Las Palmas layover

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Annimarian Las Palmas layover

Annimarian Las Palmas layover

Annimarian Las Palmas layover

Annimarian Las Palmas layover

Las Palmas layover – Heippa! Eilen illalla kotiuduin Las Palmasin reissulta. Se oli siis yhden yön pikavisiitti, kiva sellainen. Menolento oli tosi rauhallinen, koska nĂ€mĂ€ alkaa olla viimeisiĂ€ Kanarian lentoja ennen kuin ne jÀÀ kesĂ€tauolle. Paluu olikin sitten umpitĂ€ysi ja aikamoisen kiireinen!

EdellisessĂ€ postauksessa mainitsinkin, ettĂ€ lĂ€htö oli tosi aikainen ja herĂ€tys koitti lauantaiaamuna kello 02:50. Huhhuh! Onneksi menolento oli siis aika rauhallinen… 🙂 Koska lĂ€hdettiin niin aikaisin, oltiin tietysti aikaisin perillĂ€kin. Las Palmasissa oli ihana ilma, ei liian kuuma, mutta aurinkoinen kuitenkin. Hotellihuoneessa on ihanan iso parveke, siellĂ€ istuskelin parinkin otteeseen. Eka parvekekuva oli mun aamupala-situation lĂ€htöpĂ€ivĂ€nĂ€, mutta jouduin pian toteamaan, ettĂ€ vĂ€hĂ€n liian viileĂ€ oli vielĂ€ ja hipsin takaisin sisĂ€lle. Piti kokeilla kuitenkin!

Mun layoverin suurin ohjelmanumero oli mennĂ€ Mercadonaan shoppaileen! En tiiĂ€ oonko ainoa, mutta rakastan kĂ€ydĂ€ marketeissa eri maissa ja katsella, mitĂ€ paikalliset ihmiset ostaa ja minkĂ€laisia tuotteita siellĂ€ on tarjolla. Espanja on tietysti asia erikseen, kun katselen tuotteita ja muistelen, ettĂ€ “Tuota silloin aina Madridissa asuessa ostin…” ja niin edelleen. Tein muutamia hyviĂ€ ostoksia ja niitĂ€ ajattelin esitellĂ€ toisessa postauksessa.

Nyt teen pikaisen kuntopiirin kotona ja sitten aletaan kattoon Awsin kans leffaa ja syömÀÀn karkkia. MeillĂ€ kun meni yhteinen viikonloppu ohi, niin pidetÀÀn se nĂ€in maanantai-iltana. Onneksi huomenna on molemmilla vapaapĂ€ivĂ€. Kivaa illanjatkoa! 🙂

Las Palmas layover – Hello! Yesterday evening I came back home from Las Palmas. It was a quick one night layover, but a nice one anyway. The flight there was really quiet, because these are the last flights there before the summer break. The return flight then was completely full and very busy!

I mentioned in the last post that the departure from Helsinki was very early and my wake-up time was 02:50 am. Therefore it was very nice to have a quiet flight there… 🙂 Because we left so early, we also arrived early to Las Palmas. The weather there was super nice, sunny but not too hot! The hotel room has a nice big balcony and there I sat a couple of times. The first balcony picture is my breakfast situation from the morning before leaving to the airport, but I quickly had to admit that it was still a little bit too cold and went back in to finish my breakfast. Well, I tried!

The most important activity on my layover was to go shopping to Mercadona! I don’t know if it is only me, but I love to go to the supermarkets in different countries and see what the locals are buying and what kind of products there are. Spain, of course, is a special case, because I go around looking and remembering like “This thing I always used to buy when I lived in Madrid…” and so on. I did some nice shopping and I’m going to show the stuff on another post.

Now I’ll do a quick workout and then we will start watching a movie with Aws and eat candy. We missed the weekend together, so we will have it now on a Monday night instead. Luckily we both have a day off tomorrow. Have a nice evening! 🙂

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Hei! Madrid-teemalla vielĂ€ jatkuu! Aika iso osa matkasta kulutettiin fanittamiseen. Aws on nimittĂ€in Ă€lyttömĂ€n kova Real Madrid-fani, joten kĂ€ytiin Santiago BernabĂ©u -stadionkierroksella ja toisena pĂ€ivĂ€nĂ€ kĂ€ytiin vielĂ€ kattoon peli. Itse en oo niin kiinnostunut jalkapallosta, mutta kai sitĂ€ Madridissa asuneena kuuluu ainakin kerran elĂ€mĂ€ssÀÀn kĂ€ydĂ€ Realin pelissĂ€ 😀 Ja hieno kokemus se oli!

Hello! Still going on with the Madrid theme! Aws is a big Real Madrid fan, so on the first day we went to a tour in the Santiago BernabĂ©u stadium and we also went to see a game on another day. I’m not such a big fan of foot ball, but as a former Madrid resident, I guess I’m supposed to see at least one Real Madrid game 😀 It was a really cool experience!

