DORA VISITS BARCA

Greetings from a very cold but beautiful Switzerland my Glams!

For those of you who follow my social you may have noticed that I took a little trip to Barcelona and now I’m in Switzerland. All I can say is this was a much needed trip and I’m so happy to be here with my family!

So just quickly, I thought I’d show you my Dora (the explorer) vibes with my backpack from Guess during one of our days in Barcelona. We were blessed with such sunny and warm days despite it being winter, so with a couple layers underneath my jumper I was good to go! 

This is one of my favourite places in Barcelona so if you ever find yourself in this city, Parc Guell definitely comes recommended - just be ready for a lot of walking and even a bit of uphill climbing!

Everything is from H&M - I love these jeans, sorry I know you’ve seen them before but they’re just so versatile and I have a washing machine soooo repeat wearing does happen I’m afraid! 😝

I’ll be sharing some places for food in Barcelona in my next post so look out for that!

Adiós xoxo

 

 

VALENCIAAAAA-SPRING HAS SPRUNG

Hello beautfiul people and happy Tuesday evening to you all. 

Just checking in with a quick outfit post and some pics from my day trip to Valencia this weekend. 
Valencia holds this beautiful festival every year celebrating the end of winter. They build these statue things-I'll let the pictures explain- and then burn them. Really random right?! I guess its a bit like fireworks night in England with the sense of the burning of these statues that were in the processions but not quite the same story behind it!  

It was a beautiful sunny day and you know what that means! I whipped out my beloved white converse for the first time this year, I love them so much that I just ordered them in black too. 
I also just got this top and I have to say if you don't own an off the shoulder top right now, you better invest because thats all this summer will be about! This one was super inexpensive and comfy too, I defs recommend! 

Enjoy the photos and the rest of the week, I'm off to Morocco on Thursday!! 
Super excited!! 
Speak soon my loves xoxo

Abandoned town as our stop off on the way to Valencia.  

Scenes from the bus

Palm trees upon our arrival!! Reminded me of my Miami <3

Valencian Oranges

BERSHKA TOP
ZARA JEANS
CONVERSE
GUESS 'TERRA' BACKPACK 
MISS SELFRIDGE LEATHER JACKET

BARRIO DEL PILAR VLOG

 Hey Guys! So remember how I told you not to hold your breath for a Valentines post this Saturday? I was right. I wasn't able to get anything up for Vday but the internet isn't lacking in posts BUT I decided to do something else.

Here's a little insight in to my 'Barrio' which is like my lil neighbourhood in Madrid, I guess its like a mini  'follow me around blog' but nothing special just had the urge to film and edit in one day-now THATS a miracle! It was SO cold and windy so apologies for the sound. 

Link below! xoxo 

https://youtu.be/pbpTOOPI5l4

MADRID

As much as I hate to tell you this, I'm going to have to break it to you. Just rip it off like a bandaid. Righhhhttt .....NOW......! THIS IS NOT AN OUTFIT POST! There. I said it. 

Sorry guys, if you're looking for a bit of outfit inspiration now might be a good time to turn away and maybe come back on Saturday (That's when I plan on giving you a bit of Vday inspo but given my track record of posting-or lack there of-I wouldn't hold me to that.) 

First things first; HAPPY MIMI'S BIRTHDAY MONTH!! February is THE month of months! 

And this time its even more special because I'll finally be turning twenty one, TWENNY WAANN. For the record: I plan on staying at that age for the rest of my life. TYSM.

Okay. Moving on swiftly, I'll be honest, I'm not entirely sure where I'm going with this post. I just wanted to come say hi show a bit of love from Madrid.  I am absolutely loving it, my host family is great, everyone is friendly, and the food....THE FOOD. 

I'll put some pictures below of some of the things I've done so far, it hasn't been much as University life has now taken over and I am still trying to get back into that 'student lifestyle'. Definitely, not sure what I 'd do without my daily siestas cos being a student is exhausting! 

In fact I've gotta leave for class in about 5 mins so better wrap this up. 

If you're tired of my sporadic posting and want to be better kept up to date feel free to follow my Instagram 'xmariayx' or snapchat which I believe is the same name! -Be warned I snap a lot of random crap on there! 

Laters guys xoxo 

Coat from Miss Selfridge! 

REALITY CHECK

 We're 19 days into 2017 and all I've spent my time doing is colouring away in my 'Vogue Goes Pop' book, shopping, birthday and just-because trips in and out of London, and spending half a week in Birmingham. Productive, no? 

Oh! and now I've decided to dust off the cob webs from my laptop to write this post which, let's be real, is actually one of my procrastination tactics...As much as I am looking forward to taking off for Madrid tomorrow, I absolutely HATE PACKING. Buttt it must be done...just later. 

So anyway, its now back to reality for me, but I'm ready. I need routine pumped back into my life, don't even get me started on my totally effed up sleeping pattern!! I'd also like a bit more sunshine in my life rn, is that too much to ask?

Also, while I'm here, I've got a little inspo for those winter outfits-sorry about the not so great photos but I hope you get the idea. In love with this cosy jumper-quite proud of H&M atm, I won't get into that now-and I am/was just happy to be able to whip out the over the knees!

Happy almost weekend! 

 

H&M OVERSIZED JUMPER

ZARA JEANS

MISSGUIDED  BOOTS (Sold out in navy)  BLACK  GREY