Sunday, 31 May 2015

Travel: Six Cities I'm Lusting Over

Travel: Six Cities I'm Lusting Over
Sunday, 31 May 2015
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As some of you might be aware, I’ve just finished a 9 month teaching placement in Eastern France as part of my languages degree. While I was there, I did quite a lot of travelling around France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. I arrived back in England for good a fortnight ago and since then I’ve been falling deep into a state of wanderlust, especially since a lot of my friends are travelling or still out on their year abroad itself. 

I decided to make my self feel better about being back in cold and rainy England by making a little travelling wish list: a post of the six cities in the world that I would most like to visit and why. I left France out of my list because I’d be here all day describing the cities I haven’t visited yet (mostly those in Western France and South Eastern France). 
Travel: Six Cities I'm Lusting Over | Travel Blogger | Prague, Copenhagen, Bali, Sydney, Ancona, NYC | Hollie In Wanderlust
Prague | Copenhagen | Sydney | Ancona | Bali | NYC


PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
Prague has always been a place that I’ve wanted to visit and I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. It looks absolutely beautiful and I’ve heard that it’s really cheap to stay and eat there, which sounds perfect to me. I’m really interested in architecture and the buildings are out of this world. I think this is a place that I’ll visit with my cousin at some point as she loves the idea of going here too, so that’s a nice little family trip to look forward to.

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
Copenhagen is just so beautiful and idyllic, I just love the little houses and the boats on the river. I appreciate that the climate isn't up to much but it's got so many amazing things to visit that I honestly can't wait to finally be able to go there. Plus the Little Mermaid. 

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
This summer, the aim was to go to Australia and do some travelling around the country. While I’ve saved A LOT of money, I just can’t justify blowing it all this year so I’m going to wait and do Australia another year. My uncle lived in Sydney until recently and it’s my dream since he moved there to visit, so it’s definitely one of my top 6 cities. 

ANCONA, ITALY
One of my friends who was in my class in second year of university is from Ancona in Italy, and she’s been hassling me to come and visit her out there. It happens to be absolutely beautiful and I have no issues at all in visiting the city with it looking as gorgeous as that! 

BALI, INDONESIA
My friend is out in South East Asia at the moment and she’s been posting photos galore on instagram whilst she’s been in Bali and it’s made me fall even further in love with the place. This is somewhere I’d visit whilst travelling as opposed to just going there on holiday so I’ll have to get saving those pennies. 

NYC, USA. 
My absolute dream city and I really don’t think it requires an explanation. Arguably the most magical place on the planet with something for everyone. 

Where are some cities that you want to visit? Let me know! 


Thursday, 28 May 2015

List: 25 before 25

List: 25 before 25
Thursday, 28 May 2015
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I’ve been wanting to do a sort of bucket list for a little while now, so this is my version of it- the 25 things I want to do before I turn 25. I’m 22 in September so luckily I still have a few years before the big 2-5 but nonetheless, there’s no harm in starting as soon as possible. 

Graduate from University
Go to New York City
Get a Masters (either in linguistics or education)
Write the first draft of my novel.
Start learning another language
Run a half marathon
Have a healthy and serious longterm relationship
Read 52 books in a year
Visit a country on every continent
Own my own home
See Matchbox Twenty in concert
Get a tattoo
Take more photographs (and not just selfies!)
Visit every football stadium in the football league + Wembley 
Raise £1000 for charity
Qualify as a primary school teacher
Have something published 
Gain half a stone
Own my own Beetle
Plan and go on a trip around the UK
Be more spontaneous
Watch Classic Movies from the IMDB list
Eat more healthily
Make a log of memories for the future
Live for myself and not for other people








What do you want to do by your next milestone birthday? Let me know in the comments! 

Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Haul: LUSH cosmetics

Haul: LUSH cosmetics
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
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A few weeks ago I asked my fellow tweeters for some LUSH recommendations. All of them recommended that I buy the Comforter Bubble Bar which I did end up getting, but I wasn’t so sure about some of the other products so I left it at that. I nipped back into LUSH this weekend to buy another bubble bar, and I actually had a proper look around and bought some other products this time, all of which I love the smell of and am very excited to try out. 



Along with the Comforter Bubble Bar, I also picked up the Space Girl Bath Bomb. I’ve never used this before but it smells incredible and I’m really looking forward to having a long soak with this one in. It has popping candy in it, which is an interesting concept and almond oil which just screams smooth and moisturised skin. 

My final purchase was the Sweetie Pie Shower Jelly which I’ve heard nothing but good things about. The texture is really bizarre and unusual and once again it smells amazing. It’s described as being “a party in a pot”  and I think that is a pretty good way of putting it. The berry smell is ridiculously addictive and I will definitely be buying this one over and over again. 

I’m going to London at some point this summer so I’ll definitely be going to the LUSH on Oxford Street to check out some of their store specific products! I’ve been eyeing up the Comforter Shower Gel so I’m gutted it’s not being sold elsewhere yet. 

What have you got lately from LUSH? Any more recommendations?