Frites, Waffles & Mussels Here We Come!

Tomorrow we fly to Brussels for a long weekend to celebrate our second wedding anniversary. We have decided to try and visit a different city each year by going through the alphabet! Last year we were up north in Aboyne, this year Brussels and next year we are thinking about Copenhagen. We thought it would be a good fun way to see more cities and celebrate our anniversary.

I am soooo looking forwarding to eating lots of frites with mayo, waffles and mussels whilst exploring the city.

Does anyone have any tips for things to do in Brussels?

A Trip to Bristol

A couples of weeks ago Drew was working in Bristol for the day so as I hadn't been there in a while I decided to fly down and meet him. I had the full day to myself to explore the city and I was quite excited about being a solo tourist for the day, although slightly nervous that I would get lost!

I started the day by walking towards and going to a museum called M Shed. This was free to get in and was full of interesting facts and history about Bristol. I would definitely recommend visiting if you are in Bristol as it's fun and you can walk around at your own pace.


After this I was pretty hungry so walked towards St Nicholas Market as I had heard there was an amazing choice of food. Not going to lie lunch was the best part of my day! As there is a lot of multi cultural food in Bristol I decided to try a falafel pita wrap from Eat a Pita which was the most delicious, fresh food I had eaten in ages! If I could've went back again that weekend I would've been there!

Yummy!

After refuelling I decided to do what I do best and shop. I popped into Lush where I hadn't been in a while and ended up treating myself to Ro's Argan body conditioner which smells so good and I use it every day (I might do a full review later). I then went to Dorothy Perkins and picked up a few things for my trip to Brussels next month.

Later that night Drew and I met up with my friend Cat and her flatmate for dinner and drinks. It was great catching up with everyone and continuing with the multi cultural food theme we went to a Moroccan restaurant (can't remember then name!). We ordered far too much food but it was worth it.

I have been to Bristol quite a few times as I have friends down there but we rarely do much exploring so I will definitely need to plan our next trip and include some touristy activities.

Do you have any favourite places to visit in Bristol?

A Trip to Málaga

Last weekend Drew and I decided to visit Málaga as we had never been into the city before which is surprising as we have been on holiday here many times before. The trains are pretty good here but we decided to book a cheap hostel to save us getting the late train back to Benalmadena. So a quick visit to booking.com we found a room at La Casa Mata hostel for €28 which we thought was great so booked us in.

Travelling to Málaga itself is so easy, just hop on a train and you're there in half an hour. When we arrived we headed down to the port (puerto) and had lunch next to the boats. It was really lovely at the port with lots of little shops, bars, restaurants and even a place to hire segways and go karts! We didn't do this but maybe next time haha.

After wondering around the port we headed to the Alcazaba - an old fortress built to protect Malaga. It was only a couple of Euros each to go in and it was really lovely to walk around and see the views over the city. We didn't go to the very top but we'll go back soon and go further up the hill!

The old bull ring

Where does this door lead??

Trying not to fall over the edge!

Drew the giant!

Timed selfie!!

After all of this sightseeing it was time for some refreshments so we headed to El Pimpi which is a popular bar/restaurant right next to the Alcazaba. We just went for drinks with me having a delicious strawberry smoothie and Drew going for his usual - a beer. After this we headed in the direction of the hostel but this meant passing a bar that Drew was dying to try, Arte & Sana Beer Cafe, as they sold every beer imaginable! So we went in for a drink and he was like a kid in a toy store looking at all the bottles of beer. We even came back the next day with Drew sporting his beer t-shirt....

Later that night we went for tapas at the closest place to our hostel which we later discovered was number 1 on TripAdvisor! Sadly I didn't take any pictures but the food was delicious and almost like Michelin Star tapas so we might have to go back again and try more of the menu.

After food we basically went back to the hostel and had an early night. I had to sleep with my jeans on as the room was soooo cold! Spanish don't do heaters as it's hot most of the year but it was a bit chilly last weekend and Spanish buildings are designed to stay cool so not great during the colder months.

On Sunday we just walked round a bit more, had more food and then headed back to Benalmádena. All in all a great night away and i'm already planning on going on a day trip to Málaga when my parents visit in February :)