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Your useful travel friend here. I'm Kyomi Wade, a British writer, currently based Berlin. This blog is the home of my writing and your guide to life (abroad) and travel in the slow lane. I have been featured in Black Ballad, Travel Noire, POSTSCRIPT London, BUSTLE, We Are Travel Girls and more.

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“During the peak of Spain’s 2+ month lockdown, “During the peak of Spain’s 2+ month lockdown, I briefly left the house for our 1x a week grocery store run when I saw a man returning home from work. He was getting out of his car a full beekeeping suit. I had never seen this before, and I’m not sure I would ever see it again”. Amy tells me how she struck up a conversation with him, asking about where he works, if he offers beekeeping classes, and so on. By the end of their encounter, he had invited her to come and work with him that Friday. She did show up that Friday, and that one Friday turned into five days a week, spanning 10-12 hours a day, and just like that Amy found herself with a new job and purpose. In the tough (I learned) but rewarding labour that is beekeeping. Excerpt from ‘Move to a new city at the start of Covid, and start a business: meet Amy’ - the latest post up on wadingwade.com Hope it inspires you as much as it did me 🐝✨ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #bees #passionpassport #honey #trip #travelblog #wanderlust #success #nature #beekeepers #beekeeper #travelling #travelphotography #travel #instago #travelgram #savethebees #traveladdict #beehive #love #honeybee #travelpics #business #ig #traveltheworld #travelawesome # #entrepreneur #instatravel #bee #travelblogger
⁣From PR executive in an office in Sevilla, to b ⁣From PR executive in an office in Sevilla, to beekeeping-business owner in Barcelona. Meet Amy, founder of @honeyhousebarcelona, and the girl who uprooted a seven year life in Sevilla just two weeks before Covid began. Her story is up on the blog, now. .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #travelinspiration #travelwriting #travelgram #ilovetravel #mytravelgram #instatravel #traveladvice #travelling #travelstories #traveltheworld #worldtravel #travelblog #tourism #photography #traveling #igtraveller #travel #travelphotography #instago #traveljunkie #nature #travelguides #wanderlust #travelbloggers #travelpics #traveldiary #travelholic #travellers #travelpic #travelphoto
*I will be joining #NaNoWriMo, ARE YOU?* So, havin *I will be joining #NaNoWriMo, ARE YOU?* So, having basically three jobs at the moment I never have time for anything. BUT this was a remind for me to not forget the thing that helps me get through *all* the emotional things and basically makes my heart swell: WRITING ✍🏽 I have at least one accountability partner for this month of November, and I’m petrified of taking on the task... But similarly think it will be an amazing outlet for all the feelings that 2020 has produced inside of me! Are you joining? What are you writing about? Here’s what it’s about if you’re only hearing about it for the first time: 📚 NaNoWriMo is an annual Internet-based creative writing project where participants attempt to write a 50k-word manuscript between the dates of Nov 1 to Nov 30. It's great motivation to finally write that book! And more details can be found here 👉 @nanowrimo .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #writerscommunity #writer #booklover #showusyourwip #writing #writersofinstagram #authorlife #writinglife #nanowrimo2020 #amwriting #writers #writingcommunity #writersofig #bookstagram #ilovewriting #writingtips #authorsofinstagram #nanowrimoprep #author #authorsofig #preptober2020 #instawrimo #books #writerscorner #preptober #writerslife #amediting #authorssupportingauthors #bookworm
🌴EDUCATIONAL HOLIDAYS???🌴Over a couple of we 🌴EDUCATIONAL HOLIDAYS???🌴Over a couple of weeks ago I returned from a writer’s retreat with @thereaderberlin. It’s not something I ever dreamed of experiencing before. To be able to focus solely on writing, to be able to talk to people about characters, writing devices, as if you were discussing an episode from a popular programme—it didn’t seem real! I felt very spoiled and privileged to be able to experience it, especially on a island that’s had 20 COVID cases since March, so I felt safer from the virus than I did in my own home... In the middle of nowhere, where it’s 25 minutes to the closest super market (which is mini) and there was only one taverna open, I think this was one of the most relaxing holidays I had in my life. It reminds me of my experience at the @instituteofcode and makes me think this learning x paradise thing is such a rewarding way to use up your precious holidays🌞 WHAT DO YOU THINK? Have you ever done an educational holiday? .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #traveller #travels #travelpics #ig #wanderlust # #travelers #travel #naturephotography #travelingram #travelphoto #travelphotography #traveltheworld #photography #nature #travelawesome #photooftheday #traveler #travelling #traveling #igtravel #travelblog #traveladdict #traveldiaries #instatravel #travellers #travelgirl #traveldeeper #travelgram #travelblogger
