Maira Martins

self-taught in everything

Tag: travels

Disappeared for a few days for a good reason: we went for a quick road trip around Costa Brava and Occitanie!

In only five days we drove 1600 km and visited Tossa de Mar, Peratallada, Pals, Tamariu, Cadaquès, Besalù, Collioure, Narbonne, Lagrasse and Carcassonne. 💙⛵🏰

I took my illustrated journal with me and tried to draw and write about the trip while on location, which proved impossible, so now I have half the trip on the journal and the other half I'll get done this weekend. I'm pretty happy with my drawings, will definitely publish it for the world wide web to see and rejoice in my art.

Decided to leave all cameras at home and shoot only with the Xiaomi 15U. Told myself I would be super mindful about every frame and shoot like film. Instead, got all excited about the different lenses, found a leica filter I liked, and ended up with 750 photos (and Jaanus shot about the same on his phone), lol. Hopefully, Excire will make it easy to cull. We'll see!

Back from Rome with my mom and mother-in-law! Their first time in Italy, rightfully enjoyed with a little sightseeing, a good amount of pasta, some aperol, a ton of pizza, and a lot of wine. Didn't write any weeknotes this week, will get back on track next Monday :)

Back from Andalusia

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A month ago I went to Andalusia. It was amazing, I visited castles, went to two fancy restaurants, took a million photos telling myself I would make an online gallery, maybe even print and frame a few... and I still haven't downloaded, edited or even looked at the images. It's a struggle! 📷🗺

Gothenburg

Cranes at the harbor in Göteborg

Gothenburg, Sweden, May 2022. 🗺️

The view from the road

The view from the road, arriving in Sa Calobra! Mallorca, 2018.

Road to Sa Calobra, Mallorca

Mallorca

A small bed & breakfast inland and a rented car to explore the island. One full week of Mallorca! 🗺️ This beach is called Cala Agulla and it really was as blue as it looks in the image. The view from...

photos, travels

Norway, summer 2016

The most beautiful country I've ever been to.

Coast of Norway

A river in Norway

We went wild camping in Norway in 2016. Wild summer, we got snow and 5ºC temperatures. This is one trip I'd love to do again!

Norway

Besalú

One of the prettiest pueblos I've ever been to: Besalú, Catalunya.

Besalú, in Cataluña

Tarragona

Those past two days have felt so cold here in Barcelona. Wishing I could go back one month to an incredibly warm day visiting Tarragona.

Tarragona