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Perfect Sunday with beach and oysters
The “Mademoiselle” sandwich
At the Oyster Festival
Just back from a to the house. I had one of those perfect Sunday´s. You know one of those days without any particular plans, but everything just turns out to be perfect.
We started with my favorite breakfast at This Little Piggy. I’ve told you about this place waaayyyy too many times so I’ll stop. Not everyone gets crazy obsessed over a plate of food. I get that…..
After breakfast we drove to Ettalong. The Oyster Festivals was on and I always wanted to see it but somehow we missed it every time its on. We started by wine tasting. I choose to only taste cold, crispy dessert vines and a couple of port vines. It was way to hot for red vine. There was food stalls everywhere but we were only interested in oysters. they had a couple of dressings to choose from. We tried “spicy passion fruit” on one oyster but nope. A pinch of salt and fresh lemon is the way to go.Its started to get a bit too crowded for us, neither me nor Ambrose are very fond of crowds. Instead we drove to Killcare beach which is one of the best beaches around the coast. A couple of dips in the ocean was perfect for a hot day like this Sunday.
In the afternoon we have manage to squeeze in a short walk, a small trip around the coast and some grocery shopping for tonight dinner. Now we are sitting with a bag of fresh lychee’s out in the backyard. Need to soak up the rest of this perfect Sunday and get some vitamin D from the sun.
It’s going to be nice to just relax for the rest of this evening. Yesterday was Cappa’s 30th birthday party all day. And around 7pm we were invited to a house party with my old colleagues from Barcelona.
Have a good afternoon everyone. xx
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best day ever!
And so came the day we have been waiting for for such a long time. Almost 2 years!
I drive down to my coffee place order my regular almond latte. Took a seat outside to get some morning sun, and then I opened my email (I normally never read my emails in the morning). And there it is…..the nicest, most waited for email I’ve ever seen in my life!
I just read the word “finalisation” and burst into tears. Happy tears. very very happy tears. My mum was the first person I called because for months, every time I call her she answers with ; ” do you have some exciting news to tell me”? She is of course asking if we got our Partner Visa. After I called my sisters and told them the great news.Ambrose got this amazing new just now after dinner. I did not want to tell him over the phone when he is at work. This news are way to big and personal for that!
I bought a blueberry cheesecake to celebrate and his dad brought out some wine. We cheered, ate cake and we feel like we are finally there. The last steps to be done are Police checks from Sweden, Spain and Australia. I have already completed the forms and sent them in. And a health examination which I also booked in for next Thursday morning.
The Australian immigration has asked me for 1. Full health examination 2. Chest X-rays and 3. HIV blood test ???!!Don’t even get me started on #3 …… super bizarre. Why do they want a HIV test from me? hahaha. But, you know what, I don’t care. I feel like I can do and get anything in this world today after receiving that email.
Now I am gonna fall asleep like a little child with a big smile on my face. ZZZzzzzzzzz
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Remedy routines to enjoy with your partner
I know we look super scary …. but lets share it anyway 🙂Hello,
Hope everyone has had a good day so far! Ours has been filled with all sorts of remedy routines. Ambrose came back from the bucks party quite sick. He is coughing badly and is also sunburned. Unfortunately he did have to go to work this morning and I spend most of my day doing volunteer work ( from a cafe, not the office today ) and studying. But as soon as we both got back to the house we have had all sorts of remedy routines. Well I have forced Ambrose into these face-sheet masks. I always try to do all kinds of different skincare routines on him hahah. He hates it, but he is sick and too weak to struggle against my partner routine madness.
Well, other than taking care of our skin our evening has been filled with ice-cream ( necessary when you are sick ).
Of course also watching cartoon in bed, and lots and lots of soothing tea. I make mine like this:– Fresh organic fresh ginger (boil it and use the water)
– Fresh organic turmeric
– Manuka honey
– Fresh lemon juiceNow back to snuggles. Speak soon. Ciao
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Sydney weekend activities thru my phone
I am back at the house. Ambrose went away to Newcastle last Saturday morning with 30 boys. They hired a farm for 3 nights for Bart’s buck’s party. As soon as he left I took the train to Bronte, neither Kali (Bart’s fiance) nor I wanted to be alone for 3 nights haha.
