstop, we kwamen vroeg in de middag aan en na een heerlijke lunch besloten we nog even rond te wandelen. Ik houd van Bordeaux, de gebouwen zijn prachtig! We zijn ook nog even een wijnwinkel ingewandeld, wat een collectie! Van heel goedkoop tot flessen van 2500 euro per stuk. De winkel zelf was ook echt prachtig, om een trap heen waren al de wijnen uitgestald. Plaatje!
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Hi everyone,
Finally time for another layover post, this time Bordeaux! It has been a while, but the photos are worth showing. The layover was amazing, we arrived early in the afternoon and after a delicious lunch we wandered around in the old city. I love Bordeaux, the buildings are beyond amazing. We also went to a wine shop, they have an amazing collection! From cheap bottles to 2500 euro. The shop itself was beautiful, around the stairs were all the bottles all the way up. Pretty!
I'm wearing
Thrifted primark playsuit € 2,-
Monki sandals € 5,- (sale)
Total price: € 7,-
Vorige week had ik een mooi tripje. Ik begon mijn week in Alesund, ging door naar Lyon waar ik twee dagen verbleef en eindigde mijn trip in Hannover. Alles met heel veel tijd op bestemming, super luxe! (ik werk als stewardess) Mijn crew was leuk, het weer was heerlijk en ik besloot dat het weer eens tijd was om erop uit te gaan. Beide dagen in Lyon hebben we heerlijk geluncht op van die kleine, schattige pleintjes. Ze hebben er een nieuwe fietstunnel gebouwd, waardoor je gemakkelijker in de stad kan komen.
De tweede dag in Lyon zijn mijn collega en ik naar het bekende park gefietst waar we nog heerlijk in het zonnetje hebben gezeten. Het was echt de perfecte middag; lekker gegeten, sportief de stad door gefietst en vervolgens lekker op een grasveldje gezeten en genoten van het prachtige weer (28 graden!). Ik hou echt van Lyon.
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Last week I had a very nice trip. I started my week in Alesund, continued to Lyon where I stayed for two nights and ended my trip in Hannover. All my trips had a lot of time on the destination which was very luxurious. (I'm working as a flight attendant) My crew was lovely, the weather was amazing and I decided it was time to go out and about. Both of the days in Lyon we enjoyed a great lunch at one of the many cute squares. Recently they have builded a new cycling tunnel which makes it very easy to enter the citycenter.
On the second day in Lyon my colleague and I cycled to the well known park where we enjoyed the lovely weather. It really was the perfect afternoon, delicious lunch, cycling through town and chilling in the local park. It was super warm that day, 28 degrees. Men I love Lyon.
Zoals jullie onderhand wel weten werk ik dus als stewardess en kom ik daardoor op best wat leuke plaatsen in Europa (zie mijn travel guide bovenin). Zo had ik laatst een leuke avond in Nice, Frankrijk waar ik gezellig met de crew heb gegeten en heb rondgewandeld. Het was heerlijk weer, bijna 20 graden en het was lekker druk en gezellig op straat. Na een pizza op een pleintje liepen we naar het strand om nog een ijsje te scoren. Perfecte avond in de franse Riviera want oh oh, wat houd ik van Nice (en omstreken vooral).
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As you probably already know by now I work as a flight attendant and thanks to my job I'm able to see the most beautiful places in Europe (check out my travel guide on top of my blog). A few weeks ago I had a really nice layover in Nice, France where I enjoyed a nice little diner and walk with the crew. The weather was beyond perfection: almost 20 degrees and it was very crowded on the streets. After a pizza on a cute french square we walked to the beach and topped it of with some icecream. Perfect night in the french riviera and oh oh, I love Nice and all the little villages around it.
Een tijdje geleden had ik een heerlijk lange nachtstop in Nice (ik werk als stewardess). Na een leuke avond in Wayne's bar besloten we de volgende dag de trein te pakken naar Beaulieu sur Mer en vervolgens terug te wandelen naar Villefrance sur Mer. Stiekem ben ik echt heel erg gek op de Cote D'Azur, heerlijk en mooi al die kleine baaitjes en luxe huizen. Ik kijk mijn ogen uit!
Deze foto's heb ik allemaal met mijn telefoon gemaakt, een samsung galaxy S4. Ik neem helaas niet zo vaak mijn spiegelreflex meer mee, het is te zwaar, maar de camera van mijn telefoon voldoet meer dan prima. Zijn jullie hier wel eens geweest?
