Norwich

Last month, my friend Lucy and I took a coach up to Norwich to stay at my sister’s house and check out the university, so I thought I’d write a quick post covering some of the things we did there and a couple of outfit of the days!

We spent the first day travelling and relaxing because after a few awful coach journeys, and arriving to pouring rain, we were absolutely shattered!

Norwich Market

'The Bicycle Shop beans on toast'- The Bicycle Shop

Coat - Jack Wills / Jumper - H&M / Jeans - Topshop / Boots - Clarks

Our second day in Norwich involved a lot of walking (sometimes in circles…) and exploring the town! We went to The Bicycle Shop on St Benedict’s Street for lunch, as it had been recommended to us, and I had ‘The Bicycle Shop baked beans on toast’ and Lucy had ‘Mexican Scrambled eggs’, both of which were delicious! Although we had to wait a while for our food, and we were a little put off by having to crane our necks to read the menu from blackboards positioned around the room, the interior of the café is so lovely and I would definitely recommend visiting even if it’s just for a drink.

The River Wensum

Norwich Cathedral

Coat - Jack Wills / Jumper - Zara / Jeans - Topshop / Boots - Clarks / Choker - Homemade

Most of our final day was spent at the university for an applicant day however afterwards we walked past the river and visited the Cathedral, which was beautiful! After dinner at Chiquito, we went to the bowling alley where I got what I think is my first ever strike, and spent way too much money on the 2p machines…

Thanks for reading this quick post, please leave any requests for future blog posts down below!

Poppy x

PARIS | Day 1

We got to Paris at lunchtime on our first day after a smooth journey on the Eurostar (with only one cardigan left on the train…) followed by a couple of metros that took us to our hotel.

The hotel we stayed at was ‘Lux Hotel Picpus’ which is located in the 12^th district, slightly out of the way from the busy centre, which meant it was more affordable and the area felt a lot safer. I would thoroughly recommend staying here as the metro station was just across the road so it was easy to access any parts of the city and Picpus was a lovely area. The hotel itself was also very nice, I shared a double room with a friend and we found it very comfortable and clean and would definitely stay there again!

After exploring Picpus to make sure we knew our surroundings (to avoid getting lost later in the dark), we then headed to La Galeries Lafayette. This was honestly the most spectacular shopping centre I have ever been to, and as you can see from the photos it had the most incredible ceiling. Unfortunately, by this point we were all pretty hungry so trudging around a busy store looking at items that were most definitely out of our budget wasn’t the best idea. We ended up escaping the crowds and after much deliberating over various French menus (and even leaving one café we sat down in after finding out it was not how we expected it…), we got a crepe from a man on the side of the road, which put us all in much better moods!

We then headed back to Picpus and decided that rather than traveling more to find a restaurant elsewhere, we would try the Italian just down the road from our hotel. It seemed strange to go to an Italian restaurant whilst in France but as vegetarian options were definitely lacking in a lot of places, we thought it would be better to play it safe! We absolutely loved ‘Restaurant da Pippo’, so much so that we almost went there the second night too! Our waiter was so friendly, the food tasted great and was inexpensive, and it was such a convenient find as it was pretty much next to our hotel!

After mountains of pasta, and our energy refuelled, we decided to head out to see the Eiffel Tower! If you’re planning a trip to Paris, I would definitely recommend your first viewing of the tower to be at night because honestly the lights are what make it look so special. We were all in absolute awe at it (so much bigger than I expected it to be!) and took the obligatory photos before getting the metro back again and crashing out in our hotel beds.

I hope you’re enjoying this little series of posts documenting my trip, and Paris days 2 and 3 posts will be up very soon! I’m always interested in new places to visit so please let me know in the comments your favourite holiday destination or if you’ve also been to Paris, what was your favourite thing that you did?

Thanks for reading!

Poppy x

Paris 2014

This past July I, along with five friends, embarked on my first ever holiday away from my parents to Paris! It was the most amazing 3 days (I think maybe of my life ever?) spent with good food, good company and in the most beautiful city. We spent absolutely ages planning, and as the organisation obsessed person that I am, I wrote everything down from our group discussions, to what I packed and just about everything that we did on the trip too (any excuse to buy a new notebook, am I right?).

I spent so long looking at blogs when we were planning our trip; desperate to find someone who had gone on a similar one to the one we were planning, with advice on where to stay, what to eat and where was worth going in our short space of time.  I had no luck, and in the end we all got our information from various places, which obviously took a lot longer.

So I thought I’d write detailed posts about each of the 3 days we spent in Paris as a way to help anybody who’s in a similar situation to me last year. Not only this, but I would love to have everything about my trip written down all in one place so I can look back at it in the future, and if there’s ever a time when I’m back in Paris (I really hope so!) I can see all the places I loved last time!

You can view my Paris Day 1 post here and you can expect days 2 and 3 posts coming up very shortly in the future!

Thanks so much for reading, and I hope these posts will be helpful to anyone planning a little getaway to Paris or just fun to read for anyone that’s interested in my visit! Leave a comment down below of your favourite place that you’ve visited or your dream place to visit in the future!

Poppy x