The Côte d'Azur, or like you use to call it in English, the French Riviera. 

It was always a dream of me to go there and last year my wish came true. 

Going there in the Autumn resulted in not always having sunny weather but windy and stormy weather too (makes sense when you live at the coast), 

so if you were ever thinking of doing a quick side-trip to the French Riviera, I would recommend you being more clever than I was by going in the summer. 

But nevertheless whenever you actually go, it is always worth it, this is something I can promise you.
What I like about the French Riviera is that it is not a city you stay in but you can switch between different cities because the French Riviera has a lot of places to offer, each of them not far away from the others.

Monaco

There are some places that you have probably already heard of. 

Only having a couple of days, I decided not to visit every city at the French Riviera, but only the most famous ones. 

If you do not have endless time for a vacation, I would recommend you to do the same. 

The places I have visited were:

Antibes

the place where my hotel was that I stayed in, not far away from the other cities and also not too crowded like the other ones listed below; less expensive; beautiful beach

Nice

wouldn't recommend you staying there if you are looking for a beautiful/comfy beach. They have beautiful markets there with different specialities; I've been to: Marc Chagall Museum, Castle Hill (where you get the best view of Nice!)

Monaco

oh yes, the city where rich people like to stay and live. Lovely beach. Places I've visited there: Prince's Palace of Monaco; Jardin Exotique (has one of the best views to look over Monaco!); Musee Oceanographique

Cannes

my favorite city, good one to party and go out. Places to visit are definitely some of their islands (I've been to Iles Sainte-Marguerite); "Le Suquet" which is an old quartier of Cannes with cute, little stores and restaurants (picture below); the Forville market (picture below)

Grasse

also called the "city of perfumes"; Places I've been to: Musee Fragonard (a perfume factory where you can find out a little about the history of perfumes and their production); Galimard (where you can create your own perfume!!! Scroll down to see mine)

You can also visit Saint-Tropez. 

I have heard that it is quite good but I did not have the time for it so I decided to visit it some other time in the future.

Here are the pictures of some of the places that I have mentioned above:

The view out of my hotel room

The pool of my hotel

Cannes' buildings near the beach

Cannes - Nature at its finest

Cannes beach and its islands in the background

Cannes harbours and yacht life

What the French Riviera is famous for

Photoshoots near the ocean

"Le Suquet"

The forville market

Ile Sainte - Marguerite

the Prince's Palace of Monaco

Monaco

Last week my family decided to take a trip to a nearby city for a stroll on a Sunday afternoon. 

The place we have been to is called "Schloss Philippsruhe", 

a palace with a beautiful front garden highly decorated with flowers and huge fountains in the middle of the yard (see pictures below). 

It was a wonderful day outside and we decided to take some pictures since I really felt comfortable in my new top. 

This was the first time that I was able to wear hot pants only because the weather finally played along. The ones I was wearing are my absolute favorite because they have a flower pattern on top. 

It is always a pleasure to spend your free time somewhere in the nature.

Last but not least a personal quote: "Give me a rose, not a vivid one because vivid roses will change and die away. Give me a wilted one, and tell me 'this is an example of what our love will never be.'"

The reason why it took me so long to create a new blog post is because it was prom night yesterday and I cannot wait to finally show you guys my nails, my hair and especially my dress in my new blog post that I am preparing for tomorrow. 

You are allowed to be excited! :)

You can find the clothes in the pictures here

Sleeveless Blouse: Vero Moda (find it here)

Hot Pants: Bershka (find similar here)
Roses Bracelet: Primark (find it here or similar here)

xoxo from your favorite fairy,

Lucie

Basically there is an up and down over here in Germany.
The weather definitely is on a roller coaster right now. We are in the midst of Summer,
in the next week is the beginning of July, but nevertheless we still do not get enough of the sun!
Sometimes leaving us surprised with almost 30 degrees the one day,
it can be pretty cold the next day with only 17-20 degrees and raining, and nothing left of the sunshine we had the day before.
Nevertheless I took the chance when the moment was right to take some pictures with my best friend because those little moments of sunshine should definitely be appreciated.

Here are some pictures that my best friend took while the sun finally stopped hiding behind all these clouds.

You can find the clothes in the pictures here

Cropped Sweater: Hollister & Co (find similar here)
Skirt: Bershka (in different colors here / find similar here)
Shoes: Toms Shoes (find them here)

What's the weather like where you live? Tell me about it.
xoxo from your favorite fairy,
Lucie