Stronger*

Hello everyone! yes, I know. I do apologize …too many time without any update. But actually I have a excuse: I've been working so hard the whole summer. Yes, "work". This word which is so difficult to struggle with day-to-day. 

but I am back! and now…with all the word's time.  I would like to talk, criticize and evaluate every issue is happening in this crazy world we are living in. 

I have news on my own life as well. I am studying with too much enthusiasm the russian language. I feel very excited and I don't know exactly how I will introduce this knowledge in my future but right now I really love it. Is completely new, difficult and so trendy. 

in the meantime…I am posting from home, Spain (by the moment…), and I'am starting with Isabel Marant for H&M tomorrow… 

take care ;)

Summer holidays.

Are you planning your next holidays? Do not you know where is the best place to go? Is it better to visit first your country heritage? Or going abroad and explore cultures is the better option always? 

In this post I would like to suggest some destination depending on the treats and expectation of everyone. 

OPTION 1

My first option is, and I guess it  always will be the same, Ibiza. It is still spring but you already can feel the warm and the hot weather around us. Summer time. Summer is time to spend with your friends, with a cool beer and to sunbathe in a unspoiled beach with the only worry of the possible jelly-fish's sting. Ibiza is an island situated in Balears, Spain. Widely-known as a clabbers delight, I can say in his defense that you can find the charming without take any pill or being permanently drunk.  Personally talking, I have a lot of haunts there, magical beaches and of course the most beautiful sunsets I have ever seen. If you are planning your holidays abroad with your friends and you are looking for some relax but at the same time enliven any night with party, Ibiza is the best choice for you and your friends. There you will find unspoiled and marvelous beaches with crystal clear water where you can rest under the sun the whole afternoon or if you prefer you can practice scuba divine or even deep fishing.

After a day spent on the beach, I recommend you to go to appreciate the perfect present that nature could ever give you: a sunset. Around 9 o'clock is time to get into your car or motorbike (if you do not rent a car you are dead in that island) and go though hills until you arrive to the perfect place to get the big picture. Remember a name: Cala d'Hort (beach) and Es Vedrà ( sunset- search for web-pictures. Is the perfect scenic landscape). 

At night, is you are tired or more romantic felt you can choose: going out or going to see the stars. The latter is a good option when you have gone out and you have flirted out with some one and you would like to impress her/him. So, take note of this place: Punta Galera. Actually is, for me, the best place to see the stars (if you are lucky and is not a full-moon night, because if it is, there is too light, but perfectly you can see it, do not worry). 

Ibiza is the queen of the party. There are some many places to go. Even in one month there you cannot visit all of them. But in the big picture, there are two kinds of party: the big and famous club, or small but friendly pubs in San Antoni de Portmany. There is a large street called "west" filled with tourists and bars. Pacha, Privilege, Space: They are the posh clubs. From my point of view and my own experience there, I should say that I have been in all of them, but I really prefer the small bars in San Antoni, with an exception: Flower Power of Pacha. it is "the party". If you like the nineties and eighteen music you will enjoy it for sure. This party take place every thursday in Pachá, in Ibiza city. 

So, this is my suggestion for the crazy- summer- friendly holidays. You just have to buy a flight, fill your luggage with swimsuits and your camera to immortalize every perfect moment. 

Do not hesitate to visit FORMENTERA. The best unspoiled island in the world. You can get a boat in Ibz's harbour and spend just a day there hiring a cycle or a motorbike.  Just...amazing :) 

OPTION 2

Every time more it is becoming famous to backpacking the south-west of America. This is the typical travel that you must do once-in-a-life time.  A route though Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, visiting keys destinations as Las Vegas, Los Ángeles. But this is the kind of travel that you have to plan before going to have everything tied: how many days you will spend in each country, rent the traditional Mustang to make your way, reserve the hotels and of course plan a map with everything you MUST visit. if you hate waking late and walking a lot, do not do this plan, because this kind of holidays is prepared for those people who want to make the most of these days by visiting everything they have time to. If you prefer relax, go to option 1!

