This Saturday was a blast
I went to Gallipoli to meet my friend Yuriko who was in Lecce for a big event, the Asian Lover Fest :D
Actually I was supposed to stay in Lecce too to see the event but for many reasons I couldn't book it TAT So I asked my bff to take me there for a day to see her ;_;
The trip was super long, 2h and half + the car had issues and it took us so LONG to reach Gallipoli, but finally I saw herrr
She's so tiny and super cuteeeee T___T I'm so happy I got to meet her again
We know each other since more than 10 years??? I saw her going through a lot of fashion phases ww while I stayed gal, super boring XD we met in the lolita comm first, then the decora one, then the jpop idol comm and finally in the cosplay comm, a lot XDDD
Anywayyy we met up with Yuri, her manager Sion and other friends and we went around Gallipoli a bit to show Yuri & Sion the city
And then the beach!
The beach was amazing ;_; super clean and beautiful
After beach we went around again and had coffee :D this city has a special recipe for their coffee so we made her try it XD
(Picture by Alina)If you want to try it at home, it's coffee with ice and almond syrup (I think the right word is barley syrup??? It's a bitter almond based syrup/cordial, usually mixed with water or milk cuz it's kinda bitter by itself - the italian word for it is "sciroppo di orzata")
After coffee they had to get ready for a private Asian Fest party, so I stayed to help Yuri a bit (chatting for hours ofc w) and she invited me to follow her at the party!!
She treated me with champagne TAT!!!!
She had a talk show but she still took time for me to introduce me to Yamato Inoue and Shuzo!! Two super popular jp models for ELLE and Vogue that I really like ;____; I was super excited and embarassed but they were so friendly TAT the best part was that they went "oooo gyaru! sugoiii" when they saw me XDDD I didn't even say I was gal but they recognized me as gal TAT I was so super happyyy ;_; Too bad I don't speak english or japanese in an understandable way TAT I must've looked so stupid ;_; but I was so happy I could melt there right away sob