When strolling around the Penzance city centre, I discovered a little vintage store (actually there were some vintage stores there, but I was head over heels in love with this particular one). My bad, I can’t seem to remember the name of this store. Below are some sneak peeks of the store.
I’ve always had a hook on vintage decorations, honestly. So, that little trip pretty much pleased me especially my eyes. Morever, they had a really outdated SLR and lomo cameras I fell in love with. Well, fingers crossed I can come back some other time and take them with me. (I’m still obsessed) haha. It was so much fun that I think I need to do this kind of trip more often. hmm..
Time has almost come to wrap up our trip. Here we are on the last day of the trip. St. Ives is only 7 miles away from Hayle, a town where we stayed in, about 20 minutes drive. I have nothing to say but, AMAZING! my heart skipped a beat just as soon as I saw the beach view. I guess pictures below can tell (not that I say I’m a good photographer haha). What caught by my eyes was far way more beautiful, seriously.
It was a bit cloudy and dark on that day and seemed as though rain would fall soon. Hence, we decided not to spend the whole day over there. I hate rain. I didn’t want the same thing in Belfast happen to my camera again, in this case the new one. But all in all, we enjoyed our quick visit to St. Ives. I, in the first place, didn’t plan to play with the water by the beach, but only to take pictures. Then I changed my mind, gave up that plan and instead, went near the beach to play with beach water like a little kid (also took some videos but I’m too embarrassed to post it here haha). In fact, all of us (me and friends) stepped forward to reach water by the beach. It’s not a beach like many of you might imagine where there are bunch of visitors playing, sitting on the sand, sunbathing, etc. The wind was too strong for that kind of activities. So the visitors were a bit calm there. Most of them only went round for a while, then went to the nearest bar or restaurant to chill out. I wonder if it’s a different ambiance during summer holiday. So, finally, we then headed back to Birmingham. I personally was satisfied by this particular roadtrip. In 3 days we visited quite some places yet we could enjoy each place without any rush. The difficult-to-find-chinese-restaurant during the trip might be the only drawback (though it’s actually the most essential one haha. we found ourselves as a group of people who suffered from starve for days)
p.s. well, there was, too, another misfortune: our car got clamped by the security because we were late 20 minutes. So, here’s the story behind… we bought the 2 hours parking ticket, and turned out we appeared 2 hours and 20 minutes later which made us fined 80 pounds. 80 pounds for 20 minutes late, for God’s sake!! Just our luck. But at least we got lesson to learn. Don’t forget the parking time limit.
p.p.s. I’m only a few days away from Eurotrip! woohooo. Will go visit my friends in Netherland this coming weekend and I’m also expecting my sister to come a few days later then (her visa is still in process. really hope it will be issued on time!) then we’re up to Eurotrip together. Hopefully, everything is on track. I’m coming more on to this later!
Hi, i’m back in Birmingham! the 5-weeks-back-home-trip was really fun. I know I owed way too many stories and it’s gonna take a while to pay. Thank goodness fast connection of internet is my company so life is easier now, thus I can write happily! As I remember, it was 5 or 6 weeks back my friends and I made it to Cornwall to have a Cornish holiday. At first we actually contemplated either going south or north (lake district, etc) then we came up with south (Cornwall) decision merely because we were dying to see beach. I was in charge of browsing and picking up places to visit which got me really over the moon! So, here’s the route. Birmingham – Polperro – St. Mount’s Michael – Minack Theatre – Land’s End – Penzance – St. Ives all in 3 days journey.
First day, journey to Polperro (about 30 minutes from Plymouth where we stayed in) took about 4 hours and we drove 227 miles to get there. Polperro is a small village, belongs to Looe as a bigger district. When we arrived exactly in Polperro, I at first vagued that my thirst for beach/sea views could be fulfilled. I could only sense the village view, which was also nice and beautiful but the way, but still not beach or sea! However, my curiosity was too deep that we asked the local people if there was harbour there and the guy gave us direction to the harbour. As soon as we reached the harbour I couldn’t quite believe what I see. It was really beautiful and peaceful that I felt like I didn’t want to leave the place. I was astonished!
It was a shame we arrived quite late to the site in which many shops and attractions have already closed and the visitors were only a few. Hence, it wasn’t too lively by the time we arrived. But after all, I really liked the place. Going further the harbour, we saw cliff and climbed on it. Below the cliff was a sea! woohoo. Seriously it’s so much relaxing and peaceful standing up on the cliff and hearing the sound of wave hitting the rocks and cliffs. It’s like we’re on the top of the world haahaha (well, sounds a bit lame) The wind was not too harsh on our visit and everybody was happy. Staying overnight just nearby the harbour of the Polperro would really be more exciting but we’ve booked rooms in Plymouth so time to go back. To top this visit off, we also made a go for local fresh food (mainly seafood dishes) in a bar near the harbour, the blue peter inn bar. yummy! different taste from what I usually had. You definitely have to pay a visit to Polperro. It won’t let you down trust me.
to be continued to day 2 journey….
as written, ‘finally’! i’ve been really interested in going to this city since months ago and yet there have been so many obstacles that put me back from visiting this city. but i finally made it last Saturday, only for a daytrip. why was i that interested in this city? i don’t know either. obviously i’m not a fan of Shakespeare thingy (which this city is famous of), maybe just because it’s famous for it’s traditional atmosphere (and i’m a sucker to that kind of thing). it’s only an hour by train from Birmingham. and the ticket fare is really student friendly (about £5 return with young personal railcard). great deal, isn’t it?
i was going with a friend of mine, Emy. as we’re not that into Shakespeare or any literature stuffy, we decided not to push ourselves to buy the entrance ticket to Shakespeare houses and birthplace. a bit costly, to be frank. and we’re afraid that we would get lost if you know what i mean. so, walking around and exploring the city as a whole were taken as a good decision. indeed good! we found quite some unique things along the way.
Shakepeare’s birthplace
Traditional music performance
Book bargain deal. I shared with my friend for the 7 for 4 deal! that’s crazy! we paid £12 for those 7 books! that was just crazy. i grabbed some from Sophie Kinsella and Enid Blyton. haha.
A beautiful river, surrounded by park. very refreshing.
A town square just nearby the river still inside the park.
A lot of ice cream booths (i just pictured one) by the riverside. the ice cream tasted heavenly!
vintage style shops along the street of city centre. beauty!
a teddy bear house! you’ll find a lot of teddy bears inside, and some dolls as well. i didn’t buy teddy bear doll but a bought a set of russian dolls (5 pieces) or better known as matrioshka! i’m happy.
so, that’s the wrap up of our tour or my finally-accomplished trip. haha. i love Stratford upon avon to bits!