HOLIDAY HOME

The "cheap option" is of course, stay at home. There is a lot of people (I could be included in the group) that prefer to go abroad when actually they do not know so much about his own country or city. Now you have the opportunity to take advantage of your days-off and visit your surroundings. I am sure that wherever you live near you have a lot of heritages and landmarks to visit. Plan a map and visit them. To go abroad and visit another countries you should know yours because, what happened when citizens from another country ask you about your country and you do not know nothing at all? 

I will to suggest you the web-sides where I usually rent an apartment, reserve an hotel or hostel: 

www.atrapalo.com

www.trivago.com

www.hostelworld.com 

take care :)

St Paul's Cathedral.

One of the charming of St Paul's Cathedral is that you can see it from any alley near the landmark. How  is it possible? First of all, because it is surprisingly big and marvelous. 

St Paul's is a bic church that sits at the top of Ludgate hill, the highest point in the City of London. The church that you can visit nowadays dates from the 17th century: after the famous Great Fire of London in 1666 the Cathedral was involved in a big rebuilding program. 

The cathedral is one of the most famous and most recognizable sights of London. Until 1962 it was the tallest building in London. Nowadays his dome continues being one of the highest in the world.

Due being in the City of London, it is funny to see between 12 to 1pm how office's workers go to have lunch in the small but quite cathedral yard in these sunny days. 

Next to the cathedral, glued to her, you can go to visit the Millennium bridge. It is a steel suspending bridge that crosses the river Thames. In the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood prince is showed how the Millennium bridge is destroyed. If you cross the bridge, on the opposite side, you can visit the Tate Modern museum, the most-visited art modern gallery around the world. 

Back to the Cathedral, I suggest better you to visit the Museum of London, close the cathedral as well (just 300 meters from the church - in Barbican Centre-). Is a good way to know about the history of London and the UK in general. You will get acquainted with tools, clothes, traditions from the prehistoric times to day-to-day.     

to get in: Tube red line or bus until St Pauls. 

take care :)

Fancy* by Topshop

I can't wait to show you my weekly fancy. I found this amazing blue dress with pearls on the sleeve last week in Topshop. It costs around 65 pounds but the price is so worth. I could not found it on the web so I show you with my personal photos. It suits perfectly but it is too smart, so you should wear it in a special event or glamorous party.

take care :) 

Greenwich Mean Time. The global hour.

You should know that Greenwich is a borough of London known because it lies the Greenwich Mean Time. It is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. As the UK grew into an advanced maritime nation (Greenwich is well known for it as well), British mariners kept at least one chronometer on GMT -Greenwich Mean Time- in order to calculate their longitude from the Greenwich meridian. The greeenwich meridian was considered, by convention in the USA) to have longitude zero degrees in 1884. So, this marine's practice, combined with mariners from other nations drawing from "Nevil Maskelyne's" method of lunar distances based on observation at grenwich, eventually led to GMT being used worldwide as a reference time independent of location. That is why most countries set up their time or number of hours ahead of GMT or behind GMT. 

So, we can know and say that the global hour is original from London, as many things are. In Greenwich borough you can visit the Royal Observatory of Greenwich and his history. From there there is the laser that is marking the prime meridian. 

And from Greenwich to the Elizabeth tower. Surely you should know it but with another name, the original but the old name: The tower of clock (most known as Big Ben, but Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the tower). From 2012 is was re-named with Elizabeth tower in commemoration to Queen Elizabeth in his Diamond Jubilee year event. 

Is one of the most famous landmarks of London and surely the most visited by tourists in their trips. It lies together with The Parliament of London (the famous parliament, because it is the origin of most bi-cameral governments in the world) and next to them there is the huge Westminster Abbey (highly recommended to visit, but 18 pounds to get in. Maybe because Darwin is buried inside? Do not know). 

