Everything Eleanor

This Easter holiday has been amazing for days out. First my brilliant foody trip out last week, and today a wonderfully-wizarding-world-orientated day in London with one of my bestest friends. We hadn't seen each other in what felt like 658 years (although, realistically, it was in January we last met up) so we decided to do something special. At 10:01, we hopped on a train to Kings Cross.  Upon arriving we did the mandatory thing for any Harry Potter fan at Kings Cross station: visit the 9 and 3/4 shop. We had to queue to get in, and it was jam-packed inside, so our peruse was cut fairly short and nothing was bought. But it was a different story over in Soho; after a nice little walk through China Town, we ended up at the House of MinaLima. My friend that I was with let me know about this gem of a place, which exhibits the graphic prints and designs the illustrators at MinaLima worked on for the Harry Potter franchise, including Fantastic Beasts, all shown across four beautif...

Today was such a lovely day. It was one of those days I know when I come to sit and tackle revision again, I'm going to long to have back. I spent it with my mum, brother and grandma, enjoying some delicious food and soaking up the sunshine. As soon as my cream soda mocktail arrived at our table, I knew today was one to blog about...  This goat's cheese salad was probably the nicest salad I've ever had, even better than it looked. We walked off our lunches with a peaceful country walk, stopping for the odd floral photo...   And after our walk, we revisited the coffee shop for a spot of tea and a lush chocolate brownie :)   Time spent with family is always time well spent (and it helps if there's chocolate involved). From, Eleanor