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Milena Corleone

As I cross the oceans and lands, I stumble upon picturesque landscapes. When the inspiration hits, my fountain pen (or the laptop) helps me describe them as accurately as I can.

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With the hotels back to being open again (in Polan

With the hotels back to being open again (in Poland), I welcome you to the land of endless (travel) possibilities.

Underestimated as a travel destination, Poland actually has thousands of incredible places you can visit on its vast area.

From the mountains with incredible valleys (and a gem we call “Eye of the Sea), through the land of a 1000 lakes, to the beaches with cliffs and dunes...

And aside from the natural and architectural beauties we have here, we are also flourishing when it comes to hotels.

We have designer hotels, boutique hotels, glampings, boat hotels, houses on the lake or sea, houses on trees or even inside of trees.

And we even have our own polish Venice - @hotelveneciapalace. If you haven’t seen my full story coverage of my last weekend’s stay there, you can still view it at the end of the “Masovia” highlights.

Now, I wanna know what do you know about Poland! 🇵🇱 Tell me one fact you know about Poland in the comments! ⤵️

Perfectionism can be easily confused with negligen

Perfectionism can be easily confused with negligence.

You’ll ask how?
Well, this is a perfect example.

This is not a new photo, and if you’ve been following my stories closely you’ll know it was taken a few months ago already.
It was right there, sitting on the feed planner and waiting for me to write that perfect caption and post it.

And when I say perfect, it HAD to be a perfect caption.

What you’re reading now wasn’t the 1st attempt at publishing this photo.
I wrote the caption and deleted everything.
A week later, I wrote another one and deleted it as well.

Why? Because I felt that every post I write has to be more meaningful, more resourceful and more intriguing than the previous one.

So I didn’t publish anything at all.

And that, that perfectionism that made me rethink everything I wrote, has led to the complete negligence of posting.

The pressure to always be perfect is destructive and not productive at all - what we should remember is that sometimes “done” is better than “perfect”.

I hope a week started on this note will be a week full of positivity! 🌝

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It was just a fraction of a second. A glimpse of h $It was just a fraction of a second. A glimpse of her shadow couldn’t get out of his mind. A pearl white dress has disappeared along with the soft dissolving edges of her body. She was gone. Yet he finally knew she never left. For the longest time he felt her presence inside the cold stone walls of the aging castle. The White Lady wasn’t just a figment. Teasing him with purity, the clarity of his mind was overshadowed by the urge of reuniting with the woman that kept him sane enough to know her, or insane enough to want her. ——————————————— Spring is probably the best season for me when it comes to inspiration, creativity and will to fulfill different projects. Yesterday I have announced in my stories that I’m starting a new work in progress 📜 and honestly I couldn’t be more excited for it 🎉 Dreaming about writing my whole life was one thing, but making it actually come true, seeing the shape it takes when it builds up to a finale, is just so incredible for me every single time. And I’m not just talking about a novel. But the poems, the stories, the short proses. I look back at my younger self, always ready to write and splurge on creativity and I have only one thing I want to say to her: I’m proud of you.$

A comforting smile passed through the table at a f

A comforting smile passed through the table at a family dinner. A hand laying on the woman’s knee that inspires safety. Words of support when we need it the most. A cheerful walk, discussing the designs of houses across the streets. Being able to cross borders, limits, together. At the same time, not being able to resist smiling at each other when we wanna fake seriousness. Slowly watering our plants with water, and the soul with passion and empathy throughout the day. Being best friends, being lovers. Being a family and discussion colleagues. Making the mornings worth waking up and the night dreams not as appetizing as reality, with each other.

That’s what love is for me, for us. That’s why life is better with him. That’s why I didn’t have to think twice before saying yes. ❤️

Everything we need right now is to get a magic wan

Everything we need right now is to get a magic wand that will destroy the pandemic like it’s Voldemort.

These chambers reminded me of Hogwarts (HP fans, hello there!) and I just couldn’t deny myself a picture there 🧙🏼‍♀️

Wouldn’t the world be beautiful if we could just cast spells to get rid of the sicknesses and bad things surrounding us?
Or...
Would the utopia stop being an utopia when we would get used to it? 🤔 Do we need pain and suffering to appreciate the good times? 🤔

This picture was taken in the chambers of Hamburg Rathaus (free entry). 🇩🇪

Don’t feel guilty about taking a break ❕ Sci

Don’t feel guilty about taking a break ❕

Scientific research has proven that working shorter hours (5/6 per day) makes you more productive and lets you accomplish more things than longer working hours (8hrs per day).

For some people, like me, a similar approach defines their working schedule. I can take a few weeks to fully recharge my batteries, work for 20 hrs/a day for only a week and then get more things accomplished than if I was to work long hours for a full month. It’s all about our personal way of organizing our work, the balance between it and more.

