PARADISE

Manfriend and I have, sadly, left Monopoli and I am now back in Luxembourg where it is currently 31°C. I had such a rough night of sleep - I even opted to lay down on my tiled floor as the bed was just too warm. I am already missing the lazy days on the beach eating focaccia. For our last evening, we decided to head on back to the borgo and eat at the Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi. We chose not to have dessert and went for ice-cream instead. Have any of you guys had cioccolato fondente? Ah, it is now my absolute favourite flavor of ice-cream. I was a little worried about the dark rich chocolate melting and dripping onto my dress about I was not about to let that worry stop me from having gelato on our last night in Italy! I was saving this dress for a special occasion but I picked up my new gold necklace from H&M, decided that I could not merely expect special occasions to pop up here, there and everywhere the way Gru's minions have been doing recently, and slipped into the dress. It was the perfect dress for a perfect dinner where we gathered our thoughts about our perfect trip. I hope to be back in Monopoli soon.


Necklace, sunglasses & dress - H&M
Bag - somewhere in Japan
Shoes - Zara



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XXIV VII MMXIII

After another long day at the beach Manfriend and I came back to the apartment to avoid melting completely, and to get ready for dinner with his zia and little cugino. We headed to a restaurant where you could pick your own meat and they grill it for you. It was a very simple place but really good and nothing quite beats eating grilled meat outside, under the big “pizza pie” moon. I decided to wear this H&M top which I found in the sale and my white shorts, also from H&M. I have to say that I was pretty impressed by the quality of the shirt and I cannot believe that it had been neglected by other sale-goers. Manfriend and I are now off to enjoy the last few hours of our final full day in the beautiful town of Monopoli.


Sunglasses, top, bracelet & shorts - H&M
Bag & shoes - Zara



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THAT'S AMORE

On Saturday, Manfriend and I decided to head on into the centre of Monopoli and have dinner at one of the piazzas. The one we intended on going to was full with seating options inside but I felt pretty adamant about sitting out on the square so we decided to embarrassingly walk away like Jason in the Apprentice UK and find another place. We ended up going to the restaurant just next door and we were so pleased that we picked that place. With Monopoli being a fishing town and with Manfriend not being overly keen about fish, it was a little hard to find primi piatti which suited him. We decided to go for two anti pasti instead. Manfriend chose a platter of meats and cheeses (have any of you tried fresh scamorza?) and I chose a simple plate of salmon marinated with oranges. For our main course we both chose meat. Manfriend’s fillet dish was pretty good but I have to say that my tagliata on a bed of rucola with parmigiano sprinkled on top was kind of hard to beat.

So this long account of what we both had for dinner on Saturday night is just a preamble to explain what I wore. I picked out this two-layered Zara top for the night which could be worn as a dress for those incredibly daring people, but I decided to wear a pair of (short) shorts. My bag, also from Zara, has a beautiful silver hardware along the bottom which not only accents the bag but gives it shape and structure. I thought I had only brought gold necklaces with me but luckily I had this Topshop one where the chain is gold but the eagle is silver. To finish off the look I decided to wear my Zara heels which we okay for my feet until after dinner when we decided to walk around the borgo. I had sneakily brought a pair of flats with me so I swiftly changed into them whilst Manfriend and I were sitting on some rocks, staring up at the moon and singing That's Amore by Dean Martin.*

*Okay, actually it was just me singing, trying to embarrass him.


Shorts - H&M
Bag, top & shoes - Zara
Sunglasses - Urban Outfitters
Necklace - Topshop



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