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Guide Bacalar

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019 My Travel Atelier

Guide to Bacalar, Mexico

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 My Travel Atelier

I have been interviewed for my favourite podcast (in Danish)

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 My Travel Atelier

Our favourite coffee shops in Antigua, Guatemala

Conscious travel routines

September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 My Travel Atelier

Practical tips for a conscious travel routine

Guide to Lake Atitlan Guatemala

August 14, 2019August 15, 2019 My Travel Atelier

Complete guide to Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 My Travel Atelier

8 tips for travelling with a toddler

15 photos of Antigua Guatemala

July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 My Travel Atelier

15 photos from our love-affair with Antigua, Guatemala

Coffee shops in Playa del Carmen

July 16, 2019July 24, 2019 My Travel Atelier

5 great coffee shops to work from in Playa del Carmen

Playa del Carmen

June 14, 2019June 14, 2019 My Travel Atelier

Taking a travel break and staying put in Playa del Carmen for some months

Guide to Isla Holbox

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 My Travel Atelier

Guide to extraordinary Isla Holbox

May 25, 2019May 24, 2019 My Travel Atelier

Favourite travel gear on our Latinamerican adventure

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 My Travel Atelier

Our 10 days in Mérida (hint: It was not as expected)

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Welcome to My Travel Atelier

Hi, I am Christina. A 32-year old Spanish- Danish travel writer, mother and wife. I have written here on My Travel Atelier since 2015 alongside my “real” job in the hotel industry. By the end of 2018 my husband & I jumped right into an uncertain future when we quit our 9-5 jobs to travel in Latin America and work online. Since then, my posts are mostly evolving around travelling with a toddler, working online and all the fabulous and not so fabulous things we experience along the way.

Welcome!

christinarovira

No place combines fashionable rooftop bars and lau

No place combines fashionable rooftop bars and laundry like Barcelona does 💃👕👖
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I've been giving my blog (www.MyTravelAtelier.me) very little attention lately. To the point I've considered stopping writing at all. Because I've accomplished what I started the blog for years ago: Getting through the needles eye into the publishing world (and actually being paid to write travel guides🙌).
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Then came our Latinamerican adventure, which was fun to write about and has been useful to others.

But now? Now that we live in Barcelona and are pretty much fed up on travel experiences for a while, I was unsure whether to get back to it. Because what to write about? And is the time spent writing worth it???
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Last night I received a message asking for recommendation about Barcelona. And then it hit me: I've received SO MANY private messages asking for recommendation since we've arrived here. So writing about Barcelona would maybe be the way to go now?
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I also feel there is a genuine interest in knowing more about the practicalities about starting an online career, moving to Spain and jumping into the unknown in general. Plus what this whole experience has taught us. Am I right, or?

So, I'll get back at writing for the blog very soon. If there are any specific topics you would like me to cover or you are interested in knowing more about, let me know in a comment below or in a DM ⭐

Picture is from a recent visit to @polandgracehotel A nice artsy hotel in a local neighborhood 🎨

So long 2019 💨 With our lungs full of fresh Da

So long 2019 💨

With our lungs full of fresh Danish air, we're saying goodbye to a year that has been all about breaking down the life we knew. 2020 will be all about building it all up again, but in a much more exotic way ☀

And the same goes for the decade we're leaving: It was a decade of building a strong foundation professionally, personally and as a couple/family.

This upcoming decade will build on our foundation to live the life that works for our little family (= time for adventures, sun, playa, friends & family) ✨

Remember that it's never too late to change direction 🔛

Happy New Year⭐

From a little blonde and his parents: Feliz Navida

From a little blonde and his parents: Feliz Navidad ⭐🌲🍾 Wish you all some happy days wherever you are ⭐

Pd. Sandwich hugs is our thing 😍

Our schedule the past two days: A morning visit to

Our schedule the past two days: A morning visit to the police office to (finally) get my residency card for Spain ➡️ Flight to Copenhagen ➡️ Hugs, kisses and dinner with the family ➡️ Say goodbye to our tenant who has lived in our apartment the past 10 months ➡️ Prepare the apartment for the new tenants who arrive on Sunday (+ cry a little because I'm so sentimental about that apartment ♥️) ➡️ Pack stuff to ship to Barcelona as we're staying there long term ➡️ Fix insurance by phone for our Barcelona apartment at the same time ➡️ Ohh and answer regular business mails...
Pfew, it's been some hectic days! Tomorrow we'll celebrate my dad who turns 60 and on Sunday Lasse is flying back to Barcelona, while Julian and I will catch up with friends and fam here in Copenhagen over the next week (+ eat hindbærsnitter every day 😋).
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No pretty autumn pics of Copenhagen to share as we've been busy, so here's an evening photo from our balcony in Barcelona 😍

What are your weekend plans? ✨

Thanking the owners of this first floor apartment

Thanking the owners of this first floor apartment for making my walk to and from Julian's daycare a visual treat 🌿🌱☘️
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When I think of Barcelona, I think of the classy flower shaped tiles and buildings like this ✨
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What comes to your mind when thinking about Barcelona?

Many things haven't gone our way since we arrived

Many things haven't gone our way since we arrived here in Barcelona, but at least we've been super lucky to find an incredible apartment (ok, very old, tired apartment, but with lots of light, great views and potential) AND this gorgeous cafe (sistercafe to @espaijoliu ) has recently opened just across the street 🌱🌿☘️ Plant + coffee happiness on my doorstep✅
So, it seems like the universe is telling us that we're welcome here (even though a broken washing machine + no warm water for two days made us feel the opposite yesterday...)😍

One month ago today: On the way from Mexico City t

One month ago today: On the way from Mexico City to Barcelona ✈️
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Our beginning here hasn’t been as smooth as we could have wished for, but this weekend we’ve moved into our new home and things are slowly getting into place.

Practicalities have been quite a hassle, but the feeling of choosing this city as our home couldn’t be better, and that’s the most important 🖤

I'm looking forward to sharing hundreds of photos of our new life here in my favorite city 📸

8 months 11 flights 10 long bus trips 10 days with

8 months
11 flights
10 long bus trips
10 days with rental car
Countless Uber rides and crazy taxi drives
20 Airbnbs/homes

Our Mexican adventure is officially over and we're back in Europe✨ It's been one long journey without a single delay, cancellation, lost luggage, theft, accident or any other bad experience. We haven't even had the famous travel stomach (aka diarrhea) and we have eaten plenty of street food. And no, we haven't used that silly solution you can buy to "clean" your fruit and veggies!

Why am I saying that?

Because when we left Denmark 8 months ago people would ask "how dare you travel to Mexico with a child?"
Well, we dared because we knew that Mexico is more than Narcos, gunshots and all the other stuff the media is trying to tell us.

So, conclusion of this caption:

1. The world can be dangerous, but it can also be beautiful and amazing 💫
2. We could have saved our 2200€ travel insurance 😂 💸💸
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Now, we don't talk about our final flight home that was cancelled (European airline!) or all the stuff we have lost because we have forgotten it along the way🤦

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