★ Week Four Itinerary: Vienna, Austria Budapest 🚌 Vienna Vienna, Austria | August 17th – 19th. The next country on our European tour was selected not just for its proximity to Hungary or because they were once ruled as a singular nation… but because of my love of the film Before Sunrise (if you haven’tContinue reading “Europe | Austria & Poland”
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Europe | Hungary
★ Week Two & Three Itinerary: Budapest, Hungary London ✈ Budapest Budapest, Hungary | August 7th – 17th. Leaving England we flew to Budapest, Hungary for one main reason: Sziget Music Festival. Arriving on a Sunday we had three days of exploring the city of Budapest before the six day festival started. If you’re notContinue reading “Europe | Hungary”
Europe | England
★ Week One Itinerary: Auckland, New Zealand Auckland ✈ Singapore ✈ London We made it! After… 25 hours flying. 4 hours busing. 11 hours waiting. We finally made it to Portsmouth, UK; the first place on our Europa travel. Portsmouth, England London 🚌 Portsmouth Portsmouth, England | July 27th – August 1st. From Auckland toContinue reading “Europe | England”
Here we come!
It’s almost Europe time. 🙂 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I’m excited. Hang on a second, I should probably preface this. For those of you not aware, in a matter of days myself and N.D will be travelling to Europe for the next four months. Common questions you might be pondering… WHO? Assuming you already know who I amContinue reading “Here we come!”
Be like a pineapple
“One life. No do overs. 365 days in a year. Who knows how many years. Be who you are. Love who you love. Go where you feel most alive”. Anne Sexton To say this month has been a lot is an understatement. There have been accidents near and afar. Remembrances of those I love andContinue reading “Be like a pineapple”
June Yarns
Maybe Not(Maybe, #1.5) Colleen Hoover “I don’t want you to change, Bridgette. I’m not in love with who you could be or who you used to be or who the world says you should be. I’m in love with you. Right now. Just like this.” Funny thing… I read this book with no context that;Continue reading “June Yarns”
May Yarns
A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2) V.E Schwab “Everyone’s immortal until they’re not.” I think I may actually like fantasy books. 🙂 The first novel I completed this month was great. I initially started two V.E. Schwab fantasy series while trotting the length of the country; Shades of Magic (this) and Villains (but moreContinue reading “May Yarns”
ChareBear
“Some friendships are so strong, they can even transcend lifetimes” Uncle Iroh – Avatar Recently I lost a beloved best friend. I am fortunate enough to have met Charlotte when I moved to Gisborne in 2017; we became instant friends. Charlotte and I, along with our fellow flatmates and new BF’s Sarah and Hannah spentContinue reading “ChareBear”
Felines, Friends and Frolicking
“When you’re feelin’ sad and low We will take you where you gotta go Smilin’, dancin’, everything is free All you need is positivity” Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life Well well well… who’s still reading the blog now. 🙂 Truth be told I didn’t think I had a lot to say now thatContinue reading “Felines, Friends and Frolicking”
April Yarns
Before I start divulging all the books I finished in April I wanted to quickly explain the title… “April Yarns”. You may be wondering why ‘yarns’, why not reads, books, novels even chronicles would have suited a book review post more so why yarns? Well I consume books in a manner of ways; either flippingContinue reading “April Yarns”
GC Chronicles 