Meet Rome and florence!

Myself and Anthony have been to Rome twice now, once by ourselves and once with my mother in law. Here are some photo's of both occasions.

 

I couldn't explain the feeling I got when in Rome if someone paid me, its one of those "You'd have to be there things" but what I can say is that I have never experienced a city like it in my life, its so vastly majestic and rich in history and culture that when I first arrived I was a bit overwhelmed. And my partner being an artist acted like he had died and went to heaven, he couldn't believe the grounds in which he was walking.

 

The first time around we got to visit the Vatican amongst the colosseum etc, Let me tell ya, You have not lived until you walk the halls of the Vatican and then arrive in the Sistine Chapel, the paintings take over you and almost bring you to tears, its nothing like looking in a school book! Any artists out there that haven't been, save save save! Its breathtaking!

 

The best part of our trip was the day we went roaming around the city and walked for absolutely hours visiting museums, eating gelato and dipping our feet into a beautiful lake to cool them down. We took a horse and carriage ride while kissing and holding hands, we watched the sun go down and by late evening my partner told me to pick the place to eat, so I picked the tackiest awesome place I could find called the trevi. It had birds and fish tanks and so many cool things hanging from the ceiling, it was so cool! I had pizza while Anthony had lasagne. Afterwards we walked to my favourite spot in rome, the Trevi fountain. The trevi is the most magical fountain I have ever seen and in His nerve wrecked voice Anthony sat me down in a cosy pretty spot and he proposed! :) I said "Of course!!"

 

Best experience ever!...Like Ever!!

 

Italy is honestly like a little home away from home, I hope someday we both get to experience the whole country, Pompeii and Milan are definitely on our list! If you have been to anywhere in Italy, where was it and how was your time there?

 

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Smiley

Hello Everybody!

 

So Y'all already know the beautiful Luna, known as smiley by myself and my partner.

We had a long distance relationship for 2 years at the beginning of our partnership which was obviously hard at the time but it did come with its own beauty in a small way. And that's where Smiley comes in. Both myself and my partner were and are obsessed with the moon.

 Not being able to see each other very often, the one thing we did have every night was looking out at the same moon which made us feel less alone and more connected and yeah, you guessed it, it made us smile lol. So my partner named her smiley.

I'm still to this day obsessed with staring up at the sky. Here's a little photo of Smiley outside my bedroom window. This is the best I can get until I can get a better camera :)

Venice Italy, The trip of a life time!

From the beautiful architecture to the breathtaking sunsets, Venice Italy is one of the most beautiful and romantic places that I have ever visited in my whole life!

 

I genuinely encourage anyone who has not been yet, weither it be for the art, the atmosphere, the food or sightseeing, go see it! There's something for everyone. My partner and I visited the 3 islands, Murano, lido and burano where we got to see glass blowing, the beautiful vibrant coloured buildings and lido beach, not to mention the best of all, san marco square! Walking in the evening with your loved one or family/friends is amazing. The smell of food and the buzz of other tourists and the gorgeous Italian language everywhere, its the trip of a life time. I have been twice now and I know in my heart that I will return again someday.

 

Here is some photo's of both trips.

 I hope you like! Until next time, bye :)

 

 

Fun fact: I sent this picture into Jones soda co. and they liked it enough to use my photo for one of the bottles of soda :)

 

 

 

 

The Assassin

New Blog!

Hi!

 

If your reading this then welcome! And if you don't know me already, my name is Charlene, I used  to do comic book reviews for Malta comic con and my own personal blog (when its right in front of you) along with publishing two poems in the Clare Champion newspaper a few years ago. And not that's it's a huge deal but my old comic book reviewing blog was nominated for best Irish comic book related blog of 2012 by Irish comic news! 🙂

• It's been a hot minute since I last blogged anything and to say the least, I have missed it very much! So to start 2020 off, I have decided to go back to my first love...Photography!
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I haven't used a camera properly in almost 7 years, I know.. how can I call it love after such neglect right? But in my defence, like most love, it kind of crushed my soul when I decided to go from amateur hobbyist photographer to worker bee photographer... I got a bad taste in my mouth after doing a certain job for some people at a big do...

long story short, I gave up and never looked back, but that is until recently. I had to give up my actual 9-5 job due to lung and hip issues, which miraculously made me miss photography and the feeling of being alone with mother nature and a Lens. So I'm starting a hobby class this month to help me get back into the swing of things and I'm so excited!

That being said I also started to miss dancing, writing and blogging, so as part of my new years resolution, I'll be spending more time with nature and writing about it alongside reviewing the books I read throughout the year for my goodreads challenge. I will be dancing in a studio starting this week too, Fitness and wellbeing is my main goal this year so, maybe I'll chat about that sometimes too! And so anyway, here I am, new year, new blog!

I hope you'll stick around to say hi or have a read from time to time. But for now, I hope you have a pleasant day!

 ~Char