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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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•So, Yo• In Tangier, I normally travel with wonderful Mustapha in a Mercedes 200 D, born at least 5 years before me. Or, a van with no door and a horn that drives cars off the road (this van also doubles as a hearse). Anyway, lucky me got to positively WHOOSH and WOBBLE up the motorway from Rabat today (to Tangier) in this! A Bentley, 93 years old and absolutely more reliable than any taxi/van/wonder and flounder. Sorry Mustapha (who I utterly adore and he never lets me down in his fab old Tange taxi), I think I’m going away for a while...♥️ • • • • #bentley #maroc #morocco #bentley1926 #tangier #tanger #tanja @ocean_et_plage

•Rabat• Good morning from what I believe is a bit of an unsung Moroccan hero. Today I will travel in a 1920s open top Bentley, to Tangier (I’m not driving!) along the beautiful coastal road from the Kingdoms capital. Morocco is a visual feast with this view, enjoyed first thing this morning, being no exception ♥️ • • • • #rabat #sunrise #beauty #beautiful

•L’Ocean• The sun came out just after I took this photo. There is nothing more perfect than lunch on the Atlantic, the waves crashing and a cool, fresh breeze replacing the still air of the city. Sunday lunch, L’Ocean, just twenty minutes from town in a racketty old Tangier taxi. What could possibly be better ♥️ • • • • #loceanrestaurant @oceanplage #tanger #tanja #tangier #atlanticocean

•Autumn• I really don’t want summer to end. That’s it. The days are so much shorter, sunset is earlier every day, it still hasn’t rained, and I hang onto every last glimpse of sunshine. Each day I wear an Egyptian cotton gandora in protest with the seasons, and as much as cooler weather is inevitable, it’s captures like this one of the afternoon sunlight bouncing around the balcony that keep me inspired. I’m writing tonight to fend off the winter blues -topic, colour. And visitors. Two of my favourite things 💚 • • • • #tangier #tanger #tanja #light #colour #sunlight

•Books• I discovered little nook on a walk through the Kasbah at dusk one night last week. I keep staring at this photo as the bookshop within looks like a painting on the pretty pink wall. So Tangier, and I must go back there to see what I can find on all of those chaotically packed shelves. Plus, I just love any opportunity to step on black and white tiles ♥️ • • • • #pinkwalls #streetscape #bookshop #tangier #tanja #tanger #maroc #morocco #littleshop #books

•Dinner• Last night saw the most gorgeous night in one of my favourite Tangier houses. Stunning flowers, a beautifully set table, delicious food (so delicious) and brilliant company. Thank you, thank you @genemeyer3 @frankdebiasi it’s great to have you both back in town ♥️ • • • • #tanger #tangier #tanja #friendship #pink

•The Boss• One of my most favourite people on the earth is Aziz, who is probably one of the funniest people I’ve met and he also cooks delicious lunches. He ‘grunt speaks’ and we always have a good laugh together. Yesterday Jono donated a chair to my flat, and Aziz carried it on his head along the boulevard- swipe for that vision. We then got stuck in the lift once we arrived at my flat - he, jammed between the wall and the chair, and me in fits of giggles trying to open the front door whilst attempting to free him ♥️ • • • • #chef #tanger #tangier #tanja #greenkitchen #happy

•Letters From Afar• Today I raced home from lunch and this divine view, to finish a blog piece titled Letters From Afar (you can read it now on pinningmywords.com, link to website in bio). Another piece finished and only a week in the making 🙌🏽! Tomorrow it’s off to Assilah for some raffia shoes followed by lunch and a swim at Chez Abdou- the heat is stiff and stifling. Today in this garden was heavenly and inspiring - goodnight from Tangier ♥️ • • • • #veeregrenney #tangier #tanja #tanger #writing #writersofinstagram #letters #diaries

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