Christmas in Birmingham

My next adventure took me and my friends to the midlands where we visited an old school friend in Birmingham.

We got the train super early and arrived in Birmingham at 9.45. Grand Central (Birmingham New Street Station), has only recently opened and its amazing - the architecture and atrium is stunning, so of course we got the selfie stick out, much to the amusement of passersby!

We met our friend and walked straight into the city to the Christmas market, this is meant to be the best German market in Europe outside Germany - however we were not enthralled by it! To us it was like any other christmas market - still lovely to walk around and get in the Christmas spirit.

We were then taken on a tour of Birmingham, visited places you would never normally visit including a fruit and veg market and also the custard factory area. Here we visited a cool sweet shop called McTunneys where we all picked some sweeties to enjoy. Follow @mctunneys on instragram!

It was absolutely freezing so we nipped into the Bull Ring for a bit of shopping and to the best make up store - Kiko! ps 913 lipstick is amazing!

We were starting to feel a bit peckish so our friend suggested a pub near her that had recently opened called The Plough. We drove out of the centre parked outside her house and then walked into the highstreet.

As we knew we were having a big dinner all three of us chose the root vegetable and bacon soup served with soft bread. It hit the spot and warmed us up. We then wandered back to our pals house stopping off at every charity shop on the way - there were 13 in total on the highstreet!!

In the evening we headed to the area renowned for curry and had the most amazing indian feast ever - we all agreed it was one of the nicest curries we had ever enjoyed. We shared rice, bombay aloo and some chickpea dish the waiter recommended between the table, along with a ginormous naan bread. We all had our own curry dish with the balti dopiaza being the favourite.

The next day we wandered around the centre again before getting the train home.

I very much enjoyed my weekend away from home and cannot wait for Christmas now!

Next stop Brighton in a couple of weeks! xoxo

My American Adventures - I'm home!

So I am home after three months of my states side adventure.

I worked at Walt Disney World for 2 months in the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. My highlight of the whole time working was when I picked up a shift at the Boutique inside Cinderella's Castle (my normal location was Downtown Disney). Working in the Castle was so magical and I loved every minute. I just wish I worked here more, or was placed here for the whole program. However I am glad I got to experience it!

Last shift at the boutique

Graduation

Graduation

FGIT Heidi and Rachel

I then left the programme on 15th August and headed to Miami for 3 days with the girls from Disney.

Miami Beach

Miami Beach

I then flew from Fort Lauderdale airport to Las Vegas. Vegas was unreal, and felt unreal and fake too!! It's such a cool place though, all the lights, casinos, nightclubs etc, I secretly loved it! And we managed to take a day trip to the Grand Canyon which was breathtaking - photos don't do it justice!

Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas Nevada

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

We then got a bus (after it broke down and we spend 3 hours on the side of the motorway!) to LA. LA was so cool, my favourite was Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive, it was so posh, I wanna live there one day! We also saw the famous Hollywood sign, but I think its overated - shhh don't tell anyone!

Beverly Hills 90210

Hollywood sign

Cycling the Yosemite Valley

Next we stayed in a tent in Yosemite. Californai is currently in the worst drough for 500 years. This meant there were not pretty lakes, and none of the famous waterfalls. Yosemite was a bit of a let down, and we left here early.

Yosemite National Park

San Francisco was our next destination. I loved it here, and was even able to go running in the mornings. And not just so I could escape the severly loud snoring in our dorm!! My favourite was cycling over the Golden Gate bridge, I loved it! We also visited Alcatraz which was super interesting.

Run along the beach to the Golden Gate

Golden Gate bridge

Smoothies on the roof of Macy's looking over Union Square

View of San Fran from Alcatraz

We ended our trip in New York, the city that never sleeps, where we did an awful lot of shopping - ooopsies! I also treated myself to a Kate Spade bag, blog to follow ASAP! We also went to Enrique and Pitbull concert and were fortunate enough to randomly get upgraded to the front row of the seating area!

Enrique

The famous NY skyline

What an amazing summer I had, you can see my full adventure on my blog that I set up just for summer here.

I am excited to get stuck back into this blog though!

More soon xoxo