Croissant, anyone?

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a lovely weekend.

The weather was a bit yucky down here, but luckily the skies are clear today, and the sun is shining. What better way to start the week than with a spot of nice weather!

This weekend, bar doing an examiner course on Saturday (boo), I completely chilled out. I had a marathon True Blood session, drank lots of tasty coffee, went out with friends on Saturday night and then spent Sunday afternoon lounging about doing nothing. Apart from trying my hand at an Italian yoghurt cake of course! I couldn't find a decent recipe so took matters into my own hands a bit. It came out well but it wasn't perfect. Definitely a work in progress- recipe will be posted as soon as I come up with a good one!

 On Saturday and Sunday mornings, me and my boyfriend usually go out for breakfast. We go to a bar for coffee and one of those big, delicious, calorific croissants- it's one of the weekend rituals that I absolutely love. But due to my course on Saturday, we couldn't do it. And on Sunday morning it was chucking it down with rain, so we weren't keen on even leaving the house (how Italian am I?!). So we decided to cook up some croissants of our own. I don't mean we went to the trouble of making the dough and whatnot, but we popped some frozen ones in the oven (luckily, I had bought some for the first time the day before!). After all, that's what the bars usually do, so we thought we'd try and recreate the experience at home. The smell of croissants wafting out of the oven on a Sunday morning? It's really quite heavenly.

And my WORD were they good. Light, fluffy and absolutely delish. If it weren't for the creamy cappuccinos that you can only get if you go to a bar, I think our weekend breakfast ritual would always be confined to the house!

Saturday post (5 things)

1. Saturday is my favourite day. This is one of the reasons why:

At around 10.30am me and my boyfriend go out for breakfast. There's nothing I like better on a Saturday morning that sinking my teeth into a lovely pastry and drinking a gorgeous cappuccino. It's so unbelievably relaxed.

2.For a little while, at the start of September, I thought autumn was slowly creeping in. I had taken to wearing jeans and a cardigan, boots, a jacket in the evening, even a light scarf! But it seems as though the weather is all confused, because once again I'm back in shorts and sandals. I'm pretty happy to have a last little bit of summer. Beach tomorrow! :D

3.Unfortunately, this late summer heat has brought a load of horrid flies with it. They are gross and they are EVERYWHERE.

4. I learnt today that my sleepy little town is, well, not so sleepy after all. I read in the local paper that a (and I quote) 'Bonnie and Clyde' couple were recently pulled over by the carabinieri with a gun and a load of cocaine in their car. It's always the places you least expect....

5.And finally, thanks to all you fantastic people out there, my blog has reached over 10,000 visits since mid April. Thank you so much for popping by, and I hope you will again in the future!

Have a smashing weekend!

The little things...

So yesterday, myself and my boyfriend were talking about the meaning of life.

Well, sort of...

Anyway, he said something that I really agree with.

'Devi essere felice con le piccole cose...'

In other words, it's the small things in life that should make you happy. You should enjoy life's little pleasures.

Do you want to know one small pleasure that I really enjoy?

Breakfast on Saturday morning. Coffee and croissants with the boyfriend. The sun is shining. Everything feels really, really good.

Breakfast in Italy is a sweet affair- nothing savoury in sight. The coffee is incredible, and the sugar rush definitely sets you up for the day...