Sopivasti ennen matkaa katsottiin loppuun La Casa de Papel-sarja, joka on aika uusi, huippusuosittu espanjalainen sarja. Suosittelen ehdottomasti, ihan 10/10. Musta on myös aivan ihanaa katsoa sarjaa tai elokuvaa, jossa puhutaan espanjaa! Tietysti sitten sarjan ankarina faneina haluttiin mennĂ€ kattomaan paikka, jossa sarjaa on kuvattu. Sarja kertoo rikollisryhmĂ€stĂ€, joka suunnittelee suurta ryöstöÀ rahanpainotehtaaseen, joka sijaitsee Madridin keskustassa. Googlattiin paikka ja kĂ€veltiin ekana pĂ€ivĂ€nĂ€ sinne. Paikan pÀÀllĂ€ huomattiinkin, ettĂ€ ainakaan sarjan ulkoilmakohtauksia ei oo kuvattu samassa paikassa. Googlattiin lisÀÀ ja löydettiin maininta toisesta paikasta. Seuraavana pĂ€ivĂ€nĂ€ mentiin ensimmĂ€iseksi sinne! Kunnes huomattiin, ettĂ€ sekÀÀn ei ollu oikea paikka. Taas googletusta ja löydettiin kolmas paikka. HypĂ€ttiin metroon ja ajettiin sinne. Vihdoin löydettiin oikea rakennus! PĂ€ivĂ€ sattui kuitenkin olemaan lauantai, joten kaikki portit rakennuksen ympĂ€rillĂ€ oli kiinni ja nĂ€htiin rakennus vaan kaukaa. No, neljĂ€s kerta toden sanoo. Maanantaina ajeltiin samaan paikkaan uudelleen ja sillĂ€ kertaa pÀÀstiin sitten ihan lĂ€hietĂ€isyydelle 😀

Just in time before the trip we finished watching the series La Casa de Papel, which is a quite new Spanish show. I highly recommend, absolutely a 10/10. I also love to watch movies or series where they speak Spanish! Of course, as big fans, we wanted to see the place where they filmed the episodes. The story is about a group of criminals who plan to rob the place where money is printed, right in the center of Madrid. We googled the place and walked there on our first day. When we got there, we noticed that at least the outdoors parts of the show are not filmed in the same place. We googled more and found another place mentioned. The next day we went there, and again we realized it was not the right place. Google again and then we found a third place. We jumped to a metro and drove there. Finally we found the right place! The day happened to be a Saturday, so all the gates around the building were closed and we could only see it from far. Well, one more try. On Monday we took the metro there again and finally we got to see the place for real! 😀

Ei siitĂ€ pÀÀse mihinkÀÀn, ettĂ€ Madridilla on edelleen aivan erityinen paikka mun sydĂ€messĂ€ ja muuttaisin ihan samantien sinne, jos työt jĂ€rjestyisi. Tietysti Suomessakin on hyvĂ€ asua ja monet asiat on tÀÀllĂ€ paljon paremmin, mutta silti palaisin mielellĂ€ni Madridiin. Mulla on jo jonkin aikaa ollut ilmoitusvahti asunnonvĂ€lityssivulla, joka pĂ€ivittĂ€in ilmoittelee mulle uusista vapaista asunnoista Madridissa. Ihan vaan mielenkiinnosta. Saapa nĂ€hdĂ€…

I can’t help it, that Madrid still has a very special place in my heart and I would move there in an instant if I could figure out the work stuff. Of course living in Finland is good and many things are so much better here, but I would still like to return to Madrid. For a while now I’ve had this apartment tracking thing on, that notifies me every day of new apartments in Madrid. Just out of interest. Let’s see…

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Hola! Madrid-juttua nyt 🙂 Oltiin siis pienellĂ€ 4 pĂ€ivĂ€n lomalla Madridissa. Aws vieraili Madridissa ja Espanjassa ekaa kertaa ja minĂ€ olin tietysti innoissani esittelemĂ€ssĂ€ kaikkea mahdollista. Reissun aikana Aws-rukka sai kuulla varmaan sata kertaa lauseita “TĂ€llĂ€ kadulla mÀÀ aina…”, “TĂ€stĂ€ kĂ€velin aina töihin…”, “Tuossa kaupassa…”, “TÀÀllĂ€ tein aina ruokaostokset”, “Tuossa talossa asuin” ja niin edelleen. EnimmĂ€kseen vaan kĂ€ppĂ€iltiin ympĂ€riinsĂ€ ja pysĂ€hdyttiin tasaisin vĂ€liajoin syömÀÀn tai kahville. Aws tykkĂ€s Madridista ja sanoi, ettĂ€ se on tosi samantyyppinen kaupunki kuin Istanbul. SiellĂ€ oliskin kiva kĂ€ydĂ€! Aws sanoi myös löytĂ€vĂ€nsĂ€ espanjalaisesta ja arabialaisesta kulttuurista paljon samaa, mikĂ€ ei ole kauhean yllĂ€ttĂ€vÀÀ jos miettii maan historiaa.

