Pictures 2017
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Wine tasting in Mudgee
Fireplace, great wines, amazing view overlooking the fields of grapes that you are sipping on. Whats not to like!?
One last stop before heading back home. HERE at Logan Wines
Ambrose and Heath always being “too friendly” hahaha. Such little creeps! Wonder what the poor woman who took this photo for us must have though…. 🙂
Beautiful beautiful Mudgee! Felt so good being back here.
I am planing to make you guys a list of my personal favorite wineries for wine tasting in Mudgee. Would you guys like that?
I have not yet been in Hunter Valley, which is probobly the most famous area for wine here in Australia. However, I do have alot of friends who has been there and they are all in agreement that Mudgee out-beats Hunter Valley. Its just a level of charm and authenticity among the wineries here that is very unique I think. Ambrose always tells me that we should buy a house here, and I have always told him no. But visiting Mudgee this time, I am really starting to change my mind. I would love to have a weekend getaway house here.I will return with my list of “Must visit while in Mudgee” for you guys. Until then, get you Mudgee inspiration HERE
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Glow Worm Tunnel
I know I have been away from here for a couple of days, sorry about that. It has been a long-weekend here in Australia, God knows why, queen birthday again or something… It really doesn’t matter, we used these days to the fullest haha!One of our friend was invited us to celebrate his 30th birthday on his parents farm 30 minutes outside of Mudgee. As you might remember, we used to live in Mudgee for a while. We have been planing to go back and visit for some time now, so this long-weekend plus Boner’s birthday was perfect.
We managed to squeeze in quite a lot of things on this trip, I have therefore decided to post them in separate post’s in here. Otherwise it will be way too long! Lets start with something I really recommend – The Glow Worm Tunnel. Its this an old rail tunnel, 40 kilometers outside of Lithgow NSW. Inside this 400 meter long tunnel, which is pitch black by the way, you find these worms that glow in the dark. Its magnificent, I’ve never seen anything like it.
The 33 km long road to get to this place is an old dirt road. If you are not Australian, you probobly dont understand what this mean. All I can tell you is that its rough to drive on, no, actually this road was shit to drive on. It takes about one hour because the road is full of big wholes. If you have a normal car, don’t even think about it. You need a robust 4WD car to make it true. And prepare yourself for a bumpy ride!
But its worth it! Now I am going to finish my breakfast and run some errands, feels good to be back home! More stories from our weekend away later today. xx
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weekend in pictures
Monday here and I am happy, lots going on, but I am still and very happy.
Lets have a look of some of the things that went on during the weekend 🙂
Spend some time doing long walk with Ambrose, here we are in a very windy Coogee. 
Ambrose had things to do so I asked him to drop me off in Bondi. As soon as I got out of the car I realized I left my phone, wallet, bus-card everything in the car. Did not have anyone’s number and started to freak out a bit when I realized I was stuck. Luckily I found a waitress who helped me out! Ambrose came back with my stuff and I could stay and do some work. With this view 🙂 🙂
We have become regulars at the Spanish Tapas restaurant down the street from us! They serve great breakfast. I had salmon, truffle eggs, avocado and I swapped my grilled tomatoes for grilled halloumi. I don’t like hot tomatoes, weird but what can I say…
As I said, we really like the Spanish place so we booked table for their Sunday tapas & sangria specials. We had reservation for 2pm, think we finally ended up there after 4pm… But we had Kathleen, Heath, Bart and Kali over for some pre-sangria at our place and we had so much fun so non of us wanted to leave. 
After a couple of hours of bar hopping and gambling (here in Australia its very common to go to a pub and bet on horses) we got hungry again. Or maybe it was drunk-hunger, who knows but we got into this very Chinese restaurant that always looks amazing and started ordering well, everything. I was too busy enjoying so missed taking pictures but damn it was soooo good! We are definitely going back and I suggest anyone who likes a bit elevated Chinese food do the same. Location is: 101 Miller St, North Syndey________________________________________________
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Vivid Sydney recommendations 2017
Apologies for being absent for the last few days! It was well needed, sometimes you just got to take som time and hand out with yourself.Lets just dive straight back from where we left it shall we!? As I mentioned before, Vivid 2017 is full on here in Sydney. The streets are packed with locals but also tourists who have come here to enjoy these spectacular light shows. What you might not know ( I just found out myself ) is that the city is doing Vivid in order to draw more people out into the streets of Sydney during the winter season. As well as attract tourists that otherwise only consider to visit Sydney during summer.
I think its such an clever idea. It boosts the economy, people interact more and its great marketing for this city.
