We finally left the country! After a fair few staycations, Sam and I decided to go abroad over summer and picked Palermo, Sicily as our destination. Both of us have been to Italy before but never Sicily and with it being but a stone's throw away we thought it'd be an ideal place for our first holiday (abroad) together. The first mission, when we got into the Airbnb, was…
Before we went away Sam, I and our parents all went out for a little meal together at The Royal Oak. A Gastro Pub-esque restaurant located not far from Preston. This place was Sam's suggestion after he realised he used to work with the guys that now own it and are the chefs. For those of you that don't know Sam is my boyfriend and a brilliant cook.…
A little bit ago my family and I ventured into Manchester for a bit of a shopping day. It's a rare occasion we're all off at the same time so we made a little event out of it, as you should do, and treated ourselves to lunch out and in mine and my mum's case a cheeky glass of wine. On my dad's recommendation, we came to El…
Previously I've only been to London on organised visits with schools and colleges so you can imagine how little of the place I got to see. This past month after trying for ages we managed, somehow, to get tickets to watch Hamilton. Mine, and the worlds (it feels like) favourite musical. I couldn't believe it. Safe to say I was very weepy at that moment...and more so when…
So Sam turned twenty-five, though I keep being mean and rounding him up to thirty, and for his birthday we went away to Norwich. A place he's always wanted to visit. I'll admit I had no idea what to expect, I'd heard it was pretty but didn't know anything beyond that. Safe to say we both absolutely loved the city and plan on going again. I'd booked us…