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KAREN REAL

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collecting experiences, places & stories
Colombian in Sweden
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I used to think people exaggerated when they said a place could change you.

Then I experienced what it feels like to be completely overwhelmed by beauty.

There were moments when I cried, not because I was sad, but because I genuinely didn’t know how to hold everything I was feeling.

It felt like my heart couldn’t keep up with my eyes.

I hope I never lose the ability to be moved by a place like this. 🤍 taken in Scottish Highlands by @karenrealp

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2 months ago

✨ Hoy se manifiesta un sueño que nació en mi corazón y que hoy toma forma en la tierra @somn_wellness 🌙
Un espacio creado para que el descanso deje de ser un lujo y se convierta en un ritual sagrado. Porque el sueño se da por sentado, pero cuando lo cuidamos, descubrimos que es una de las medicinas más poderosas para el cuerpo, la mente y el corazón.
Después de tantos años soñando con un proyecto que uniera la magia, la calma y la conexión con uno mismo, hoy veo cómo florece esta semilla ✨. Sömn no es solo una marca, es un recordatorio de que en medio del ruido del mundo podemos volver al centro, respirar profundo y abrazar el descanso como un acto de amor propio.
Cada producto ha sido pensado para envolver tus noches en un manto de calma. Desde las pijamas, tés y sales, hasta cada pequeño ritual que acompaña tu camino al sueño 🌌. Aquí los miedos se entregan, las preocupaciones se disuelven y el cuerpo se rinde con suavidad, para que tu ser descanse en paz.
Quiero aprovechar este momento para agradecer profundamente a cada persona que ha puesto su semilla en este sueño 🌱. A quienes han aportado con su arte, su trabajo, sus consejos, su apoyo incondicional y, sobre todo, su amor. Sin ustedes, Sömn no sería posible. Este es un proyecto tejido en comunidad y con alma.
El propósito de Sömn es claro, regalarte un instante para pausar, sentir y reconectar. Recordarte que el verdadero lujo está en la simpleza ✨ y en honrar el descanso como lo más sagrado de la vida.
Que Sömn sea para ti ese recordatorio, soltar el control, dejar que la calma entre a tu vida y elegir, descansar profundamente 🤍.
Bienvenidos a Sömn 🌙✨
Hoy a las 7pm hora Colombia by @karenrealp

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a year ago

With love
@marargent
Ph: @oscar_fonseca.so by @karenrealp

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6 years ago

There’s a place tucked away in the Swedish countryside that feels like something out of a fairytale. 🌲

A place to unwind, forget about the outside world for a little while, and simply enjoy being there.

Little houses sitting over the water, warm pools surrounded by forest, a vineyard to wander through, and that kind of peaceful atmosphere that makes you wish the weekend could last just a little longer.

Somewhere I’d happily lose track of time, over and over again.

📍Ästad Vingård, Halland, Sweden 🤎 @astadvingard taken in Ästad Vingård by @karenrealp

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7 days ago

she never left 🌿 by @karenrealp

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15 days ago

There are places that hold every version of you.

This is one of mine. I grew up coming here almost every weekend. And somehow, every time I come back, a part of me is still a little girl.

Back then, everything felt bigger. The pool. The mountains. The walks between the coffee and orange trees.

Even the tiny path to the “chocolate house” my dad used to tell us about felt like an adventure deep into the forest. It was probably only a few steps away.

My brother and I would sit on the little terrace coloring while watching the rain.

We would arrive after a long drive, run straight to the pool and jump into the freezing water with our clothes still on.

There were always animals around. Horses I would spend hours with and sometimes even fall asleep beside. Movies in the living room. My grandmother’s lemonade. So many ordinary things that somehow became memories.

And then you grow up. You leave. You build a life somewhere else.

And one day you come back and realize that while this place feels exactly as you remember it, time has been moving everywhere else.

We are older now. My dad is older. My grandfather has more wrinkles. And my grandmother is no longer here to make the lemonade I remember.

That is the strange thing about coming back. Because somehow, the moment I am here, time feels suspended again.

The mountains are still there. The trees seem to remember. The house holds stories no photograph ever could. And suddenly, all those versions of us exist in the same place.

The children we were. The people we became. The people who were once here with us. Maybe that’s why some places never feel like just places. They become little archives of our lives. They remember things for us.

And every time I come back here, for a little while, I feel like I get to visit the girl I used to be. 🤎 taken in Colombia by @karenrealp

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18 days ago

If I were a city, I think I’d be Edinburgh.