Our plans were to do absolutely nothing so cant say I did take too many pictures. I mean who want to see a couple of girls having wine and cheese, chitchatting while watching trash TV like The Kardashian’s?! That is mainly what we did but I did manage to get at least a couple of snapshots on my phone…..
here is me on my loooooonnnngggg journey to the big city. It took me 2 hours and 46 minutes door to door! Its ridiculous. It was raining one hour, and sunny the next, very strange. Luckily I had my Tony Robbins book and these Jacaranda’s trees to look at. Its hard to show you exactly how nice they really are just true my phone. I am in love with them and will for sure have them on my land when we buy a house. 
It started nice, I bought some wine and some dips. Amy came by and she also had bought some wine. Kali had already got some cheese, dips and of course a couple of bottles of wine…..
5 bottles later….. we were dancing, laughing, gossiping about what the guys were up to on the bucks party. We also helped Kali with her vows for the wedding. She read what she was gonna say and we all cried a little bit. hahha I haven’t had this kind of “girly” night in years. Us girls are so emotional! Jezus!
The second picture is from the next day. We went to bed at 2 am and woke up at 7 am. Me and Kali felt pretty good. Amy on the other hand…..
Needed to be carried clearly. hahahaha. I wasn’t even trying to get Amy and Kali in this picture. I was just obsessed with the Jacaranda tree
The three of us had breakfast at Eugene’s in Bronte. Well, me and Kali did. Amy ordered and as soon as the food came she left and sat outside. She was too sick to even see food. We teased her of course and we were too hungry and tired to keep her company poor thing.
After breakfast we went back home to just chill for a couple of hours. But as soon as the rain stopped we took the opportunity to go for a walk. One of my favorite activity to do in any city, especially in Sydney is to just walk around for hours. Look what nice spots you can find!
Time for lunch! We chose a Brazilian restaurant down by Bronte beach. I had the Brazilian Bowl, cant remember the actual name, but it was something slow-cooked which is my favorite type of preparation of food always.
Too bad you cant see how Bronte beach behind Kali in this picture. The camera of my phone just would not take it in unfortunately.
On Monday morning I went in to the office to do some volunteering. Only Marney was in and as always I love working with her. Met up with Kali after work, we got some red wine and ordered Indian home delivery. We spent most of Monday night planing a weekend away with some of our friends. Renting a house and just enjoying summer. We had a quite early night before I headed back to the house up the coast. Even if it takes forever on the train it is pretty beautiful here. Cant complain.Now I have a lunch date with Ambrose. Three days has felt more like three weeks so want to spend as much time with as possible.
Have a nice day guys. Ciao_____________________________________________________
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Sisters, Barcelona restaurants and Bucks party
Oh these two <3
Without exaggeration, I truly think I have the best sisters in the world. I miss them everyday because we always have such a good time together. If only Barcelona was closer! All of us out eating and drinking at Ciudad Condal must be one of my top three hobbies. And yes, I actually DO consider eating out a hobby. Judge all you want…..
If you ever visit Barcelona, and I highly recommend you do at least one time. The you must must must visit this wonderful Tapas Bar and Restaurant. Click HERE more information. Also make sure to ask for their “Menu del Dia” which is their daily specials and only in Catalan but do what I did ; just point at other people’s dishes sitting around you. You wont be disposed I promise.
On the schedule today is Ambrose’s brother Leonard and sister Anastasia’s birthday lunch at 3pm. After that I am taking myself down to Bronte. All the boys are away for a three nights to celebrate Barts bucks party ( do you say celebrate??) so I am spending the weekend with Kali – the bride to be. Our weekend plan is simple : Rose’, trash TV, take away food and cheese. It’s such a shit weather so it fits perfect.
Earlier this morning was coffee with Ambrose followed by buying alcohol for the bucks party. It’s over 30 guys going to this thing, x three nights, so you can imaging how many cans and bottles Ambrose bought. He brought me to the shops as his side kick. I was pretty useless, did not carry anything, BUT I did put in a couple of bottles of champagne in the trolley. There is something about the popping and the bubbles that represents celebration. Nothing does that better than champagne. Perfect for a bucks party.
