Just a Dash of Joy: June 2016

Hey y'all, prepare to learn some weird things about me in this latest post!

Enjoy these 50 facts about me!

#1 - I'm a '96 baby

#2 - I was born in Canberra, Australia

#3 - I grew up in Nowra, Australia

#4 - I have 2 brothers and a sister (all younger)

#5 - I can only eat yoghurt with a fork

#6 - Fave colour is green

#7 - A lot of people call me Ric

#8 - They also call me Toohey

#9 - I'm a natural red head!

#10 - Fave music genre is country

#11 - Fave band is Paramore

#12 - I cry in nearly every episode of The Vampire Diaries

#13 - But my favourite tv show is How I Met Your Mother

#14 - Which is closely followed by Supernatural

#15 - I don't really believe in a higher power

#16 - Though I'm a big believer in the paranormal

#17 - I have an unhealthy addiction to frozen Coke

#18 - I have been working full time since I was 17

#19 - I dropped out of school

#20 - I have never been in a relationship

#21 - My all time favourite song is That's What You Get by Paramore

#22 - I'm very close with all my cousins

#23 - I'm deathly afraid of heights

#24 - And snakes

#25 - I want 3 or 5 kids. No even numbers!

#26 - I want to live on a big property one day

#27 - I used to ride horses

#28 - I am 100% a feminist

#29 - My first pet was a Kelpie X Blue Heeler called Tia

#30 - My favourite shoes to wear are my old converse chuck taylors

#31 - I have watched 50 Shades of Grey close to ten times
#32 - My fave food is Mac & Cheese
#33 - I have travelled to 10 different countries in my life
#34 - I am extremely independent
#35 - I went to an Anglican private school
#36 - I once got in trouble for falling asleep during a religious studies exam
#37 - I love working with kids
#38 - I have a black belt in Taekwondo
#39 - I have many national gold medals for Taekwondo
#40 - I currently have 89 books stacked up against my wall. Yes, I have read all of them
#41 - I prefer savoury rather than sweet tastes
#42 - I'm 5'2"...well the last time I checked
#43 - I have read every single book by Abbi Glines
#44 - I prefer to only wear the colours black or white or grey
#45 - I keep a diary
#46 - My fave movies that I can watch over and over are Lord of The Rings
#47 - My fave flowers are roses and daisies
#48 - My fave perfume is Hypnotic Poison by Christian Dior
#49 - I actually love flying (in planes that is)
#50 - I will always, till the day I die, want to be like Hilary Duff

Y'all actually have NO IDEA how hard it was to come up with 50 facts about myself! I'm not an overly interesting person, so it was pretty difficult. And if you made it through all 50, well congrats. I'll buy you some chocolates.

Until next time X

Hey y'all!
Here's another travel diary for you!

This one starts as we leave Barcelona, Spain, to make our way to Nice, France.

Day 1

Today was pretty much 12 hours on a bus. I did the standard again; slept, read, listened to music and watched movies. On our way to Nice, we stopped off and had a perfumery tour. All I can say is that it was a complete waste of time! Not to mention, it gave me the worst headache ever. Anyway, we jumped back on the bus and headed to our hotel in Nice. The scenery on the way was absolutely beautiful.

We got to our hotel, checked in, freshened up a bit and we headed out for dinner and a night on the town. This also happened to be my first proper night out after being horrendously sick. We ended up at this cute little restaurant for dinner where our waiter sang to us. It was so adorable. The food was absolutely delicious too, although I didn't eat it all because I still wasn't willing to test my tummy after everything in Avignon!

After dinner, we headed to a place called Wayne's Bar. This place was literally filled with Aussies, Kiwis and Brits. The vibe there was absolutely amazing though! The entire section in front of the bands stage was reserved entirely for us. We met our bar service guy, Angus, who was a total hottie, but was Aussie. Not exotic at all! Everyone started getting white girl wasted, but I didn't have anything to drink. Again, wasn't willing to get sick again. Can you tell I hate being sick yet?

Steph & I were sitting with the boys, so it got pretty rowdy. Little did we know, it was about to get rowdier. As soon as the band came on, the atmosphere was electric and we all ended up dancing on tables, coyote ugly style! When a few of us decided we were tired and sweaty, we made the 10 minute walk back to our hotel and called it a night!

At Wayne's Bar

On our way back to the hotel

Day 2

Today was our free day, so Steph and I spent most of the morning shopping for something to wear for the evening when we made our way to Monte Carlo for the night. It was such a sunny and warm day, so we decided to meet up with some of the guys at the beach. We got down there and chilled in the sun with Lidia, Coup, Ross and Josh. We were there for ages, just enjoying the view, but we eventually had to go back and get ready to go to Monte Carlo.

I made sure I had at least 2 hours to get ready, but I was still freaking out for whatever reason. I had to keep re-straightening my hair from all the stress sweat! When we were all ready, we headed down to the lobby and jumped on the bus and headed to Monte Carlo!

When we got there, we all made a hike up to the Palace. It was pretty spectacular. When we got back down, we headed straight into the famous casino to check it out. Talk about a let down! It really wasn't that fancy at all! There ended up being a bit of drama between some of the girls on where to eat, so after much debate, Steph, Ross, Coup, Lidia, Mae, Jess and I headed out of the casino and down the road and got a huge Macca's feast for dinner!

We sat on the edge of the famous Monte Carlo Grand Prix hairpin and had our feast while watching all the Ferraris and Porches drive past. A little while later, our fabulous bus driver, Victor, came down and joined us. He's such a laugh!

As we were sitting and chatting, I see a hot group of guys across the road. For whatever reason, I decide to yell at them "You're hot". They yelled something back, thinking we were French, so I replied "We're Aussie, can we come party with you?" They whistled and said yes, so Steph and I raced up to meet them. They were 3 very attractive British boys. Connor, Max and I don't remember the other ones name! Oops. We got photos with them, but eventually our fun had to end as we had to get back on the bus to go back to our hotel in Nice. We can safely say it was a hugely missed opportunity!

Lidia, Steph & I

Group pic in Monte Carlo

Steph and I with our British Lads

Day 3

Today was the day we left Nice. However, our morning started at 2am when the hotels fire alarm went off. We all had to evacuate and run downstairs. All I was worried about was making sure I had rubbed all the pimple cream off my face! Talk about embarrassing! We went back to bed before having to get up at 6am to head to Italy!

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