Old streets, moody skies, bookstores everywhere, centuries of history still very much alive… a city that somehow feels untouched by the need to become too modern.

There’s something about it that feels so incredibly me. I don’t even know how else to explain it.

I could walk these streets a thousand times and still want one more day.

Edinburgh, I’d come back to you a thousand times over. 🤍 taken in Edinburgh, Scotland by @karenrealp

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25 days ago

Living far away has made me very intentional about the time I get with my friends.

My best friends and I have known each other for most of our lives, but these days life happens in different places, with different routines, and seeing each other isn’t as simple as it once was.

So whenever I’m back, making time for our friendship matters to me.

This time it looked like a weekend away. No celebration, no particular reason. Just a couple of days together, catching up on all the life that happened in between.

I think some things are simply worth making time for.

And weekends like this, with friends who have known you through so many versions of yourself, will always be one of them.

Maybe friendship doesn’t always need an occasion. Sometimes, making a little space in our busy lives to simply be together is reason enough. 🤍

Las amo
@anaparedese
@mpveram taken in Colombia by @karenrealp

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a month ago

Felices8años amores de mi vida! 🎂
No sé cómo explicar con palabras todo lo que significan para mí. Solo sé que mi vida es infinitamente mejor porque ustedes existen en ella.

Gracias por salvarme la vida de tantas distintas maneras, incluso en momentos en los que probablemente ni yo sabía que necesitaba ser salvada. Por estar. Por acompañarme. Por crecer conmigo. Por ser casa incluso cuando todo lo demás ha cambiado.

Ustedes me enseñaron una forma de amar que no sabía que existía. De esas que no piden nada, que simplemente están. Amor puro e incondicional.

Son mis hijos, mi familia, mi lugar seguro. Una parte enorme de mi corazón vive fuera de mí y vive en ustedes.

Han estado conmigo durante ocho años, en tantas vidas distintas dentro de una misma vida, y no existe una versión de la mía que pueda imaginar sin ustedes.

Si pudiera pedir una sola cosa sería tiempo. Muchísimo más tiempo juntos. Porque ocho años se sienten como toda una vida y, al mismo tiempo, como si nunca fueran suficientes.

Feliz vida, mis bebés. 🤍 by @karenrealp

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a month ago

One thing about me: if a place comes with an old legend, I’m going to try it.

At Sligachan, on the Isle of Skye, there’s an old legend that says the waters beneath the bridge were blessed by the fairies and hold the secret to eternal youth and beauty.

The ritual is simple: dip your face into the freezing water for seven seconds and let it dry naturally.

So, of course, we tried it out ✨

Whether the eternal beauty part works remains to be seen, but I love that Scotland is full of stories like this, old legends that are still somehow part of the places you visit.

📍Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye 🧚🏼‍♀️

#scotland #escocia #fairies #legend #magic taken in Sligachan Old Bridge by @karenrealp

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2 months ago

Treinta y tres.

Siempre me ha costado cumplir años.
Durante mucho tiempo sentí que crecer era dejar atrás un poco del asombro. Como si hacerse adulto significara vivir con más prisa, preocuparse más y sorprenderse menos.

Pero este año se siente diferente.

Mirando hacia atrás, creo que no necesitaba una gran celebración. Solo necesitaba un recordatorio, en silencio, de la vida que quiero seguir construyendo.

Y en algún momento, entre la magia de Escocia, unas páginas llenas de deseos para mí y el mejor viaje que he hecho hasta ahora, algo cambió.

Sentí paz.

Y entendí que, al final, eso es lo que quiero seguir coleccionando.

Más curiosidad.
Más lugares que me hagan sentir viva.
Más mañanas que empiecen despacio.
Más conversaciones largas.
Más experiencias que me cambien un poquito.
Más tiempo para escucharme.
Más historias que algún día quiera volver a contar.

Y menos prisa.
Menos comparaciones.
Menos miedo a que el tiempo pase.

Por primera vez, crecer no se siente como perder algo.

Se siente como convertirme, poco a poco, en la persona que siempre he querido ser.

Y si así empiezan los treinta y tres…

🤍 taken in Scotland by @karenrealp

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3 months ago

Creo que mis recuerdos favoritos casi siempre empiezan igual.

Un buen brunch.
Caminar y caminar recorriendo los lugares y descubriendo nuevos rincones.
Una mesa compartida.
Una canción que llevaba mucho tiempo esperando escuchar.
Y crear experiencias con las personas que amo ✨

#stockholm #badbunny #traveldiaries #memories taken in Stockholm, Sweden by @karenrealp

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