Here are some information and recommendations from me:
Date: May 26 to June 17
Time: 6PM to 11PM each night
Cost: Vivid is an free event
Public Transport: During Vivid certain roads are restricted for cars. There are 3500 extra public transport services available during Vivid. The ferries are illuminated from 6PM
Food: There are many food-stalls around the city. Most restaurants are open for business. For restaurants with views over Vivid, I strongly recommend to reservation.
Additional Recommendation: Take one the ferries or book The Bridge Climb for the ultimate view experience.Music Box – Cadman’s Cottage, which is one of Sydney’s oldest buildings. Where: The Rocks
Urban Tree 2.0 – Where: Martin Place
The Museum of Contemporary Art – Where: Circular Quay
Future City – Where: Chatswood CBD
Birds of Lumos – Where: Royal Botanic GardenFor more information click Here
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pictures from my phone
Friday evening arrived and we had 2 big events ahead. First stop was my acting group organizing a big dinner ( around 80 pp) in Pyrmont. I was in charge of dessert, a chocolate mousse, that did not go as planed. The taste was there but the texture of the mouse was more like diarrhea… 🙁
I cant do desserts !!!!
After the acting event we hurried back over the bridge. Jessica’s 30th dinner party was up next….
I had so much fun! Laughed all night of all their stories so not many pictures unfortunately.
The venue is so nice. Perfect if you are planning a dinner with friends. The outside area has open fire which makes it even more cozy, specially now during winter. Make reservations and check out their menu Here
Saturday morning. We had nothing booked in, the weather was amazing which is a perfect combination. We jumped into the car and decided to explore a new(ish) area here in Sydney – Petersham. This is known as the “Portuguese” area of Sydney, which means full of delicious Portuguese food. A big recommendation is restaurant Silvas.
They are famous for their chicken burgers and I now understand why! If you are in this neighborhood check this place out
Black coffee is a must after a heavy lunch like that.
Before heading back home, we drove by an area called Breakfast Point. We were walking by their lake and suddenly Ambrose slipped in the mud literately flew of the ground and crashed on his back. That was the end of our exploring since he was now covered in stinky mud 🙂 🙂
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Bondi beach Before sunrise
We just got back from Bondi beach. Ambrose and I dragged ourselfs there early this morning and I can tell you this, it was not easy to leave a warm nice bed at 5 AM. But like always, totally worth it when you do.
I really want to program myself to need less sleep, about 6 hours per night should do it. I don’t believe in this “you need at least 8 hours sleep nonsense” You get so much more time to get things done if you skip an hour or two of sleep.
It was still dark when we arrived, wintertime and all. And the waves were huge! Ambrose and the other surfers looked tiny trying to concur those massive waves. Have a look here if you want to learn to surf.
I took some pictures, maybe they can inspire you to get up a bit earlier? xx
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Sunday in Manly
Spent a couple of hours in Manly last Sunday. My friend Kimberly had her sisters over from Brisbane so she asked if I wanted to join them for lunch in Manly. The bus took almost an hour and it was packed but it was worth it once i got there. Beautiful beach stole, Delicious lunch, crazy market and best of all, great company with the girls!
We had our lunch on a balcony with a spot on view as you can see.On the way back home we all took the ferry. Which turned out to be what EVERYONE else in Sydney was doing at that moment! Big crowds is a big no no. We survived as you can see in the last pictures, got some spots outside the ferry and took pictures of this pretty city. And of our self’s of course 🙂
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Snaping away
Monday and I’ve got some of the things from my To Do List done. I read somewhere that its bullshit that we all NEED 8 h sleep. I’m thinking I should just do 5 or 6 hours and get more time. Easier said that done but worth trying.
So far I finished my morning exercise, met up with my friend Katharine for breakfast. She has her own business back in China and is only here to invest in a house. I really enjoy talking to her because she has some very good point that I have not thought of before.
I think its beneficial for us as humans to interact as much as possible with people who are outside our own demographic. Older or younger than yourself, different cultures, people with background completely unfamiliar to ours.Over breakfast we discussed Chinese medicine and how Western medicine are so much about a “quick fix”. I have for some time now used acupuncture for the pain in my neck after I was in a bus accident and Katharine was explaining more in dept about how the Chinese has been using this method for thousands of years. They aim to solve not only the pain, but also the reason behind the pain. In other words, treating The Mind, The Body and The Soul.
We are meeting up again next Friday, I am getting some help and ideas on owning and running your own business. More on that later. I need to do some more brainstorming before I have a clear idea I can talk about here.
I’ve spent most of the afternoon researching and I definitely have more knowledge now. God, what did we do before The Internet!? It makes everything so much more easy for us. We kind of don’t have any excuse anymore…Aaannnddd Nnnooooowww, from super deep to the ultimate shallow – Snapchat. My neck is in so much pain, can hardly move so I am testing out all the latest “faces” on Snap and harassing my friends back in Europe.
Life is all about balance hahaha
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