When you have had enough vine at the Mudgee wineries you order coffee 😉

Make sure to drive and have a look at the cook nature around Mudgee

Italian dinner party with friends in Mudgee

Wine and cheese tasting with Bart and Kali in Mudgee

Always buying wine and port when we are here

Tomorrow this time we are on our road-trip to Mudgee. Oh I can’t wait! I have been in front of this screen literally all day, its tiring!  I am looking forward to the drive to Mudgee, singing along bad songs and eating ice-cream. We haven’t visited Mudgee for while now and I think both me and Ambrose can benefit from getting away for a weekend.

The reason we are driving there is our friends Burner and Tash are having their baby-shower on Saturday. Heath and Katelyn ( who stayed with us last weekend) are also driving up to Mudgee. Its going to be good having the old Mudgee friends together again.

Mudgee is this charming town about 4 hours drive from Sydney. I am not sure but I would say the town is probably most famous for its wineries. It also has a lot of great places to eat so if you are a foodie you wont be disappointed.

And it really is charming, nobody can deny Mudgee of that. If it would be closer to Sydney we might even still lived over there.

Now its time for me to close my laptop and throw it into the wall…. A bad joke, wont do that but it is actually what I feel doing now after 10 hours in front of it.
With that I am going to say bye for now. We are going to enjoy some take away Thai watching the sunset out on the veranda. If you can, I recommend you too to have a break from your electronic devices for the rest of the day.
Ciao ♥

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I want to travel. I need to travel soon! My heart is set on Italy, beautiful, romantic, wonderful Italy. Have you guys traveled to Italy? I feel it is one of the “must” when in Europe.
Why? Well lets see….the food, the history, the monuments, the shopping, the vine, the nature, the coffee, the ice cream, the people, the language, the buildings. And again, the food!

So far I have seen Rome, Naples, San Marino,Venice, Genoa,Vatican City, Ventimiglia, Milan, San Remo and Bologna.
One reason I’ve been there often is because as all European know ( and everyone coming to visit Europe) is that everything is “close by”. So especially the period I lived in Barcelona and Nice, Italy was just a train-ride or a short flight away. Sometimes we drove as well.

Miss having other countries close by haha. Now I am on a giant island far far away from everything! Not complaining though. Australia is home and that means everything to me.

– Coffee break in Naples –

Coffee in Italy is by far one of the best. Ambrose favorite was the small coffee you have standing up. I love having a coffee while sitting down, preferably with this view! Italians don’t mock around with their coffee.
I really enjoyed reading “Ordering Coffee in Italy: the 10 commandments”
It is exactly like that! Might be good to read that article before you start ordering skimmed hazelnut almond latte while in Italy. You can find the article HERE

– Colosseum in Rome –

We were here about 2 years ago. It was a surreal and powerful feeling walking along all that history that is within the walls of Colosseum. I am a big fan of history and Rome did not disappoint in that department.

– Hotel terrace in Naples –

When you travel around a couple of countries for a couple of weeks you tend to stay in a lot of different hotels. Here arriving in Naples and finding out that our hotel room came with a massive terrace. I mean really really big. Without any furniture at all, it was just big and empty. So strange but great!

– View from hotel room in Venice –

View from one of the hotels we stayed at in Venice. I loved this hotel. Ambrose hated it. The decor was very classic, old school Italian, I like that style a lot.

Such beautiful and powerful buildings everywhere in Italy

-Two of my absolute favorites in the world – Ambrose and food –

– Trevi Fountain in Rome –

– Flood in Venice –

– Mi amore next to one of the canals of Venice –

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These last few days my mind has been all about Barcelona. The reason for that is that I might have to fly 30 hours to Barcelona to literally pick up a piece of paper from the Spanish police, stating that I have not committed any crime while living in Spain. I know it sound stupid, I should be able to have that document sent to me but because I am not a Spanish citizen I cannot just get it from the Spanish consulate. Believe me, I have tried.

At first I was really upset, I kind of had enough with the Visa stuff lately and just knowing that I have to fly around the world to pick up this police clearance annoys me.

Ambrose think its funny and keep saying I should be excited because I get to go and enjoy Barcelona. Which is true, but what nobody seems to get is that I am so fed up with this “gypsy life”. I just want one country, one house, one bank in one country and all of those “normal” stuff everyone else have.
Trust me, when you are dealing with everyday situations such as insurance, Dr visits, banks loans, and everything entitling the government or consulates. You want to be in one place!

But!! I get to visit my friends and family in a city that I called home for over 5 years. And I am in love with this city. How could you not love Barcelona?!

Some memories……
These who pictures sums up perfectly a Barcelona day. Rooftop pool during the day, tapas in El Borne by night. Well during the weekends at least

  My birthday many years ago. The theme was Black & White. Here with Montse, Lulu, me, Hanna, Lucy and Sophie

After I lived abroad for 7 years (!) my best friends from Sweden came to visit. So much happened during those 10 days haha. Here with Suzy, Peppi, me, Åsa, Annie and Mikaela My last work lunch at TMC. Best workplace ever. I will definitely visit the office when I am back

Strolling around the old town is one of my favorite activity in Barcelona. Getting lost for hours is a must while visiting this city for sure.

Chiringuitos – eating and drinking on the beach. Another Barcelona must according to me.
Check out this list to find some of the good ones HERE One thing you do a lot in Barcelona is having a drink at a rooftop. There are so many of them so just take your pick. Here on one of my favorites that I always brought friends visiting me – Hotel1898

Oh God, just realized that all the pictures are being out eating and drinking. But it was like that back in the Barcelona days. Also, I must mention that this was my University years. Guess Uni time is party period for most people haha

This is from my last day living in Barcelona. I remember this as one of my most fun and memorable night in Barcelona.

After writing this post I am actually excited to fly to Barcelona. Cant wait to tell everyone I am coming.
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