Idiots Abroad Part 1

Hey Guys! 

From the title you may think that I am going to share my love for the show or write a review on it. When really, I want to share a funny story that I don't think I will ever forget!

 

There is a foreign exchange program at my Sixth form, and a beautiful Italian girl named Paola soon became one of my best friends. I didn't think you could become so close to someone so quickly but she really is beautiful inside and out!

Ignore the dork on the left :')

                                                  

 

But then, sadly, in June last year she had to move back home and not going to lie, I cried more than I probably should have! So me and a few friends decided it would be cute to go and visit her it Italy. We saved up and then spent a very long afternoon trying to book tickets as cards were declined, transfers took forever and stupidly we tried to book on a bank holiday so all the call systems were down and it was just a massive pain! Finally, everything was booked and the countdown began!
                              

 

Paola lives in the hills pretty much in a beautiful town called Bolzano! We always used to mock her and say that she lived with the goats. This in turn meant that getting to her house wasn't the easiest thing in the world! So we got to the airport and when we went to scan the passports on one of the kiosks one of them wouldn't scan and immediately we started to panic - if only this was the extent of our troubles! We eventually got on the flight and landed in sunny Munich, sunny is being kind it was a boiling day! We then had to get on a subway type of train, as non of us could speak any German this wasn't the easiest of tasks and we ended up train hopping for at least half an hour until we reached Munich Train station. We then had to catch a coach for over 4 hours to get to Bozalno! Paola never said it would be that long - but we forgave her eventually ;)  Our coach driver was Italian and almost didn't let us on the coach because there was such a language barrier! But after a long, hot 4 hours we finally got there! 

 

 

Lake we went for P's 18th

We had an amazing time while we were there and my beautiful Italian turned 18! So to celebrate we spent a day at this beautiful lake stuffing our faces with cake and other great foods and then we decided to hire a pedalo (it had its own slide)! This is one of my, if not my favourite memory from the holiday! Then we decided to go clubbing which was also so much fun, even though trying to dance when it is already so hot is difficult!

 

              

This picture also captures a beautiful memory of this holiday! In Bolanzo a lot of people ride bikes, they also get very angry if you walk in the cycle lane, we discovered this very quickly:')  So we decided it would be cute if we hired bikes and then went for a picnic.

 

There is so much more I want to share about this holiday but I don't want the post to be to long so in a week or 2 I share the rest of my antics with you!

 

Beth <3

 

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Awards Evening

Hey Guys!

Well these last couple of weeks have been really boring for me! All I have really done is gone to school, come home, waste a few hours, then finally get back to bed. Riveting right?! One cool thing did happen last week, it was my schools prize-giving and I was nominated for an award - the Valery Allen Shield for the Instrumentalist of the Year. Its title sounds much fancier than it actually is! There aren't that many musical people at my school and I am the only one who has continued it into the second year of sixth form so the odds were in my favour. My brother is also musical and won this award 8 years ago, so now both of our names are on the same school shield, which I think is quite cute. 

I hope that you all have had a good week!

Beth ♥     

London Day Trip

 

Hey Guys! Happy New Year!

 

So for Christmas me and my boyfriend decided we weren't going to spend money on gifts and we would go on a day trip instead; we decided to go to London!

  

We went there on the coach and it took about 2 and a half hours and all in all way a nice journey up! One of our first destinations was Bubbleology - the bubble tea store! If you haven't heard of bubble tea go Google it, it is truly one of the most amazing creations (mine Is the green apple with strawberry bubbles)  

We then went to other magical stores like Hamleys, the m&m store, the rainbow café, Covent gardens, a really quaint underground Nandos ;) It is truly amazing some of the stores that London have! Harrods was absolutely crazy, I don't think I will ever understand how a store can have like 4 lifts, 6 sets of stairs, escalators, basically 5 floors of magic! Its fair to say we got lost so many times!

 

The thought of going on the London eye terrifies me! I am so scared of heights it is stupid! So we only admired its external beauty (and the que was massive!!) Also the sun was starting to set and it lit up in adorable blue lights!

We were trying to take a picture like a selfie and it was proving very difficult and probably looked hilarious to the passers by. But one lovely women stopped and asked if we needed any help, which was lovely of her! I hope this has given you a little insight into how cool London is! It is so beautiful and you can do everything there! I had an amazing day and it didn't rain - for England that's amazing!

Beth ♥