Adelaide

The other week i went to Adelaide! i had never been there before (have never gone past the East coast of Australia) so i was pretty excited. i have heard that there isn't much there and especially coming from Melbourne where the city is pretty big i wasn't expecting much!
I was going to Adelaide to visit a friend i had made while living in London. We had become really close in London so i couldnt wait to go see her! i was picked up from the airport, which is basically right next to the 'city' so we werent in the car for long!
She lives on the beach in Adelaide so i was excited about swimming and tanning but the day i arrived it did not stop raining....pouring even!

we just hung out during the day as there isnt much you can do in the rain! and when it hit around 4 pm we thought we would go for a late boozy lunch at her local pub. it was so nice sitting outside underneath cover watching the rain hit the sea - very relaxing. When the sun was setting the clouds parted a bit and we got such an amazing sunset, it was unbelievable.

The day i was leaving Rachel took me to 'The city'. I wasnt expecting much as i have been told there isnt much there. as we were driving in we got to this road and rachel was like 'and we are in the city'...............i looked around and there wasnt one tall building, the tallest building was probably as tall as the cadbury building here on st kilda rd. I did see a very large bottlle of wine made of out corks! Saying that though it was still a very pretty city, with nice old buildings, many churches and a nice quiet, slow vibe.

All in all, i would go back to Adelaide but only to see Rachel and to try and spot a great white shark! At least i can say i have been there now!!

Dreaming we are in Thailand

So on friday my brother came back from a 6 week holiday from south east Asia....very good to see him! we were all sitting outside having a few drinks and had some family friends around so there was quite a few of us so we decided to light one of those thai lanterns that go far up into the sky and its so pretty to watch!
Last time we lit on of these lanters it was a completely still night so we thought perfect! but it was in the height of the drought so we were a bit weary.....we lit it and it went up then crossed over to a house...bumped into a tree...kept on going and then finally settled on some power lines......we all freaked out and thats why we havent done it for a couple of years!
This time though we thought it will be fine as all it has done all summer is rain and there was no wind in the sky once again! so we let it go and it went high into the sky and over to the beach...it was so nice! its such a pretty thing to watch and it bought me right back to Thailand. I think i am going to try and save this year and go for a little holiday to Thailand, laos and cambodia around christmas time.....its always so nice.

Hope your mondayitis isn't as bad as mine! :-)