So really, a bit of a catch up post on the most recent happenings. I spent the weekend in Cheltenham with my boyfriend, where I was reunited with my favourite chain restaurant Nando's (I am a modern cliche template and after being in Cornwall where there are NO popular chain restaurants besides Pizza Express and Prezzo I was pretty delighted) and we went exploring a little bit. During my Cheltenham adventures, we stumbled accross a vintage book shop which was any bookworm's dream. It was a heaven for those who are book inclined and history inclined too, because when I was digging around in there we managed to find three stacks of National Geographic magazines that date back as far as the late '50s. This probably sounds somewhat mundane to you but let me shatter the illusion and tell you that I was absolutely beside myself with excitement. Amidst my rummaging I found lots of old advertising from the '60s, mainly Coca Cola adverts and Kelloggs and cameras (as shown below),
as well as finding the 1963 edition which was dedicated to J.F Kennedy's
funeral. Pardon the phrase, but it was history porn at its very best
(for those of you who don't know what it is, if you're a history
enthusiast you may wish to go to: http://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn).
Not only that, but the finicky and fussy side of me was aesthetically
pleased to see bookshelves dedicated to Penguin books based on the
colour of their spines. Not as cool, of course, but still made for a good
picture.
And to end this post on my Cheltenham adventures, a quick stroll to the
park made for smiles the whole walk home as I came across the most
beautiful blossoming trees. SPRING IS HERE. I could not be more excited to
see more flowers bloom and with it, the arrival of summer.
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