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A while ago I had an amazing layover/nightstop in Nice (I'm working as a flight attendant). After a fun night out in Wayne's bar we decided to wake up early and took the train to Beaulieu sur Mer. We walked all the way back to Villefrance Sur Mer. I must admit that I truly love the Cote D'Azur, the small beaches and luxurious houses are so beautiful.
These photos are all from my phone, a samsung galaxy s4. Unfortunately my DSRL is very heavy to take with my while flying, but I am very pleased with the photos from my phone.
Hi allemaal!
Het wordt eindelijk mooi en zonnig weer in Nederland, heerlijk! Toen het weer vorige week wat minder was in Nederland, had ik het geluk om te vliegen naar Nice (ik werk als stewardess) en vanuit daar heb ik met de crew de trein gepakt naar het prachtige Monaco!
De treinreis duurde slechts 10 tot 15 minuten maar je stapt direct uit in een andere wereld. Prachtige, giga dure boten, mooie appartementen en een gaaf casino: Monaco heeft het allemaal. Het is werkelijk waar lifestyle of the rich and famous, een sprookjeswereld op zich! Bijna alles lijkt te mooi om waar te zijn en vooral heel erg onwerkelijk. Ik zou nooit zoiets kunnen -en willen- betalen. Maar het blijft uiteraard leuk om naar te kijken ;)
We liepen door de bekende formule 1 tunnel, langs de dure boten en we bekeken het casino (van james bond) van dichtbij. Daarnaast zijn we ook nog even naar boven richting het kasteel gelopen om daar te genieten van het prachtige uitzicht. Gotta love the south of france!
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Hi all!
Spring has sprung in the Netherlands, love it! But last week, when the skies were grey in the lower lands of Holland, I was lucky enough to have a layover in Nice (I work as a flight attendant). And from there I took the train to the beautiful and surreal Monaco!
It was just a 10 to 15 minute trainride, but as soon as you disembark you're in a completely different world. Beautiful, extremely expensive boats, amazing apartments and a really cool casino: Monaco has it all. It really is the lifestyle of the rich and famous, a fairytale world itself. Too good to be true and especially very surreal and unrealistic. I could and would never afford anything you can find there. But it is a lot of fun to see though!
We walked through the famous 'formula 1' tunnel, along the expensive boats and we absolutely loved the famous casino (from the James bond movie). Besides that we walked up to the castle to enjoy the magnificent view. Gotta love the south of France!
Hallo lieve allemaal,
Vorige week stond ik dus reserve. Een keer per 6 weken hebben wij een 5 daagse 'blokreserve' waarbij we 12 uur per dag telefonisch bereikbaar zijn voor het bedrijf. Mochten ze me nodig hebben voor een vlucht, dan dien ik binnen een uur op schiphol te zijn.
De eerste dag heb ik lekker thuis gezeten, maar de tweede dag ben ik aan het eind van de middag gebeld: een 4 daagse trip met nachtstops in Nice, Lyon en Sandefjord Torp. Best veel vluchten, maar ik had redelijk wat tijd op bestemming. Alleen niet in Nice, daar kwam ik 's avonds laat aan en de volgende dag rond half twaalf moest ik alweer vliegen.
Maar ik was al vroeg wakker en ben direct na het ontbijt lekker gaan wandelen door de oude stad van Nice en uiteindelijk naar het strand en het park. Het was een prima ochtend, lekker relaxed om even te wandelen voor een lange werkdag met vier vluchten. Ik had een jurkje mee wat ik een paar weken geleden in de kringloop winkel heb gevonden voor 4 euro. Hij is oorspronkelijk van Warehouse en was precies mijn maat!
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Hi dear all,
Last week I had my so called 'reserve duty'. Once every 6 weeks we have a week (5 days) of standby where the company can call us for a flight for 12 hours a day. In case they need me for a flight, I need to be at the airport within one hour.
The first day of reserve duty was nice and relaxed, no phonecalls whatsoever. But during the second day they called me at the end of the day for a 4 day trip with layovers in Nice, Lyon and Sandefjord Torp. A lot of flights, but there was a little bit of time to relax as well. In Nice I had a very short stop, I arrived very late in the evening and pick up time the next day was 11.30 AM.
I woke up early and went outside after breakfast to wander around in the old city of Nice. I walked towards the beach and back via the beautiful park to the hotel. It was the perfect morning and it's very relaxed to walk for a bit just before a long day at work with 4 flights. Anyway, I'm wearing a dress which I found in the thriftstore a few weeks ago. It was just 4 euros and it's originally from Warehouse and exactly my size! What do you think?
