Burning up

Ha! You came to a northern country and now you look like a lobster!

Thanks Mom! What a loving family :)

Yes, during my time home I caught the sun too much. Twice! First time was a rookie mistake, didn't put sunscreen on my face! What an idiot! And I have a "cool" wavy tanline on my back as well. between my top and where my hand couldn't reach any more. It hurt so bad!

The second time it was my legs and tummy that burned after 2PM! How? Usually they never catch any sun, even during the high time of noon and now they were bright red after being out for an hour after 2PM!?!?!

Notable mentions from home also include meeting up with Emma, I don't think it has hit me yet that I literally see you twice a year :O Remember our trips to Morrisons together? I rarely go there now...
Anyway... we decided to go try an escape room out. First time for both of us. So obviously when I saw the word "easy" I knew we had to try that out. I mean I didn't have a clue what to do, how will it play out, how logical it is or do you have to know the specifics etc. But we did good! The story was that we were on a sinking ship and needed to escape. Started from our cabin and finished in a dark tiny room. I was very impressed with how quickly we got out of the cabin, like 1-2-3 :) Then we started overthinking :D And spent too much time looking at one thing together while there were lights going on and off behind us. We were frantically turning the switches "Nothing's happening!" :D
We'll know for next time :)

Oh and the minute I decided to walk on grass for a little bit I stepped on a friking bumblebee! Jesus it hurt so bad! I was at a theme park with my little brothers and they wanted me to go play football in the pool with them. Somehow I managed to limp towards it and just as the pain was starting to become crampingly painful I got in the water which luckily cooled it and made the pain disappear. A couple of days later it started itching again a little bit but I was lucky and know next time to immediately get in the water when I get stung again. :)

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

London

The day after THE VOTE London was buzzing! News channels had set up camp in Westminster and protesters had gathered around them. Protesting against Brexit, Boris Johnson, racist borders, David Cameron etc. Other than that area London was actually pretty peaceful and quiet :) Finally I got to stroll around aimlessly and enjoy the city + the weather was just superb - sunny with a nice breeze, had our lunch in a park etc.

Swans :)

Look at this adorable little house in the middle of London!

Traffic jam

There was also Gay parade at the time we were there. We did try to get away from the crowds (Oxford st - Trafalgar square) and maybe that's why the rest of London seemed quiet... Maybe it always is if you just know where to go for that :D. We did end up at Trafalgar square for the red arrows and we made it just in time: we were just at the end of the Mall nearly under the Arch when they flew past. Luckily they do make a sound to warn that they are coming and I was quick enough to get my camera out :) (Mr. Special didn't :D ). And we also saw the end of the parade then. I admit for some reason I was expecting it to be much more extravagant, something more than just guys in pink shirts dancing on double deckers... I don't know.... Obviously Brexit was mentioned on placards here as well.

Red arrows

 Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

Aftershock

What to do now? The UK has actually decided to leave the UK!?! The whole of (my) Facebook was in shock. Minus a couple who had hateful nationalists tendencies before or who could be classed as "benefit people". Could we possibly draw any conclusions from this? Or is it too presumptuous of me?

The best comment by far:The experts said 'here are the scientifically economic reasons not to leave', and 'fuckin migrants stealin my job and teachin muslim 2 my kids' won anyway.

Who knows what's going to happen now. Pretty much everyone quit: Cameron, Corbyn, Johnson, Farage. The two latter basically said they're work here is done. But what now? Who is going to lead the UK out of the EU? Not their problem anymore. HaHa. What? You actually believed that the "£350" million a week that the country paid to the EU was now going to be given to NHS? Please can we have a moment of silence...

The very next day it turned out that the claim that was printed on a red double decker campaign bus had been a mistake. Oooops. Mistakes happen, they're only human. So, what else did they lie about to make slightly more than half the nation to vote for them?

