We Moved To Melbourne!!!!

Yes! We are back! And we have news: we have moved to Melbourne (another city of Australia, to the South). Duncan found a job here and, after thinking a lot about it, we decided to move. I came to Australia to settle down and stop moving around and what do we do? Exactly that! Well, most of the time we do what we want so I do not mind letting “life” decide for once… it makes life believe it is in control ;-)


People used to tell me Melbourne has a more European style than Sydney and it is true… I do not know exactly what it is… perhaps the trams, perhaps the interesting cafes, restaurants and boutiques or the fact that people dress up a lot more than in Sydney. In any case, here we are Melbourne!! Nice to meet youuuu!! Next time I will post some pictures of the city and the house we live in.


Let’s see what we did at the end of summer in Sydney. We, of course, enjoyed the beach a lot. The water was deliciously warm, and quite energetic with so many waves. It was great for any occasion: to relax, to sleep, to read, to picnic, to exercise, to yoga. Anyone missed the gorgeous “qualities” of the woman on my left ;-) ?


We organized quite a few dinners in the terrace. Paul and Maria: we are going to miss cooking for you. It was great to have you!! We shared so much :-P what was that delicious chocolate dessert that made everyone lick the plates?


We enjoyed quite a few cultural activities… I think we did every single music and food festival in Sydney. We even participated in Melbourne’s festivals while we were looking for a house to rent.




Oh yeah! Shake gorgeous, shake!! Karin, That should have been us!! I miss dancing with you... queen of shaka :-)

Olivier and Cathie have been best adventure partners.



Remember camping near the lakes?… heavy rain tested our patience and endurance… the four of us spending hours in the “hall” of our tent, smelling Duncan’s boots… the chocolate saved us :-) After complete intoxication, we decided to abandon the tents and to look for alternative accommodation. We found a very simple but gorgeous cottage at the feet of a mountain… just perfect. I loved the open-fire in the living-room!




We tried to find places to fish but end up going to the local supermarket :-D We really need to get better at fishing.

I am posting a picture of the super BBQ we had… no, no, it is not the kangooroo Duncan and Olivier hit with the car on the way to the supermarket.


We are going to miss you guys. We had so much fun together. Je suis contente de savoir que nos services de “liquidation de voisins” ont fonctionne. Je n’oublirai jamais la soiree espagnole... qu'est-ce que j'ai rigole avec les questions pour un champion ou une gitane... comme Cathie ;-)

And… CONGRATULATIONS to Mat and Mich who are now engaged!! It is so great to know that you are going to celebrate your love next year… and we are heeeere… Ah!! Soooo romantic… we are very happy for you. And we are really enjoying this sort of breakfast tour of Melbourne!!

A Big Move (again)

Hi Everyone,
It's been some time sine we've updated the blog. Apologies for not keeping you in the loop. Of course there's been a really good reason... ! Finally I took a job - unfortunately (!?!?) it was in Melbourne... Of course Elena said this was long planned! For those of you who don't know, Melbourne was where I was born many years ago - actually we're living about 3kms from the exact hospital where I was born. This is strange after living away for so long.
We're living in a suburb called South Yarra. It's a picturesque part of Melbourne, about 2.5 km from the city centre - about 40 minutes walk along the river. Elena had full control and choice over where we lived, so she's very happy living in the midst of cafes, nice restaurants, lots of clothes shops...
But, its cold. The weather is normally about 10-15 degrees during the day, and down to 3-5 during the night. We're looking forward to summer and getting a more reasonable 25-30. Melbourne has a couple of beached - but you cannot compare them to Sydney.
Anyway, we'll be back with more - and a couple of pictures soon. Now that we've go internet, we can also start skyping people again.