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\"Daffodils<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s already been two years since I hit publish for the first time and started my own little blog. I remember reading that most blogs don\u2019t make it past the first six months and I was wondering if I would be one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What did I know about blogging? Nothing, except from following some other bloggers whose lives seemed to be pretty interesting. Traveling the world and then writing about it. Can I do that please?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Flower<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Never good at keeping a diary, I wanted to have a place to collect the stories (and photos) of my \u2018new London life\u2019. And since I knew that eventually the questions from friends and family (and their friends and family) would come, asking if I had \u2018some tips\u2019 for their city trip to London, I figured I could better start early putting all my tips in one place. And so Urban Pixxels was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Flower<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Little did I know\u2026That because of this blog:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. I would meet most of my best friends in London. Blogger meet-ups were (and are) the best place to meet the coolest (and craziest) people in the city.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. I would turn into more of a geek than I already was. Changing and optimizing the design of my blog, SEO, html…<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. I would travel to other countries to learn more about blogging (nerd alert) and meet up with blogger friends across the world. (See you in Berlin<\/a> this weekend).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. I would become obsessed with the perfect flat white. Earl grey tea just doesn\u2019t look as good on Instagram\u2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. I would be able to make (a little bit of) money with my photography.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. I would almost choke on my breakfast when seeing my name appear on Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. \u2026 Or being named Best Expat blog in the UK<\/a> or Travel blogger to watch in 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. I will never be done exploring London. A blog is the best excuse to get off that couch and do something new.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. I would turn into a serious foodie (I blame my food blogging friends) and get invited to try new menus or afternoon teas – with some annoying extra body weight as a result.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. I get to combine everything I love – travel, photography, writing, food – every single day.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \"Flower<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    It really feels like I just started and I still have so much to learn about blogging. But I’m loving every minute of it. So thank you so much for following along. All your comments and support really mean a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Oh, and in case you’re wondering what these photos have to do with my blog anniversary….Eh, nothing really. I was in the Netherlands this weekend and the daffodils and hyacinths were in full bloom. And well, what’s a celebration without some pretty flowers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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    What did I know about blogging? Nothing, except from following some other bloggers whose lives seemed to be pretty interesting. Traveling the world and then writing about it. Can I do that please? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-expat-life"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}