Ciao Ciao!!

And so it begins...officially our first trip abroad and the main reason we came here.
Having to wake up super early on Friday morning was hard but I had to tell myself that in a couple of hours you will be out of cold London and lying on a beach! Yep that's right 2 and a half hours later and we were laying out under the sun on our quick weekend trip to Sardinia. Sometimes in life you have to pinch yourself and this moment was definitely it.
Sardinia was beautiful - I tried my hand at the small amount of Italian I know, tried to burn my skin in the sun hoping it could soak up the vitamin D it has been missing and ate my weight in carbs all in a day!
Heaven!!

A room with a view

Alghero Historic Centre

Our hotel

That's amore!

Can you believe it has been one month since we arrived in London?! I can't, the time has flown and I am guessing will continue to fly. So how did we spend our one month anniversary you ask?
With a run in the morning, a French film in the afternoon and then an Italian feast made my moi with rosso vino in the evening. Now that's amore!

we heart Jamie

It was lovely Kirstie's birthday yesterday and to celebrate we went to Jamie's....Jamie's Italian that is! It was a very delicious and interesting night of random conversation (ghosts, people singing Little Mermaid tunes, the rat kings in the sewers of London and cats doing naughty things outside windows to name a tame few) and amazing food. Jamie's food is wholesome, hearty and extremely yum and his restaurant has a comfortable and super friendly vibe. So I recommend - check it out!! And if your lucky you might score a a bit of Jamie to take home...

Mario's heaven

Antipasti

Insert Main Here

(I forgot to take a picture of the main - I think I was just to hungry and forgot)

Chocolate espresso tart

Chocolate and raspberry brownie

Score!

Allo!

A few key phrases can epitomise your whole trip and ultimately inspire you for more.

This is what it was like June 2010. My European trip started in Paris, roamed through Italy, travelled along to London and ended in Hong Kong. Each place was as inspiring as the next, blowing my mind and tantalising me for more.

Simple words such as 'allo', 'allora' or 'prego' became part of my conversation and carried onto my life back home.

Everyone we met touched us in some way, from their friendly smile to their advice. They encouraged me to have more culture, learn a language and to make sure I pass all of that onto my children.

So in saying that, my time has come, to explore what else is out there, to take the exciting step and move overseas.

So thankyou to the waiter in Olio, France, to the beach bar owners at Monterosso, Italy and also to that man who fell asleep on the tube in London - you have paved out my new life for the next few years.

a selection of Euro 2010

beautiful Florence


Avignon


excited by Florence (as you would be)


and then there was Paris.... ahhh