“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
The June FairyLoot theme was 'Rebels in Ballgowns'. The loot: 'Corvere' Candle by Geeky Clean inspired by Nevernight by Jay Kristoff. I still have not read this series. I have two copies of Nevernight and two copies of Godsgrave and I know I'm going to like them but I'm doing that thing where I'm 'saving' …
This was our luxury day. We slept in, ate late and spent the day in a beach club spa. We ate in Libeccio which was a fabulous little mother and son enterprise. It was a wonderful way to spend our last day in Italy. All in all we absolutely loved the south of Italy. We …
This should have been another relaxing day and I had promised that it would be but I couldn't help myself. I knew we would regret it if we didn't so we went to Capri for the day and it was a wonderful trip. We got the boat from Manori to Amalfi and then took a …
Our fourth day was a recovery day. We needed it. We spent the day on the beach and had our first glass of Prosecco at 11am. I got proper stuck into my book The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee and had little naps. We also had lunch on the beach and a fair …
This was the big day. Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius was what this trip was all about. Both have been on my bucket list since I learned about Pompeii in school and they really did not disappoint. Pompeii was as crazy busy as you would expect but very manageable. Our guide told us it was relatively …
Not an overly productive reading month but most of what I read I really loved. I read the first three books from the The Ravenels Series by Lisa Kleypas. I had so much fun reading them and even more fun creating collages for them. Cold-Hearted Rake This is a great start to the series, Kathleen annoyed …
Me thinking I was going to be able to blog each day of my holiday is one of my more naive moments. You always think that you'll have loads of time to do stuff like this while you are relaxing on the beach or sitting on a ferry but turns out once you switch off you …
