Bohemian Outfit

Brown Bohemian Dress Hand Crocheted Lace Dress Chocolate colored Stripes size 6/8 EU size 36/38 by StarsWear

Leather Kilim Pouch Coin Purse Wallet Vintage Hand woven kilim Brown Leather by StarBags

Little Girl Ethnic Boot Cuffs, Trendy Cowgirl Boot Adornments, Tribal Boot Covers, Kid's Ankle Boot Cuffs, Boot Decor, Children's Fashion by Indiemaison

Newly Listed: Art Nouveau Light Pendant

Art Nouveau Light Pendant with Glass Fringe Chandelier, Pink Chandelier, Ceiling Pendant Light, Glass Stick Chandelier, Lamp 1930s by StarHomeStudio

Rococo Baroque Mirror Ornate Rainbow Mirror Marie Antoinette HandPainted Frame Vintage Kitsch Revamped Colorful Mirror Made in Italy 1950s by StarHomeStudio

Boho-style bedrooms capture the essence of a carefree, eclectic design philosophy that's as inviting as it is personal via Pinterest

Newly Listed: Tree of Life Embroidered Ottoman

Olive wallpaper, Removable wall mural, Crow, Peel and stick, Raven decor, Leaves, Botanical, Peel and stick by marWALLous

Tree of Life Embroidered Ottoman, Hand carved wooden Furniture, Queen Anne Legs, Black, Green, Pink Pouf Bohemian Wooden Furniture by StarHomeStudio

Vintage Ornate Green Mirror late 1930's Wooden Frame Floral Frame Vintage reversed Painted Mirror by StarHomeStudio

Newly Listed: Vintage Tin Earrings

Vintage Tin Earrings, Sterling Silver Statement Earrings Evil Eye Delft Blue by StaroftheEast

Blue Eye Oil Painting Original Gothic Home Decor and Victorian Wall Art Dark Academia Wall Painting by  FortiethPainting

Evil Eye Painting Blue Eye Original Art, Wall Decor Blue Eye Protection Artwork Canvas Wall Art by ZannaJuhnoArt

Newly Listed: Earthenware Artisan pottery

Earthenware Artisan pottery, Multiple Openings Bud Vase, Studio Pottery Pots, home decor, Farmhouse, Vintage Rustic Country Living by StarHomeStudio

MM Linen Santharia Multi Quilt Cover Set by LuxeBedding

Dark Bedroom Plants by quietjoyathome

Roadtrip: Batumi, Georgia

 

The main destination of our 2-week trip was to visit Georgia. While it is a neighboring country it is on the East-North point of Turkey while we live in the South-West, so it is not close by for us. This was our first time and we went by car so we had a thrilling time crossing the border. It took more than an hour, an unpleasant surprise was that only I was allowed to cross the border in the car as the owner, but my mother had to walk! It was not a 2 minute walk, a not fun part.

Paperwork took a while and after crossing I also had to get car insurance for Georgia. We there soon discovered that the Georgian people are not friendly.

While Batumi is called the Georgian Dubai, we only visited the old part of the city which was beautiful, but again not a single smiling face which was depressing.

No one speaks any English either, the alphabet and language is entirely unique, making it very isolating.

We absolutely loved the old city, we only were there for less than 24 hours as we still had a 5 hour drive to Tbilisi but it was a lovely visit.

There was also a delicious street pastry sold everywhere for a very reasonable price, the dough was very different and light which made for our breakfast/lunch.

I'm always a big fan of green streets and Batumi had several luscious shady streets.

We were in Georgia for a total of 5 days, I still have plenty to share :) 

Newly Listed: Seashell Mosaic Bracelet Abalone Shell

 

Seashell Mosaic Bracelet Abalone Shell by StaroftheEast

Jellyfish Photography, white moon jellyfish, ocean, sea life, blue and purple, jellyfish wall art, home decor by LynnLangmade

Undertow . giclee art print by ClareElsaesser

Roadtrip: Trabzon, Sumela Monastery

 

I am quite behind with sharing our 5000km road trip that has ended a few days ago. However I will slowly catch up!

Hidden between the green high mountains (at about 1200 meters) near Trabzon is the Greek Orthodox Sumela Monastery (Sümela Manastırı). 

My mother went here about 25 years ago when there was no one, entry was free and you could reach by car very closely. Now you have to leave your car at an expensive parking spot and pay for a bus to take you up and then walk the last 800 meters upstairs. 

 It is not suitable to visit if you can't walk well. We went during high season and it was very crowded, I'm sure it is better to visit in Fall. Unfortunately the monastery has felt victim to a horrible renovation which pretty much ruined it. 

The walk to it is right in the green mountains which was beautiful and the monastery must have been breath taking back in the day. 

I found the amount of people and the state of the place off-putting but am glad l did visit as it is a very unique place and a UNESCO world heritage site.

Roadtrip: Sinop, Black Sea

My first impression of the Black Sea. And it was bright blue and tropical looking. Not at all what I expected. I do know that the weather and area of the Black Sea gives different sceneries.

I absolutely loved Sinop, situated on a Peninsula it was entirely surrounded by the Sea. On the tip of the Peninsula, there was no one and the mountains were high creating a dramatic height difference between the sea.

The town center was full of part of a castle, sporadically shattered all over town, it must have been impressive back in the day.

I loved the parts where no one was present, as where people are, noise and trash follow. The tip was so quiet and roughly natural, just perfect.

There was some adorable wild donkeys just enjoying the sun.

We are already much further away, I'm behind with blogging, hotel wifi is not the best but I'll catch up and show you are high points of our trip. We are now in Georgia, after traveling the Turkish Black Sea coast for a few days it is time to explore this country, which is a neighboring country but everything is so different we are having a bit of a cultural shock :)

Roadtrip; Kütahya and Ankara

We are currently on a road trip. Our final stop will be Tiblisi, Georgia, it is a 2000km drive but we are making lots of stops.

 

Our first stop was in Kütahya, a place where we have at one point lived. In central Turkey, it is known for its beautiful handmade pottery and we bought some beautiful pieces. We stayed there for 1 night and then went to Ankara, the capital.

While mostly a modern city it has some beautiful old gems too.

As a Le Petit Prince fan, I had to take a photo of this building!

My favorite part was the cute little streets around the castle. It was quite hot so we didn't visit the castle itself.

We stayed for 2 nights and bought some beautiful vintage pieces for our home decor shop.

We have now reached the Black Sea, our first stop is Sinop, which will be my next blog post. I've never been to the Black Sea, so I am very excited to discover and share it!