Having to arrange the productivity from home is not a simple task, since we can easily become chronically overworked because we want to squeeze as many projects as we can because “in the end, we’re at home”.

And it gets us overwhelmed. I’m not ashamed to say that I get overwhelmed sometimes. Working from home is not easy. For many of us.

Don’t feel obliged to be constantly doing something productive. Even at home, don’t overwork yourself over your schedule. Do your thing, know yourself and what’s good for your mental health best. And remember that you don’t need to be working long hours to be productive. You just need to be focused and use that shorter time better.

Take a break to do what matters to you aside from your hustle. It will really help you get through this difficult time. 🙏🏻

Dress by @hebeos_official

World cruises are actually a thing and they last a

World cruises are actually a thing and they last approximately 4 months. [ Price below ]

For a traveler, going on a world cruise is the ultimate heaven - you get to visit all of the most popular destinations on all of the continents - and you do it without the inconveniences of flights or drives - by effortlessly “partying” on a ship and waking up in a new destination the next day.

Some ports even offer overnight stays where you can go & check out the nightlife and immerse yourself into the culture of the destination more thoroughly.

Some of you probably scrolled all the way here just to see the price of this luxury travel experience - a 4 months cruise in an interior cabin on @msccruisesofficial starts from approximately 12000 €, which includes the cabin accomodation, food, entertainment (theatre, contests, performances, parties), pools and solarium decks, as well as a few free tours of choice.

Impressive, isn’t it? Would you dare to take a 4 months cruise around the world? 🌍 (Of course provided the pandemic is over and we get back to normal 😅)

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Some facts about Lublin: * it’s the 9th largest

Some facts about Lublin:

* it’s the 9th largest city in Poland (2nd largest in the historical Lesser Poland, the largest to the East of the Vistula River)
* the population at the moment is of about 340.000 inhabitants (decreased from 360.000)
* it was established before the 12th century, but got the town rights in 1317
* the Lublin parliament was the place where the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was created
* The Old Town of Lublin is tracked by the National Heritage Board of Poland as one of the official national historic monuments, since it was almost fully preserved during the WWII

When was your hometown established? 🏡 Let’s see who lives in the oldest city!

📍 Lublin Castle

One of my top 3 museums/art galleries I have ever

One of my top 3 museums/art galleries I have ever visited in Europe is definitely @hamburger.kunsthalle
The versality of exhibitions, the original pieces from the most talented artists ever and the amount of artistic soul that lays in that place makes it an unforgettable experience. 🕋

What’s your favourite museum and why? Or maybe you don’t like to visit museums at all? Let me know 🏛

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Over 300 different varieties of roses will accompa

Over 300 different varieties of roses will accompany you in the journey to the world of classical music at the Rose Garden Musikpavillon in Hamburg. 🌹
During the spring, summer & early autumn months, the Rose Garden is the place of wonderful concerts played live by talented artists. Be sure to check out the timetable - the concerts usually start after 2 p.m. 🎻
It’s also possible to learn more about the Rose varieties and their care at the pavilion, outside the live music hours 🌹

Would you like to attend a live classical music concert in a Rose Garden like this one? 🌹

TODAY IS THE DAY 🔥 I have finally finished writ

TODAY IS THE DAY 🔥 I have finally finished writing my book!!! 📖

I think the realization still hasn’t really hit me yet and I will need a moment to understand how did it really happen, but my first NOVEL is now complete, front to back. 💙

There is still a long way for it to be published, from final edits through the paperwork and then hopefully print, but this, itself, is already an achievement that I can’t believe I accomplished!!!

More info about it soon 💙📖
By the way... the photo hints at what the novel is about 💙

Visiting sacred places during your travels should

Visiting sacred places during your travels should be followed by a special etiquette. ⛪️🕍

It doesn’t matter whether you personally bonded to any religion or not. Churches & temples are places of worship. And while shooting photos on the outside and admiring the exterior architecture is fine, shooting pictures INSIDE of the temple can be considered disrespectful. When entering a church or a temple, put your camera down. What for you might be an interesting cultural discovery, for others it’s a place of silent prayer and meditation.🌅

ALWAYS consider the rules that apply to visiting a certain type of sacred property. For catholic or Christian churches it involves covering your arms, stomach and legs, meanwhile for other temples, such as Islamic ones, you should also cover your head. Do not disregard this rule! 🎑

📍 Beloved Virgin Mary’s Assumption Church in Puławy, Poland 🇵🇱

Let’s talk about social media. 📱 What SHOULD

❕CAPTION THIS IMAGE ❕ The most creative capt

Why do I choose cruising over regular travel? 🛳

Why do I choose cruising over regular travel? 🛳

That’s a question I get when I tell people I cruise a lot.

