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“What do you learn in school, Hans Thomas?” Dad asked. “To sit still,” I replied. “It’s so difficult that we spend many years learning to do it.”⠀ ⠀ This book was my absolute favorite growing up, I cannot remember how many times I went to the library to get it! I was a huge fan of this book - and still am 🙊I have read this book so many times, that I almost know it by heart. ⠀ ⠀ I am trying to keep my Spanish alive. Since I rarely speak it these days, I promised myself I would read at least one book in Spanish in 2019. When I got it, I was worried about two things: Would my Spanish level be good enough to read an entire book? And most of all: How would it be to read this book in another language? A book that I practically know every single word of. ⠀ ⠀ I didn’t really need to worry: from the first page I was swept away. I was right back in the same story that I have loved for years. The language barrier did not prove to be hard, I managed well enough and even picked up a few new words along the way. 🙌🏽⠀ ⠀ Usually I prefer reading books in their original language as I sometimes feel that certain elements get lost in translation. To my surprise every element that I love about this book, was still there when I read the book in Spanish. So cucos to the translator! ❤️⠀ ⠀ I’ve been trying to get back into my regular routine, but it’s proving rather difficult. After an adventures ends, I always have a long post travel depression. I’ll get over it, eventually. But for now I’m still looking at my red backpack in the corner of my living room. That keeps whispering: where to go next gabby? ⠀ ⠀ I already have a few travel plans set up for next year, so I’ll be off before you know it! 🌍 but for now, I’ll settle with traveling through the pages📖 and counting down the days until Christmas 🎄or try to sit still as is required for an adult while working 🙊 #bookstrider #josteingaarder #elmisteriodelsolitario #thesolitaremystery #kabalmysteriet #bookstagram #bookishthoughts #bookcommunity #bergenreads #alwaysbereading #booklove #bookalicious #bookworm #leeresvivir #bookstagramnorway #instabook #instabooks #bibliophile #bookphotography #bookphoto

“Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have travelled.” Mohammed⠀ ⠀ And so my adventures came to an end, but what a beautiful journey it was! ✈️I have seen so much, I have learned so much and I have met great people a long the way. What else can you ask for when traveling? 🙌🏽⠀ ⠀ Morocco has left me with so many good memories, it is truly one of the most beautiful countries I have ever visited. Looking through my pictures, I feel lucky to have been able to see it. To live and breath it myself. To let it shape me and change me for the future. I always change a little bit after another adventure, I might have learned something, maybe gotten a new perspective or maybe just learned to cook something exciting. In the end, your travels give you so much more than you think. 🌍⠀ ⠀ I have had a few days to let things sink in, but there are still elements I need time to digest, let my mind stop thinking and maybe just accept. Different cultures, different religions, different ways of explaining life - always takes time to sink in with me. I like to say I am an openminded person, I do sincerely believe I am - but I also find myself challenged with my views. My views might be the right for me, but not for others. And that is alright. ⠀ ⠀ Morocco put that to the test. How do I feel about a culture that has views on women that are so different than my own. How do I feel about religion (any religion that is) being a huge part peoples lives and dictate how to behave? Is it really bad? Maybe not. What about the double standards regarding men and women? What about the society with a new generation that has other demands and wishes? SO many questions and thoughts! 🙊⠀ ⠀ I love this part of travelling, they challenge your beliefs, down to the very core of who you are as a person. I might not agree with a lot of things, but I am so happy that I have seen it with my own eyes, learned it from people who live it and then make up my own opinion. ⠀ ⠀ Should you visit Morocco? Definitely! ❤️⠀ ⠀ My goal for next year will be to find a book written by a Moroccan author. Would love to experience Morocco again, at least through the pages. Do you have a tip for me?

I was tagged by @karolineinwonder in the challenge #gettoknowthebookstagrammer so here are som random facts about me: ⠀ ⠀ I’m a historian⠀ I’m 31 years old ⠀ I speak three languages ⠀ I’ve got seven tattoos ⠀ I’ve been to 21 countries - I am currently in Morocco! 🇲🇦✈️⠀ My favorite genre is fantasy 📖⠀ I can reread the same book a hundred times without getting tired of it (if it’s good) ⠀ ⠀ I’ve tagged some people in this post but feel free to do it if you wish! 😄 #bookstrider #bookish #bookishlove #booklove #booklover #alwaysbereading #bookshelf #bookaesthetic #bookcommunity #bookworm #instabook #bookstagramnorway #bookaddict #bookaholic #books #behindthepages #bookishconfessions #bookishconfession #travelvibes

