A Place In This World

Just thought I'd show you some pics from our recent family holiday to Norfolk :) (Family meaning me and my parents (minus my bro), my uncle Guy plus wife and three kids and my uncle Toby plus wife and two kids. So a pretty big bunch, 12 to be exact...) We rented a really nice big house which was cosy and countryside-ish...and right next to the sea :)

We didn't do much, it was mainly rainy walks and lazing around at home. I was lucky as I got to be a kid and spend time with my cousins and go to 'Bewilderwood' (a giant adventure play place in the woods) but I still got to spend time with the adults and have nice meals and drink posh wine :P Though one night I was used as a babysitter for all 5 kids!

Above Left- Me and my cousin Ted on a very cold and rainy walk. Right- Me and my mum by the seaside. Sorry the pictures are of myself, I didn't want to put pictures of all my cousins up for the usual reasons :)

Above- we went on a boat to see some seals, in the rain which was lovely! They were amazing, just lolling around on the beach, must've been freezing though even with all that blubber!

Above- Our pumpkin :) It wasn't quite Halloween but why not? My mum, two cousins and I carved it, please appreciate the incredible artwork ;)


On the last day we went crabbing which I've never actually done before. We caught loads of crabs! We let them go afterwards of course, mind you they did suffer a bit as they were kept in a bucket and held lots :/
The crabs did get a bit angry when we let them out onto the concrete...they all made it safely back to the sea eventually though, don't worry :)

Above- a collage picture in a little art gallery in the seaside town, I love it :)

Above- my dad and I just before we left, my mum managed to get the seagull in the background :P

So yes, overall it was a really nice holiday :) I love spending time with the family however cheesy it sounds and it was good to get away, but I now have all my homework to catch up on, bad times :/

Anyway, hope you're all well, thanks for reading :)

Georgina xx

Venice

Hello hello! How I have missed you all! I'm back from Venice with so many pictures to share and stories to tell, I could fill hundreds of posts but I will try and keep them to a minimum :)

I'll start by telling you about Venice...not a load of history but I might add in a few facts here and there :) From the plane it looked beautiful- really Italian with terracotta tiles on all the roofs, and loads of water. It's an island but is basically a network of canals, with the grand canal going through the middle. The streets are mainly alleyways but with loads of bridges over the water (455 to be exact) I didn't see a single car/bike/moped the whole time! There are so many boats though, the canals are full of gondolas while the surrounding sea has water buses which seem to be the main way of getting around. But yes, it's a beautiful place, amazing architecture with churches round every corner! We stayed near St Marks square which is the busiest part, the whole place is full of tourists!

So here's what we got up to...

Wednesday
We got the plane from East Midlands airport (me and my mum) arrived in Venice then got the water bus to the main island. We found the hotel then had a wander around the city including to Rialto bridge which was really busy but had a great atmosphere.

(one of the the water bus stops)

Thursday
We bought a day water bus ticket and first went to the old Jewish Ghetto- it was amazing with 5 synagogues hidden inside the buildings. It poured it down with rain so we sat in a cafe for a while before getting the bus to random places and just exploring :)

(me outside the entrance to the ghetto)

Friday
We went to the Peggy Guggenheim modern art collection in the afternoon and saw some amazing art like Picasso, Klee, Dali and Mondrian. We went to a few churches and then St Mark's Basilica which was huge! Then spent the evening wandering round, especially in St Mark's square where they have bands playing music so it's a great atmosphere.

(Basilica di San Marco)

Saturday
We got a free water taxi to the glass factory on Murano island (courtesy of the hotel) which was really interesting. The island was pretty but they didn't let us walk round much, they wanted to take us back quickly and dropped us on a completely random part of the island- it took us 40mins to walk back to St Mark's! We spent the rest of the day visiting other sights, got an ice cream and drank lots of coffee :P

(An empty cappuccino :P)

Sunday
We spent a while negotiaing prices with gondoliers and finally found a french couple to share the cost with. So we had a nice gondola trip through the canals, we then walked across the city seeing different churches, eating in nice cafes and stopping to take lots of photos!

(A gondalier under one of the many bridges!)

Monday
We went up the big tower in St Mark's square and could see the whole of Venice it was stunning. We then went to cafe Florian which is really posh- my mum really wanted to go there before we left! We got charged an extra €6 each because the band was playing! We got the bus to the airport after queuing for ages in the sun to find our flight was delayed for 3hrs 20mins -.- We finally got the plane home after a long journey :)

(Posh cafe, opened in 17 something!)

So yes that's about it for what we actually did, that's just the basics. We went for loads of nice meals and spent most of the time wandering around just getting lost and exploring the city. It really is beautiful, if any of you are planning a holiday then consider going, I had a brilliant time and would love to go back!

Thank you for reading, Georgina xx

When a man is tired of London...