Alright enough chit-chat. Ambrose took our car so I need to find a train out of here.
I’ll see you guys again from Bronte. xx__________________________________________
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Ettalong beach
Ettalong beach in Sydney, Australia. How dreamy is this place!
Hello, how are we today ? I am in such a good mood. hahah I know, sometimes even I think I might be a bit bipolar….
But I am working on it believe me! Today I am not really writing because I have anything to say. The reason I am writing this because I was threatened by my little sister earlier this morning. She sometimes have a coffee and read my blog so I am forced to have an adventures life so she has material to read…Unfortunately nothing exciting is going on today. I am sitting at the library (I love libraries) trying to work but this annoying women in front of me is humming to herself. People humming to themselves is always annoying, but in a library it is more then annoying! I want to throw something hard on her so she shuts up. But I don’t think that’s legal in this country…hmmmm 🙁
Last week it was another women who was eating chips. She was chewing slowly, trying to not draw any attention to herself. But seriously, out of everything to eat in a quite place – chips is the worst.The pictures are taken earlier this week. It was 37 degrees so I decided that I would go to the beach. I choose Ettalong beach which is not far from the house. If you are in Sydney, Ettalong beach is located up the coast and as you can see ineradicable.
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Hen’s Party at mrs Sippy
A very late post from last Saturday night – Kali’s Hen’s party at Mrs Sippy in Double Bay.
I can see from the pictures now after that we actually did this for 10 hours! My makeup slowly is getting messy and my eyes are getting blurry with every cocktail.
I might have mentioned it before that my favorite cocktail is whiskey sour. The bartender (poor guy, he must have alone made over 100 of cocktails for us ) recommended Amaretto Sour which I quickly swapped to, and stuck to for the rest of the hen’s party. How could I have forgotten about this tasty cocktail??We started off at 1pm and I think I put myself and Nour into an Uber around 11pm. For Kali’s Hen’s party we started with our own are upstairs at Mrs Sippy. We had our own bartender and finger food for a couple of hours which was great. I got to meet Kali’s family, more of her colleagues and friends, all fun so I know the wedding is gonna be great. If you think about it its not so much the place or anything else that makes an event amazing. Its the people. If they are fun, outgoing, kind, then every event can be really memorable. And that’s what I think will happen on their wedding day. Which is all you could ask for, and Bart & Kali really deserve it because they are great people.
We played games; “who said what” which is a game where we had to guess if either Kali or Bart said a particular statement. We all lost, mainly because Bart lied on most of the things! haha
Like this one for example; ” I do most of the dishes” – Bart said he does. I’ve never seen him even clean one cup!
Yep – more Amaretto Sour to the people!
Barts mum (in the middle/front) sent me this picture. haha such a good one
Pretty girls!
I think Mrs Sippy is a perfect venue for special events such as Hen’s, Bux, birthdays etc. Or even just a fun night out. HERE you can find out more about this venue.______________________________________________
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On a different planet
don’t took any pictures this morning so this one from a cave will do. Kind of represents how I feel today anyway hahaGood morning!
just about to finish breakfast while sitting with the laptop at the kitchen counter. Planning to get a little bit done before heading to the gym. Missed yoga this morning so instead its gonna be a class with lifting weights.
Don’t really want to do any of it. Even earlier, after dropping Ambrose off at the station, I always do my Priming exercise. But this morning I just had to turn it off, I got into such a down mood, I am pissed off and I feel stuck because as hard as I try, sometimes you just don’t see any changes. And its just so very disappointing.
And when you been told again again that its because of you, or that what you are feeling is wrong, you start to believe it, which is sad. Every time this happens I realize how much I don’t “fit in” and how much I try to. I cant do that any longer.Australia is amazing but at times like this, I just feel very very far away, like I am all alone on another planet.
Anyway. this writing turned up to be just as low as I am feeling right now, so lets just ended here haha.
I am going to clean up a bit before heading to the class.
And lets do Saturdays Hen’s party after that. Have a good morning!__________________________________________________