But now they're gone anyway. They've abandoned ship. Scotland also wants to abandon the UK since they voted to stay in. Talks of a second independence referendum are under way. Northern Ireland is also thinking of quitting Britain. A ridiculous news of even London wanting to be independent circulated for a good few days :D We shall see. Because no one knows what is actually going to happen. There is no plan. Looks like there wasn't ever a real plan for Brexit. Ooops we didn't think that people would actually vote for it... Ooops, what even is the EU and what does it do? "Like I know they give us money to build new campuses (10k?Swansea - voted out) and revive near dead Welsh towns (EbbwValley - voted out).

Exciting times

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...

Brexit

Today is the day everyone's been waiting for for months. In the last couple of weeks you couldn't read any newspapers or watch news programs without being bombarded with Brexit. It was EVERYWHERE: numerous debates, campaigns, leaflets, you name it we had it. There were even small boats in Thames.

By default I am pro EU. I have never given it much thought or gone in to depth but that is what my gut and heart are telling me. EU is good. Nonetheless I did not register to vote today. I just feel that is none of my business. Yes, I've been living here for 5 years now and paying all the taxes etc. But I guess my heart is not really here and therefore whether the brits want to leave or not and what the consequences are none of my business.

Secretly I am of course hoping that they'll stay. I know EU isn't perfect but we are the EU. Brussels isn't some higher power run by one person. We have chosen people to go there to represent us and if they make crappy decisions then obviously we've chosen crappy people. Largely I am hoping for them to stay because who knows what's going to happen after they leave. Not just in Britain but in the EU. What effect will that have on other countries whose people are afraid and hateful towards "Brussels".

A teeny weeny side of me does want to see what happens (and later on gladly boast "I told you so"). And Trump becoming the president of the USA would be the cherry topping on the shit storm that is about to happen :) Or maybe I'm wrong and everything will be honky dory because the experts do not know best. As the Leave campaign stated in one of the debates. UK is fed up with experts! Done!  What do they know? Nothing I tell you! Leaving the EU means we take back CONTROL? How? We don't know yet but we WILL! All the refugees will magically disappear after we've left and so will all the immigrants taking social housing and burdening the NHS and taking all our benefit money. Away with them. We don't want to conform to EU regulations any more! Meaning we won't trade with them any longer. Oh wait!? We do wan't to trade with the EU. EU will still have those regulations! We will still have to obey them??? But no longer have any power in making or changing them? Good deal! :)

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...

Fancy phones

Why are all the new phones so BIG? I have now come to the conclusion that I'm ready to upgrade my iPhone 4 that is now considered a stone age phone. But to what? One criteria I have is the photo quality must be good. Samsung galaxy s7 should be the best at the moment but the iPhone 6 has the moving photos which are so cool + iPhone 7 is due to be released soon. 

There is only one BIG BIG minus to both of them. And it's the size. Where would I keep it if I just want to go out for a walk and not take a bag with me? Is there even any point in coughing up all that money for a fancy phone if all I do on it is text and call people + the occasional candy crush (omg do I have to start from scratch since I don't want to connect to my Facebook?). Like seriously the use of smart phones is completely lost with me. What do you do on it? Instagram? Snapchat? Why? Are you constantly chatting with friends? Maybe I should get friends first...

I do live under the impression that maybe just maybe if I get a phone that takes ultracool photos I would start using Instagram, just for the hell of it... + I have actually found some people that I might want to follow on it :D Or is it just another form of pointless procrastination.. probably.

Last week I was so close to just going to carphone warehouse and buying the Samsung galaxy s7. BUT they do not have rose gold as a sim only option... And I do not want to get a contract. And I neeed rose gold :D Maybe it was destiny telling me to wait for the new iPhone. It does have moving photos after all... I just need a proper life where I can take ultra coo photos of stuff I do etc...

No there is nothing wrong with my current phone, except for the looks (that may be in my head) that I get when I take it out :D

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

Right on time

BEST ADVERTISEMENT EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I first saw on mute and thought what the???? is this???

I find it hilarious!

