places / a personal travel journal

somewhere stays
with you.

Some places feel like home. Others show me a version of myself I haven’t met yet. These are the photographs, stories and small details I brought back.

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A landscape from the Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha travel diary
a chapter from the journal

Dubai, Abu Dhabi & Doha

three cities, three different feelings — and the one I would return to

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01 / collected along the way

the places
on my fridge.

A little souvenir of everywhere a story began.
Pick a magnet. Come along.

sousou’s collection ✳
FRA · kept with loveParisa place, a little piece of meGBR · kept with loveLondona place, a little piece of meNLD · kept with loveAmsterdama place, a little piece of meBEL · kept with loveBrusselsa place, a little piece of meITA · kept with loveItaliaa place, a little piece of meESP · kept with loveEspañaa place, a little piece of meMLT · kept with loveMaltaa place, a little piece of meTUR · kept with loveIstanbula place, a little piece of meSVN · kept with loveLjubljanaa place, a little piece of meHRV · kept with loveCroatiaa place, a little piece of meCYP · kept with loveCyprusa place, a little piece of meMAR · kept with loveMaroca place, a little piece of meCHN · kept with loveChinaa place, a little piece of meARE · kept with loveDubai · Abu Dhabia place, a little piece of meQAT · kept with loveDohaa place, a little piece of me
A blue doorway in Tangierthat blue. always.

not just places.
little versions
of who I was there.♡ sousou

Boats in a Maltese harbourbring the sea home.

02 / the stories

stay a little longer.

Choose a place, then follow the photographs.

13 stories

travel diary

Dubai, Abu Dhabi & Doha

three cities, three different feelings — and the one I would return to

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feature

China

Beijing, Shenzhen, technology everywhere and the small moments between

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notes from home

Morocco

familiar streets, summer light and places that feel like home in more than one way

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returned to

Paris, twice

the same city, two different versions of me and one new year somewhere in between

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returned to

Brussels, again & again

the train tour, a third Brussels chapter with mama and one small detour to Roermond

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coast notes

Spain

Alicante, Valencia and Barcelona, three rhythms held together by light and the sea

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island notes

Malta

limestone, deep water and a film set that became a village

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city notes

London

the familiar landmarks, rooms built for wonder and the streets that stayed afterwards

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returned to

Italy, over the years

Venice, Grado, Lignano and Trieste — different summers, familiar light

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city notes

Istanbul, Turkey

between continents, crowds, water and streets that never really felt quiet

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short stays

Slovenia

three golden-hour fragments from Ljubljana, held between green hills and warm city light

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coast notes

Croatia

Pula, Opatija and Rijeka, warm stone and the Adriatic appearing between old streets

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road notes

Cyprus by car

one island loop, two boat tours, no turtles and a lot of blue in between

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03 / a world of stories

a little further.
a little closer to myself.

Every coloured country has a story here. Choose one to find it.

15 countries · places with a travel story
FijiTanzaniaW. SaharaCanadaUnited States of AmericaKazakhstanUzbekistanPapua New GuineaIndonesiaArgentinaChileDem. Rep. CongoSomaliaKenyaSudanChadHaitiDominican Rep.RussiaBahamasFalkland Is.NorwayGreenlandFr. S. Antarctic LandsTimor-LesteSouth AfricaLesothoMexicoUruguayBrazilBoliviaPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaBelizeVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFrance — travel story availableEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaZimbabweBotswanaNamibiaSenegalMaliMauritaniaBeninNigerNigeriaCameroonTogoGhanaCôte d'IvoireGuineaGuinea-BissauLiberiaSierra LeoneBurkina FasoCentral African Rep.CongoGabonEq. GuineaZambiaMalawiMozambiqueeSwatiniAngolaBurundiIsraelLebanonMadagascarPalestineGambiaTunisiaAlgeriaJordanUnited Arab Emirates — travel story availableQatar — travel story availableKuwaitIraqOmanVanuatuCambodiaThailandLaosMyanmarVietnamNorth KoreaSouth KoreaMongoliaIndiaBangladeshBhutanNepalPakistanAfghanistanTajikistanKyrgyzstanTurkmenistanIranSyriaArmeniaSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkey — travel story availableAlbaniaCroatia — travel story availableSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgium — travel story availableNetherlands — travel story availablePortugalSpain — travel story availableIrelandNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.New ZealandAustraliaSri LankaChina — travel story availableTaiwanItaly — travel story availableDenmarkUnited Kingdom — travel story availableIcelandAzerbaijanGeorgiaPhilippinesMalaysiaBruneiSlovenia — travel story availableFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaEritreaJapanParaguayYemenSaudi ArabiaCyprus — travel story availableCyprus — travel story availableMorocco — travel story availableEgyptLibyaEthiopiaDjiboutiSomalilandUgandaRwandaBosnia and Herz.North MacedoniaSerbiaMontenegroKosovoTrinidad and TobagoS. SudanMaltaCyprusQatar

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Country outlines: Natural Earth · Public domain. Small islands are also shown with a dot.