Cardiff!

Now I don't know about the rest of you, but I am one of those people that needs a little trip or adventure every few weeks or months, just to keep things exciting. Otherwise I generally become miserable and start hating wherever I am. Now that my life is in more of a routine, that revolves around working at Bench, Radio and Bring the Noise the excitement in my life had really started to dwindle.

After having a conversation whilst back home with my mum and brothers girlfriend Harriet about the above, it was decided that me and Harri would have a weekend away, I had most of the Bank Holiday weekend off work, so that was it, we were going, no matter what.

Why Cardiff? I've been once before and loved it, but never got to explore the city properly. Everyone I've ever met in Wales have been lovely, I've also made a few friends up there in recent months that I wanted to meet and I'm quite the sucker for a Welsh accent! We had quite the difficulty finding affordable accommodation, but eventually we found a deal with The Big Sleep Hotel, £99 for two of us staying one night & the hotel is in the centre of town so we couldn't really complain! 

 

 1. Train tickets 2. Hotel room 3. New York Deli - Best bagels in town! 4/5/6. Me and Harri being our vain selves before heading out 7. PBR - The night my friends DJ 8. Church in the city centre 9. Me by Cardiff Castle 10. The hat that received the comment "crackin' bobble that" 11. Frozen yoghurt with strawberries and blueberries - lush! 12. The Big Sleep

I had the most amazing couple of days away, it was exactly what I needed and I think it's fair to say I'm even more in love with Cardiff! Me and Harri had such a laugh and it was great to finally meet my friends and throw myself around a dance floor. We've already decided we're going back to do our Christmas shopping there and hopefully I will be up for SWN festival in October. Sod London, Cardiff is my favourite city!

Any of you got a place you love to visit when given the chance?

21 Things to do before I'm 21

For the past few years i have never made much of an effort to go all out with my Birthdays, my 18th consisted of some friends and a night out in Brighton and the others are usually spent with my parents and nice meal out somewhere... oh and the various ex boyfriends that i felt would do for company. But this year i turn the big 21, (why is 21 such a 'big' birthday?!) so this year i've decided i'm going to make the most of it, as everyone tends to tell me they would love to forever be that age and it's when a lot of great things happened to people. Hell i deserve to go all out and have as much fun as possible and currently, i don't have anyone holding me back from doing what i want.

Therefore i have had the idea of doing 21 things before I am 21 (I was inspired by the blog 23b423). I always tell myself about the things i need to do with my life before i enter the real world, I'm always day dreaming of the different adventures i want to have, so now is the time to do so. My birthday is on July 10th and i graduate (hopefully) from university around the same time, so i feel these next six months are vital in me enjoying every moment left of my student life and before i start getting to those grown up ages, where presents are no longer sent and you start asking for 'useful' things as apposed to a new toy to play with.

So here it goes:

1. Meet at least 10 famous musicians
2. Skinny dip
3. Jump into the sea from different heights
4. Road trip through Wales
5. Watch all the series' of The OC
6. Watch the sunrise
7. Bake a giant rainbow cake
8. Learn to play the ukelele
9. Big Ernies challenge (this is a restaurant in portsmouth that challenge you to eat a gazillion calories, vertually impossible!)
10. Get a radio show
11. Convince at least one member of the public that my friend Jack is actually Ryan Gosling (he looks A LOT like him!) and get them an autograph etc - Basically see how far we can take it!
12. Get an article featured in a Magazine
13. Go to Alton Towers
14. Go Horse riding again (haven't been able to due to my operations over the years)
15. Build a giant den in the living room and have all my friends stay over, childish yes, but fun all the same!
16. Sleep in a car over night
17. Go to Splashdown & Quayside
18. Spend a day in Chelsea with the girls
19. Get a tattoo under/to the side of my breast
20. Be a part of the audience for Greg James' 'Feet Up Friday' on Radio 1
21. Purchase a record player and find at least 10 amazing records to play on it!

So thats it! The list is complete & i'm already underway with it, it's going to be an interesting 5 months if i manage to get all these ticked off! Wish me luck!