A little homemade goodness.

Decorating has started in the lounge - the first coat of paint is on and the second will be done tomorrow. We went for a light grey in the end, and it's already looking fab - can't wait until it's all done! I keep thinking about the accessories I want and colours to fit in with the scheme, I just need to not get carried away...!

Tonight was a little bit of indulgence; I made me and DH homemade pizzas. He had bacon and mushrooms on his. I had spinach, mushrooms and capers on mine. It was very yummy, though it needs a bit of tweaking to be perfect - DH said he doesn't mind being the guinea pig in the meantime! 

Here is mine:

Still can't get the hang of getting it into a circle, but I can practice! Tasted good though. A nice homemade meal that was definitely cheaper than a takeaway pizza. Plus you can choose exactly what you want on it too. 

Homemade definitely is best. 

The Honeymoon.

So, for our honeymoon, me and my new husband (!!!) went to Sorrento, Italy. It was lovely, the weather wasn't particularly great but it didn't matter. The hotel we stayed in was a couples only hotel, all inclusive and very very nice, so when the weather was awful, we just stayed in the hotel lounge and read books and drank hot chocolate! 

The local views were excellent:

The day we decided to go to Vesuvius and walked up to the crater, the weather was the worst! It was sunny when we set off on our walk to the top, and it was misty and cold when we got to the top. The next thing we knew, it was torrential rain/sleet and me and OH got drenched very very quickly, which meant a very swift walk back to the bus. We were soaked through to our underwear, which meant a very uncomfortable bus ride, so we didn't see the volcano under the best of circumstances!

I did manage to snap a quick photo of the crater, not that you can see much....:

We also went to see Pompeii, which was very impressive. I can't believe how much of the town was preserved so well! Things like the painting on the walls, pottery and statues, to the columns and mosaics on the floors. 

This next picture is showing how an unfortunate person lived their last moments. They made it from pouring down cement like mixture into the cavity where the bones were, and then they can get the imprint of the person, including the outline of their clothes, from the space left from the ash. It was amazing, and sad at the same time. 

Of course, you can't go to Italy and not eat pasta/pizza/tiramisu/ice cream, and I ate quite a lot of all four! Italians have pasta as their starter course, and at our hotel, the pasta portions were massive! This:

is a starter portion of spahetti with clams and cherry tomatoes. It was beyond delicious, but very filling. I never finished the pasta course whilst we were there, so I could fit in all of the main course and pudding!

I also ate a lot of pizza. Oh the pizza. It was amazing. So good and so simple. The dough was soft and chewy, the tomato sauce simple yet really tasty, the cheese oh-so-good and then whatever topping you wanted. In the following picture, it is just anchovies on the top:

And, last but definitely not least, the gelato! Nom nom nom. It's so creamy, and moreish and just so so yummy. 

This is one scoop of nutella, and one scoop of pistachio. 

We had the best time and will remember it forever.

xxx