First Stop: Venice

I can not tell you how much I love Venice. There is so much culture, art and history. I actually just arrived onboard that evening while the sunset over looked the islands and was ready to get out and explore this beautiful and enchanting city. This was my third time visiting this magnficent land built on canals and bridges and yet there are still many secret passages leading you to unknown, but exciting discoveries.

I was in a rush to get out which meant I needed to throw on something quick! At night it tends to be a little bit more chilly so I threw on my favorite black jumper and my "go-to shorts" of summer 2014. I also wanted to wear a pair of my black strappy heels for a more dressy feel, but opted to put on my brown sandals to be more comfortable, plus I knew it would be easier to walk around Venice due to the uneven pavements. My boyfriend and I walked around Palazzo Ducale passed Saint Mark's Basillica through Piazza San Marco until we ended up near the Grand Canal. That's when we decided to have dinner near the Rialto Bridge. It was perfect way to end the night drinking white wine and eating one of Venice's typical dish, Bigoli. Delicious! 

 Rated as one of the top destination in the world, Venice is definitely a must. A great romantic getaway I would say! 

Can you believe that this city has 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges? AMAZING! 

One of my fav movies was filmed here! Italian Job!

Live in the Sunshine, Swim the Sea, Drink the Wild Air - Emerson

 

Day: What's great about the island of Sicily is that we are surrounded by miles and miles of beautiful beaches. You can either grab your massive sun umbrella and lay on the soft golden sand with your colourful towel or maybe go with a lido that has bar a service. In fact always choose the lido with the bar service!  

In the summer here you can find any and every excuse to go to the beach you hang out with friends read your favourite book and get tanned, but never your neck or face after all we want to look young forever not like shrivelled prunes by the time we are 36!! Grab that refreshing drink we suggest Malibu and Pineapple something less caloric then that pina colada you were craving yet which is just as satisfying! But before you set out in search for that perfect beach spot, you might want to have granita and brioche for breakfast. It is the most refreshing breakfast you have in the morning.  

On this day we decided to wear leg showing and bold coloured beach dresses just to feel the summer heat and our itsy bitsy bikini became our second skin.

Let's face it, can you even imagine a better summer where the beach is your backyard?

Refreshing Breakfast (Granita & Brioche)

Our many attempts of doing a high jump together!

Night: After that long relaxing day at the beach you come home to have dinner and especially on Saturday night you get ready to get your party on. Keeping the beachy look, we stayed true to the day, Stephanie wore a magenta pink top with a lacy summer feel skirt, while Nicola wore high waisted jeans with leather detailing that she made at school with a sexy floral bodysuit top, which can also be used as a one piece bathing suit. 

We most always have a pre-game at Nicola's house where we made fabulous martinis for the girls and the guys help themselves to there favourite drinks at the open in home bar. 

We drink we dance to the tunes of Hanson, reminiscing those younger days. We drank some more and then around 12:30am we decided to go to the local bar to drink some more and to see where the rest of the town is going to dance that night. As soon as 2am rolls around we decided there is just enough time left in the evening to get our boogie on. So we danced the night away usually to bad Latin and Top 40 of 5 months ago til the sun comes up to where we find ourselves eating paninos of sausage french fries just to absorb enough of the alcohol to stop the ceiling from spinning, 

Nothing like those magic nights of summer dancing under the stars with your best girlfriends and our silly drunken boyfriends.

And then you do it again ;)

Sunday Afternoon at Cava D'aliga

xo Nicola & Stephanie

A Life Without Dreams Is Like A Garden Without Flowers

With the sweet scent of Flowers in Bloom comes the sweet sense of possibilities and new beginnings. You feel renewed as you see from a dark and ever so cold winter the start of new life with the sun and the beautiful colours beaming, that can only bring a smile to your face. Especially after a fucking horrible, cold, lonely, dramatic, wearing 8 layers, wet socks, and gloomy 6 am alarms. It was that kind of Canadian winter for poor Stephanie. Having to hear 4 months of everyone in Canada bitch and bitch and bitch about the weather as I sat in my palm tree +6 island, I felt it was my duty to bring Stephanie shortly after arriving back in Sicily to the 'Infiorata' in Noto. Because there is no better way to celebrate spring then murals made of flowers in the most beautiful Baroque town.

  

Surrounded by tourists, Sicilians and Italians a like, we took in the sights but very quickly became part of the skeptical ourselves. Between us posing holding up sidewalk traffic. My skirt is flying up Marilyn Monroe style giving a free show to the town of Noto.  And Stephanie's Sicilian man is giving us modelling advice. We definitely added a true  Canadian flare to the event. But that’s just us, we wear what makes us comfortable, girly and free. I love wearing fun skirts and large fascinators or '2^nd heads' as my man calls them with his ever so sexy Italian accent. While Stephanie loves casual, easy and chic clothing, as she mixes prints, and clean lines seen here.

 

This is just the beginning as we continue our life journey on this old school island that is Sicily and the whole 'wild' wide world. Bringing our Canadian Torontonian culture views and style wherever we go. Learning and inspiring us as we inspire them. Taking it all in one day at a time and sharing our experiences… 
 because fuck it's fabulous, exciting and true!