Wohoo...I'm off on vacation...!

...The sun cream is packed, snorkel, mask and flippers neatly tucked away & a trillion bikinis to last me my 3 weeks on the sunny shores of the west coast of Thailand!

I think I've adequately stretched my stomach to be able to eat as much Thai food as I can, especially when it's all about £1.00 a dish! Mr Red Bird and I actually have out favourite little pork & rice lady just off the Koh San Road that we always order from whenever we visit Bangkok. The last time we went was 4 yrs ago, so it's been a long time coming.

As well as sunning myself and eating the vast array of amazing food available, Mr Red Bird will also be doing a few hotel reviews for i-escape as well as celebrating his 35th birthday!

Here's a few pics from our last visit...

Chillies

Dried cuttlefish at a night market

I have also shut my Etsy shop now until the April 1st as I'm treating myself to a little down time. I'll be swapping my pliers and cold home studio for warmer shores, a good book and getting some sun on my grey skin! 
Despite having a horrid cold I am finally starting to relax into the idea...

My thoughts are with those who have been involved in the recent and ongoing troubles in Bangkok...

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Things of late...

Delicious Dim Sum at The Sky Restaurant to celebrate Chinese New Year! 

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Ashton Court

1st viewing of Snow Drops at Ashton Court

Walking off the Dim Sum at Ashton Court 

1st Cherry blossom

Charleston Swing

Breakfast at Harts Bakery

Hearts 

Cranes, Princes Wharf

M-Shed, Princes Wharf

Chequered Coat (vintage), Scarf (French Connection), Jeans (Zara), Trainers (Urban Outfitters), Leather Satchel & Umbrella (vintage)

Eagerly awaiting food

Hainanese Chicken Rice & Malaysian Laksa

A little snapshot of what I've been up to recently. As you can see, a hell of a lot of eating has been involved over the last couple of weeks! Me & Mr Red Bird are real foodies & I have a real sweet tooth too. As it's Chinese New Year we made the most of last weekend and ate our body weight in Dim Sum - ha! We went to out favourite place to enjoy Dim Sum which is Sky Restaurant in Bristol. The ingredients is super fresh and worth paying a little extra for I think. As it was such a beautiful day, we were lucky enough to walk off our HUGE lunch up in Clifton & Ashton Court which is always so pretty in the sunshine. We've had so much rain over the last couple of months, it was sad seeing the grounds so waterlogged. I feel for all the people suffering with the floods right now...

A few friends mentioned of late about Swing classes, so I grabbed the first opportunity I could and went along to my first class on Wednesday with my friend Penny. It was a full class doing Charleston Swing & I had such good fun, I signed up for a run of classes which are once a week. I really can't wait to learn more now that I've got the first bit under my belt without landing on my face.

This weekend we've been fighting with the weather again but had to get out and about. Harts Bakery is always a good start to my morning. Mr Red Bird had the vegetarian sausage roll & I had a bread and butter pudding thing filled with homemade marmalade and chocolate filling - yom yom! We spent the afternoon walking about all over the city dodging the wind and rain and finished up having an amazing Chinese dinner to fill our hungry bellies and to rest our weary legs.

I hope you all had a good one too...!
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