Showing posts with label travelling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travelling. Show all posts

Monday, January 18, 2010

NYE in Nice, France

This Christmas and New Years I spent with my family in Nice. We rented an apartment and a car and explored all over the place. I was snowed in until Christmas Eve and just made it in time, but it was so nice to spend time with my family. They bought me some hot pink tulips to cheer up the apartment...






New Years Eve, we went out for a dinner and drinks and at midnight walked along the beachfront and watched the fireworks and enjoyed the festive mood.



Enjoying a NYE toast in the apartment before dinner. Say hello to my new scarf friend, Foxy. I found him in a shop window one night in Nice for 20 Euro - he was the last one left so I snapped him up quick smart and took him home.


Sister Ciopetta and myself


New Years Day was spent lounging around in the apartment, eating cheese and kebabs and drinking wine. Very relaxing start to the New Year!

Ciopetta xx

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Holiday Hiatus

After a little hiatus, I'm back, and very much looking forward to blogging away much more regularly. I flew to Nice to meet my family for Christmas and New Year, then we came through Italy for a quick week trip before they flew home to Australia.

We had a fantastic time, and it was so nice to be back with my family again, especially my younger sister. We hired a car and drove through small towns near Nice (Eze, Villefranche Sur Mer, Monaco, Ventimiglia, Cannes) and ate great food and enjoyed fabulous local wines.




Monaco. Boat City. I've never seen so many apartments in my life!

Mr F. flew up after Christmas to stay with us for a few days, which I really enjoyed. And appreciated, given that he speaks verrry little English and my family speak no Italian! On January 2nd, we all travelled to Italy together and i got to show my folks around where I've been living on and off for the last few months. And introduce them to Mr F's family. (!!!)

We made our way down to Florence and Rome, (will post of their loveliness at a alter date!) and I said goodbye to my family on Saturday as they left to fly back to Australia. I'm not going to lie, I did have a teary moment as the train pulled away from the platform, but I know these next 10 months are going to fly by and I'm going to really enjoy myself.

So, a belated auguri to everyone, with a promise of more posts to come!

Ciopetta xx



Monday, December 21, 2009

Buonasera!

I'm writing from a small town in the region of Veneto, Northern Italy. I left Australia nearly 6 months ago to travel through Europe by myself and have found myself in Italy after a Series of Unexpected Events. Being, I met a lovely guy and have decided to postpone my return home to enjoy being here with him.

I wanted to join the blog world to share some of the beautiful things I've been lucky enough to see so far, and hopefully will continue to see. I encourage your feedback and comments!

Ciopetta xx