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

Fishy o'clock

I think I found my new favourite place where I want to live in the UK.

That's Cheltenham. Posh place you see :) All the shops are there plus loads of greenery. Can we move now please? (ok now I spent an hour looking for jobs :D I don't know what level though!?! Obvs I don't want anything less than assistant manager but higher jobs look so intimidating)

OK back to the topic of this post Cotswolds

We went to Cheltenham, Bourton-on-the-water and Gloucester.

Choosing Cheltenham for our base was perfect as it has a train station and good transport links (30 min each) to the other places. And in the evenings we just walked around town, so much life! People everywhere. Wow is this what it feels like to be in a proper town? :D So unlike Aber where it's pretty much dead on the streets at all times. And you know what? It doesn't feel like it's that much bigger than Aber you know. Just more of everything else that you really need! Perf. Or maybe we only saw the centre :D But that's the important bit anyway, innit?

Bourton-on-the-water was such a lovely little little town where everything seemed to be revolving around the river where there were oh so many ducks :) Mesmerising. And they are so brave coming to take food from your hand even! (obvs special duck food that you buy from the shops where that money goes to an animal charity)

This little town has a few attractions too! The first we went to was the model village of the town, which also had a little model of that model village that had a model of the model village and so on. I found it genius! To be honest I was expecting the houses (made of real stone!) to be smaller, but the reality was so much better than I had expected :)

But the best part of Bourton-on-the-water must be the Dragonfly maze! OMG an actual maze where you can't cheat or see where you're going! At one point we were going round the same routes for about 5 times in a circle! I was already thinking what would happen if we genuinely won't find our way out?!? If I'd scream loud enough would the ticket lady come and help us? :D We did though find our own way out. Eventually. To make it even more interesting it had a series of clues to figure out the final answer and find the dragonfly. We somehow only missed one clue and spent ages trying to work out how to spot the dragonfly.

The clues were pictures on the ground that you had to put in order. The first three were:

1. A picture of a fish
2. A picture of an oar with a y in front
3. A picture of the clock showing 11.10

That it where it all went wrong for us! We pondered for a looooong time about it, and I told Mr. Special that it's not just a fish but what kind of fish is it?! He said no one will know. Well I did (in estonian). Clearly fishy o'clock is not the right interpretation of the first three clues... Later on there were monkeys (found on the wall) and caterpillar (did not find) mentioned. We were there for ages trying to figure it out until we gave up and went to ask the ticket lady for help. Turns out I was right! HA!

The clues were supposed to read: Place (plaice the fish duh) your (y oar) hands (clock) on the monkeys and stand on the caterpillar (freaking Mr. Special even looked on the floor to see if there's anything there) and wait! Turns out there were little buttons on the monkey tiles that made the frog open it's mouth and reveal the dragonfly.

That was the highlight of the trip! I love mazes now! Proper ones I mean! Where else can I find one?

The next day we went to Gloucester on a double decker like a boss! :)

And the reason we went to Gloucester was:

Have you seen any trolls in the dungeons lately? No? What about the girls's bathroom?

The one Hermione is crying her eyes out?

Get it?

They used the Gloucester Cathedral halls to film Harry Potter! 

And I've been there!

Best stained glass I think I've ever seen

Look familiar?

Yes I now have a near identical photo of myself :D

It is free to get in and a personal! guide is free of charge as well and I think we were lucky enough to get the best one! :) And his surname was... wait for it... POTTER! He took us round the cathedral for nearly 1.5 hours! At the start he said a usual tour would last about an hour on average. Why ours was so long I don't know :D He said we looked VERY interested :D no we didn't ask a hundred and one questions all the time and about everything, we hardly asked any questions at all (and when I did he didn't even answer, maybe he didn't hear me :D) He did 98% of the talking. And all I can remember is that Cromwell wanted to destroy the cathedral and half of it is/was sinking: the walls aren't straight!

Nonetheless he was such a lovely fella and knew everything that had happened there!

Then we went home.

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...