{Travel} Here's to no sleep and jet lag! (not really)

Hello hello!
Did you guys miss me? Well I freaking hell hope so!
So now to bore you for the next week or two about my AWESOME holiday in Paris, France! woop woop!
We are finally at the airport and everything is starting to sink in now that we are really going to Paris.

I have been feeling that this is just one of my moments where I am living on my own little planet planning a trip overseas. News flash, this is reality and we are really going on holiday, in a different country none the less! How amazing!
After a 15hour flight with a 2hour layover in Abu Dhabi we finally land in the City of Love!!!
(those 15hours was made out of a few hours sleep, a few hours watching almost every movie and show between all of us, a few hours irritating each other and fighting over who gets to take over the other ones seat for a while, bad breath and crappy hair - doesn't this just sound delightful?)
Anyway back to Paris....
I saw the Eiffel Tower before even getting to the apartment - bonus!

The apartment is amazing, central and close to everything!

We walked to the ET (Eiffel Tower), had amazing Nutella Crepes and what do you know, it's 7pm and the sun is still high in the sky burning the crap out of my white little South African skin!

We went for a lovely dinner at Le Centenaire where we had snails, frog legs and veal with penne pasta. (note the veal was mine, I am a very fussy eater) and we ended our night at a little Irish Pub just below our apartment.

PS - the sun only sets here at 10pm so our nights end at 2am!

Sorry for the loooong soppy details, but I have to share as much as possible!

Much love

xxx

{Travel} Bon Voyage

Our bags are packed and we are ready to go! Paris here we come!!! Well first Abu Dhabi then Paris!
I am busy jumping out of my skin of excitement, and I just can't hide it, I'm about to loose control and I think I like it! Great now I'm busy writing song lyrics and now the song is stuck in my head!
We are leaving on a jet plane, I do know when we will be back again! haha had you there for a moment!
Yes we are finally on our way, and I am going to miss all of you so much!!!

I will really try my best to keep you up to date with our shenanigans, but can't promise anything! But I have my small notebook ready, so will update you as soon as we are back!

xxx

Perfectly Imperfect?

So you remember I told you about the amazing discovery I made HERE - yes the sunglasses!
Well guess what, I found out my face is cockeyed, great, you can just imagine my delight. (light bulb - so this is what was meant with nobody's perfect) There I was sitting in the car wondering why the sun was blinding my one eye while the other one was perfectly protected. Now you guys must think I am a total freak! haha See this is my problem with finding the perfect sunglasses. (Thank you chubby cheeks - NOT)
Anyway, there I was today on my way back to the shop to tell them their glasses are misshaped.
BUT luckily I found another pair, also on sale!!! (my luck is still on) And they fit perfectly, for now! Seems like I found my perfect match??? But I am in love with my new sunglasses, let's just hope my face stays in place!

P.S - I hope I did not offend anyone in any way or scare some of you away! I over-exaggerate sometimes allot! 

After our fun hunt for a new pair of sunglasses, I was obviously exhausted (not really) and starving (really), so we opted for a quick lunch at Europa Cafe.

They fall under the Antimo group, and Fego Cafe is one of the places, you will remember them from HERE, and as you will read from the previous post, I couldn't find a website for them, well guess what, I found it! Yay for me!

Visit them at http://www.antimo.co.za/

Cedric had the Fish and Chips (Pic 1) and I had the Tra-Porto (Rump steak strips, grilled onions, tomato in a prego sauce tramazini - Pic 2)

It was extremely good, please go try them!

Have an amazeballs weekend all you fun people!

Blogger out!

xxx

Music + Packing = Happy

Okay the time has come people! I am finally on holiday and cannot wait to get on that plane tomorrow!
So I was thinking everything is always so much more fun when you are listening to your favorite songs while doing something! And seeing as I will be packing and packing and packing for our trip I decided to compile my Top 10 songs....

1. Calvin Harris - Feel so Close

2. Nicki Minaj - Starships

3. Swedish House Mafia - Save the World

4. David Guetta - Titanium ft. Sia

5. David Guetta - Where Them Girls At ft. Nicki Minaj, Flo Rida

6. Rihanna - Where have you been

7. Katy Perry - Part of Me

8. David Guetta - I can only Imagine ft. Chris Brown, Lil Wayne

9. Goodluck ft. Phoenix Kayode - Electro Thing

10. Maroon 5 - Payphone

So let's get packing peeps! :)

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." - Abraham Lincoln

xxxd

Celebration Day!!!

