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Riding through the streets of San Francisco

28 Tuesday Jul 2015

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Golden Gate BridgePier San FranciscoBooksmithSan Francisco Pier Next stop on our trip was San Francisco. I know Craig was secretly dreading it because he loved Las Vegas so much and wanted to stay in the heat but I was super excited to be going as had heard so many great things about it. We arrived around 6p.m and luckily our hostel wasn’t too far from the station. We did go around in circles a little bit before getting there but we made it in the end. Our hostel,  Hi International, was located on Mason Street, therefore a good spot for getting around. We had booked a private room and when we saw the room it was a really small room with a double bed and then a bed on top. I could just see Craig’s face drop as we had gone form having two double beds and a bathroom to a small kind of dingy room for the same price. I’m quite used to hostels so didn’t mind too much but yes it wasn’t quite as fancy. We both thought the bed on top was pretty funny plus there were bars at the end of the bed so Craig was too tall for it!

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“Would you like an adventure now or shall we have our tea first?” Tea at Neverland

17 Friday Jul 2015

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Beautiful Neverland Tea Salon Neverland treats Maz at Neverland Tea Salon Neverland Tea_chocolate coconut If you know me well, you’ll know that I am a huge lover of tea. Consuming approximately four cups a day is no challenge for me, more a habit. My family are Irish so of course I was always going to be a big tea drinker but I would say it’s only been in the last couple of months that I have weaned myself off simply drinking English or Irish breakfast tea and have tried sampling some of those other lovely herbal remedies. Last week with my friend Maz visiting, I wanted to find someone lovely to go and have a good catch up and I stumbled across the most perfect place on West Broadway called Neverland Tea Salon. Started up by long-term friends Terri Tatchell and Renee Iaci, Neverland is a beautiful tea shop, inspired by the legendary novel Peter Pan. Decadent, quaint and magical, quotes from Peter Pan are decorated across the walls, fine china is used and 20th century chairs are decked around in different places around the tearoom. The bar on the right with pastries on show is the first thing that catches your eye as you walk through the doors as well as the gorgeous little honey pots placed on each table. Maz and I actually made two trips to Neverland in the time she was here and both were so lovely. We actually booked it the first time because we wanted to go for dessert but thought it would be sensible to order something savoury first. I opted for the Kale Chicken Caesar salad with the Shelley tea infused cocktail consisting of peaches and dreams white tea, vanilla vodka and lillet. Maz opted for the apple cheddar sandwich with aged cheddar, sliced granny smith apples, lettuce and house made apply chutney served with lightly toasted multigrain bread and the Aynsley, a tea cocktail made using wild strawberry green tea, blueberry vodka and Chambord. Kale Chicken Caesar Salad Neverland Apple Cheddar Sandwich NeverlandTea infused cocktails Continue reading →

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