Travelling woman indulging in St Kilda

Spring - a Melbourne Spring! What is it about Melbourne that lifts the soul and raises the smiles? Can't be all those people still hovering in the black jackets, white shirts and black pants! Wish Melbourne would explode into colour!

BUT

How good is the food in St Kilda?
I will tell you.. it is amazing.......
Imagine - #Radio Mexico! best mex! Sitting in a pretend outside area.... a space packed with other taste seekers.... and the food ? Well, my experience of Mex is huge tacos-
My new experience is excellent tastes with little tacos with loads of tastes......
#Galleon Cafe- a lone Doberman bemoaned being left by his person( who just happened to be dining happily on a huge Mungous Brekkie at Galleon....... )

How many more tastes? Let me see, champagne at Jimmie Jamz in Lygon Street?

Linguine at Cicciolina's in Acland Street? Super strong black chocolate cake at Acland Street Cakes?????
Enough... no more.......

I tell you just a taste......
It is best to sit a while and watch the French Bulldogs wiggling along the street; Daxies leading their humans........

Ah St Kilda!!
You have won me!
I am going back there for summer...............

The Paris of Australia!!!!

Not Paris!!!
No, that is right, it won't be Paris but it will be wonder wonderful Melbourne! Weekend blitz! This year, I have remained silent , pondering on my efforts next year. 2013 has found me in Australia, holing up for 2014.
So, I have become a travelling woman in Australia.

My blog is expanding into places to be and eat in Australia and mainly in beautiful Tasmania.
I assure you all, my dedicated readers, that the writing and aesthetics will be no less than before; photos will enhance and titillate- just wait!

Love St Kilda in Melbourne - love the esplanade and the shops- and the cakes- yum!

Enough - have to work so am off!

T'is over......

This is it! I have said it before and I say it again...... travel is the way to open your mind and your heart. You have to be open to move along with people and to be able to operate in places...... to be closed means that the world will be closed to you.
I now have so many wonderful friends overseas.... I have had so many kindnesses offered to me. I have learnt about people and I allowed people to learn about me.
Travelling is an exposure of trust and learning.....
I have been to my wish list...... and I now have to develop another one so that next time I go in2014 I need to have a  few over the top desires to fulfil.

Thanks to you all for reading my blog.... yes it does stop as there is no way that you would want to read about my day to day life.... pretty tame...................... and also my type of work is not about blogging!

If you enjoyed my blog I would love you to email me and tell me what you liked and why you liked it......

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please mail me......

Farewell!xx

Deja Vu in Abu Dhabi!

Could I really have been here before? HOw long ago was it? How did it feel? Well, seems I am back and the Gate is full.... gotta be a huge plane........ Left CDG this morning and decided that next time, it was not a priority to fly into Paris.....find another French city!

We will be loading soon and heading back in time.. does that make me younger?
There will be one ,ore update before this blog will be history... and I will probably write it this weekend.......
Thanks to you all for reading it...
It has been so much fun!

Memories in Photos

At Auberterre- Cathedral totally built out of rock

Cathedral at Auberterre- the sepulchre was one block

Our home in the Dordogne

Dordogne home

Brantome

Au Revoir a France demain!

So here we are...... Pullman HOtel at CDG Paris. Caught the train this morning at 11 a.m. from Perigueux to Bordeaux then to Paris CDG. Long trip  but great train in first class! A woman sitting in front of us had two tiny puppies - poodle x fluffy things..... tiny tiny doggies so at least in the current state of doggie deprivation , we got to have a cuddle! So different coming up from Bordeaux to Paris... flatter land and much more almost largish acre farming.......

However.... yesterday in the John household..... we went off to Brantone and Bordeilles. IN Brantone, this small village, part of the town is built into a rock cliff and it lies along a river ...

Nice night of farewells last night... slow beginning this morning!!!!!

And here we are!
It is our last night in France
So much fun!
So many people!

And you must see my fabulous silk Italian hat!