Four Days in Piedmont Italy

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Last Tuesday at 6 a.m., I hopped on a plane ride to  Italy,  I landed in Turin and spent a day sampling the divine Gianduia chocolates, eating delicious food cooked using the slow food philosophy and drinking in all that this lovely city has to offer. The day was warm and sunny, about 24 degrees celsius.

The next three days were very different, I travelled up to Courmayeur, and was greeted by a much colder climate and lots of snow, rugged scenery, craft shops and chalets rather than hotels. All Italy is beautiful but the scenery in the North is simply to die for..those mountains, that snow, those trees, I spent 4 days feeling like I was living in a postcard.

These trusty boots served me well on the mountains - no snow leaked in !!!




Check out my spring nail colour - the new gellish 'Tiffany Blue' at Femme Beauty



Up on Mont Blanc - this nearly didn't happen as the mountain was closed for four days due to too much snow and strong winds.



Gran Paradiso National Park

All Photos above by Kurt Paris

Some Trip Highlights 

• The Egyptian museum in Turin is impressive, definitely worth a visit. 
• Gianduja or gianduia  chocolate was invented in Turin - need I explain ?
• Chalet Plan Gorret in Courmayeur - the sweetest chalet on earth and the best seafood past ever.
• Trattoria Al Dente in AOSTA - ask to sit in the cave room at the back and order the chocolate pudding.
• The village Chamois - a traffic-free alpine village only accessible by cable car
• Craft shopping in Cogne
• Carriage ride and lunch in Valnontey

Various Outfit Details

Watch : SWATCH Andy

Shoes : Panama Jack at Stivaletti

Bag : Bling Bling Boutique

Waterproof Jacket : Trespass

Hair : Toni&Guy Hilton

Nails : Femme Beauty (Attard)

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Outfit Post : Mustard On Both Feet

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The Hubby and I rarely match - we have different styles and different moods and there are days where I as he puts it look like 'I'm going to a ball' and he looks like he's going on a hike. On this day however, we matched. Same style, same shoes - time for a 'his n hers' outfit post.

The star of the show is of course these little mustard PANAMA JACK beauties - if you follow me on Facebook (why not if not ?) you might recall a recent hullabaloo about whether or not to choose burgundy over pink - burgundy it was.

After I raved on about how comfy they are and pranced around in them - the hubby decided he needed a pair too - can't let me be original can he - so he hightailed it to get himself a pair...Mine are more special anyway - they're limited edition..his ...well his are just normal classic ones - so there.

What do you think of my pointed, purple nails ?




The location of this shoot might strike a chord in some old school friends - this is the old entrance to my Junior School - St Dorothy's Tal-Virtu -on a whim I decided I wanted to see 'the hill' again.




The awesomeee leather satchel had an outing :D - BTW there are new styles of different leather out and on sale at ASOS !!



Flick through for more photos if you want :)

I played around with my makeup that day and if you want to know more you can read this post - my hair was blowdried by Tina at Toni &Guy Hilton Malta




Outfit Details : Snood : Accessorize / Top : Nasty Gal  / Tights : Primark / Hair : Toni & Guy / Jacket : London (old) / Shoesssss : Panama Jack  @ Stivaletti @ Plaza / Bag : Leather Satchel Company / Nails : Femme Beauty

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