Bulgaria, Sunny Beach

The other week, I nipped over to Sunny Beach in Bulgaria with Justine, Ellie and Lauren for a glorious seven days in the sunshine. How. Ironic. Yes, there was a beach. But for five out of the seven days there was nothing but overcast skies and rain. It was so bad that it was funny! We holed ourselves up playing card games (we are now quite the experts at Gin Rummy and Sevens), and laughed until our stomachs hurt. At least we had some delicious average awful food to see us through the rainy days: chicken meat, pork meat, plain spaghetti, and fish nuggets in the shape of dolphins. Brilliant. I think it says a heck of a lot about the girls I was with the fact that we all agreed we had a great time anyway! We all came back feeling refreshed and rejuvenated, and planning our next holiday together already. To somewhere with guaranteed heat waves. In the middle of summer. Preferably. 

I managed to get a few photos I was pleased with, but it wasn't the prettiest of places, and some of the photos were taken with my phone. Still, here they are! Prepare for some serious holiday envy...

Right on trend in Sunny Beach...

Our glorious banqueting hall... :o)

Pretty in pastels.

Hitchin

The other weekend, I jumped on a train and went to visit some of my pals in Hitchin. Hitchin is a market town in Hertfordshire, which I'd never heard of before two separate sets of friends set up camp there! Apparently it won 9th place in a poll last year though for best town to live in the UK, so I'll forgive them for deserting me... :o) Anyhow, it's nice to get out of the city sometimes, and not only was I getting a change of scenery for the weekend, but also the perfect excuse to practice my baby photography! 

My first stop off was at Emma and Matt's, whose lovely new home I had not yet seen, and whose gorgeous baby Freddie I had not yet taken hundreds of photos of! I'd had a little browse online at some baby photography before my visit, and I think for me it has to be all about the big eyes, tiny hands, and tiny feet. And of course capturing the huge smiles and giggles! Freddie has to be one of the happiest babies I have ever met - and full credit to his incredible parents for that. Have you ever heard of baby sign language before? Well, that exists, and Freddie's learning it!

Just look at his little face...

And here are those little feet! Too cute. I think the photo below is one of my favourites.

It was such a lovely evening (and morning!) with our little photo shoot, but after lots of coo-ing and drawn out goodbyes (with promises of a trip to Brighton soon, Matt and Emma... ahem... :o)) it was time to bid farewell and meet one of my bestest friends from uni for a delicious lunch, and long overdue catch up! So we stuffed our faces with some hearty pasta at an Italian in town, before heading out in the evening for cocktails... and much more catching up. And what kind of weekend would it have been without an afternoon tea?! The next day, we decided to create our own, and enjoyed our feast for two at Steph's house.

What a great trip! :o)