My farewell to Sydney with a Harbour Bridge sunny walk

Hi everyone! I would like to share with you the last pictures I took from my stay in Sydney. It didn't feel like winter on that day when I did the Harbour Bridge walk. Crossing the mythical bridge walking is such a great experience!! Highly recommend because it gives you the view on the city's skyline, so that you can take nice pictures of the Opera House :)

Two days after this walk I flew back home in France. 24 hours of flights and surprisingly no jetlag at all on my arrival. But it took me a few days after that to realise that the Australian adventure had come to an end. I am so grateful to have lived such an amazing experience and to have met some awesome new friends! And of course I'm super excited and happy to see my family and to spend relaxing time, enjoying the European summer, in my hometown in the South of Brittany...

Wow I visited Frozen's castle!!

Hej hej stationery lovers!

Hi everyone! When I was 12, I used to love doing scrapbooking with my photos. It was such a relaxing and creative activity! Since then, I always had so many notebooks for everything but mostly because I love beautiful stationery. Here in Sydney, I discovered a brand called Kikki.K which sort of encourages you to do the same through your planning activity. It means that you decorate your agenda or planner in a very personal way to increase your productivity, to achieve your goals but also to find happiness and mindfullness. I have to admit that I completely fell in love with the idea. I've never been a planning-freak but I like making a point of tracking my productivity and delivering my work on time. Kristina Karlsson is the Swedish lady who launched and runs the business.

I find he Scandinavian design of their products is very inspiring and the customer service in store is absolutely wonderful. A lovely quote, a nice journal and a cup of tea is pretty much all you need...

*hej hej = Swedish for hello :)

If you wish to find some inspiration, here is their blog Click here and their website Click here. Unfortunately, the stores they have in Europe at the moment are in London. However they deliver through their website in many countries in Europe.

A sunny Sunday in the Blue Mountains

It takes approximately 2 hours to go to the Blue Mountains from Sydney. It such a nice trip on the train to get there. On that day, we did the walk from the Leura Cascades till the Echo Point. It's about 3 hours of walking. The perfect place to meditate and find yourself...

Day trip to Newcastle

Kayak in Manly

Such a nice kayak afternoon we had with my flatmate Joy in Manly a few weeks ago. 

So much fun and what a great moment at sunset... :)

South of Sydney: Little Bay Beach

New South Wales Art Gallery: Non figurative art

Mary Webb, Joie de Vivre (1958)

Ralph Balson, Painting no 9 (1959)

Regina Pilawuk Wilson, Syaw, Fish net (2004)

Makinti Napanangka, Untitled (2007)

Dickie Minyintiri, Kalaya Kalaya (2011)

New South Wales Art Gallery: Aboriginal Art

Mathaman Marika, Wagilag Sisters' Story (1959)

Mawalan Marika, Bark Painting, Djan'kawu Myth (1959)

Unknown, Dreaming journey (1974)

Timmy Payungka Tjapangati, Children's goanna dreaming (1974)

Charlie Tararu Tjungurrayi, Frog Spirit dreaming (1974)

Uta Uta Tjangala, Untitled, Jupiter Well To Tjukula (1979)

Dick Pantimus Tjupurrula, Water and wallaby dreaming (1981)

Watching the sunset at Watsons Bay

The famous walk from Bondi to Coogee

Weekend Inspiration

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a lovely week. I wanted to share with you some decoration inspiration. Here I'm a bit frustrated because I can't decorate my room properly, I'm only in Australia for seven months and I can't bring back many things with me to Europe... Anyway, I thought it could be nice to show you what inspires me those days!

Bedroom inspiration

Make it cosy

The lighter the better

Add some magical details

Office inspiration

 Make it fresh

Be inventive

Add some details to inspire you and make you more productive

Some copper-coloured inspiration

Make it elegant and harmonious

5 things I miss from France

Salut tout le monde ! 

En dehors de ma famille et de mes amis, voici le top 5 des choses qui me manquent ici :

1 - Thé Dammann 

Malgré l'importance de l'héritage britannique ici, il est difficile de trouver du bon thé quand on n'est pas très fan du thé vert... Les bons thés noirs épicés aromatisés à l'amande, la vanille, la cannelle, le gingembre et la cardamome sont très difficiles voire impossibles à trouver.

2 - Pain, fromage, saucisson et autres réjouissances !

Une baguette de pains coûte rarement moins de 4 dollars et n'a malheureusement pas le même goût que notre merveilleuse Banette 1900. Un camembert Président coûte quant à lui quasiment 12 dollars (7.50 €). Ce n'est donc pas pour tous les jours avec un budget étudiant...

3 - Mon petit Picard

Ça paraît bête mais c'était quand même bien pratique d'avoir des dizaines de plats de bonne qualité prêts en 10 minutes... Ici il suffit de regarder le rayon plats préparés pour comprendre que les gens cuisinent certainement plus et se rendent plus souvent au restaurant qu'en France. Il faut dire qu'ici l'offre des restaurants est pléthorique et que c'est donc bien souvent beaucoup moins cher que chez nous de sortir pour dîner.

4 - Voir de jolis vêtements dans les boutiques

Le style des australiennes est quelque peu excentrique en matière de vêtements. Le "style" européen me manque. NB: pour une ville de plus de 4 millions d'habitants, Sydney ne compte qu'un seul magasin H&M...

5 - Des programmes TV de qualité

Les australiens que j'ai pu rencontrer ne regardent pratiquement pas la télé et pour cause, ils reçoivent énormément de films complètement stupides et d'émissions de télé réalité américaines. Heureusement pour eux que Netflix a débarqué !