Distressed denim is the best denim

How beautiful is this street! It wasn't looking to be the nicest of weather this day, so this called for my warmest of clothing - denim on denim. I love the distressed raw edges to this top, especially against this contrasting corduroy white skirt. I actually own the cutest denim tote bag which would have been the perfect match to this outfit, and SO not over the top.. Sadly,  it was at home. 

PS. please do not look to closely at my skirt it these photos, it has more creases than Russel Brands bed sheets. (Guys, the rolling your clothes in your case technique does not work!)

Skirt and top -ASOS

Shoes- Zara

lake BLED - Travel Diary.

We're in Slovenia bled! Take a sneak peak into one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen, Lake Bled. (Please excuse some of the photo quality, a lot were taken on my phone)

We arrived in Bled, mouths open, as we walked to towards the lake. It's such a beautiful area, the little adventure town surrounds the stunning fresh water, emerald green lake - pictures do not even do this justice (especially not mine). It has everything you'd imagine in a fairytale town, from a castle on the edge of the cliff to a church floating in the middle of a lake surrounded by rowing boats... Enter Holly and I. 

Day 1

Our first day was filled with bright blue skies, so we took to the small swimming area located on the edge of the lake for a chilled afternoon in the sun. The water is so clear and fresh, it was actually nice to see little fish casually swimming past rather than imagining sharks nibbling at your ankles in the dark depths of the sea- not to say we didn't freak out still. 

There is only a small area you can swim in, but it turned out to be much further than we thought. I was starting to regret those skipped gym sessions when I'd only swam half way across and was being weighed down by the mounds of cheese I've eaten this year - Nice to know I'd go out with a good view though. 

We stayed at 1A Adventure hostel which was a little further out of town than we thought, but it ran two free shuttle buses a day and was such a great place to stay! Although the next doors church bells that went off everyday at 7am still haunt me. Over 100 rings every morning. Yes I counted.

Around the corner from the hostel was the BEST Italian. We basically lived on Pizza (dinner and breakfast) and moscato wine for 3 days straight - well worth the food baby.  Not to mention that view!

Day 2

We took a walk up to the castle on the hill, and Bled, that was steep. We may have sweated enough to fill lake bled once we got to the top, but it was well worth the climb. We obviously had to reward ourselves wth some cider and ice cream at the top. 

Sitting on castle walls.

There's a cute little wine cellar in the castle, so we popped in for a look and came out with wine to match our star signs -we like to feel cool and spiritual whilst pre-drinking from a mug in our hostel.

We then spent a good half an hour chilling with this CUTEST DOG outside. Miss ya Billy. 

In the afternoon we planned to go paddle boarding on the lake, but alas 16 Irish girls took the 15 remaining paddle boards 5 seconds before us - Luck of the Irish ay. Genuinely was a tad upset I didn't get to watch Holly fall in the water repeatedly for a solid hour. 

Anyway, we took the next best option and rowed across the lake to the church in the middle. After watching countless chick flicks over my life, this looked easy as pie. I was wrong - Ryan Gosling is clearly a lot stronger than he looks.

Good job we weren't on a romantic trip, because those rowing faces weren't pretty. (Disclaimer, pictures do not show the struggle)

Once we got the hang of it it was surprisingly therapeutic, rowing away whilst singing along to Rihanna's recent album at the top of our lungs. Nailed it.   

Day 3

There are sooo many activities to do in bled! We'd planned to go on an elaborate full day adventure, full of hikes and rafting with dinner in Italy(?!), but typically us brits brought over the English weather and it rained, so the tour was cancelled. 

So instead of crying over our toast at breaky, we booked onto the white water rafting trip that our hostel had arranged. Luckily, this was a lot cheaper and still super fun! Although I could cut a slice of cheddar with my nipples after jumping in that water. 

We were starving after rafting so this veggie grill really hit the spot. 

"Stand there while I take an arty photo of you smelling the flowers", *falls in*.

This ice cream was amazing but the air was so humid and windy! As soon as it was handed to me, it had basically already dripped all down my arm, leg, toes ears ect.. (still stopped for a photo though, duh). I've never had to eat an ice cream so fast in my life, more ended up down my top than in my mouth. If you've seen that vine of a racoon accidentally melting it's candy floss, that was me. 

We ended up riding bikes again in the afternoon and cycling around the lake. It actually turned out to be a better view from the over side- shame about the clouds. It only took us about 20 minutes (excluding photo stops) to get all the way around the lake on bikes, so we had to celebrate with a icy cocktail. Bikes are so underrated!

