Canberra

OMG! I am so sorry I take forever to do anything! So what did I do in Canberra? Well, a lot more than I expected....It’s supposed to be a boring place, that’s what everyone I talk to says at least. BUT I had fun there. I went to:

Black Mountain...am I making up that name? Or was it actually called that?

It was pretty cool. Hehe. Had a view of all of Canberra from that tower thing. We could go outside and have a look around as well as looking from inside. Outside, was however VERY windy!! One side was obviously ok, but as you walked round the tower you sort of started getting dragged backwards!

Questacon – apparently the only thing to do in Canberra...pfff. It’s quite cool. Obviously made for people younger than James and I, but that didn’t stop us having fun with the interactive stuff!

Vanity Fair Portrait Gallery – was interesting. Some of the older portraits were really cool, and obviously more real (no retouching and loads of makeup). I found the modern ones a bit too...nude? I don’t know why people want to take their clothes off nowadays, but a lot of them do!

We went to the Art Gallery the same day, but first went on a walk down to the lake. It has a Jet d’eau too! Hehe. I took some pictures of it despite having one at home!

The Art Gallery was cool. Hehe. Had lots of different kinds of art in it. I took a few pictures before realising we weren’t allowed to take photos!! Oops! Here are some of my faves:

Blue poles by Jackson Pollack.

Don’t know the name but it was cool. J I liked the shadow!

Outside the Art Gallery they had some cool decoration thingies...Poles wrapped in scarves and a floating ball:

We also went to the War memorial...wasn’t that interesting, but the Poppies next to all the names of the people in the war were pretty:

After a trip to Queensland (will write about that later) we came back to Canberra for a few days, and played some Golf...not really golf, but fun golf...the term for it escapes me at the moment...hate it when that happens! It was a lot of fun. I started off a bit too competitive...so not me! :P Toned it down though so that I could actually enjoy myself! We ended up drawing, and had quite a bit of fun. Hehe...we liked the bunkers...and were pretty hopeless at our first shots!

We also went and saw 3 movies. We saw Transformers 2 during my first week there. Was pretty cool. I didn’t expect to like it because it’s not my kind of movie, but I did. We went and saw Harry potter a few days after it came out...was long, and good but not...The ending was a bit bleh. BUT the lucky potion bit was hilarious, favourite bit...wish Harry acted like that all the time! And then we saw Hangover! EXCELLENT movie! Laughed quite a bit!

We did other stuff...of course...but not much else I think is worth mentioning!

10 things I love...

1. Annecy. :)

2. Petit Collage

3. El Mundo, a cute clothes shop in Morzine, France.

4. Banoffee pie. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.

5. Decorating and daydreaming about decorating...seems to be all I do nowadays.

6. Rock this Party (everybody dance now) - Bob Sinclair

7. AUTUMN! Can't wait for it to arrive. I love the colours, the coolness, the lovely LONG SLEEVE tops you get to wear, and the season so so much!

8. Getting ready to go back to school. Something I always loved. Yes, I did and do love school! I especially love buying new stationary for a new year.

9. Wii fit....omg! I love the hula hooping, but am so feeling the pain from doing too much of it yesterday. I am realising how often we use our stomach muscles during the day!!

10. Our new kitty for Durham! Thank you Miriam! :)

New Inspiration

Wall stickers by sixunderatree.

They are pretty cool. These are my favourites. :)

I will be posting about Australia soon...I promise!!

Inspiration of the day

Flowers on a string. :)

PS: I've given the blog a little make-over.

10 things I love.

1. Getting to spend a month with James! :)

2. Being by water, whether it;s a river, lake or the ocean some of my favourite places are near water.

3. The Opera House.

4. Kikki.k - amazing stationary and crafts shop!

5. The view the animals at Taronga Zoo have....jealous!

6. The Hangover! Awesome movie!

7. Darling Harbour. So nice to just sit around and do nothing there.

8. HUGS!! Come in all shapes and sizes. :)

9. Cupcake ice-creams. We even put little treats inside!

10. James' cooking! Yum! He made chicken kiev with rice and peppers, and profiterolls for dessert. :)


This is almost like an update about what I did in Australia...but that won't stop me giving you a proper update!

Now for some good news: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/847962/Boy-snatched-in-domestic-kidnapping

Paris Photos. :)

Finally I can load some pictures! It may take me a while to post more because it took such a long time to do this post...but it's something!!!

The cool fountain:


The gaiety:

I will try and post about Australia as soon as possible, and everything else will be started in a week. Taking a week to get used to home, and enjoy the company of family, then I am going to start with organising my room and wardrobe. :)

Coming soon!

So I haven't been around lately, a.k.a the last month, but I have a reason. I've been busy. Not really doing much, but having fun and spending as much time with James as possible before I go home.

