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pinningmywords

Hello and welcome to pinningmywords! My name is Virginia, but for my whole life I’ve been called Pin. I’m an Australian living in Tangier, via Paris (it was a mistake that I ended up in Tangier, but a jolly good one), and the purpose of this blog is to provide you with a snapshot of musings from wherever I sit. At this stage, it’s North Africa. I hope you’ll enjoy, and thank you for following.

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•Mosque• I love this view down the boulevard towards the ‘big mosque, Tangier’ situated on Place du Koweit, alongside the small Spanish Catholic cathedral to his (rather imposing) left. The two are within a stones throw of each other; two different religions, both representing different ideals for different minds raised in different households, but who stand equally as important alongside each other in the same town. ‘What language do you speak’ we so often ask each other in Tangier, to which I respond ‘ugherhgsj duh’ and my Moroccan counterpart, ‘oh, mainly Spanish, French, Arabic classic, Darija and a little English.’ It was above the minaret of this huge mosque, and sunken into a royal blue sky, that I spotted the crescent moon that marked the beginning of Ramadan last year- it’s hard to believe that time of year is upon us almost yet again ♥️ • • • • #minaret #mosque #tangier #tangiermorocco #tanja #tanger #bluesky #dusk

•Blue sky, blue jeans• A fun Sunday lunch in the Kasbah with plenty of my favourites. As we walked out the door into the brilliant winter sun each of us commented on ‘that’ blue sky, so unique to Tangier. Poodle (pictured) is more often than not called Pin, and me Poodle. I don’t mind, I lose approximately 40 kilos in the process. This girl is someone I love having in town; for dinners together and all the chat that usually begins with ‘look, I’d not normally say this...but’. Laughter ensues and I think I called her Pin the other day 🐩 🧷♥️ • • • • #tangier #tanja #tanger #bluesky #maroc @poodle_pd

•Next door• I love my flat, but this old beauty next door gives me building envy. Some days I wish I was behind those shutters, watering plants and belting carpets with a broom over that top balcony. Today, after too many consecutive days with the plumber making a mess of my own little haven- I’m tempted even more♥️ • • • • #tanger #tangier #tanja #building #apartment #blackandwhitephotography

•Hole in the wall• Tangier is full of little holes in the wall. For a country that frowns upon drinking, I’ve never known so many little bars dotted along the streets. Windows are blacked out by dusty old curtains and tablecloths adorn each table. This one in particular (where I stopped to warm up and get out of the rain with bags and bags of shopping from the market), has old paintings of ships dotting the walls, along with masses of portraits of the King. The ceiling is made of meters and meters of Moroccan straw and the chandelier, old whiskey bottles. It could be Cornwall but it’s not, it’s so very much Tangier ♥️ • • • • #tanger #tangier #tanja #saturdayafternoon #cosy #pitstop #holeinthewall

•Just around the corner• I’d probably re render it and then wash it in the palest of muted pinks. Shutters would adorn each window in a seriously pale blue, almost mistaken for white. Inside would be a mix of dark, dark chalky blues (just like @the.tangier.flat ) and a smattering of white here and there. On the way to lunch today I found myself having this exact conversation to myself. I just faint at places like these ♥️ • • • • #tanger #tangier #tanja #renovation #renovations #dream

•Writing nook• Mimosa and paper whites provide a bit of heavenly scent as I tippy tappy on the keyboard. It’s been quite a week, actually three weeks, since I returned from Australia. I’ve been gripped by the news channels, and madly re reading pieces of writing that I love that are stashed in files and in bookshelves. Daily trips to the fruit and vegetable market see me returning home in the shadows of the afternoon as the sun sets early and rises late the following day. Winter is here, and it’s cosy corners like this one that keep me warm and inspired♥️ • • • • #tanja #tangier #tanger #happiness #cosy #writing #writersofinstagram #thoughts

•L’Ocean• Table napkin tucked in ✔️ lunch ready ✔️understated (and practical) sunglasses ✔️ ready to answer questions ✔️the kindest, most hilarious and willing person to be fairy godmother and friend to everyone, Maggie ♥️ • • • • @oceanplage #locean #tanger #tanja #tanger #beauty #love #friendship #lunch

•Dinner• It’s been a week of non stop dinners, chatter, drinks and natters. Lunch here, coffee there, walks needed (didn’t succeed). From Gordon’s to Gavin’s, to Sidi Hosni to L’Ocean to Dar Chal - phew, what a week and what a typically Tangier soundtrack. This has been my pose for most of it, and now I’m rugged up in a woolly jumper and scarf in my kitchen, cup of tea in hand and the washing machine humming. Podcast playing and curtains swaying (there is but a tiny breeze). Time to take on 2020 ♥️ • • • • #tanja #tanger #tangier #dinner #newyear #newday #2020 #2019

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