Hi lieve allemaal,
Hier is hij dan: mijn kleine grote trots! Ik heb een filmpje gemaakt, bewerkt en online gezet. Het is slechts een kort outfit filmpje die ik zelf heb gemaakt tijdens een ochtend in Toulouse. Ik ben ontzettend benieuwd wat jullie ervan vinden om een outfit in film stijl te zien. Laten jullie weten wat jullie ervan vinden?
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Hi dear all,
Here it is: my pride! I filmed, edit and uploaded a video. It's just a short outfit video which I made during a morning in Toulouse, France. And I can't wait to here what you think! Will you let me know?
Remember I told you my boyfriend and I were on a luxurious work trip TOGETHER? So 4 days of flying together? That's pretty amazing! Our last day of the trip was in Lyon, France. It's a place where we both have been many times before, and also two times together as well.
And we both do love Lyon! So many good places to eat and to see! We both enjoy cycling, and since the hotel offers the bikes for free (renting ofcourse) we always go by bike to the city center. I just love cycling and following the river all the way up to the main square (place bellecour).
We spend our day eating, cycling and sightseeing. The sunset was again pretty amazing and I took a lot of pictures during that time of the day. Have you been to Lyon before? And do you like it?
Hi sweethearts,
Remember I told you about my nighstop in Nice? I spend the morning in Nice, but during the afternoon I took the train to Beaulieu sur mer, mainly because I wanted to see Saint Jean Cap Ferrat.
There wasn't enough time to see Cap Ferrat completely, but I definitely enjoyed my afternoon with walking around and watching the people and the beautiful houses. I love the south of France and would love to have my own french house over there. I found a magazine with beautiful french houses: way too expensive but hey, a girl can dream, right?
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Hi sweethearts,
Remember I told you life as a flight attendant is not always unicorns and rainbows? Well: I flew to Nice a couple of weeks ago and that very long day off in the south of France helped me to realise and remember how amazing my job actually is!
I haven't been to Nice in ages, the last time I was there was in the old airport hotel, during my birthday. Since then, the company moved us to another hotel in the citycenter: pretty perfect. So it was the very first time for me to see the new hotel and the new area and I absolutely love it! It's super close to all the good places and the old center!
And with 30 degrees celcius it was the perfect day to enjoy the rooftop pool. But I decided to do something different: I woke up early to climb up to the Castle Hill to enjoy the best view! Afterwards I strolled around in the old city before I took the train to the beach. More about the beach later, first my pictures of Nice!
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Hi dear readers,
Today is the day my brother gets married. Yeah, friday the 13th, strange date isn't it? But it's the day he met his wife-to-be years ago. So while I'm preparing for a lovely day, I'll show you pictures of Bordeaux, where I was two weeks ago.
It was a bright and sunny day, with temperatures above 30 degrees celcius. My pick up time was around 3.30PM, so I woke up early to walk around in this beautiful city. After hitting some shops I walked to the river empty-handed. I have this thing that I can't buy any clothes/accesoiries/anything else for the upcoming month and I'm still going strong :)
Anyway, I was sitting in front of this beautiful building enjoying the sun and a perrier. It was a lovely day in Bordeaux and I hope you like my pictures :)
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Life as a flight attendant is not always like unicorns and rainbows. While being away from home and visiting beautiful places in europe sounds interesting at first, it can turn against you. Especially when you have persons at home you love and you can't see them for quite some time. My boyfriend is a pilot and we both work for the same airline. Unfortunately it is very difficult to have our days off together. Most of the time when I'm off, he's flying or the other way around.
And the situation was not different this time. But we found a solution! My boyfriend had a day over (24 hour stop) in Lyon while I had my days off at home. So why not join him on his trip as a passenger? It was a lot of fun to see him work (haha) but the best thing was to spend time with him for two precious days!
We both have been to Lyon and wanted to discover something new. While browsing tripadvisor I found a beautiful parc (it was no1 on tripadvisor!) we just had to see! And so, after a 3 course lunch at restaurant Le Bon Bourgeois we cycled to the parc to enjoy the afternoon.
Located in the 6th arrondisement of Lyon there is this beautiful park. In Parc de la Tête d'Or you will find a fantastic zoo and botanical garden named Jardin Zoologique besides the beautiful lake and many other amazing spots this Parc has to offer. The zoo is really big and has a wide variety of animals! This is all for free, so everyone can enjoy it!
