Yes, that's right! It's the one with the Friends Fest review!

I LOVE an adrenaline rush.

Don't get me wrong, I get bloomin' nervous, but I love the rush of excitement as you do something crazy - rollercoasters, climbing the O2 or even ya know, jumping out a plane. As you do.

No biggie.

I'm feeling so nostalgic this week. This time last year, exactly to the day, I was wondering along the strip in Sidari for the first time, tucking into my first prawn and mussel carbonara and spending the evening watching the beautiful sunset.

And where am I today? I've been at work and spinning.

I am not a good driver.
I'll admit it.
My friends will admit it.
Anyone who's been in my car will admit it.

So why would I choose to drive abroad?
WHO KNOWS.

(The cheaters version...)

So the lovely Hannah (If you are about to start a Bullet Journal, you HAVE to check out her post, the main inspiration for mine...) nominated me last week for this challenge , but to be honest it all got a bit lost in Eurovision, editing my Walk the Wight vlog and falling asleep at every opportunity ha.

 So here we are, a week later, and I'm finally getting around to it!

 Now Hannah did hers a little bit differently, and I think I'll do mine the same as her as well. Your supposed to take 7 pictures of nature every day for a week, and upload them. However, this week I have really not done much except for work, there's only so many pictures of the sea I can use and als Hannah nominated me saying she wanted to see some of my adventures! So I'm going to use a couple of pictures from the same place from throughout the last few years.

I am also going to try not to use pictures of places I've spoken about before, I have enough posts about Lapland and Greece, so I'm going to try and use pictures from other places I've been!

LETS GO

People always seem to think it's so incredible and weird that I live on an Island.

I remember my first Uni interview and I said where I came from, a fellow interviewee said:
'you got on a boat by yourself? a boat? by yourself?'
Urgh, yes. I was more impressed that I got a train round London by myself to be honest.

I live on the Isle of Wight (no it's not the Isle of Man). I have done since birth (excluding Uni ofc). It's where I will always call home.

So I thought that writing a post about some of my favourite things about living on the Isle of Wight would be a great way to break out of my Blogging Slump.

It's not all glitz and glamour ya know!
In fact, no, it's not glitz and glamour at all. 

So to sort out this common misconception I thought I'd do a couple of posts about my life as a holiday rep, both in Corfu and Lapland, both work days and fun days. They've both been so different so I couldn't combine them into one post, so today it is CORFU AND WORKING. 

Englands a bit naff, isn't it?
I mean today is the 11th April and it chucked it down with rain (I just deep cleaned my car as well, and now it's all muddy again), looked like 6pm at midday and I swear down it is still colder than it was in the Arctic Circle.

So if you're stuck in the slump like I am, and trying to think of where to go for a holiday - LOOK NO FURTHER!

Yes, I've been a holiday rep in Corfu, and I was there for almost 6 months, so I think it's fair to say I know it pretty well?
Thought I'd write up a few of my tips for going to the beautiful Greek island!

It's time for another story about my adventures!

I've spoke a couple of times before about my time as a holiday rep, and the main reason I did the summer season was to get to Lapland for Christmas. My Mum took my little brother in 2014, and she said it was amazing, that the holiday rep was just like me and that I should definitely apply. So I did, I mean I was graduating, what did I have to lose? I knew I would have to do a summer season first but I was honest from the beginning, I just really wanted to go to Lapland.

It's been a crazy busy week here in Melberryy world!

Whilst normally I can easily go a month without venturing off the Island (January I'm looking at you) by the time this weekend finishes I will have travelled off the Island three times, on three different types of boat, to three different places, for three different experiences. Yes, I am tired. Living in London for three years at Uni I have kind of learnt what you need to take on journeys - but often lack the organisation to remember this...

But aye (why do I say that so much, I'm from nowhere near up North) I thought, why not make a blog out of this extremely busy week! So I'm writing about my short journey travel essentials!
(I also wanted to do a whats in my bag for other times, like a series, woo)







Of course you need a bag to keep all your stuff in! I'm a big fan of this bag from Primark which I spontaneously brought the other day (I hate shopping, parting with money for clothes is painful for me) it is the perfect size for my purse and a few other bits, without allowing me to clutter up my bag with stuff I don't need!

