KonMari+Capsule Wardrobe

Ever since I discovered KonMari and the Capsule Wardrobe methods 2-3 years ago I no longer feel like I don’t have anything to wear.

My wardrobe now only contains the clothes I absolutely love and every year I manage to make better judgements about what to keep and not.

They’re also divided into seasons and the picture above is showing my winter capsule wardrobe. It contains mostly dark clothes in materials such as wool and cashmere (since it’s pretty cold here in Sweden).

Around the middle of March I’m making the switch to my spring capsule, which contains more clothes in navy blue, beige and white.

New Life

I’ve realized that I need to keep blogging – mostly for my own sake. I have troubles with memories. I rarely remember things I’ve done unless I see them on a picture and even then it’s hard sometimes! I have decided to keep on writing in English, in case any of my friends or family in Belgium would like to read it.

So here’s to four years of absence – and a new beginning!

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Sénanque Abbey

We stayed very close to this famous monastery so we took the car over one morning. 

   
   
Charles looks very comfortable haha. You can’t tell on the pictures but once we left the place was so crowded it was almost impossible to get out. Huge buses with people from Japan and east Europe arrived and blocked everyone else from leaving,we were happy that we went so early during the day. 

  
I took most of the pictures with my Nikon and on the way back to the car I found this little fellow. Such a pretty color. 

Carcassone And St Didier

It’s a bit funny that I always stop blogging once I travel when that’s the time I have something fun to blog about. 

  
We stopped in Carcassone on the way to the house in St Didier and it looks exactly like on this picture (I didn’t take any pictures myself). It was breathtaking! And warm,very very warm. We arrived at 6pm and it was still 34 degrees,puh.  

   
The best part of the house was the huge salt water swimming pool,we ate,swam and slept most days. 

   
    
    
 
Two wonderful weeks of sun,French markets and family time!

Bordeaux And Saint Julien

Ok,let’s continue the vacation story. As mentioned a few posts back we spent our first day in St Emilion. Later that day we went on to Bordeaux for some dinner and sightseeing. 

   
  I unfortunately have to let down all the people from Bordeaux by saying I didn’t like the city very much. Neither did Peter and so we left after just 2 hours. There was a reggae festival in town and while we ate we witnessed two streetfights,there were guards and police everywhere and so crowded with the “wrong” kind of people that we felt rather unsafe. 
The next day we went to the Medoc area to visit the chateau of my favorite wine,Chateau du Glana in Saint Julien. We bought a whole box of wine,the price is at least 30% cheaper if you by it directly from the producer compared to the store.    
   

Midsummer In Belgium

Midsummer abroad is just not the same as midsummer in Sweden but we made the best out of it here! Normally I always go home for this celebration seeing as it’s the most important thing of the year,I’ve just missed 2 years (3 with this),when I had an exam in Germany the week after midsummer and last year when Charles was born. This year our holiday in France happened to start the day after midsummer so we decided to stay in Belgium. 

7 adults and 4 kids got together in Destelbergen for a BBQ and games and there was even a little maypole!