Good thing I decided to read through all the latest Post updates from all the blogs I am following before I did this Post.
First I have to say that it is our (Cedric & Johlet) 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY today!!!
Yes today 2 years ago in Mauritius in the car on our way to a romantic first time get away Cedric asked me to be his girlfriend! woohoo!
So thank you so much for the most amazing 2 years of my life so far baby! You make every day worth waking up to and make me the happiest woman alive! And seeing as we are leaving for Paris in 4 days I think we will save our Celebrations for under the Eiffel Tower! (Romantic as can be)
You are THE BEST BEST BEST!!!! Love you forever!

And then a very BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Erin over at Living In Yellow - follow her here http://www.livinginyellow.com

I hope you have a amazing day filled with lots of gifts, balloons and liters of wine! And NO hangovers! :) 

You rock lady!

Don't worry I will make sure I have a glass of wine tonight to celebrate with you! Here's to Erin and no hangovers!!!!

Happy birthday!

"You don't have to move mountains. You just have to know where to aim." - Tzvi Freeman

P.S. - While writing this quote the song from Miley Cyrus "Keep the Faith" was playing on the radio. Works quite well with my quote I would say! 

Forgetful Letty (No not Betty)

Hello all you crazy bloggers!
Hope everyone had a blast over the always too short weekend!
All we did this weekend was shop for the last necessary (no you do not really need this Johlet but my card is burning my pocket) things for our holiday this weekend!
Anyway with my luck I couldn't find anything on my list of "Things I need (NOT)".
Except one thing I did find that was a real bonus as I've been struggling to find this for YEARS, and when I say years that's not me exaggerating! I was blessed with these really chubby cheeks (hate them), and when I want to buy myself sunglasses my cheeks are always in the way. You know when sunglasses sit on your cheeks (especially the latest big ass glasses), and you laugh and the sunglasses almost go flying over your head? Well that's my life with sunglasses, as soon as I smile or laugh, the glasses move like they are alive! So I have always been looking for glasses that don't touch my cheeks! (impossible to find)
And guess what....this weekend I finally found a pair!!!! woohoo!!! And they were 30% off! Double woooohoooo!

Now I am just busy boring you with non stop babble! So all of you know by now we are going to Paris and Cedric knows I am quite attached to my blog lately! (oops)
After hearing numerous times from Cedric that I will be sobbing over not being able to blog while on holiday, I told him last night that I am planning to take a SMALL notebook (so that no one will think I am a freak) with me and just dab down notes for myself on what we have been doing on a daily basis while on holiday. Reason for this is, if I have to start blogging once back from holiday you will be reading this:

BLANK

Exactly, I am extremely forgetful and sometimes wonder if I shouldn't go see a doctor regarding this little problem I have....what was I saying again? Kidding I'm not THAT forgetful!
By now you should have figures out this is the reason for my post title.
Okay back to me telling Cedric about my little plan regarding "Mission Notebook". His response, are you crazy, you will spend most of your time writing and people will think you are insane". Huh! Didn't he listen when I said "dab down notes"??? Men!

So this is my plan for keeping all my 9 followers (if you are not following me yet do that!...pretty please) happy with up to date details of my holiday!

Have a Manic Monday all!

xxx

"To succeed.... You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you." - Tony Dorsett

What to Pack??? - Paris

This post is for the ladies!
It's a little over a week before we leave for Paris and I am wrecking my brain on what to pack?
Well Google did come in handy this time around!
Although it seems like the weather in Paris in summer can be very unpredictable I narrowed it down to the following:

- Umbrella is a must (luckily I bought Lelande and myself umbrellas that fit into our handbags)
- Maps!
- Camera & Charger (I will die without my camera)

Try and pack light, layer layer layer!!! (If Cedric sees this he will crack up, he knows I struggle with this)
Pack to mix and match your clothing items, this way you pack less, and you will never look like you wore the same outfit twice.

- Comfortable open-toe shoes (for the very hot days)
- Comfortable closed-toe shoes (for the chillier days)
- A nice pair of heels for the evenings out (preferably a pair that you can wear with all your clothes)
- Cardigans
- Long sleeve shirts
- Vest tops
- Skirts and Shorts
- Jeans
- SCARVES and ACCESSORIES (with this you can make a outfit go from drab to fab in seconds)
- Sunglasses

And then obviously you will bring all your basic keep clean and look good essentials:

- Toiletries
- Hairdryer
- Make up (try and stick to the au natural look, plus you are on holiday so no one is watching you - kidding)
- Sunscreen with a high SPF (look after your pretty little skin, it's yours forever, can't get a new one)

And then something I cannot go without, my "make me feel irresistible" perfum.

This is so exciting, and if you forget something, don't sweat, you are still in a normal functioning country and have more or less the same shops you have in your home town to buy your missing items. (Just a good excuse to go shopping)

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity." - Kahlil Gibran

xxx

All images thanks to Google.