Spontaneous Sydney

This is what heaven looks like

As I was sitting on my 12 hour flight to Bangkok, one bearable plane meal down, lights out and watching Coldplay live at Glasto I had a thought, isn't it wonderful having friends that you don't think twice about jumping on a 24 hour flight to visit. While this might sound terribly cheesy (picture above demonstrates my penchant for cheese) these recent moments symbolise the point I am currently at in my life, since I moved back from Australia the world suddenly seems to have opened up allowing me to jump somewhat surreally between my two lovely lives.My exhaustion was causing me to be sentimental but 5 hours away from my mid-point destination I suddenly felt like the luckiest girl this side of Eastern Russia (or wherever I happened to be at the time of writing).

My trip to Sydney was hallmarked by some major events, two 30th birthdays, lots of live music, hanging in the hot tub, a vineyard retreat and of course a lot of eating. I have decided for simplicity I will document my adventures into a few separate bits: cafe eating, a weekend in Orange to and a spontaneous jaunt to Melbourne.

So forgive my endless pictures of beautiful food and sunshine. It's a hard job, but someone has got to do it.

Oh Sydney. It's good to be home