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A girl, her backpack and her beauty essentials travelling the globe in search of adventure, beauty and the perfect red lippie.

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Happy Friday, y’all. Something about this photo, and my genuine smile, makes me think of my Southern roots. 😜🤷🏻‍♀️ But I digress. This weekend, I’m back on the travel wagon; in fact I’m writing as I head out of King’s Cross to Paris. (Commutes are the BEST time to IG.) And it couldn’t be a better start to the weekend. The sun is shining. The birds are chirping. I’m finally on the mend from my brutal cold. But most importantly, I’m off on my next travel adventure! What are you up this glorious Summer Solstice weekend? 🇫🇷🧀🥖🥐👯‍♀️
Instagram reality😃: Me, looking merry, enjoying a delicious pho at one of Dalston’s renowned Vietnamese restaurants 🍲🍜 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Current reality🤧: lying in bed, eating some chicken soup, trying to fight the cold that’s knocked me for six this week. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Friday’s reality👯‍♀️: Heading to Paris for a girly weekend with @courtlys, good friend AND fellow travel junkie. Here’s hoping I recover in time for my first travel adventure since starting the new gig! And bring on the cheese, croissants and baguettes, baby 🧀🥐🥖
On this week’s to-do list: stop and smell the roses 🌹🌹Yes, you can call me cheesy, but I could certainly use a little reminder to slow down and enjoy the world around me a bit more recently, rather than flying (full-steam ahead) through my daily life, from one to-do list item to the next. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ That’s what so great about Travel. The childlike wonder, brought on by all things new, that encourages you to pause and take it all in, stop and enjoy the moment, truly live in the present. The trick is how you make it stick back home, in your maxed-out-diary ordinary life. I’m working on it. Because there’s nothing quite like being mindful, without even having to try 🌼🌸✨
How ‘bout a game of Where’s Yari? Can you spot her amongst the street art? 🎨😜
Summer, where you at?! ☔️💦🧤 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Leave it to me to publish a new blog detailing the best things to do during a London heatwave during the rainiest week of the summer. 🤣😂 But I’m holding out for that one rogue week where we’ll all be boiling, and then moaning about how hot it is on the tube. Because, can you really call yourself a Londoner if you can’t exchange in a long, thorough conversation about the weather? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Here’s hoping my post conjures up some sunshine. Link in bio, if you want to have a read, and then ask the weather gods to work their magic already ✨☀️✨☀️
I don’t know about you, but sometimes my favourite thing about a new city is nothing more than it’s raw simplicity and grittiness. It’s unassuming side streets, rusty bridges and wonky street signs. The parts of town with no landmarks or camera-toting tourists in sight, just a cloud of city-grey, splashed with the colour of some abandoned rubbish or graffiti tags. These city pockets make me feel like I’m getting to see what’s behind all the gloss. The branding. The tourism boards. Give me gritty alleys over a pristine museum any day. OK, well most days. Who’s with me? 👋🏼 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Also, random Yari fact, I actually got my Masters in Urban Development so I really DO have a thing for cities 😜
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