Monday 28 December 2020

Learning Spanish - A Christmas Special Number 6

  • toffee - caramelo
  • thankyou very much - muchas gracias
  • socks - calcetines

and the previous ones:
  • special - especial
  • cider - la sidra
  • vegetable - vegetal
  • trifle - nimiedad
  • reindeer - reno
  • santa - de santa
  • turkey - Turquía
  • advent - adviento
  • tinsel - oropel
  • fairy lights - luces de hadas
  • presents - regalos
  • family - familia
  • Christmas - Navidad
  • Christmas tree - árbol de Navidad
  • snow - nieve

Learning Spanish - A Christmas Special Number 5

  • special - especial
  • cider - la sidra
  • vegetable - vegetal

and the previous ones:

  • trifle - nimiedad
  • reindeer - reno
  • santa - de santa
  • turkey - Turquía
  • advent - adviento
  • tinsel - oropel
  • fairy lights - luces de hadas
  • presents - regalos
  • family - familia
  • Christmas - Navidad
  • Christmas tree - árbol de Navidad
  • snow - nieve

Sunday 27 December 2020

Learning Spanish Christmas Special #4

  • trifle - nimiedad
  • reindeer - reno
  • santa - de santa
and the previous ones:
  • turkey - Turquía
  • advent - adviento
  • tinsel - oropel
  • fairy lights - luces de hadas
  • presents - regalos
  • family - familia
  • Christmas - Navidad
  • Christmas tree - árbol de Navidad
  • snow - nieve

Wednesday 2 December 2020

All time Top 10 films


Number 1: Shawshank Redemption
Number 2: Goodfellas
Number 3: The Shining
Number 4: Basic Instinct
Number 5: The Green Mile
Number 6: Jaws
Number 7: Heat
Number 8: The English Patient
Number 9: Casino
Number 10: The Hurt Locker

Monday 12 October 2020

My Top 10 Songs for October

  • October - U2
  • October - Evanescence
  • October Skies - Mumford & Sons
  • When October Goes - Barry Manilow
  • October Song - Amy Winehouse
  • October - Deadmaus
  • October Song - Michael Ortega
  • My October Symphony - The Pet Shop Boys
  • October & April - The Rasmus
  • Secret Oktober - Duran Duran

Thursday 9 July 2020

Best Afternoon Movies to Watch

  • Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • The Full Monty
  • Jurassic Park (any or all of them!)
  • Harry Potter (first 4, the later ones better for evening)
  • Notting Hill
  • Ghostbusters (either)
  • Superman 1,2 or 3 originals
  • Bridget Jones - the first one
  • Pretty Woman
  • The Truman Show

Friday 3 July 2020

The Eternal Hopeful is back, with all things travel, lockdown, life, food, music - here we go again ...

Guess who's back, yes its me. The Eternal Hopeful. I was going for it, for a while. Then 2019 happened. 

My once beautiful blog became, basically, spam. Spam with eggs, spam with chips, spam, spam, spam and spam. I was low on time, low on energy, trying to secure new contracts, trying to deal with key lifetime events. In essence, my blog just became reposted, albeit once original, blog posts about Top 10's mainly. 

I did no new book reviews, or movie or TV recommendations. I didn't even regale you with my diet (fails) or any of my holidays, or gigs. I literally had no time for new content, and I sincerely apologise. 

Fast forward to New Year 2020. I relaunched with lots of ideas and energy. I got a new job, which was exciting, and committed to a plan for the year. Then noone expected what happened next, like something off a movie. In particular - Contagion if you want to scare yourself a bit. 

The whole world in a global pandemic. Countries locked down, unable to travel. The world changed, probably forever. I have been lucky to be able to work from home, but its been intense and its been a huge adjustment. Now, I feel the time has come to start being hopeful again. After the rain comes the sunshine and all that. 

I have lived years in a short 6 month period is what it feels like. I have had downs, more downs, a few more downs, an up, another down, on and on. The country has changed forever. My life has changed forever. 

So The Eternal Hopeful has changed forever. Out with the old, in with the new. I will share with you what it is like to be locked down in your hotel on holiday. What it is like to have a parent undergoing major surgery in the midst of the pandemic. Just life really. 

I once only really blogged about music, travel, fashion. This time, its more real. More every day. More of me. Join me in my adventure of day to day life as we have never known it. xx




My Travel Wishlist

Lets fly lets fly away

I want to go:
  • The Caribbean
  • Italy
  • Cuba
  • Med Cruise
  • Iceland
  • Denmark
  • Bruge
  • Switzerland
  • Australia
  • Hong Kong
  • Thailand
  • Peru
  • Brazil
  • Florida
  • New England
  • Chicago
  • Washington
  • Goa
  • Norway
  • Cape Verde


Thursday 2 July 2020

My Favourite Holiday Pics - Black and White









My 10 Songs for July


  • 4th of July - U2
  • July Tree - Nina Simone
  • July - Ocean Colour Scene
  • 4th of July - Soundgarden
  • July, July! - The Decemberists
  • Cold Day in July - Dixie Chicks
  • Fourth of July - Fall Out Boy
  • July Morning - Uriah Heep
  • July - Mundy
  • Fourth of July - Mariah Carey

Sunday 22 March 2020

My Favourite Love Films


  • Nights in Rodanthe
  • The Bridges of Madison County
  • Unfaithful
  • An Affair to Remember
  • Brief Encounter
  • Titanic
  • Love Actually
  • The English Patient
  • Serendipity
  • Ghost