Diary/Notepad
My New Years resolution for this year was to become more organised, so I have started carrying around and filling up my 2016 diary wherever I go. I got this one for Christmas, but I know WH Smith and T K Maxx do a great selection of diaries and notepads!

Book
I loooove a good book. I have always loved a good book. But since the old technology has come around I often get to engrossed in watch a film or rewatching the whole 6 series of Great British Bake Off (yes, that is real life). So I decided to take a step back and get some new books for me to stick my nose into, as well as re-reading some of the classics *cough* Harry Potter *cough*. I'm currently reading Ten Years in TV by Lord Sugar, anyone who is an Apprentice fan like myself you will LOVE this book, brings back some great memories! Trying to power read it over the next journey I make so I can send it to him to get it signed, eyyyy.

Portable Phone Charger
Unless you are capable of witchcraft (and you can teach me) your phone will need regular recharging. I used to use my Mac to recharge my phone whilst on the go - which wasn't the best solution as it is cumbersome and by charging my phone I decharge my Mac... Luckily I landed upon one of these portable chargers when my phone charger broke, and I needed a fix when I was shopping! When you buy them they already have good charge, and when fully charged they can get your phone from 0-100! This one was £6 from Primark, and I love this multiuse charger which was only £1.50 from there! Shown with my iPhone with the fabulous Harry Potter case, no surprise there!

Breath Spray
So, I brought this in Primark after having heard a girl say ' this was the worst 60p I ever spent, it tasted horrible'... Odd thing to persuade me to part with my hard earned cash isn't it? But there I had, a bit of an epiphany. You know when you brush your teeth at night it's hard because then you realise you can't eat anything...? No? Just me? I thought if I carried this around not only would I have minty fresh breath, maybe it'll stop me snacking cause I won't want things to taste minty. Can't say it's been that successful yet as it's only been two days, but time will tell! And it doesn't taste that bad.

Munch
So contrasting to my previous ramble, but I need something to snack on whilst I read my book. I normally go with something like Fruit Pastilles or some popcorn to keep me going, and not fall asleep and have everything nicked... not an ideal situation.

Drink
I don't know what it is at the moment but I cannot get enough water at the moment. This probably isn't a bad thing as we're always being told to drink more water, and my skin is certainly thanking me for it! My thing for the last year or so has been fruit infused water, so I did have a special bottle which had a case for the fruit. However, the student life got the better of that and it got a bit skank from lack of washing up on time, so now I just use a regular bottle and chuck some fruit in. My favourite is mint and lime, but I'm going to do a post about all my different recipes SOON!

Dry Shampoo
On one of my trips out this week it got to just before I had to leave and I realised - my hair is a bit grim. My hair is normally okay, but suddenly I woke up and looked like a fried egg. So when we landed on a Primark I got this handy sized bottle of dry shampoo, to carry around with me to avoid these situations! Anyway, dry shampoo can be very handy just to give your hair some Va Va VOOOOM.

Earphones
Yes, I know I said that I have started to read books now, but what if I finish the book? What about if there are annoying school kids on my train or I start to feel car sick in the coach? These are only cheap ones from Tesco, and they're usually just for work, but they've lasted me squashing them up, standing on them and they still work better than my Beats...

Perfume/Deodrant
I always seem to have to run for trains/coaches/tubes/boats/planes so I find it quite useful to have a little bit of spray on me for these situations. You can get lots of free samples online which are very useful as they don't take up much space!

GoPro
I brought the GoPro Hero 4 Silver before I went to Lapland in November, and it was quite possibly the best thing I ever bought. It was perfect for capturing my adventures over there with Huskies and Reindeer, and is so small I could carry it around everywhere with me! To this day I rarely leave the house without it - just in case!


So, there you go, thats what I carry around when I journey around the UK - and now I'm packed ready to galavant up to London tomorrow! Be sure to add me on Snapchat on Melberryyy for loads of snaps of my adventures!
What about you? Where do you like to go and what do you take?

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