Frieda's Tearooms

Yesterday, I discovered a place in Bournemouth which I should have visited a long long time ago. Frieda's Tearooms is tucked away along the road I used to live in when I was in second year here and I wasn't too sure about it (it took over from a place called Cafe Bengaweulu which was a personal fave of mine). But boy was I wrong! A friend had told me that it was very me, and as soon as I walked in I could see why. It was covered in bunting, teacups and cute nooks with piles of cushions, just what you need on a sunny afternoon in Bournemouth.

Before a strenuous day of shopping, myself and my friend Liam decided we needed some strength in the form of cakes before traipsing the town. The afternoon tea there sounded delicious so we went for it and it was perfect! We had massive chunks of ham and cheese and egg mayo sandwiches and then glorious sultana scones with strawberry compote and clotted cream (I won the perfect looking scone competition) and I finished with a carrot cake whereas Liam chose the Bakewell tart. The food was delicious and the tea was served in cute pots and cups and saucers, I thoroughly recommend it as they're not just finger food, we were stuffed afterwards! An afternoon tea for two there if £14.50 and you get a lot for that.

Anyway, you want to see the pictures don't you?! This is what the place actually looks like!

{Our impressive selection}

{Liam enjoying his tea immensely}

{Cute teacups}

{My pretty perfect scone}

{Bunting!}

{LIttle snuggle nook}

{Liam's rubbish, messy scone}

{Apparently they don't have these kinds of things in Coventry}

{My yummy carrot cake}

This is their website and if you look now there's a Groupon deal for the afternoon tea (which we forgot to use) so get there quickly, I'm so glad I discovered it before I left university!

Beautiful Bournemouth

With the weather the way it is at the moment, there is no place I would rather be than the beautiful Bournemouth. There's something about a town with a sandy beach combined with a good bit of sun that makes this place something of a holiday destination. While at the beach reading my book in the sun with my friends I really felt like I was on holiday, it makes me so happy that I chose this glorious place to spend my three years at university.

The past weekend I spent in the (equally sunny and beautiful) Cardiff but all I really wanted was to be at home at the beach with all of my friends, Facebook definitely didn't help with people flooding my new feed with glorious pictures of the beach, much like these ones:

{All of my friends having fun at the beach}

{Who wouldn't want to be there right now?! Both pics taken by the lovely Lucy Scott}

{Jealous. Pic taken by equally lovely Cec Mignon}

So next time you fancy a little trip to the beach or a little weekend away in England you really should consider Bournemouth, we're not just a place next to Sand Banks, it is a truly beautiful place and I'm proud to say I've lived here for 3 wonderful years. Here's to glorious Bournemouth!

P.S. If you do decide to come and stay DO NOT stay at the Roundhouse, it's cheap for a reason, trust me.

DJ Fresh Live

Last night was very good fun, we got to the Firestation about 8 which felt weird as usually I'm going there for a night out at midnight! As soon as we got in there we were surrounded by kids, I never realised how popular DJ Fresh is with the teenage community so the atmosphere was quite strange as we waited for the gig to start.

The concert was basically called Fresh Live which meant it was more than just a DJ playing their songs and having a little dance on stage. DJ Fresh was at the back playing the tunes and you had a male rapper and a female singer to do all of the vocal parts for each of his songs.

I thought I'd only know the songs that I posted here but every single song started to us screaming about how much we loved the song, DJ Fresh has done some classics I didn't even realise were his! The singers were so good and it felt so much more interesting than just dancing to the songs as you would if you were just clubbing.

{Pictures courtesy of DJFreshTV.tumblr.com}

All in all a very good gig, I think it would be even better to watch late at night in a festival tent as the atmosphere was a little young in Bournemouth! I'm off for a Pizza Express tonight and my lovely little sister comes down to Bournemouth on Sunday to see Michael Kiwanuka, this week has been full of gigs! Have a lovely weekend everyone!