Barcelona :)

Spending a couple of days in Barcelona was my best decision of the year so far.

If you want to go reasonably cheap I would suggest a little hostel called Pension Villanueva. It was perfect, had a private double room and shared bathroom…which I believe we were the only ones using on our floor. Pretty cheap and just off Ramblas (which is the biggest tourist street in Barcelona – we got very lucky!

Now me and my gorgeous friend, Sophie, thought we would go to Park Guell and La Sagrada Familia on the Monday. God knows why..but we thought we could walk it. (If you are planning this…don’t…just get the bus like any sane person.) This walk was across Barcelona, we measured at about 7km all uphill – I think I nearly died 😀

Then we went back down to the Church – Which was so beautiful! and back home. The views were stunning and Barcelona in general is just beautiful…just learn from our (what turned out to be about 13km in all) trek – sometimes its just better to get public transport!

Also, find an all you can eat tapas bar! Think we took out the whole bar after that walk 😀

Brussels, Refugees and Idiots.

My heart honestly goes out to everyone affected by the Brussels Attacks that happened, but this is going to be a slightly angry rant about how when Terrorists do anything – ignorant people use it for politics, agendas and blaming innocent people.

I may be sensitive as I watched Schindler’s List last night, and while being a long arse film, you can’t help but cry at the end. Then with the awful attacks that happened this morning, I noticed something simple and horrendous. People blaming refugees and the language they use (note: English Language Graduate so don’t judge lol) – this language they use to refer to these innocent people was exactly like the language I heard last night…the Nazi Soldiers against the Jewish Community (OVER 70 YEARS AGO).

<<< This. This is what I mean. This is one quick example I grabbed off the internet but it proved my point. Can I just take your focus to the disgusted form of the word ‘THEM’ – This is 2016, there is no ‘them’, how many times must we reiterate the fact we are all god-damn Human Beings.

Questions like: “They don’t seem poor and struggling, why do they all have smart phones and nice clothes” – Just put yourself in this position…You get home from work today and your house is lying in rubble, rovers full of crazy arse people with machine guns and machetes are driving up the street. What would you do? Bet the first thing you’d grab is your phone, then a change of clothes…and then fucking run. Because it is either that or die. You try to save yourself by running, and people in their happy countries and warm houses say…”they are just sponging, don’t let them in” and what do you have to turn back to? Starvation and Bullets. Oh yeah, exactly how everyone turned away Jewish refugees just as the war broke out – but we will just gloss over that.

Can we not learn from our past mistakes. Yes ISIS is a terrible threat, but don’t blame the people trying to get away from them, and certainly don’t blame the other (over a billion?) other peaceful Muslims trying to get on with their own lives.

I don’t want my future children in 70 years time looking back on this in the same disgusted way we look back at the way people were persecuted 70 years ago. Put yourself in these people’s shoes before you make ignorant comments.

All anyone wants to do is get on and live, is that so hard to understand.

❤

Ridiculous Road Users & Dash Cams

I don’t know whether it is a Winter thing, or whether people are just honestly trying to kill everyone on the roads these days, but it has to stop.

I have an approx. 35 minute drive to and from work each day (with no traffic) and can honestly say that I nearly get run off the road, or crashed into at least twice a day. I do not know whether it is because I own a ridiculously small KA Go-Kart car, or people have stopped bothering trying to survive the drive to work…but it is scary.

Not mine, but showing how easily tiny cars can get ripped apart 😦

If you are driving, always remember one thing…EVERYONE ON THE ROAD IS AN IDIOT! The issue I have is that as my car is smaller than most others on the road, if someone hits me, my car is not coming out of that fight on top. (See above pic for example) Then that is me carless, unable to get to work, and probably seriously injured.

Hence my consideration of getting a Dash Cam. Only last week I had someone swerve into a slip lane last minute, slamming their breaks on in the process. If I hadn’t swerved and slammed my own breaks on, I would have gone into the back of them. This could be considered my fault, and ruin my insurance – no witnesses, no help, trying to avoid a collision and getting blamed in the process – not my idea of fun.

I totally understand people make mistakes, and I am far from the best driver in the world…but come on guys. Use your indicators, give way, get off the damn phone, and my personal most hated: PLEASE stop taking risks/cutting others up when you have children in the car. We do not want to be responsible for the death of a child, just because you needed to get to Tesco’s that little bit quicker.

There, rant over. Just Stay Safe x

Small and Mighty

Simply a small girl in a big world. This blog will have my thoughts and ideas on fashion, sports, travel, the world and everything – why limit yourself.One of my main joys in life is real fashion for real people…wearing clothes that are fashionable but don’t suit a person’s body is one of my biggest pet peeves. I hope this part of my blog will be interesting for people that aren’t the 6ft skinny models that the normal fashion world designs for.

I am passionate about everything I do and am ready to work hard in life. My favourite thing that I’ve heard a few times now when I meet people at work is ‘Oh hi there, I thought you would be older’ – now yes I look 12 sometimes, but I take this as a compliment, thinking I’m older and more experienced at what I do. Breaking stereotypes and being able to say…No actually I’ve organised this event. What you look like should never stop you in the business world, and I am just taking my first steps into smashing into the business world. So come walk with me.

Enjoy 🙂