a weekend in yorkshire

A few weeks ago, we spent the weekend in the Yorkshire Dales for our friend's wedding. I hadn't been to Yorkshire, but everyone I spoke to kept telling me how beautiful it is. Well they weren't lying…I was completely blown away at the gorgeous scenery. Add a really fun wedding and it was pretty much the perfect weekend!

cambridge

Over the summer holidays, I took a little day trip up to Cambridge with my travel buddy, Courtney. We left London at Liverpool Street Station and an hour and 15 minutes later, we were in beautiful Cambridge. It's so nice to get outside of London and see other parts of England because it is a truly gorgeous country.

a southern lady in barcelona

We finished off our trip to Spain in Barcelona, a city I've been to before but was very excited to go back to. Last time I was there (in April '13), the weather was rainy and chilly…not ideal! But this time was absolutely gorgeous; sunny, HOT, and perfect for sitting outside.

We arrived in Barcelona in the afternoon on Wednesday and made our way down Las Ramblas to the beach. There were tons of people out and about, soaking up the sun. We found a beach bar and had a couple drinks and enjoyed our people watching. Then we walked over to Barraca for a fantastic meal by the water! After dinner, we walked down the beach and boardwalk and back up Las Ramblas to our apartment.

a southern lady in valencia

On Monday, we woke up in Granada and started getting ready for a very long coach trip ahead of us. We left at 11:45 am, and arrived in Valencia at 7:30 pm. We were so excited to be off the bus and able to walk around a new (and beautiful) city! A quick bus ride through Valencia and we arrived at our new Airbnb accommodation. Once again, we were happily surprised with our apartment - it was huge, sunny, and had a lovely terrace for sitting out and sipping wine.