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."⠀ - St. Augustine⠀ ⠀ Just a small travel update between traveling and adventures! Morocco, you are truly amazing 😍 what a beautiful country! ⠀ ⠀ I am amazed of all the things I have seen so far and I can’t believe I’m already halfway through my trip. Right now I am in Marrakech, enjoying a warm afternoon after a few hours on the road. ⠀ ⠀ Yesterday I got lost in the old Médina of Fes, tomorrow I’ll get to explore what Marrakech has to offer. 📷For now I can say this is truly a eye opening experience. It is really nice to see a culture up close and then decide for yourself what your opinion is. It is a very different reality from home, but at the same time there are things that I find better here. I’ll have to sum it all up when I get back - but for now: you should definitely visit Morocco 🇲🇦❤️ ⠀ ⠀ I have started on one of my favorite books: The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder. This time around, I am reading it in Spanish! Partly because it was a goal of mine this year, but also so I can keep my language skills alive 🙊 ⠀ have a nice book week and I’ll keep posting travel pics when I have a good WiFi connection 😄

"I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world."⠀ ⠀ Mary Anne Radmacher⠀ ⠀ That first real backpacking trip I had changed something in me, it changed what I had always thought I wanted out of life. Ever since then I have tried to figure out exactly what I want.⠀ ⠀ While others strived to settle down, start their lives here and take part of what is considered the normal life. I struggled. Don’t get me wrong, I also wanted that at some point. A flat, a car, someone to settle down with and have "that" kind of life. ⠀ ⠀ I now want the opposite. 🙈I want to see every corner of the world. 🌏⠀ ⠀ It’s a cliche. But I want to see the sunrise in Bali, go trekking in Colombia, enjoy all the food I possibly can in Italy and pick off bugs from my hair in a rainforest somewhere. And maybe even learn to love spiders 🕷😅 ⠀ ⠀ Truth to be told I work so I can travel, I rent a flat so I can easily quit my lease and travel, I am even hesitant of entering a relationship (there I said it🙊) because being single gives me my freedom of picking up and starting over anywhere at any time and any moment. I am free to decide whenever. ⠀ ⠀ This is me. I don’t fit in to the A4 life as we say in Norwegian. I am most happy when I am out here, with my backpack, seeing and meeting new cultures. On the road I find something I just can’t seem to grasp at home. ⠀ ⠀ Who knows? Maybe I’ll end up with a flat, cats and a huge loan anyways 😂 - but maybe I won’t. I hope I won’t. Maybe I’ll sit on a beach somewhere when I turn 90 and enjoy my travel vibes. And of course have a huge library somewhere 📖⠀ ⠀ My point is, I don’t know where I’ll end up, but the more people tell me to settle down, to do the adulting world better - the more I rebel against it and the more those travel vibes call out for me. There, I’ve never been so honest about it. But there you have it ☺️🌏 ⠀ ⠀ Morocco here I come ✈️⠀ #bookstrider #bookishconfessions #travelvibes #travelvibe #backpackinglife #bookstagram #bookworm #bookshelf #insta_book #instabook #instabooks #bookconfessions #booklove #bookcommunity #alwaysbereading #alwaysbetraveling #bookstagramnorway #bookalicious #passportlife #bergenreads

“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.”⠀ ― Albert Einstein⠀ ⠀ Everyone knows how much I adore libraries, but libraries can be so much more than the actualy building. 📖I love mini libraries around the workplace and where I work I have discovered that each department usually has its own library corner. ⠀ ⠀ In my office there are just two books at the moment, but the other week I was at a different department and they had a huge bookshelf with books you could borrow. 😍I adore these mini libraries around, you always find something new to read or get tips about which authors to try out. It is almost like a hidden bookstagram community between adulting and work life. ⠀ ⠀ I know there are some bus stops here in Bergen that have their own mini libraries too, so you can grab a book while you wait for the next bus. I havent seen anyone near me, but everytime I take the bus I am hoping to spot one. 🙈⠀ ⠀ How about you? Do you have any minilibraries around you? ⠀ #library #library📚 #librarylife #bookstrider #bookstagram #books #bookshelf #bookshelves #bookaddict #bibliophile #minilibrary #alwaysbereading #bookcommunity #bookworm_insta #instabook #bookishthoughts #librarybook #librarybooks #bokglede #leseglede #librarylove #librarylover #stephenking #carrie #sorteorkideer #justadulting

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