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I wrote a little love poem about lyon a couple of months ago, and I'm finally back! But men oh men, it was bloody hot, 38 degrees hot. Too hot to be in the hotel pool filled with kids, so I took the bike to the city center and cycled around. It's such a beautiful city, and luckily I got some company from two other crew members.
After a nice carpaccio we cycled back to the hotel and went to bed early. But our day in Lyon was very lovely! Have you every been to Lyon?
Many times I've visited Toulouse but I still discover new and amazing places each time. Today I rented a bike (you can get your velo at so many places in town, it's a bike-heaven!) And the bike makes it so easy to discover the city!
Lucky me, I arrived around 11 o'clock in Toulouse and had the complete afternoon and evening to spend. While the other crew members went to the swimmingpool, I went to a local flea market and enjoyed all the good french things in life. It was bloody hot, 35 degrees centigrade, but the town is so lovely when the skies are blue.
After a couple of hours on the bike, I ended my afternoon at the riverside enjoying the beautiful view. I had diner at Mac Donalds: easy peasy but I love it... And went to bed early! This was by far the best day of my 5 day trip for work. I love Toulouse, and will go back next week! :)
I just came back from my last flight, a geneva up and down, and now it's time for three full weeks of annual leave! This past week, I was lucky enough to fly with my boyfriend. He is a first officer and every now and then, luck is on our side and we can fly together! We've already been to Stuttgart (first time we met), Munich, Bologna, Trondheim (twice) and Torp-Sandefjord. And this week we can add Lyon to our list!
We woke up really early to enjoy a quick breakfast and went to town by taxi. Usually the hotel offers us several bicycles, but they got stolen?! Anyway, the taxi was also absolutely fine! We walked around on place bellecour (the main square) and took the tram upstairs to the basilique.
I really like Lyon but it was even more amazing to spend the day together with my boyfriend! Unfortunately I had to be back at the hotel at 12.00PM because of my pick up time (his pick up time to go to the aircraft was at 16.00pm, mine at 12.40pm). And when arriving at the airplane, it turned out to be 'technical' and so I had to wait till 17.30pm before we flew back to Amsterdam. And today I just had to do a Geneva up and down, and now it's time for my holiday!!!!!
I requested a nightstop in Bologna on my birthday, but since that was impossible for rostering to do, I went to Nice on the 24th of april and one day later to Bologna. We arrived around 5PM and went directly to the beach. We had a birthday cocktail at a beach club (thanks to my collegues) and afterwards we had a lovely diner in the harbour.
We watched the sunset and the moonrise while enjoying the 20 degrees celcius spring weather. It was a beautiful evening and I really enjoyed the my birthday in Nice. However, due to the short stop, we decided to have a really good diner the next day in Bologna. More about that later! Hope you enjoy my pictures.
Yesterday I felt like Alice in Vintage Wonderland when I discovered this cute vintage store right in the citycenter of Toulouse. The beautiful owner allowed me to take some pictures of this pretty place and her vintage treasures. I was delighted to see a mix of vintage and secondhand high street fashion brands. It's the place to be to dress like a true parisian girl and get matching jewelry, bags and shoes.
Next time I'll definitely bring my wallet to take something back to the Netherlands. I have seen so many beautiful items which I would love to have, but unfortunately this month is not a good month to spend money ;)
But you can, if you like! If you visit Toulouse, Backstage Vintage is definitely a must see on your list. Toulouse has a lot of vintage stores, but this one is by far the best and as soon as you enter the store you're filled with inspiration, that's a promise!
Backstage Vintage
28 Rue des Marchands
31000 Toulouse, France
Backstage Vintage Facebook
(be sure to like her facebook page, she has amazing inspiration as well!)
Right now I'm blogging from my hotelroom in Toulouse. Spend all day outside in the freezing cold wandering around. My previous visit to Toulouse must have been over a year ago, and I was really trying to request this nightstop. Not only because I love this city, but also because there was some gossip in the gally (of the airplane, red) that we would change hotels. Thank goodness that didn't happen, we stay in our old hotel right in the citycenter of Toulouse.
The thing I love about Toulouse is that it has amazing shops. Do you know the spanish brand 'Stradivarius'? I was so happy when I found it in Toulouse, and I really love their clothes. But today was not a good day to shop, so I bought nothing and am now back in my warm hotelroom. Time for some sleep, but first... my pictures!
