Outfits: Toy-box Town

SHIPS LOG: Manila was inundated for the better part of two weeks and A spent a lot of time looking out of raindrop-splattered windows thinking about clear skies on a summer day. When trees outside are bent in half by gusting winds and local news channels are filled with talk of cars turned submarines its only human to think back on better, sunnier days. As I was replying to Mirellas email about convenient blogging, it was only logical that those sunny days were Swiss in nature. So I thought Id share some more photos of Zurich in the spring time. Witness pastel painted houses, winding cobblestone streets, teenagers reliving mediaeval history, shops with kettles and coffee cups arranged by colour, and a river as clear and turquoise as any tropical sea. Ive had several messages from readers (yay!) about what to wear when travelling abroad, and my usual answers involve checking typical weather conditions, crawling street style blogs, and making sure that all your clothes can be mixed and matched. For Zurich, my khaki Zara jacket and cream t-shirt and floral skort combo were my go-to pieces, if only because they were the only clean items in my luggage by that point. Mirella told me I looked simply Parisian in them, which was extremely gratifying to hear coming off a five hour train from France.So todays travel tip: pack a lightweight tailored blazer for May in western Europe. :PA wears Zara blazer, thrifted floral skort, DP t-shirt, thrifted belt, and Dooney & Bourke backpack.