That's it for Bled! Chow for now. 

                                                              All swim wear -ASOS. 

OOTD

Just checking in with a quick outfit of the day, featuring another white skirt which has been a great capsule piece this summer! 

Top, skirt, shoes - Zara

Sunglasses -And other stories

Ljubljana! Slovenia - Part One.

Welcome to Ljubljana (lubujana, ljjuanna, lublijana, ljubanna ljsfdhff). To this day, I'm still not 100% sure how to pronounce the name of Slovenia's capital. Forever sounding super cultural whist meeting people, when the first question asked would always be ''so where have you been so far'' - Yeah you know the one, ''Lbjunaniajbfbf".

Anyway, to get you up to speed. My best pal, Holly, and I spent the whole summer trying to decide on a mini Eastern Europe road trip we could fit into 12 days. Just 5 days before we left, we finally decided on Slovenia and Croatia! It looked beautiful and I don't know a lot of people who've visited here before, which made it even more exciting to see with fresh eyes (Such hipster trend setters, I know).

Whist on our trip around Slovenia, you find out pretty quickly that most people visiting are either from neighbouring European countries or on a massive inter-railing trip and this is just a small stop off. But if you think Slovenia isn't worth a proper visit, you're very mistaken - Please feel free to add Slovenia to your wish list over my next few blog posts. 

We were so happy when we arrived in the city and our bargin hostel was right in the centre of everything! - We checked in super quickly to explore. I'm very much a feminist, but sometimes, when you've been on a flight since 6am, you just need to flutter your eye lashes a bit until the receptionist offers to carry your 22kg suitcase up 3 very steep flights of stairs so you don't die before your holiday begins.

Strenuous exercise avoided, we headed to one of the first cafe's we saw which happened to be the cutest veggie cafe! It was right by the buzzing weekend market where bands played in the streets - this was also where I had the best vegan cheese burger I've ever eaten in my life.

We spent the afternoon exploring the streets and eyeing up places to eat and drink later on in the night. It turns out Ljubljana one of the smallest capitals I've been too and can be easily walked round in a 1 or 2 days. Cafe's and bars line the river which runs through the city and streets behind are full of various other restaurants - all in all, making it a very tough decision to decide where we want to eat when theres only 3 meals in a day. 

 Night time views whilst crossing the river. (Dress from First and I -ASOS). We had a perfect night, bar hopping along the river side drinking fancy (strong) cocktails while the sunset. All was great until we entered our room later on that night.

Turns out we actually booked a sauna in our hostel instead of a room to sleep in?! Our room was on the top floor with a skylight and omg, was HOT. We did eventually sleep 3 hours later - butt naked and spread eagle, as close to the fan (which could be mistaken for a hair dryer in many salons)  as humanly possible.

I'm pleased to let you know we survived the ordeal. There was no hot water left when we got up, but luckily we were so hot from our night in the fire place, it was actually quite nice. Although, uni sex showers are not the one -Hostel fun. 

On our way to breakie we came across the Sunday antique flee market which was sooo cute! We would have bought so much stuff if we had room in our case. Although holly had her eye on an antique light which was almost half the size of me, so that was never going to happen. 

We decided to take a trip on the funicular (because we're lazy) up to the top of the castle for a drink above the city. If you've read my blog before, you'll know I bloody love a good view. We also realised there was quite a few areas we still wanted to visit after looking over the edge.

Love lock bridge. 

One of our favourite things we did in Ljubljana was renting bikes - once I'd forced Holly on to one of course. They only cost roughly £2 for 2 hours and we got to see the whole city in this time! The whole of Ljubljana is completely flat, so riding a bike is effortless and you get a well needed breeze if you're visiting in summer. 

Riding through lanes full of graffiti and street art in the Metelkova district - Not a bare wall in site. 

Chilling in the park in the middle of the city to cool down.

Food in Slovenia is mostly meat based stews or Italian dishes being so close to Italy. I can't eat the meat side, so ate mostly ate pasta and Pizzas, which was great as it's my favourite type of food. 

For our final evening, we took a boat tour around the city. It was nice to enjoy a glass of wine while we floated along the river, however you don't see much more that you would walking around - I wouldn't put it on my top things to do if you've got little time.

On our final day in the capital, we popped back to our favourite veggie cafe for a good old avo on toast, before buying a bus ticket and heading off on our next adventure - TO BE CONTINUED.