There are many reasons as to why I think cruising is an efficient and enjoyable way of exploring the world.

1) Being able to visit multiple places, day by day, during one journey - I will choose it anyday over a 2 weeks holiday in one place.

2) Not feeling the inconvenience of transportation (like sitting in one spot on the place) - on a cruise I can go to a bar, to the pool, dance - I can do whatever I want while I’m still being transported to my destination!

3) Cruising combines exploring & discovering the world with an onboard entertainment that offers a huge variety of activities. When I’m on the ship, I participate in a lot of trivia quizzes, dance competitions (it’s a must for me 🤫), shows and games.

I’m patiently waiting until the cruises resume again and my booked ones won’t keep getting cancelled.
When the cruising resumes, would you give it a try? 🚢

What does happiness mean to you? 🌕 To me, happ

What does happiness mean to you? 🌕

To me, happiness means warmth. Sometimes it can be the warmth of the sun on my skin, sometimes the warmth of the embrace of someone I love.

I find happiness in the little things, in the plant growing slowly yet decisively, in a creative revelation during a writing session, or in watching the waves as they slowly dissolve and form new ones.

Happiness is also being able to see new places, explore them, sometimes get lost in them, and feel another culture by being right there, right now.

But happiness is also, or most importantly, people.

Conversations, little laughs, making people smile or having long talks about things we have seen or learnt or heard, discussions, but even just staying in the same room, sipping tea, and feeling each other’s presence.

To me, that’s happiness.

What does happiness mean to you? 🌞

Is this going to be our new reality? 🗾 Recentl

Is this going to be our new reality? 🗾

Recently someone has asked one of the politicians in our country “when are we going to come back to normality”.

To what the politician in question has replied that “this is our new normality”.

And honestly speaking - it was one of the most depressing things I have ever heard.

But I chose not to believe that - many countries have already moved forward, bringing new ideas into life and helping tourism flourish again. 🏩

I believe that guests will fill empty hotels again, bringing the soul of hospitality back into them. 🏨

And I believe we will soon all travel again.🗽

What do you believe travel will look like a year from now? 🛫

Dreamy pictures from your travels won’t make the

Dreamy pictures from your travels won’t make themselves. Shooting a nice capture is half the success already, but the key to make them appear picturesquely canvas-worthy is to edit them the right way. 🖼

That is why I have created a guide specifically about editing travel pictures. My Ebook “Complete Guide to Travel Pictures Editing” is now on sale in my online store, www.shop.lenasaroundtheglobe.com 📔

All you need to do to find it is go to the ebook section!
Unlock the potential of your travel photography by bringing it to the next level with my tips 🔓

In today’s chaotic world, it is worth stopping f

In today’s chaotic world, it is worth stopping for a moment to taste the true feeling of freedom, peace and quietness in order to find yourself again and experience the surge of energy and creativity. The scent of conifers surrounding the beautiful wooden houses on a hill would seemingly suggest simplicity. However, the luxury of its interiors, combining traditional spruce elements with sophisticated refining, is the main characteristic of this amazing resort at the foot of the Pieniny Mountains. The place I’m referring to, is of course the luxury @nonamehotelspa in the Polish Mountains, a resort that needs no introduction – the moment you step into its area you will understand what love at first sight means. 🍃

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The wood motif is ubiquitous throughout the resort – spruce trunks as decorations, bathrooms with a “barrel” bathtub and refined countertops are the main elements of the designer style reigning in the interiors. The minimalistic fireplace seems to be the heart of the complex, allowing for a real mountain aura to take over the atmosphere of the whole resort. From the windows, you can see the outline of the Pieniny and Gorce mountains.🪵

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There is a swimming pool outside which allows you to be completely in touch with nature. Shaded with trees and bushes – almost hidden among the spreading greenery, it is a quiet and relaxing place to rest in the sun. In the late autumn season, we preferred to choose the indoors option, but this pool is also open in lower temperatures – which means that winter swimming lovers will be able to enjoy their favorite activity there as well.🌿

Would you consider getting yourself “lost in nature” for a few days to recharge your batteries without your phone and electronics here for a few days? 🌳

Let me know 🌳

Things to do in Kazimierz Dolny ⚜️ * Go on a

Things to do in Kazimierz Dolny ⚜️

* Go on a river cruise on the Vistula
* Visit the market square
* Climb on the Hill of III Crosses
* Explore the castle of Kazimierz
* Visit the St. John the Baptist’s & St. Bartholomew’s temple
* See the local synagogue
* Visit the sanctuary of Our Lady of Kazimierz
* Wander through the ravine
* Visit the “Villa Under the Squirrel”

I’m curious to know whether any of you have ever been on a river cruise? 🛳 The one in Kazimierz Dolny, on the Vistula river is quite short - but worth it for the views!

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