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by Wading Wade

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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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Somewhere in Neukölln, Berlin today ❄️ .⁣ . Somewhere in Neukölln, Berlin today ❄️ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #berlin #travel #berlinstagram #berlincity #igersberlin #berlino #visit_berlin #berliner #landscape #hauptstadt #berlin365 #instatravel #diestadtberlin #ig_berlin #berlinpage #ig_berlincity #seiberlin #travelblogger #igersdeutschland #visitberlinofficial #meindeutschland #officelfanvonberlin #visizgermany #vscoberlin #berline #visitberlin #germany #deutschland #instaberlin #explore
“I was recently watching a series where a woman “I was recently watching a series where a woman dying spoke on the essence of living, she said it is to turn every moment into an eternity. What that meant to me was this zoomed in process I refer to, which I often find is achievable by soaking a single moment in gratitude and so: more stories. A story I often like to tell myself is how lucky I am to be drinking a hot tea, my favourite tea at that, on an icy day, from the safety of my window, in a city I love. And so that first the sip of tea becomes more than that moment, it tells the reader, or even your mind, that this is a blessed person indeed. And so it ensues, we are relentless storytellers, whether it is for good or for bad, but knowing we are the penmans, can surely offer us a hand-sparkler sized glimmer of hope for where our mind can take us this 2021.” NEW POST ✨’The stories we tell ourselves (an ode to people spending holidays alone)’ ~ A reflection on the human desire to create stories and how that's important to remember this holiday season, this 2021, and beyond . . .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #travelgram #travelcommunity #travelgirlshub #laptoplifestyle #wanderlust #goexplore #beautifuldestinations #tourism #dametraveler #traveltheworld #travelblogging #postcardsfromtheworld #instago #travelblogger #roamtheworld #nomadlife #travelgirlsgo #travelinspiration #writetotravel #travelblog #travelling #trip #digitalnomad #travelphotography #travel #traveling #travellers #igtravel #bestplacestogo #instatravel
Today I will mask the desperation with class, I cl Today I will mask the desperation with class, I clutch a poetry collection to my face, not mine. More famous than you are in my world. The words were as good as the praise, but even they are not enough to cover my distracted, dancing eyes. They are always stretching their home, searching for it in you, for you, but never arriving, always coming, I am on my way. I will turn myself into a tangled Christmas lights of anxiety and you will rise away from me like an angel. Winter is perfect for reading inside, I need to hold on to something, why not pages? My old friend. Press them together like prayers. The steady fire, will multiply itself on my skin, in my eyes and a metaphor, pass me a blanket to cover the lights. —Poetry is my saviour I remember writing this one Christmas in Sevilla, it’s still one of my favourite poems, and I’m instantly transported ro the space I was in when I wrote it. Hope you enjoy 💫 ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #writing #writersofig #poetsofinstagram #writer #bhfyp #quoteoftheday #writersofinstagram #follow #thoughts #urdupoetry #writersofindia #love #poem #writingcommunity #inspirationalquotes #quote #wordporn #instagood #instawriters #loveyou #yourquote #life #instagram #quotestagram #couplegoals #igwriters #quotes #poetrycommunity #lovequotes #writerscommunity
That out of office feeling. I’m excited to spend That out of office feeling. I’m excited to spend some time learning German, reading and getting creative. Though I love my job I don’t want to think about it ONE BIT 😩 What are you going to do to relax this holiday season 🎄 .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #travelingram #traveldeeper #travelstories #traveler #traveltheworld #travelblogger #worldcaptures #travelgram #instatravel #traveller #travelling #visiting #travelphoto #aroundtheworld #travel #travelblog #instatravelling #expat #tourism #worldingram #travelphotography #instago #ilovetravel #mytravelgram #worldplaces #beauty #erasmuslife #wanderlust #travels #travelpics
Ahhh just feel like I’m doing a massive exhale r Ahhh just feel like I’m doing a massive exhale right now. Though I’m still working a bit next week I feel like I’m already starting to wind down. So excited for T I M E off and T I M E to chill 🌊 I found this beautiful poem by Ursula K. Le Guin, called Hymn to Time to celebrate this opening up of time I am feeling. Hope you enjoy 💫 Time says “Let there be” every moment and instantly there is space and the radiance of each bright galaxy. And eyes beholding radiance. And the gnats’ flickering dance. And the seas’ expanse. And death, and chance. Time makes room for going and coming home and in time’s womb begins all ending. Time is being and being time, it is all one thing, the shining, the seeing, the dark abounding. . .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #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
Exploring loss, identity and building beauty with Exploring loss, identity and building beauty with Lena—a local business owner from Kefalonia, Greece .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #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
In this latest blog, I sit down with the Greek-Bri In this latest blog, I sit down with the Greek-British Lena, co-owner of Vericoco, a place I stayed on a writer’s retreat in early October, in Kefalonia, Greece. Together we explore loss, identity and much more. Read on to learn more about Lena and Kefalonia, a place I highly recommend for a relaxing getaway, when the time once more allows. Link in bio ✨ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #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
Okay then, disappear my darling, darling you are G Okay then, disappear my darling, darling you are Go into the damp tunnel of troubled mind, and step all over your fleshy parts but try not to break anything. Be stealth. Treat the walls how you treat me, kiss the roof as you do my forehead Be silent as you are when you don’t want to wake me in the mornings and in return it will return you to me When you join us again and we are in the throws of daily life huddled on the sofa united by some movie Make it my blanket that you silently lift up slip under into the nooks of my body like you never left We will look straight on, not making a fuss no mention of where you went, or go But under the blanket I will gently squeeze your thigh So you know I am there So you know you are home —Safe travels (by yours truly) Link in bio for more poems 🖤 . .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #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
‘You are loved in and of yourself because of wha ‘You are loved in and of yourself because of what you are, not what you do. You aren’t always admirable or even likeable, but you are always deserving of affection and charity of interpretation. It doesn’t matter to me if you end up the president or street cleaner you still always be something more important: my child. If they don’t have the wisdom to be kind, fuck them!’ Without necessarily intending this, the parents set up a soothing voice that still plays on a loop in the recesses of the mind, especially at moments of greatest challenge. It is the voice of love. I thought this excerpt from On Confidence by the School of Life was so powerful. It was taking about the two stances/roles parents can take in instilling confidence in children in relation to the outside world. As in how far do they validate the outside world’s opinion of this child? And how does it make the child feel about themselves, and thus their confidence in relation to the opinion of others? The passage was trying too explain the stance of a parent but I thought it was really important words for people to read/hear about themselves. Hope it offers something to you. Highly recommend the book! ❤️ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #booksbooksbooks #love #instabook #reader #booklover #booklove #readersofinstagram #read #bookshelf #bookworm #books #instabooks #bookaddict #booksofinstagram #bookstagramer #bookstagrammer #book #bookcommunity #bookstagramfeature #bookstagrampl #bookblogger #bibliophile #bookstagramgermany #schooloflife #bookphotography #bookaholic #igreads #bookstagrammers #reading #bookish
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