I wanted to post about my trip to Australia a few time a week, with pictures. But I couldn't load any pictures and thought loads of fully text posts would be boring. (I am a visual person) So I haven't been saying much. James is at a lecture now, so I thought I would just drop by and explain myself and say what should be coming up. I have had a bit of time to plan things, and I love planning, and for my next 2 months off uni I have a lot of fun planned!

What I want to do:
-Post about Australia.
-Paint, draw things for my new room.
-Make things to put on the walls and plan layouts.
-Buy cute, practical stationary.
-Make place settings for our dining room.
-Make door stops.
-Take beautiful pictures.
-Hang out with my family.
-Learn to cook well.
-Bake.
-Sort out my wardrobe and all my un-needed things.
-Post lots of 10 things I love lists.
-Sort out my blog.
-Post about all these things.

I hope I can get this all done! :)

Paris

It's been a while since I've been able to update, and I am choosing to blame: 1) My travelling, and 2) The fact that my home hates my computer and won't give me internet for more than 5 mins.

I am now in Australia, James' house, more on that later, and I have internet connection!!! YAY!!! SO I will update people on what I have been doing.

SO! On my way home from Uni I met my mum in Paris. Ooo la la! Seriously not as cool as I remember it being. It's pretty. The old buildings and architecture are amazing, and the river is nice. BUT it was soooooooooooooooo hot, which never puts me in a good mood, the Eiffel tower looked old and well quite a bit like scaffolding, which I now find ugly and think ruins the rest of the view slightly, and the Louvre....man oh man...not what I expected.

The first day we only had time for dinner because my plane landed quite late. It was an hour delayed (seems to be the story of my life at the moment, more later). So we went out and found this nice little restaurant. We actually found lots of nice little restaurants, but this was the only one with free tables. We both got salads and some white wine. There were two salads that looked really good, so we shared them, half each, YUM. I forgot how much I loved Salads. I forgot how much I loved European food, and the lifestyle. So after a long dinner of chatting and wine, we went back to the hotel and slept.

Next day we attacked the Louvre, not literally, after having coffee and pain au chocolat at a cafe. It's very pretty from the outside, and the little triangular fountain/water things were very cold, so nice for refreshing yourself. The queue was not what I expected it to be. The other times I had been to Paris and been past the Louvre there were HUGE queues, but this time barely anyone. We joined the queue at 10:15 and were in with tickets by 10:30! That was probably the most exciting bit about the Louvre. :P We went to see the Mona Lisa, because that’s what you should do when you go to the Louvre, and I must say, it is overrated. Sure it's a great painting and all, but it's so small and no better than any of the other paintings on the rest of the walls. I'm sure if it wasn't on it's own wall people wouldn't notice it. We walked around the Museum for 2 hours, and my legs HURT!

So we left to have some lunch. We ate the Louvre restaurant, which is small and cute and well next to the Louvre. We had some nems and a clubsandwich between us, and enjoyed sitting down. (There were hardly any seats in the Louvre when we wanted to sit!).

After the nice break, we walked through that garden in front of the Louvre. It has some fancy name, but I can't remember it. It was hard walking through there. The gravely stuff was white, and reflecting the strong sun back up at us. Needless to say it was HOT. So we found some benches in the shade and sat down.

My mum wanted to go to this square that has painters on it, which turns out to be next to the Sacre Coeur, a LONG walk away. So we got the Metro! Yay for Metros! We took another break up their and had a beer. It's a tough life visiting Paris.

After that we were exhausted and went back to the hotel for a nap. And then dinner. We went to this nice place near the Pompidou. The waiters were so nice. :) and the food was good, and the location pretty. We liked it there. We had the plat de jours, which was Salmon and tagliatelli. YUM. :) That was one looong day.

Final day, we got up late, and went to the same cafe for breakfast. Then headed to the Pompidou. Unfortunately it was closed on Tuesday. :( But there was a cool display in the fountains outside. The fountains were made by Niki de Saint Phalle. I love her stuff. :) To kill some time, we went round a shopping centre, and then had lunch at the same restaurant we had dinner at the night before. We tried to make the meal last until 3:30. We did quite well, we were there til 3:15.

We then went to BHV, but not until I had taken photos of all the Gay bars we went past. I now understand were Gay Paris comes from. :P BHV was pretty awesome, especially the crafts and decorating floor. Oh my! I so want to go back this summer to get things for next year’s house!

Once our legs were bored of that we went to Ben and Jerry’s for ice cream, and then to the airport. It was a long wait in the airport, but I didn't care. It was air-conditioned, and we had seats. :)

(I would post pictures...if I could...but none will load. :( so maybe tomorrow)