Vigo: Palm trees and pizza

 Hello!

 After returning from our last big Galician class excursion, which had taken us to the countryside, the sea and a fort, it was nice to just chill in Vigo for a while. 

 I enjoyed getting the bus in and out of the city from my home up in the mountains. Spring was here and the days were bright and lively. I regularly took advantage of my Erasmus card discount at my favourite little coffee shop, Five Monkeys - they did divine milkshakes.

 I would wander down through the old town to the harbour.

 I would occasionally treat myself to possibly the most delicious pizza I've ever had, at the A Laxe shopping centre.

 I would then head back into the city to catch my bus up to campus.

 Vigo is an amazing place to live, and I can't wait to return some day.

 Thanks for reading!

 Liz x

Pizza, pudding and pink skies

 Hello!

 My last post saw my mother and grandmother arrive in Avignon. They would be here for a week; however, I had Uni for a lot of the time so we had to work to organise things around my timetable. 

 One day we went to Place Pie for lunch. Although there are a lot of restaurants in Place Pie, I had never eaten there. We picked the Brasserie du Conservatoire as it offered pizzas and exciting-sounding desserts. My Granma chose the dish of the day and my Mam chose a Margarita pizza. 

 I chose a pizza Royale, which is emmental, ham and mushroom. It's pretty close to my favourite, which they didn't do there and which is a "Reine." A Reine is like a Royale but with mozzarella instead of emmental. 

 The pizzas arrived, and we enjoyed them very much. I had apricot juice to drink - as always in the south of France, it was divine.

 We then looked through the list of exciting desserts and chose chocolate and caramel moelleux with cream and fruit sauce. They are like souffles and are amazing. I especially loved the sauce.

 I then had to scoot back to class, and my Mam and Granma enjoyed themselves wandering around town. In the evening we went up to the hotel terrace, which has wonderful views of Avignon. The sky that night was very moody, to the point where some of the photos don't look quite real! I assure you I have done nothing with them; the sky really was that spectacular.

 Between desserts and dusky skies, it was certainly a day to remember.

 Thanks for reading,

 Liz x