Favourite Friday: Tour

Last week I went on one of the best trips of my life, tour tour tour! Off I went with a few hundred (maybe a thousand) fellow students from Nottingham Trent University to Loret De Mar in Spain and boy was it an experience. After a 30 hour bus drive that was supposed to take 23 we were treated to four days of sun, sea and booze, responsibly of course! The one thing that I'll take away from this adventure is that one litre cocktails are a thing, one whole litre, for €7.50! Can you believe it!?! Anyway, if you ever have the chance to go on something like this I say jump at it. I didn't think it was going to be my thing but I ended up having the best time and I'm defs going again next year! The only downside is that I came home with THE worst illness I've ever had, cough, cold, vomiting, headache, feeling faint, you name it I had it. So I would recommend taking some Berroca's (and using them, I took them but didn't use them).

Wandering Around Cadiz

Welcome to one of the weirdest weather days I've ever experienced in a foreign country. Is it hot, is it cold? Is it blistering sunshine or overcast cloud? We experienced it all! Cadiz was a beautiful place with a really nice atmosphere that was calm but bustling at the same time. The port was in the perfect place, stepping off the boat straight into the centre, my favourite (less exercise!). The cobbles narrow streets leading to hidden historic statues were beautiful and so cute!

The architecture in Cadiz is stunning. Much like Vigo the buildings remind me of little Paris apartments with the bright colours and balconies, except these were only three or four storeys so they weren't as imposing and made streets and squares nice and light. There was one main church which was central in Cadiz and when you saw it from the boat it looks like the biggest, most imposing building in the world. However, from the ground it is beautiful. It's in the most gorgeous square filled with market stalls (one which sells insanely good churros!).

Our plan for the day was just to walk around and have a little explore which worked out really well as everything was clustered together so we didn't have to walk far to get anywhere. When we went and had our usual little drink at a bar we had a beautiful view of the sea with little bobbing boats and the beach that was full of life. I'd love to go back and maybe stay for a few days as I think it would be a really nice place to relax, have a browse of the markets and spend a little time on the beach. I seriously loved this place and would definitely go back.

My little train journey

So I mentioned in my last blog post that I was going to see Miranda in Manchester on Friday and she was SO GOOD! I think I nearly wet myself on a couple of occasions with laughter which is definitely a thumbs up from me. But this post isn't about how great the performance was, it's about my train journey. Because I'm cool, and because I have too much spare time of my hands, I made a video of my train journey which was fun, except when people were staring at me wondering why I was filming my feet...not fun.

So enjoy!

                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn3IT-SzRUY