Yövyttiin hostellissa Gran VĂ­an ja calle Monteran kulmassa, mikĂ€ on ihan optimaalinen sijainti tĂ€llaiselle kaupunkilomalle. KeskellĂ€ kaupunkia ja metropysĂ€kki oven edessĂ€. Viime kesĂ€n reissulla vietin pari yötĂ€ samassa paikassa, joten nyt ei sitten tarvinnut etsiskellĂ€ hyvÀÀ hostellia. TĂ€ssĂ€ kaikki tĂ€ltĂ€ erÀÀ, jatkan Madrid-juttua seuraavassa postauksessa! Kivaa viikonloppua! 🙂

Hola! Madrid-stuff now 🙂 So we were on a little 4 days holiday in Madrid. It was the first time for Aws in Madrid and Spain and obviously I was super exited to show him everything in the city. During the trip poor Aws must have heard a hundred times a sentence like “On this street I always…”, “Here I always walked to work…”, “In that shop…”, “Here I always did my groceries”, “I lived in that building” and so on. Mostly we just walked around and stopped often to eat or to have coffee. Aws loved Madrid as well and he said the city seems a lot like Istanbul. I would like to visit it! Aws also said he finds a lot of similarities in the Spanish and Arabic cultures. That is no surprise if you think about the history of the country.

We stayed in a hostel in the corner of Gran VĂ­a and calle Montera, which is an optimal location for a city holiday. In the middle of the city and a metro stop right in front of the hostel. On my trip last summer I stayed in the same hostel, so this time we didn’t need to look for a good hostel. That is all for now, I’ll continue with more Madrid-stuff on the next post! Have a great weekend! 🙂

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Madrid, otra vez

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Madrid otra vez. Heippa! PitkĂ€stĂ€ aikaa 🙂 Tultiin eilen takas kotiin, oltiin pienellĂ€ lomalla Madridissa. MeidĂ€n eka yhteinen varsinainen lomamatka! Jos seuraatte mun Instagramia, ootte varmaan nĂ€hny, mitĂ€ ollaan Madridissa puuhailtu. Ajattelin kuitenkin tehdĂ€ vielĂ€ postauksen tai pari blogiinkin. Aloin laittaan kuvia kameralta ja puhelimelta koneelle ja kovolle ja siinĂ€ menikin sitten tovi! En ollut pitkÀÀn aikaan tallentanut puhelimen kuvia kovolle, joten niiden setvimisessĂ€ meni niin pitkĂ€ aika, ettĂ€ jĂ€tĂ€n varsinaisen matkapostauksen teon huomiselle. Kivaa iltaa ja palataan huomenna asiaan! 🙂

Hello! It’s been a while 🙂 Yesterday we came back home from our little Madrid trip. Our first real holiday trip together! If you follow me on Instagram, you have probably seen what we have been up to there. I thought I could make one or two posts of that trip anyway. I started to put my photos to a hard drive from my camera and my phone and that took quite a long time! I hadn’t done that in a long time so all the organizing took so long that I decided to write the actual post tomorrow. Have a great evening and let’s continue tomorrow! 🙂

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Vlog 15: Madrid, te amo

annimarian vlog 15Vlog 15 – Hejsan! Uutta vlogia pukkaa pitkĂ€stĂ€ aikaa! Mun lempparikaupungista tĂ€llĂ€ kertaa. Kauhea kuume tuli taas lĂ€htĂ€ Madridiin kun tĂ€tĂ€ videota editoin ja kattelin… Videon voi katsoa tÀÀllĂ€.

Tuleeko muuten mieleen jotain kommentoitavaa vlogeista? MikĂ€ on turhaa tai mitĂ€ sais olla enemmĂ€n? Työmatkoilla on tietysti aika rajalliset mahdollisuudet kuvata ihan aikataulunkin takia ja varsinaisesti työhön liittyviĂ€ juttuja en halua (enkĂ€ varmaan saisikaan) kuvata. Jos tulee mieleen mitÀÀn parannusehdotuksia niin antaa kuulua! 🙂

Vlog 15 – Hello! A new vlog after a long silence! From my favorite city this time. Editing and watching this video made me want to go back to Madrid so bad… You can watch the video here.

Do you have any feedback in mind when it comes to these vlogs? Is something not necessary and should there be more of something? On my work trips I have very limited opportunities to film because of the schedules and any work related things I don’t want to (and probably am not even allowed to) film. If you have any ideas in mind, please tell me! 🙂

 

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