The Travel Bug

After returning home from a perfect weekend in Paris I began to feel down (Ive been back less than 24 hours). I always feel this way after an adventure as I'm left craving more. Working all week and having no trips planned makes me feel lost(the bad type). What I need in life is to continuously get lost in other countries/cities. Such feelings inspired me today. I always talk about gettig the travel bug, but today I realised what this entails. 

This is what I describe as...

                  The Travel Bug

It's that feeling you experience when that one trip you've just taken isn't enough! You NEED to see more! Do more! Go more places! 

It's the knot of excitement in your stomach. Butterflies. 

It's when it's nice to be home but you don't feel complete. You've left segments of your heart there. 

It's being home for a brief period of time, then feeling the desire to return back to that special place.

It's when you want to return to that special place but you know there's so much more to see and explore. 

It's an uncontrolled feeling, controlled by our actions. 

Symptoms:

It's Addiction.

It's Passion.

It's Love.

Diagnosis:

It's called the Travel bug.

Treatment:

Don't fight it. Pack your bag, grab your passport & set off. 

New year, New Blogposts.

So finally, 3 weeks into the new year I have decided on my New Years resolution. Apart from my usual travel and see more of the world. Ive decided to take more photos and to write more. Today was the perfect opportunity as I visited the cutest spot for lunch. 

Bread & Butter, located on Regent Street, Leamington Spa. 

This is a newly opened rustic looking cafe, which is reasonably priced. 

Cappuccino £2.25

Soup of the day ( Leek & Potato) with sour dough bread £4.50

Really love the autumn leaves spread across the floor! (I'm sure the cleaner does too). 

Positive thought: '' You can, you should & if you're brave enough to start, you will'' Stephen King

                            xxx

Floppy Haturday

An Since starting my new job in September I've pretty much abandoned my blog! But now I'm back (and lovingggg winter fashion). 

So on Friday I took my lovely other half to Manchester for the weekend for his birthday. I've passed through the city a couple of times but never had the chance to enjoy the nightlife! And well, I lovedddd everything about it! The urban vibes, the random bars, the German market and of course, THE SHOPPING! This weekend was the perfect opportunity for my return to blogging! (And the perfect opportunity to buy new makeup). 

Friday Night

We visited the cutest little bars which we loveddd! Firstly we visited bluu bar, then keko moku, a tiny Hawaiian cocktail bar. And we ended our night in the Soup kitchen, all of which were in the Northen Quarter. They were all within walking distance too which was great! However, we were blessed with the lovely English weather, rain, so we got taxis! 

Saturday (Haturday)

To our suprise Saturday was lovely and sunny (which made the drive home horrendous, I hate winter sun). Anyway we took another look around the city centre, which was complelty different in nice weather! And found the quirkiest bar called 'The Crafty Pig' which was all movie themed! Serving perfect hangover food too! 

Love how they've used DVD covers for the cocktail menu! 

Oh and yes, we did have accidental matching outfits on haha! 

Dress- New Look

Hat- Primark

Coat- Boohoo bargain! 

Slip one- Topshop

Leggings- Topshop

Rollneck- Primark

Necklace- eBay 

And of course, my fav new purchase.... Lipstick- Mac (Diva)

Promise I'll stick to regular blogs from now on ✌️ Peace xxx

Pretty Little Prague

I don't know what it is, but even on the rainy afternoons spent in Prague I was still in love with the city! 

We stayed in the Mosaic House hostel, which was sooo luxurious and modern for a hostel. Me and Robyn spent our first night on a bar crawl where we met some lovely people from all around the world, Australia, Ireland, England and South America. The bars were so impressive, and were all hidden underground. The first stop was a Vodka Bar, I didn't catch the name but it was awesome. They had every flavour you could imagine (including mars bar). I'm regretting not trying that one. After visiting several other underground bars, we finished at Karlovy Lanze (The 5 story club).  This was good but not as good as other tourists had told us.  

The next day, along with our hangovers, me and Robyn, with our ponchos ready, decided to brave the rain and explore. When we reached the main square, we stumbled across the Tim Burton exhibition. We were both in agreement that this was the best exhibition either it us has seen. If you get the chance you really should check it out, especially as it super cheap! Costing only 135 Korona which is approximately €5). We also found an Andy Warhol exhibition which was only €5, again that is a must. 

