Skip to main content

One day, we're gonna live, in Paris!

(Nice reference to the fab Friendly Fires ;p)

Hi guys,

So its been a little while since I touched base with you, and this isn't really a clothes post but more of an update.

I went to Paris recently and it was a dream! I last went there when I was 13 for a school trip and I hated every minute of it! People were rude and had no patience for students, and I nearly got run over by some mad man (who was thoroughly enjoying the terror in my eyes!) :( I swore I would never go back there and until this trip, I had avoided the place like the plague.

Anyways, my friend Alexia invited me and my friend Rosie to visit her and stay for a few days- we of course jumped at the chance and headed for the Eurostar. It was pretty chill and went by really quickly (but that was probably because I slept through the journey).

Alexia is currently staying in the cutest flat ever! It was a one bedroom flat that was so gorgeously decked out and typically French. I had a clear idea of the places I wanted to go, courtesy of the lovely Katie who in short, gave me the best list ever!

The Pere Lachaise Cemetery and Shakespeare & Co. Bookshop were my favourite parts. I'm a *huge* Shakespeare fan, so having a bookshop that was dedicated to him and his works was such a thrill. I bought three books from there and you get this cute little Shakespeare stamp and a bookmark to go with them. I'm such a nerd, so this was like hitting the lottery! Below is a cool picture from inside (you're not meant to actually take pictures inside :/)

 
Myself, Al and Rosie (I bought three awesome books from here- joy!)

Other places we went to included:
•   Louvre Museum
•   Notre Dame
•   The Jardin du Luxembourg
•   Eiffel Tower
•   Arc de Triomphe
•   Londons' equivalent to Soho, but I forget the name :/

I also really wanted to go to Musee D'Orsay, but we decided it would be really clever to avoid the crowd of the weekend and go on the Monday instead. When we got there, we were so smug because there were no crowds and no queue. Went to see where the heck we could get in, only to discover the place is closed on Mondays! I seriously wanted to cry :(

We did so much walking and although the underground is the fastest way to get to places, you obviously want to see your surroundings, walk around and soak in the gorgeous views. The architecture there is beautiful! They are really rustic and grand- lots of stone walls and marble and they're all so tall, you spend most of your time looking up!

The weather was horrible and rainy for most of the weekend, but picked up the last couple days. They are still maniacs on the road too! It's like they are going out of their way to run you the hell over! If I had a pound for every time I called someone a dick, I'd be a rich lady!

All in all it was a fab trip, and I can't wait to go back!

Once I sort out the nightmare of my two cameras (that's long, long story) I will post a few more here along with boring my friends on Facebook with even more- fun time :D

'Til next time folks.

xx

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Success

In the blogger world, success is often in reference to money or exposure. Often these two things go hand-in-hand, in that the more exposure you get the more you are in a position to ask to be paid for your work/ name/ face, etc. Blogging has become a business for many and an aspiration to even more, but are we being realistic? Don't get me wrong, I think it's great to have ambition and to work and strive for a goal or goals, but I also think it's important to be realistic with those goals. There are so many factors that come into trying to make a blog a business. For example, bloggers whom have been able to make their blog their sole source of income are often white, slim/ slim passing, a small fat, able-bodied, cis gendered, and/ or with euro-centric beauty. There are of course other examples that correlate, but that's the starting point. Not every blogger is going to fall into that blueprint, nor should we, but unfortunately we have not yet reached a point where s
Post a Comment
Read more

Like Royalty

The plus-size world of the vintage persuasions audibly exclaimed when Georgina Horne of Fuller Figure Fuller Bust , announced a range of fabulous dresses she had designed for  Lady Vintage London , called Lady Voluptuous . There are four styles in total with a variety of colours and patterns, and being a 50s bunny who practically lives in swing dresses, I immediately set eyes on the Cosette , particularly after seeing Lucia in it. WOW, right?! But there was another dress that was catching my eye.....enter, the Medusa. The Medusa is another 50s sensation, but a fitted design. I have been hoarding wiggle/ fitted dresses in one of my two wardrobes for a few months now and realised how much I loved my silhouette after wearing this 'out of comfort zone' dress. I'm naturally an incredibly curvy (I know many hate that term, but I know what I mean) woman, but I have often avoided dresses like this through fear of the VBO; but during my continued journey to self-love a
11 comments
Read more

To Be Visible: Why Minorities Are Still Left Out In The Shade

Foreword: This post has been a few months in the making and I actually submitted this as a piece for a magazine; although it wasn't picked up, it was still a topic I very much wanted to discuss. It hadn't been talked about in so long so I wanted to bring it back to the forefront of everyone's mind, but then boom, suddenly everyone was talking and posting about it and I felt a little deflated. I thought about not posting any longer as I felt others would inevitably write the piece better, but then I thought "my opinion is just as valid as others", so here I am contributing my two-cents. Please note that this isn't attacking anyone, but I really think it's important to not be afraid of having uncomfortable conversations like this as it's the only way things will change. This also isn't going to read as a magazine article as I'm not a journalist and thus, do not wrote that way. It's not a style of writing I personally enjoy reading
13 comments
Read more