a little holiday update

oh hello! it's been a while. thanks for coming by, as always. because i'm certain it's really just my grandmother (hi porpor!) and the mister who bother reading otherwise. it's been a blissful two weeks since i was last in london. 10 day cruise that departed from dover and stopped in honfleur, guernsey, st jean de luz, le verdon sur mer, santander, la coruna, porto and lisbon. stayed on in lisbon for five days and even swung by cascais! finally home sweet home, albeit briefly. off to essex for a wedding this weekend so it's really quite touch and go. but i've missed my bed and it's nice to be home for the night.

was surprised i felt the holiday a little too long! i love traveling and its associated adventures. being on the road is such a thrill and i get a huge kick out of being in a new place and seeing new things. flying ryanair back from lisbon meant that i had to pack strategically. one of my biggest accomplishments in 2014 has to be packing enough clothes (and shoes!) for 15 days into a carry-on. it was a relatively fancy cruise, which meant having a different dress for dinner each night. so that's literally 10 dresses (including 2 long gowns that had me frantically ironing before formal night), a couple of day dresses and mix-and-match separates for 10 days of touring and 4 pairs of shoes (ankle boots, heels, havais and white kickabouts), plus toiletries, 4 swimsuits 2 cover ups, pjs, sun hat, accessories and random bits and bobs. inane packing rave aside, my brother sniffed that i managed to squeeze all that into a tiny suitcase because i'm small and my clothes are foldable (unlike his dinner jackets that couldn't be crumpled). i think it's just sour grapes, like the medoc wine.

it's also been pretty much hit the ground running since getting back to rubbish stansted this pm and the long trek back to the city. double bill at somerset house tonight, wedding tomorrow, house party in brixton on sunday. meet ups the whole of next week (backlog of visitors/ friends leaving london :( so the unfortunate summer excess looks set to continue). thank goodness for a bank holiday! 

do aim to consolidate thoughts, photos and post a couple of holiday updates along the way, if you'd like to see :)

 

(here's one as we left santander!)