On our final day in Prague we were blessed with Sun for most of the day (finally)! We managed to explore most of the city by foot which was exciting. The Castel Gardens were so beautiful, with amazing views as the Castel is situated on a hilltop. We then walked to the John Lennon wall (after getting lost), and finally to the famous beer garden (again on a hilltop providing great views). All three were located across the bridge. 

The Castle Gardens

Prague Beer Garden - Letna Park

Bye for now Prague xxx

Top- Topshop

Shorts- Missguided

Trainers- Nike Flyknit

Sunglasses- H&M

Sunflowers- New Look

Sunflower Dress- Ebay

Florescent in Florence

I was gonna squeeze my Florence blog into the same one as Pisa, but this amazing city deserves it's own. Plus I managed to get a few cheek ootd photos!

So we stayed at Plus Hostel Florence and made friends with a New Yorker (Daniela) and a Canadian girl (Allana) which were lovely! We spent 3 days with Daniela who has the most positve outlook on life that it's contagious.

What I loved most about this stop is that we had no plans at all, which meant we could just walk around at our own pace and do anything we wanted! For example the first night we stopped off at the Wine shop, each brought a bottle of Tuscan red and sat on the bridge getting to know one another. When leaving the bridge we followed the music and found the cutest concert of live music. This night was topped off when walking home and finding a beer pong bar (this was a must with our friends from the states). 

The following evening we headed to Piazza Michaelangelo to watch the sunset over Florence. Again with a bottle of Tuscan wine we listened to music and admired the scenery. The most amazing thing happened though, a flash mob of Russian choir singers appeared and after several minutes of singing one of the guys proposed to his girlfriend! Me and Robyn (both usually not sensitive) had tears in our eyes! The moment was so magical, we blame Daniela for our British walls coming down haha. 

I literally cannot wait to get back to Florence 😍

Next Stop.... Prague

Pizza in Pisa

 I've been slacking so badly with blogs while I was away, but I'm back now so will have to get busy and finish them! 

So we decided to visit Pisa for only one night as we knew there wasn't a great deal of things to do there. We also decided we would need a chilled out evening after our days of travel. We stayed in the cutest hostel called Hostel Pisa Tower which offered an amazing welcoming. I was so happy to see that we finally had comfy beds to! And lovely room mates! This hostel was located  a 10 minute walk from the leaning tower of Pisa which was seen from my window. Pisa itself was lovely, which I think is due to not having any expectations. I felt as though I was in stereotypical Italy. I loved it! 

The leaning tower was abit of an anticlimax to be quite honest and you can never get close enough for a good photo. It was kind of like 'okay we've taken our photo now what?' The thing you never often see is the railing around the grounds which prevent you from accessing the grass area around the tower. I had to make the most of the opportunity and take the cheesiest tourist photo! 

Next Stop... Florence

Caoi xx

Such a sucker for Italy!

Having spent over 6 days in Italy so far I have fallen in love. First with Naples and then with Rome.

Naples

We stayed right by the port in the cutest hostel called 'The hostel of the sun'. The staff were warm and welcoming and gave the best advice on places to visit/eat on a budget. 

On our first night we were so hungry we are at the first place we found, which was the cutest! The waitor was so helpful and shaped our pizza into hearts (adorable). Then we were informed of a free concert on the dock, where they performed live Italy music! With peroni at only €1.50 we were in our element. 

View from Castel Sant Elmo. 

We took the bus to visit Pompeii the next morning, which in total for audio headset, sight ticket and he bus was €25- amazing! Most of my photos are on my camera so I'll be sure to post more when I'm home! 

Shorts- Asos

Trainers- Nike flyknit 

Bag - Topshop

Sunglasses- H&M

Rome

We decided to camp at 'Plus Camping Roma'. It was a little out of the way having to get a metro and a bus, but for only €10 per night we did not mind one bit. The only difficulty was that the footbridge was out of use. This leads you from the bustop to the campsite, and unfortunately we had to walk on the busy main road. 

Our expectations were disappointed when we first arrived in Rome. We visited the Vatican City, but the 2 hour que which bended round the streets was soon to change our minds. This was very busy, touristy and not at all what I had in mind when I thought of Rome.

However, after a couple of metro stops we arrived at the colloseum and my mood suddenly lifted! We were presented with beautiful architecture and historical monuments- Exactly what I had invisaged. Not to mention the old cobbled streets and most stunning cathedrals! 

Welcome to my crib (tent)! 

Skirt- Missguided

Top - H&M

Hair Scrunchie- New Look

Shoes- La Moda

Next stop- Pisa & Florence

Caio for Now xx