Lisbon - Holiday

Had a fantastic holiday in Lisbon, Portugal, will share some of the highlights in the next few posts!

Jo

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Stockport Vintage Village 13.04.14

I love my monthly trip to Stockport vintage village there are always lovely people, treasures to be found and delicious food to be eaten! This Sunday it was warm enough to get my bike out and ride to the fair :)

Stuart Thornley was there with his fantastical cakes! I wasn't brave enough to try the dippy egg cake but did have a hot cross bun cupcake and got some Rocky road with mini eggs to take home for Tom

 This stall had so many gorgeous vintage picnic sets gleaming away in the sun

 Love the pretty flasks and tins

 Think I like the blue one best

 I liked this little Swedish plate

Also spotted a box of old film reels from the Picturehouse in my home town of Bury St Edmunds!

Jo

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Llangollen weekend

Llangollen is a lovely town in north Wales with lots of vintage, antique and craft shops, real ale pubs, cafes, access to beautiful countryside with a river and canal, hills, rock climbing, castle ruins - basically the ideal place to spend a sunny weekend whatever you are into!

 Check out the long shop name - the shop next door sells the most delicious ice creams and waffles!

 Pretty little Caravan outside the market

 Entrance to the market

 Lovely old train station

 Pretty canal boats

 

Windy walk up to the castle ruins

 Castell Dinas Bran

Bridge over the river Dee

We enjoyed some real ales and REALLY good food at the Corn Mill. I had Sea Bass and bread and butter pudding - delicious!! It's just over an hours drive from Manchester - I can't wait to go back.

Jo

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A day in Paris

Got the train from Fontainebleau to Paris Gare De Lyon

View of Notredame across the river

Tasty Crepes and Coffee

Wearing new H&M conscious collection shift dress

I spy the Eiffel Tower

Notre Dame

Pretty metro signs

Feeling very Amelie!

Pretty carousel near the Louvres

Vintage shops near Monmartre

Had to stop for Macarons!

Moules frites - yum!

The view from the top

Sacre Coeur

And then home to the Forest of Fontainebleau!

Adventures....

In San Francisco

 We stayed with Tom's family in the Castro

 Dressed for touristy adventures - pale denim dress, khaki jacket, black pumps, purse from antiform

 Caught the trolley downtown - wish our trams in Manchester were this pretty!

 Played games on old arcade machines along the piers

 Despite years of piano lessons this automatic player is the closest I've been to ivories!

 Yup went for chowder at fisherman's wharf

 Admiring fox gloves in the gardens outside

 Bit of boardwalk action - watching all the seals that live in the bay :)

Love California xxx