I'm back!

After 3 glorious weeks in Italy and London, we are back home again.  There is much to tell and many photos to share (and washing to do).  For now, here's a photo of one of my favourite moments from our trip - on a gondola in Venice.  Cliche?  Yes!  Touristy and ridiculously over-priced?  Most definitely!  But it was simply wonderful and I'm so glad we did it.  Something to remember for many years to come.

Hope everyone is doing wonderfully well.  I have 3 weeks worth of Google Reading to do!

i am on holidays

By Quasimondo

I am currently holidaying in Italy and London.  
I will return to dazzle you with travel stories and photos sometime after October 26.  Please stop by then.

the weekend that was

We had the most wonderful long weekend (and then some) in sunny Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast with our friends and family.  It was so great to see the amazing Brisbane crew again, and to see some sun!  I swear I looked like a drunk person for the first few days as I happily lapped up the sun and exclaimed, "look, I'm not wearing a jacket!" at every chance I got.  It was glorious!  

After our short stint in Brisvegas we headed up to the coast to spend a long weekend with my whole family to celebrate my Dad's birthday.  We stayed in a stunning house and had an incredible time.  The weekend was filled with swimming, drinking, eating, laughing, card games, golf and happiness.  Dad definitely had a great birthday, and we all enjoyed getting to celebrate it with him.

So now we're back in Melbourne town.  Back to work.  Back to the not-so-warm days.  The countdown for Italy now begins in earnest.

guess what?

I am going here!  To Venice!  Can you believe it?!


By MorBCN via Flickr

In October this year I shall be heading over to London and Europe for a yet-to-be-decided time (probably a few weeks).  My lovely husband has a training course in London, and we'll be tacking on some extra time for a trip to Italy.

Hooray!  Yay!  Woohoo!

If you can't tell, I'm pretty excited.  Expect lots of Italian references popping up around here for the next few months.

Note:  I have just decided that we will be going to Italy, and informed my husband of this decision.  My husband has graciously accepted this.  He is lovely like that.