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Corsica

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Shirt: Mango | Shorts: Warehouse Bikini (worn underneath): F&F | Sunglasses: F&F | Earrings: Miss Selfridge So here's the deal, if you want to visit a Caribbean Island, but you live on the wrong side of the Atlantic, got to Corsica instead. If you've never heard of it before, it's a French Island in the Mediterranean - just off the coast of Italy. There are various ferry services from France/Italy/Sardinia or if you can't be faffed with all that (like me) EasyJet fly there. Once you reach the south of the island it really looks no different to Antigua. There are beautiful mountains that stretch all the way down to the white beaches and turquoise seas. Top: Rare (previously blogged about here ) We stayed in a villa near the tiny town of Propriano - where the food is to die for. (If there's one benefit of this being a French island, it's that everywhere you go you can get Crepes. Yum!) It's also clo...

Paris in Spring Time

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Everything you've heard is true: Paris is amazing . When I was little we'd always have our family summer holidays in France, and we'd nearly always vist Paris on the way home. Paris has tonnes to offer, but you appreciate it so much more as a twenty-something than you do as a teenager. The one similarity on this trip? Once again I tagged along on my parents' holiday... On the first day we went to the Sacre Coeur and I climbed all 300 steps to the top. The view was well worth it but it has to be said I lacked a bit of parisian style the next day when I was hobbling around with sore muscles... After that my mum wanted to see the Moulin Rouge but I really wish I hadn't tagged along on this one... because if there is one place you shouldn't visit with your parents it's the sex district. Whilst my Mum was at the Musee D'Orsay, I visited the Louvre with my Dad. He's one of 'those' tourists who likes to consult the guide book and ...