A tour of Tours

I told you in my previous post that I was going on holiday to Tours, to visit a friend. I had an amazing time, both my friend and her family were exeptionnaly nice.

Fanny, if you stumble apon my post, thank you so much for a lovely week.

 On my first day there we visited the city of Tours (which has many more shops than Angoulême, surprisingly). We popped into a café (typical me), a few shops, a creperie (had an eggy crepe, no pictures, too hungry, sorry...), a shop selling mangas in which I made my little purchase (para-para-paradise) aaaand H&M (and now I'm hattyyyy). Unfortunately, we were too short of time for me to make a mess in sephora, 'still can't decide whether this is a good thing or not.

I'm now on a mission to take my family to Tours, because I feel like I need to taste a bagel from one of the numerous bagel restaurants of the city... plus they have a Sushi Shop !

The region of Touraine is known for its castles, another reason I want to go back with my family. On day two of my trip, my friend and I went to visit « Le clos Lucé », which used to be Leonardo Da Vinci's and Marguerite de Valois's castle. We had a sneeky peek into the genius's beautiful home, in which were exposed miniatures of his many, many inventions. This guy managed to be a painter, sculpter, biologist, inventor, event organizer... in only one life. I couldn't help but being impressed by his ingenuosity and the precocity of his ideas. He was a truly inspiring person, and the inventions reproduced on a bigger scale in the giant (wet) park of the castle, weren't there to prove the contrary.

Day three consisted of visiting the medieval village of Loches, since I didn't want to spend my entire holiday shoving my camera in my hosts' faces,I didn't take any pictures of the place. It was beautiful nonetheless, with its castle and dungeon, its paved streets, its market and its Yves Rocher...wait, what ? Yup' that happened, now my hands smell like a fruit pie.

These were the main « going out » parts of my trip but I spent at least as good a time chatting with a good friend (pianist, which made violin/piano duets possible), discovering the highly intellectual TV show « friends» (come on, I'm just 20 years late to the party!) and listening to her brilliant collection of CD (how can one have such perfect music tastes?).

So that was a little resumé of my vacation, I hope you enjoyed it and if you went on holiday recently and wrote a post about it, feel free to link it in the comments, I promise I'll give it a look.

See you soon,

Maddy

Ce n'est qu’un au revoir...

Hi guys,

I just wanted to let you know that I'll be going on a four day holiday on sunday. I'm going to visit a friend who lives at a couple of hours train ride from my home. An adventure for the wuss I am!

I haven't scheduled any post for the follwing four days but I should come back to you with nice pictures and entertaining things to blog about (spoiler alert : some castle visits and shopping are going to happen ).

Have a lovely week,

Maddy

Favorites Vlogmases of 2014

Vlogmas is one of the many things that make me happy around Christmas time. I can't explain why, but I just love following my favourite youtubers around during a whole month. It gives me an idea of what a youtuber/blogger lifestyle's is like (super tempting) and leaves me feeling festive. When you think about it, it 's extremely sweet of them to share a part of their life, and bond with their viewers. These are the vlogmases? I followed and appreciated this year, most of the youtubers are already featured in my top 10 but I though I would give them another shout out as well as include some new ones.

Tanya burr:

I had allready followed and loved her vlogmas last year. Her bubbliness kept me feeling happy througout the whole month, she's always cheary and funny, a real sugar pill. Since she has a really « interesting » life, with a lot going on, her vlogs are never boring. Plus she seems to have such an adorable family (NO, I'm not jealous of the couple she forms with Jim...ok I am)

Sammi Maria:

I love Sammi so much I danced around my bedroom when she said she would do vlogmas. To me it meant brilliant OOTD's and outfit inspiration everyday ! And a daily Riley (the french bouledog, I have an obssession whith french bouledogs) injection !And foood ! Sammi's vlogs litterally made me dribble. Delicious !

Suzie: 

Suzie did a bit of a different vlogmas in the way that she uploaded 2 combined vlogs every other day. Her brilliant editing made up for the fact that they were quite short. I hadn't subscribed to Suzie before I discovered her vlogmas, now it's safe to say I'm addicted to her videos and have watched most of them. That's how good she is !

Zoe Sugg:

Classic ! Even though Zoe missed a few days, I still really enoyed her vlogmas serie. Again, she is sweet, super lovable and shares a bit of sisterly love (and many, many pug clips) in her daily vlogs. Who could ask for more !

Claudia Sulewski:

Another girl I use to follow and adore last year. Claudia got me glued to my sceen again this year, with her short but entertaining vlogs, her hilarious roomate (lexi lombard) , her late night snacks and sleepless nights. It was a bit bizzar to see how much her life has changed in one year, plus I have to say I was guiltely glad to see her mom again at the end of the month, she's hilarious.

That concludes my top vlogmases? for 2014 and I can't wait til next year's. Leave me a comment below telling me who's vlogs were your favorite, as I would love to know and watch them (come on, let's make december last and watch vlogas 'til february!!)

See you in a bit,

Maddy

What I got for christmas 2014

Hyde park blanket, It by Alexa Chung, Makeup organizer, makeupbrushes, Pc protection, Sephora nail polish, Sephora perfume dispenser, SonyAlpha SLT-A58,Lens from an old camera of my grandparents, Purse, Delicious chocolate

I do realise how spoiled I have been this year, I was really far from expecting all of this. It was insanely nice from my grandparents to buy this camera, I no longer have excuses for not illustrating my blog posts. It is going to take some time to learn how to use it, but I'll manage, please be indulgent. This was obviously THE « big thing » for christmas this year but I have to say I really enjoyed all of my other presents. The blanket is super soft and makes a perfect adition to my room, Alexa chung's book is as pretty as I hoped it would be. The makeup organizer is exactly what I wanted and is going to come in handy, so is the perfume dispenser. I have yet to try the brushes, they seem nice and soft and will replace my zoeva ones (link) while they are drying, I'll let you know how they go. My sis' showed how well she knows me by choosing the perfect nail polish shade (a gorgeous iridiscent purpely blue), so did my parents when they brought me my favorite chocolate of all time (lemon orangettes, delicious) ! Unfortunately The PC cover is designed for a macbook air so it doesn't fit, and the purse is a bit big for my liking. We are propably going to exchange both of these presents, it's no big deal ^^. Again, I cannot express how thankful I am for all of my presents, and how much I love my family (all year round really but christmas is just an occasion to say it out loud).

Now I'm going to take plenty of pictures and play around with my new toy, don't forget to let me know what you had for christmas.

Have a lovely day,

Maddy