The connexion of Big Ben with The Greenwich meridian is that the Clock gives us the global hour 0 in the world. If you want to have the exact hour in your wrist clock (or pocket clock as english style) you can stand front of the Elizabeth Tower and set it.

Curiosity: the Greenwich meridian passes through the UK, France, Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Ghana and Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. So, being in the same meridian as the UK (the 0 meridian), why Spain has different hour? (and specially one hour more?). The answer comes returning back in Franco's era. The dictator Fsco. Franco had few like-ability to English people from the UK. If we add the fact that the dictator did everything agreed with german's dictator, Hitler, we find the solution here: Franco unilaterally decided to change the original hour that we had and swapped for german hour. So, we have different hour from English people from Franco's times only and because of him. And it is curious that any government before has not change it. 

take care :)

Outfit by Mango Barcelona

Fashion day today! Yesterday while I was waiting for a meeting with a friend I walk around Regent Street (I had met in Piccadilly Circus, of course) and I couldn't resist get into the enormous Mango store. I fell in love with almost everything (I really hate spring and summer time because everything is ideal) but I will suggest you one outfit to dress this time (this time when you don't know if you should wear short with or without tights or jeans with flip-flops). So, let's go: 

The item I love the most and the star of my post is this colorful jacket inspirated in boho made by cotton. Lovely! 

The main color of the jacket is beige and black, and there is a  brush-stroke of red. We will take advantage of the latter and we will match with: 

Day outfit: The best matched is combine the jacket with red shorts and brown belt (as you can see in the picture) and brown sandals and brown handbag. 

Night outfit:  match the same jacket but with long black trousers or shorts like this style: 

 

I really love the first one, with red hight-heels and one red clutche. 

Everything sponsored by Mango. 

http://shop.mango.com/GB/mango

take care :)

A luxury out of reach for most.

Who doesn't know Harrods? The big luxury store located in one of the most prestigious borough in London, Knightsbridge and Chelsea. The store occupies 22.000 m2! The shop has 300 departments that offer a wide range of luxury products and services. They include clothing for women, men , children, electronics, jewelry, sporting gear, bridal trousseau, pets and pet accessories, toys, food and drink, health and beauty items, packaged gifts, stationery, housewares, home appliances, furniture..and much more. 

After being the whole morning visiting around the store, Harrods also offers the service of 32 restaurants, serving everything from high tea to tapas. I suggest you to spend a couple of hours (if you can resist stay less) where I call "chocolate floor". There exist a floor where is plenty of chocolate and sweets. It is really amazing, and the smell... grr!

If you can afford you can hire a personal shopping-assistance programme known as "by appointment" or visit a tailor in the same store. Also if you have splashed out on amazing dresses because you couldn't resist, Harrods has personal Financial Services for you, or the Harrods Bank. 

Other curious services are for example: private event planing and catering, food delivery, a wine steward, bespoke "picnic" hampers and gift boxes, bespoke cakes or bespoke fragrances formulations. 

It is an amazing store to spend a little while visiting it. It is worth. Up to 300.000 customers visit the shop on peak days, comprising the highest proportion of customers from non-English speaking countries of any department store in London. 

In Harrods lies one memorial of Diana, Princess of Wales. Located at the base of the Egyptian Escalator, consisting of photographs of the two behind a pyramid-shaped display that holds a wine glass smudged with lipstick from Diana's last dinner as well as what is described as an engagement ring Dodi purchased the day before they died. 

So, please visit it because is so worth. But, be careful!, from 1989 Harrods has had a dress code. It was so strict but nowadays a wide range of outfits for everyone is possible to get inside. 

*History key:  the first escalator in the world was settled in Harrods in 1898. Customers hesitated about using it, that is why Harrods offered Brandy to their costumers to take awe out. 

EVENT: This weekend you can enjoy the 10% disccount in many items from Harrods, only saturday and sunday. 


webside: http://www.harrods.com
to get in: tube until Knightsbridge. When you get out the tube it is impossible not to see it :)