I’m currently enjoying my vacation in Gois Valley, Portugal, and probably cooling off in my tankini in the river next to our stone cottage as you read this. It’s a good thing I can create these memories now because I do not have such pleasant childhood swimsuit memories due to having a bad rash as a kid. Even now l don’t feel that comfortable in any swimwear–although there is photographic evidence of me in a string bikini in my past, oh my… 😀 As a small kid I used to just swim in my birthday suit all day long at the privacy of our lakeside summerhouse in northern Finland. These days when I wear swimwear in public, I always wear a tankini.
This Free by Gottex Athens tankini is my absolute favorite and is the one I’m wearing here in Portugal, too. These photos are from a beach holiday on the island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea.
Unfortunately I don’t tan, I just burn . . . so pareos are a summer essential for me! This is my favorite beach accessory.
I’m not taking a beach holiday this summer, but I’m sure I will relax riding horses on my eco holiday–and I should be able to have a beach day by the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday! I hope the summer is treating everyone well.
Hope you are enjoying Portugal, you had the “luck” (not for me I hate the heat) to come in and unusually hot time. Have a nice eco holiday and don’t forget the sunscreen!
thanks Ana, I loved Portugal! – the countryside is simply breathtakingly spectacular and hope it remains as tourist free as it was in the Gois Valley area. Coimbra was very impressive and Aveiro simply adorable. And yes, it was very hot indeed and I don’t deal well with the heat but got used to it and it didn’t put too much of a damp on my holiday.
Glad to know you enjoyed it 🙂