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Sunday Photo
The Winter Gardens, Sheffield
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Sunday Photo
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Taken by me
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Mini Adventures June and July
It feels like I’ve been on a few little trips recently. The great thing about this time of year is there are always things to do. I’ve written a roundup of some of the places I’ve been to. Hyper Japan I’ve been to this Japanese festival before and really wanted to go again so finally managed to get there this year. There was quite a bit to see. I’ve always wanted someone to draw a manga version of me, so got myself rendered in chibi form. We also really liked the candy stall selling Japanese sweets (green tea Kitkat anyone? ) I had to resist the impulse not to buy…
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Easter in Greece
View of the island of Patmos from the top of the monastery I’ve got quite a few things to write about on here, however seeing as we are currently in the Easter season, I thought I’d blog about those another time and instead today concentrate on the time I spent Easter in Greece, in 2011. This was quite an experience, very far removed from everything I’ve done at Easter in the past. It involved eating a lot of Easter bread (a sweet Greek speciality) and participating in traditions that I’d never come across before. I was raised as a Catholic and am used to observing Easter as a religious festival,…
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Current Obsessions
I felt like posting a round up of my current addictions. It feels quite narcissistic to do so, but hey, I feel like sharing. So here they are: Latte (especially Vanilla) I’m not usually a big fan of coffee, preferring my beloved tea any day, however I tried a cup of Vanilla Latte at Costa the other day and now can’t stop drinking it. After all, I love everything Vanilla flavoured. I work above a Starbucks so am pretty keen to try it out next time someone in the office gets a round. However I’m conscious of the calories so will try the skinny option, so I can drink more…