Florence 2016

Second stop in Italy: Florence.

After 4 days in Rome, we travelled by train to Florence and visited places such as Ponte Vecchio, Florence Cathedral, Basilica of Santa Croce, Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, Piazzale Michelangelo, Piazza del Duomo and Ponte Santa Trinita.

Florence is quite an old-looking city, but it still has a very authentic feel to it like Rome. There were so many tourists everywhere, and although people say Florence is quite expensive, we thought it wasn't that expensive - prices were similar to Rome and cheaper than in London. Florence is not actually very big, so it was easy to get around on foot or by bus to visit the main attractions. If you're going to visit Florence, make sure you visit the tourist information centre that's just across the road from the Firenze SMN train station as they will give you a map of Florence and can give you details about how to get around. We found this so helpful!

Read more »

Rome 2016

First stop in our Italy Trip was Rome - we visited lots of tourist attractions such as the Trevi Fountain, the Colosseum, Arch of Constantine, St. Peter's Basilica, the Spanish Steps, Piazza Venezia, Piazza del Popolo, Vatican City, Vatican Museums, Castel Sant'Angelo and Altare della Patria. We spent 4 days there in total, and luckily for us, everyday was sunny! Rome has lots of things to offer, and Italian coffee is just amazing :O Taking the train or underground is so easy and accessible, and most places are within walking distance so it is not difficult to get around.

Trevi Fountain:

The Colosseum:

The food was so good! This restaurant was called 'Exquisitaly' in the heart of Rome.

Read more »

Happy One Year Anniversary - Yauatcha and Sketch, London

Due to my exams and my boyfriend had to fly off to Malaysia, we had to delay our one year anniversary celebration until 2 weeks later, but we could finally celebrate it!

Here's what we got up to:

We had an anniversary lunch at Yauatcha in London - dim sum followed by yummy desserts :P This was a restaurant that I'd wanted to visit for ages! But we had to book in advance. The dim sum was nice and there were some unusual ones on the menu, such as the duck and pumpkin dumplings, lobster and king crab dumplings.

But overall it's what you expect from your average dim sum. The desserts were much better - we ordered a coconut, pandan & lime cake and a raspberry & lychee cake. There were a lot of other desserts to choose from, including macaroons! :P

The décor of the restaurant looked authentic and oriental, and the ceiling was really pretty, it looked like little stars! After that, it was raining outside so we decided to head to the cinema and watch 'Me Before You', and it was such a good film!

For dinner, I surprised my boyfriend by bringing him to Sketch in London. Sketch is usually known to be a fancy place to have afternoon tea, but they also do dinner and have a bar. The food was really good; we ordered the tasting menu, but be prepared to splash out a bit if you are planning on visiting Sketch - it was pretty expensive! (can be about £100 per head).

For starters:

For Mains:

For Dessert:

And to finish off...

Overall, we were really pleased with our meal, and I particularly liked the salmon and the caramel chocolate mousse cake! :) But this is definitely a place we'd only go for a special occasion like this haha the décor inside was very glamorous and the staff were very helpful and friendly. This was a great way to celebrate our first anniversary together.

Follow my blog with Bloglovin