Hello there! Quick apology for the lack of posts recently but the joy and frivolity of having Easter holidays has somewhat taken over my life and after seeing numerous members of my friends family etc I finally have some time to do my favourite past time (besides playing Sims 3 and eating soup.) - blogging!

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.

Bookshops

Hello again people of the internet, I hope you are all as well as you can be... I myself am not doing too badly, for a change. I spent the last week or so in Cheltenham with my favourite person in the world, being us and doing 'us' sort of things. It never fails to amaze me how amazing it is that there is someone in the world who is so unbelievably wonderful who so much as knows of my existence. There is a person who knows me better than anybody else, tries to understand me and quite often succeeds, who is willing to hold my hand as we walk down the busy streets of towns and cities we visit together. Although he is made exactly of the same chemicals and substances that the other some 7 billion people in this world are made of, he is by far my favourite compilation. As a couple, It's true to say that we don't argue often and when we do, they're mostly disagreements that neither of us are willing to back down from, or more recently due to a lack of communication. Although I am unbelievably comfortable to talk to him about everything and anything, which for me is an incredible feeling having never felt that way before, he often struggles to audit his thoughts and feelings which I struggle with, thinking it's a lack of trust or love. I know of course, that I am wrong and I need to allow him to express himself as much as he sees fit, and quite often I know I jump to incorrect conclusions or I put my mask of paranoia on and I worry unnecessarily.
Despite minor disagreements that rusted a few minutes of our time together, the rest of the time spent together was perfect. We aren't a couple who likes to get up to too much at a time, some might even call us boring - each to their own I suppose - but we're happy in eachother's company. I spent many hours this week in the arms of my favourite person, in the comfort of his warmth and laughter watching our favourite TV programme, Catfish, and drinking a lot of Green tea.
We also visited the most magnificent bookshop near Montpellier, if you are in the near proximity of Cheltenham then I urge you to pay a visit to the three tiered bookshop full of wonderful and interesting books. I am a bookworm and there is nothing I love more than running my hands along shelves of books and running my fingertips through the pages. We spent at least an hour in the Art and History and Politics sections of the bookshop, as well as Travel and Photography and Architecture. We have a lot of common interests which makes our visits to places like bookshops easier.
This may be my second favourite bookshop I have visited in England, I liked it that much. Such an array of books and interests and a plethora of various ideas that inspire me and give me a rush of adrenaline.
My favourite, however, lies on the West coast of England in Falmouth, Cornwall. It goes by the name of "Beerwolf" and is a refurbished workers pub. Having a boyfriend from such a beautiful part of the country definitely has its perks when he introduced me to such a wonderful place. The bookshop is located inside of a pub, which can only be visited to be able to describe. It has a special place in my heart, and I will forever remember drinking from pint glasses with the faint smell of thick paged books alongside the smell of "pub".

I'm sorry this hasn't been the most interesting update, but I feel better for having written it all down. Stay golden x