• Food & Drink

    My favourite Autumn & Winter Food & Drinks.

    This season is when people change tastes in food & drinks. I am going to give you my top things to try over the Autumn. I will be mentioning my favourite brands but this post will not be sponsored. It is just a list of my personal favourites. One is specific to my home country, one is a particular brand & one is a personal favourite…

    Costa (coffee) Autumn Hot Drinks Range

    I love going to costa when the weather changes, nothing says Fall like a hot chocolate or coffee (latte, size; medium). The store is always decorated lovely &
    give a warm coffee smell and relaxing vibe. I tend to go here at least twice over the Fall time for this warming experience. They also do a pumpkin & caramel in spiced range too I have yet to try.

    A mug of Hot Chocolate

    This is a winter Staple for most people. I find in the winter I just want to curl up with a nice hot chocolate, watch some TV or read a good book. Hot Chocolate gives me the image of a person curled up in a baggy winter knit clutching a mug smiling. There is a particular brand I use but there are many out there to choose from, so please try a few different choices before you pick your new favourite.

    Welsh lamb Cawl (Wales special)

    This is the ultimate Winter meal that is currently (2018) available at your local Wetherspoons, in Wales (UK). It is on the speciality menu for Wales, celebrating Welsh Local Produce. I myself have tried this particular dish on a hot summer day but it is perfect for a Winter dish. It is effectively a lamb & vegetable soup. I find it gorgeous tasting & very rich in flavour. I recommend this dish to anyone visiting Wales in the winter to try it out. Honestly, you won’t regret it, I promise.

    I hope this brief & interesting list gets you warm inside & makes you want to go out and enjoy the cooler weather, as much as you liked the Summer! Tell me in the comments what your favourite Autumn/Winter food and drinks are!

  • Lifestyle

    Winter & Christmas tag

    I was nominated by Emily at alwaysopinionatedgirl to take part in this winter tag. Why not view her answers here!

    The Rules:

    1 12 Random Facts About You

    2 Answer 12 Questions

    3 Tag 12 Bloggers (optional?)

    Random Facts:

    1. I live near an airport and the seaside.
    2. I started my blog on May 15th, 2017
    3. I’m a potter head (fan of Harry Potter)
    4. I’ve been around for 27 years ..so far!
    5. I volunteered in a library: Apr ’17-now
    6. I have always had brown curly hair.
    7. My tabby & white cat is about 15 Y/O
    8. I used to read a lot when I was a child
    9. I prefer winter but hate cold dark nights
    10. I couldn’t live without Netflix & NowTV
    11. I love book mail & burning candles a lot
    12. Shops makes me anxious but I enjoy it

    Questions and Answers:

    What Are Your Favourite Things About Winter?

    Where do I start? Cosy evenings watching tv with a hot drink or reading because it’s too cold outside.

    What Is Your Favourite Winter Outfit?

    I’m terrible for bringing my Ugg boots out for winter and thick hoody’s to keep warm.

    What Is Your Favourite Winter Drink?

    I do like Tea & Coffee. But in the winter I like to have a nice Cadbury’s Hot Chocolate.

    What Is Your Dream Way To Spend a Winter’s Day?

    I would binge watch Netflix and read a whole book while curled up with a hot drink.

    How Do You Like Your Make-Up in Winter?

    It’s always the same (minimal!) unless I put more on when planning on going out …but I would in summer too.

    What Are You Hoping Santa Brings You?

    More books? A trip to Italy or the Harry Potter world in London

    What Are The First Three Things That Remind You of Winter?

    Snow, cold nights and warm drinks

    What Is Your Favourite Winter Song?

    Is anything Christmasy, a winter song?

    What Is Your Favourite Winter Memory?

    Playing in the snow as a child as it’s quite rare where I live. Cold but never snowy.

    What Is Your Favourite Winter Scent?

    I always have the same perfume so it doesn’t matter. Candles – winter berry smell.

    Finish This Sentence…If I Could Have Anything This Christmas It Would Be…

    To enjoy nights with family and friends!


