catching up with old friends

One of my very best friends lives in Canada,

and she's currently visiting England with her family and boyfriend.
I've been fortunate to catch up with her on several occasions recently.

monday, 20th june

Em and I met up for what was supposed to be a quick

catch up over a bite to eat and a coffee

but it quickly turned into a whole afternoon

and she invited me out for dinner with her family!

We went to this tiny little Italian restaurant

that is totally cute and family run.

We made the mistake of ordering starters,

so by the time that the main courses arrived none of us had room!

So went we asked for our leftovers to take away,

the waitress brought out our food wrapped in tin foil

and molded into these tin foil animals.

Emily's was a swan, her sisters had a duck and a turkey

and I got... a fish.

Wonderful!

tuesday, 28th june

Ollie and I went for dinner with Emily and her boyfriend Ryan

as well as some old friends from secondary school

that I haven't seen in forever!

We went to Nando's (which is this amazing Chicken restaurant for those who don't know)

which Em introduced me to all those years ago.

We gorged on chicken breast burgers and unlimited drink refills,

and when we were all done we got the boys to take dorky photos.

By the time we were photo'd out, none of wanted to leave,

so the Cheltenham locals took us to this little indie bar called

The Frog and Fiddle

where we drank cocktails such as Fuzzy Shark

out of bright blue teapots.

Awesome!

wednesday, 29th june

The previous evening, we'd convinced Em and Ryan to stay longer

so we could go out on Thursday.

Seen as Ollie had the day off, the four of us went to explore Gloucester.

We had Boots meal deal in the grounds of the Cathedral

and then we went round the cloisters which is where Emily and I filmed our scene in Harry Potter.

After this we visited Topshop, which is Emily's favourite shop

and tried on some funky hats in the men's section.

thursday, 30th june

Thursday evening's plan was a night on the town in Cheltenham

which was only my second time out there!

We had a pretty eventful night,

which involved £2 for four WILD shots

and having my bum pinched by a man that wasn't Ollie.

And it ended in a club called moomoo's where I experienced

my first view of a mosh pit and a club that has guitar hero playing!

Definitely a good night!