Today I went to London with my dad to meet his friend from Germany, Johannes and his daughter, Lena. We met them at Euston station then went to the tower of London and did the touristy bit. It was really interesting actually. I've been before, but I couldn't remember any of it because I was so little at the time, so it was all new to me. Lena had never been to England before so she was really excited. We got to see the crown jewels as well which were pretty impressive!


We then took a bus to a little English pub to have fish and chips (they were keen to do everything traditionally English while they had the chance!) I know I have mentioned this before but I really love London, just the whole atmosphere. It's one of those busy places where you could watch the people all day and wonder why they're there and what their story is. There's also so much to see, there's all the big, touristy, historical places then all the little secret places that have loads of character. Haha anyway my dad and I had a train to catch so we left Lena and Johannes and came home after a long day :)

Tomorrow I'm up at 6 to go to Venice with my mum...I feel like such a globe-trotter! Two cities in two days, I'm so excited :D So yes I won't be back until next Monday so I won't be posting for a while, sorry! I will miss blogging and all of you of course :) I'm sure I'll have lots of stories to tell and pictures to share when I get back so be prepared!

Thanks for reading, see you in a week :)

Ciao, Georgina x

About Your Dress

Hey guys, pinch punch first day of the month! I can't believe it's August already! We've already been through half the year, isn't that crazy? And now the summer is here...well it's supposed to be, I dunno about you but we haven't had any sun for ages!

Anyway more to the point, I've been shopping...I seem to have a constant clothes shortage which my mum has finally started to appreciate, so even though I'm supposed to buy all my clothes myself, she was feeling generous and bought me some new things :)

Some of these things are for holiday- me and my mum are going to Venice where apparently if you're not 'appropriatly dressed' they wont let you into some places- like churches. So this means no shorts and covered shoulders for me! This stripey top is from H&M- I actually love it there!

These sandals are from accessorize- another great shop. They're for holiday too but more for evenings, I don't think I could walk around in them all day! They were half price but still expensive, I think my mum saw it as a good investment because we're the same shoe size, I'm sure she'll try and steal them!
This jumper's not very summery but was a good find so we got it! I'm going to sixth form in September and we don't have any uniform or dress-code so I'm going to need lots of outfits, so this was bought (from H&M) with that in mind.

These are from H&M again, I needed some comfortable shoes for walking around Venice all day. I'm not too sure about these, they're nice but don't go with everything. I don't think they'll go with a skirt and I tried them with some white cropped trousers but it looked a bit matchy. Oh well, I suppose it doesn't matter if I'm on holiday!
And last but not least, Primark sunglasses! I had another pair of these £1 beauties in blue but they mysteriously disappeared, but they were quickly replaced with these which I'm sure if you don't own a pair you will know someone who does- that's the problem with Primark!

Hopefully this lot will keep me happy for a while, I love wearing clothes for the first time when they're new, I don't know why I suppose you just feel different because you're not wearing the same old things that you dig out of your wardrobe every day! And now I'm excited about Venice! Have any of you been there before?

Thanks for reading :)

Georgina x

P.S. The title is a song by the Maccabees- one of the most amazing bands ever!

We're all going on a Summer Holiday

Ok this is a very rushed post...a quick update on the past few days- book return day, sixth form induction day, prom-getting-ready-for-day and then prom :D (I dunno why we call it prom but 'the ball' sounds really chessy, like something out of Cinderella!)

So...prom yesterday, it was so fun and so much better than we thought it would be. We got a limo there (cheesy again, I know!) and then danced all night, it was so fun! I'll be putting some photos up soon :) Anyway now I'm off to Weston-Super-Mare to T4 on the Beach and we're leaving in about half an hour...that's why this is so rushed! I did want to do a proper post this morning but after not going to bed 'til three I slept in a bit and now have no time to spare! I promise I will be here to update you next week :)

Thank you all for reading and sorry that I won't be posting 'til Tuesday, until then fellow bloggers :)

Georgina xx

Ahh les devoirs français

J'ai fatigué mais je dois travailler pour mes examens, je voudrais lire mon livre mais ce n'est pas possible parce que le français est plus important. Mais je suis aussi excité car en été j'irai au T4 sur la plage et à Venise avec ma maman. Je suis désolé pour le mauvais français!

Georgina x

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time

Ahh I do love the holidays...although these ones are proving pretty stressful, I made myself a lovely revision timetable which I have not followed at all, so I have a huge back log of work to do. I'm trying to do everything I said I would but it's left me with about 9hours of stuff to do tomorrow...like that's gonna happen!

I was supposed to get up today but slept in til 2, damn! I then went to my friend's house for her art photoshoot so did no work...again. It just makes me feel guilty :(

So what have I been doing with all my time? I don't have a clue! Facebook does take over a bit and I've done a bit of art and lots of sleeping I suppose. I love this picture below (weheartit.com) and I kinda copied it to put in my art diary...mine is nowhere near as cool but ahh well :)

So yer, I'm off to go and waste some more time :D Hope you're all good, thanks for reading.

Georgina xx