Things to love about Berlin: all the parks. During Things to love about Berlin: all the parks. During this pandemic, it’s been a bit like picking sweets in a candy shop in terms of which to visit. It’s meant that quality of life has really remained in some way here, despite restrictions. 🍃 . .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ ______________________________ #berlin365 #berlinlove #germany #berlinliebe #berlinlebt #ilovetravel #instagood #traveldeeper #travelphotography #ig #travel #travelblogger #berlin🇩🇪 #berlincalling #visit #deutschland #berlinberlin #photography #instatravel #berlincity #travelstroke #berlingram #wanderlust #berlinmitte #traveltheworld #berlin #travelblog #berlinphotography #travelgram #berliner
⁣Kyomi in Berlin 🇩🇪 .⁣ Photo by @florai ⁣Kyomi in Berlin 🇩🇪 .⁣ Photo by @floraidhcc .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #berlin365 #berlinlove #germany #berlinliebe #berlinlebt #ilovetravel #instagood #traveldeeper #travelphotography #ig #travel #travelblogger #berlin🇩🇪 #berlincalling #visit #deutschland #berlinberlin #photography #instatravel #berlincity #travelstroke #berlingram #wanderlust #berlinmitte #traveltheworld #berlin #travelblog #berlinphotography #travelgram #berliner
Why do we bother with the rest of the day, the swa Why do we bother with the rest of the day, the swale of the afternoon, the sudden dip into evening, then night with his notorious perfumes, his many-pointed stars? This is the best— throwing off the light covers, feet on the cold floor, and buzzing around the house on espresso— maybe a splash of water on the face, a palmful of vitamins— but mostly buzzing around the house on espresso, dictionary and atlas open on the rug, the typewriter waiting for the key of the head, a cello on the radio, and, if necessary, the windows— trees fifty, a hundred years old out there, heavy clouds on the way and the lawn steaming like a horse in the early morning. Billy Collins, Morning . .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #writerscommunity #poets #love #poetsociety #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #writer #instagram #quotestagram #writersofig #lovequotes #quotes #writers #poet #poetryofinstagram #poems #words #writingcommunity #life #wordporn #poem #poetryisnotdead #bhfyp #shayari #writersofinstagram #motivation #loveyourself #poetrylovers #quoteoftheday #writing
Fresh home from paradise with this Lana del Rey qu Fresh home from paradise with this Lana del Rey quote in my mind! I recently spent time on a writer’s retreat in Kefalonia, Greece (a place that have had around 20 cases since March) It’s part of the new job I have as an assistant for @thereaderberlin as part of the Erasmus Entrepreneurship Scheme (I work for them in exchange for remuneration and mentoring from a business) Since I’m also a writer. I took part in the week as well as MANY discussions about image and reality Some days, thoughts of home and relationships and troubles plagued our minds, being the perfect example of being in paradise but still sweating your internal woes! It’s why if you see a picture on social media, you could be envious, but there’s always so many layers that exhaust beneath the surface. Nothing is real, really I did enjoy this trip, it was genuinely one of the best experiences I’ve had in my life, but it came with ups and downs and LESSONS, as is the way of life. Have you had a trip where your life troubles stopped you from enjoying the moment? Let’s talk about it below 💙 ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #ionianislands #beautifuldestinations #tourism #travelphotography #traveltheworld #trip #instatravel #greecestagram #ig #travelpics #travelling #perfect #igtravel #kefalonia #travelblogger #traveler #visitgreece #travelgram #greece #traveller #travel #greeceislands #wu #wanderlust #passionpassport #kefaloniaisland #discovergreece #greekislands #instago #travelblog
Whoops. Hello strangers looks like it’s been mon Whoops. Hello strangers looks like it’s been months since I posted again. 😝 I had a conversation about social media with a friend and I told her that I take the stance of being a conscious poster. I think about each post I send out and what effect it might have on the reader. I don’t want to make you feel anything weird, I don’t want to you think life is perfect over here. I also got a little bit choosy with what I put out which I think wasn’t what I wanted with my rebrand so hopefully I will change that. But if I don’t, it’s not a big deal...it’s just social media! Curious to know, do you think about the impact of what you post on other people on here? .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #ionianislands #beautifuldestinations #tourism #travelphotography #traveltheworld #trip #instatravel #greecestagram #ig #travelpics #travelling #perfect #igtravel #kefalonia #travelblogger #traveler #visitgreece #travelgram #greece #traveller #travel #greeceislands #wu #wanderlust #passionpassport #kefaloniaisland #discovergreece #greekislands #instago #travelblog

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