Travel Spotlight: India p.s. Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day India!! In ode to the 65th anniversary of India's independence from British rule I thought I would share with you a few snaps from my travels around the country last year....Hope you enjoy!!

Jain Hindu Temple on a rooftop in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

The Taj Hotel and Gateway of India in Mumbai

Street food stalls in Delhi

Palolem Beach in South Goa

Cows and other animals just chillaxing on the beach like ya do

I love this pic!! A rickshaw up on the cliff overlooking Varkala Beach, Kerela. (we could even see dolphins from the cliffs!)

The Golden Temple in Amritsar

Hope you like this photos! Have you been to any of these places or anywhere else in India? Got any funny stories??

Cherry Lane xoxo

Global Pics - Disneyland Paris!

One of my huge passions in life is travelling! I absolutely love visiting new countries, seeing how the locals live, trying different food, making new friends in the most random of situations and just soaking up the culture (and sun)! I've been lucky enough to have done a fair bit of travelling in the past few years and I wanted to share some of these experiences with you so I thought I would start a weekly 'Global Pics' feature. I've created a list of all the cities I've been to in the world (82 cities in 24 countries) and every week I will use random.org to select one to feature.

So to kick off...we are off to DISNEYLAND PARIS!! I went to Disneyland for the first time in April 2009 with my flatmate at the time Andrea (an Italian guy). Back then I was living in a town called Ramsgate which is in the very far south east of the UK...from there it was really easy to take a ferry over to France so we took advantage of this a few times making trips to Paris, Brugge and Brussels. We had soo much fun on our lil road trip driving to Paris in my car!

The rides, the smiles, the shops and the parades! Disneyland is a special place! And I'm so excited because I'm going again this June thanks to Sky! If you live in the UK and are a Sky customer you can get two free tickets to Disneyland Paris...you can pick any date from April-October...al you have to do is book before 30th April 2012! For more details click here. I cant wait to go again and what special things they have in store for their 20th Anniversary!

Have you been to Disneyland? What was your favourite ride/attraction?

Cherry Lane xoxo

LDN in a Day...

Ciao bella's! Last weekend I went to London to pick my sis up...She's been living in Clapham, London for the last couple of years but her contract is up so she's moving back home for a while until her next contract. So I had the pleasure of driving down to London to pick her and alll her stuff and bringing it back home in my car. But while I was there we did get the chance to spend one day together looking around (rhukrhing) the city!

We started off by looking around the Natural History Museum...I've driven past it so many times and always admired the absolutely stunning building but never got round to checking it out so this time I really wanted to see what was inside!

Then we headed over to Knightsbridge to check out Harrods and tick one off my sister's list...cant beleive she lived there 2 years and never went! lol

After tiring ourselves out by looking at the gorgeous bags, getting spritzed by about 10 different perfumes by SAs and wandering around the amazingly tempting food hall (my gosh the food was sooo mouthwatering)...we decided to indulge in some lunch from the food hall and head down to Hyde Park to have a little picnic by the Serpentine...

Lobster & Soul Terrine with a fresh french bagette and a yummy haloumi Mediterranean salad...so lush!

Then we headed over to Oxford Circus and made a trip to one of my favourite stores Liberty...I love this store! Its got such great and unique mix of different things from most famous designers and new upcoming independent ones too...all with such style! and the building is absolutely beautiful too!!

Couldnt resist a quick look in Illamasqua while we were in Oxford Circus...

We also managed to spot a few of the 200 easter eggs dotted around London as part of the big Faberege Easter Egg Hunt...grand prize is a Diamond Jubilee Egg valued at £100,000!

Somehow we ended up in Trafalgar Square...The National Gallery in the background to the 2012 Olympics Games countdown...

Then finally....over to Covent Garden for drinks, dinner and a little walk to take a peek at the Themes before we headed home...

I cant believe we managed to pack sooo much into one day...was had soo much fun!! We were pretty knackered the next though so we decided to take it easy and have a nice little brunch at a local french cafe in Clapham and look what they had! Chalkboard tables!! It was the perfect end to my LDN trip...well it was before we had to then stuff my car with all my sister's junk and head back home! lol

What did you guys get upto this weekend?

Cherry Lane xoxo

Happy Australia Day!!

Ok so I know its India's Republic day too but I'm gona save my special ode for Independance day. Today I am going to dedicate to Australia!!

To one of the most beautiful countries in the world...I feel lucky I have had the opportunity to see some your great sights...I heart you dearly!

Catchin some waves posing with lovely lifeguards board in Perth...

Just for fun...this is one of my favourite comedy sketch from Balls of Steel Australia...soooo funny!!!

Weekend in Pictures...Crafters Ceilidh in Edinburgh

Hi everyone! Did you all have a good weekend? I had an awesome time at my first bloggers meetup in Edinburgh. House of Pinheiro invited me to join her sewing blogger friends for a day of fun chitchat, fabric shopping and pattern swapping followed by a delish dinner at the opulently grand Voodoo Rooms! I can't really sew and didnt know anyone there but everyone was just so lovely, warm and welcoming! Me and House of Pinheiro decided to make a weekend of it see the sights of the city and my gosh Im so glad I did...Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever visited!! If you have the chance definitely go and visit! You wont regret it!

From L to R: Kerry, Karen, Winnie, Rachel L., Kari, Roo, Carolyn, Amanda, So-Ha, Me, Rachel P, Debi B.,Kristen, Franca, Alana, Debi, Hannah, Katie and Melizza. Not pictured: Clare, Anneleen, Tom and Cat.

Fredericks Coffee House...

Vintage store....

Fabrics ect...

I couldn't resist this cherry fabric..now I need to get sewing!!  Thanks so much to our lovely hosts for making us these really cute fabric flower badges! 

City...

Dinner...

Check out more photos on my Facebook page...

Cherry Lane xoxo