NOSTALGIA BOOK TAG.

I've been thinking a lot recently about the books I used to read when I was younger, and how some of them have really resonated with me for various reasons. I've always been a big reader (even more so when I was younger than now, sadly.) I'm pretty new to this whole blogging thing but I've done a little search and can't seem to find a pre-existing tag that specifically caters to what I want to talk about, so I've decided to make one of my own.

The idea of this tag is for you to cast your mind way back to the books you read as a child/young teenager. Let's go...

HOME.

Sorry I haven't updated in over a week, hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things again now. I've been super busy writing some coursework essays and spending time at home (I just returned to London this afternoon), which is what I'm going to talk a little bit about in this post.

My family have lived intermittently in Switzerland since 2006 (my dad lived there when I was 3 or 4 as well), and my current base is a little town/village just outside of Geneva. I never used to get homesick, but since I went to uni I found that the longer I spent away from our apartment in Switzerland (even though I've never lived there, don't have a bedroom there or any belongings whatsoever) the more I felt a kind of nagging feeling, one that was always appeased whenever I returned. I get to see my family usually about every two months as they often come back to England for various reasons, and it's always nice, but there's something about going home and not having to worry about any of the adult-y things I worry about when in London that's just so comforting.

A-Z.

I love words. I mentioned that in my first post, didn't I? I love learning new words to use in essays or arguments or just everyday speech. I know a lot of funky words and over the past few months I've been writing some of my favourites in a note on my phone. Some I like because of the way they sound or because I like what they mean or just because they make me sound more intelligent (and I dig that).

EGGCELLENT.

Back again with a little blog update for you! A bl-egg update? Nah that was atrocious, sorry.

I recently posted a photo on Instagram of some poached eggs I made and weirdly, a few of my friends messaged me with comments about eggs. (Conversations between kids these days are absolutely wild, aren't they?) I eat a lot of eggs largely because I'm too poor to be the carnivore I so desperately desire to be, and so have to get my protein cheaply from elsewhere. While they're not sticky barbecue ribs or roasted lamb, eggs are pretty great anyway, and very versatile. I often make poached eggs because they're not only simple but healthy too. 

FAVOURITE CAFÉS IN LONDON.

Well would you look at that? I'm back! Again! The outlook for this blog is not so bleak this time around. Recently my friends and I went to the Cereal Killer Café in Shoreditch and it inspired me to make a post, so here I stand today, writing a little compilation I've been working on of cute cafés I've come across in London.