    I nominate these people to do this?

    Anyone who wants to as I never tag people in case they don’t feel up to it.

  • Languages

    Introduction to ITALIAN FRIDAYS

    Hello All,

    This is the first post to do with Italy.

    I first encountered the country Italy while researching about the Roman Era as a child. As I was watching a few documentaries based on the Roman era and glancing through books created by Mary Beard when I saw a program about Italian food and culture called “Italy Unpacked”. I was mesmerised by the content but unhappy I did not know more about the country and language, to understand it more.

    So this idea came about months after I finished watching the TV series.

    I am going to do a series of posts for everyone. I want to take both you, as a reader, and me, as a writer, on a journey through various different things to do with Italy – both it’s history and culture. These posts will be dedicated to various topics.

    The main topics I want to include in my project are:

    CULTURE // FAMOUS CITIES // FOOD & DRINK // HISTORY // LANGUAGE // ROMANS

    I will always add any relevant links below (for more information):

  • Books,  Lifestyle

    [book tag] HARRY POTTER: Q&A

    Following on from last weeks Harry Potter theme this week – So Never Not Reading tagged me in this Q&A. Please go ahead and view her blog

    HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS!

    What Hogwarts House are you in?
    Hufflepuff
    “Did you know that Hufflepuff has produced the fewest Dark wizards of any house..?

    What is your Patronus?
    Blackbird

    What is your wand?
    Aspen wood // Unicorn hair // 11 ¼” inches // Unbending

    What would your boggart be?
    Honestly, a few things come to mind?

    What position would you play in Quidditch?
    I can safely say I would be a spectator – I don’t do sports!

    Would you be a pure blood, half blood or muggle born?
    I think I’d be Muggle Born but have knowledge of Hogwarts!

    What job would you want after to have after Hogwarts?
    I want to work in the ministry of Magic – with books and unusual happenings

    Which of the deathly Hallows would you choose?
    Hard choice but I would go with – The Wand. As I would like to have a reliable and powerful wand if I needed to use magic – for good causes obvs!

    Favourite book?
    I haven’t read them in soo long so I can’t remember but I would go with “The Philosopher’s Stone” as it introduces everyone to the wizarding world and also “The Deathly Hallows” because it finishes the story well which I like.

    Least favourite book?
    My least favourite book must be The Order of the Phoenix” which is too long and I don’t like the storyline or main characters in it this book.

    Favourite film?
    My favourite film is definitely “The Prisoner of Azkaban” because it introduces my favourite Character, Sirius Black. This is closely followed by “The half blood prince” as it has a lot of backstories in it and is quite a dark film.

    Least favourite film?
    This is a difficult one again but probably I would go for same as the movie choice for the same reason. I just didn’t enjoy that book or film at all.

    Favourite character?
    I could go on and on about Sirius Black for hours but to sum up he gives Harry hope that someone cares about him, he has a wizard relative that’s alive to meet him and he also has the best storyline I think (Although I didn’t like the rest of the film  that he was a big part in!)

    Least favourite/most hated character?
    This is again a hard one but I’m going with Dolores Umbridge as I can not stand her in the film she is in. she ruins the film and I don’t think she should have been a professor, surely she wouldn’t have been able to get into Hogwarts.

    Favourite teacher at Hogwarts?
    My favourite Teacher is obviously Severus Snape. Not only does he have a brilliant backstory, he keeps you guessing which side he is on (good or bad) all the way through the series and the actor is one of the best in the whole series.

    Least favourite teacher at Hogwarts?
    Dolores Umberbridge – READ ABOVE.

    Do you have any unpopular opinions about the series?
    Not particularly; other than I enjoy the films more than the books!

    If you could save one character from the final battle who would you save?
    I would save Snape as I think he deserves saving. I think he could have gone on to release another set of books just dedicated just to his back story as he is quite a hidden character and he’s my favourite throughout the whole series!

    Basically I’m not tagging anyone in this – so if you want to do it, please comment below and I’ll get round to reading your answers! Thanks, guys.