Europe.. longest post ever,

Hello blog world.
So; it has been over 3 weeks since our last post, so we apologise as this will be painfully long!

On the 19th of September, we begain our 'European Getaway' with Topdeck tour company.
the trip was in total, 20 days long and we had 43 people in the group!

DAY 1 & 2: we drove from London to Paris, beginning with a night tour then spent the next day getting lost (literally in our case) in Paris, finishing with a picnic under the Eiffel Tower, and watching a traditional Latin cabaret show at night.

Day 3 & 4: off to Switzerland! (our FAVOURITE place!) a tiny village called Lauterbrunnen. We went for a bike ride the next day.. up in the mountains. It was beautiful! But - Sophie, being the horrible bike rider (my dad would be ashamed!) she is, struggled. But, after a hard day, we finished up with a bottle of French Champagne and a night walk into town, only to find the worlds best VENDING MACHINE. everything from pizza and chocolate to cigarettes and condoms :)..

and Cannabis Tea! - which is actually nice! believe it or not!

DAY 5 & 6: From Switzerland to Nice, French Riviera :) We went to beautiful Nice. it was SO HOT. we had to run before dinner to H&M to find some dresses just to keep us cool! We had dinner and then went to Waynes Bar! - an Australian bar! which was nice for us Aussies! The bext day Han and i spent doing laundry (more complicated than it sounds :S) and a bit of shopping :)

DAY 7 & 8: on our way to Italy! We stopped in Pisa.. took some lame but must-have Pisa photos... and enjoyed the fresh air before getting back on the bus to go to Florence!
We had a guided walking tour of Florence in the morning then spent the afternoon eating Gelati and looking through the rows and rows of markets! We then went back to the Camping Village and indulged ourselves in pizza and pasta!

DAY 9 & 10: ROMA! in the morning we explored the hilltop city of Orvieto, which was beautiful! then in the afternoon, took a walking tour of Rome, visiting the Spanish Steps.. the Aqua Duct.. which, i will add, Hannah FELL INTO. infront of a lot of tourists. :) then the Trevi Fountain and the Colosseum! The next day we spent in the Vatican. We got a bit lost.. for a few hours.. not being able to find the exit! the Vatican was beautiful.. but i think we saw each room a million times over before finding our way out. so; a lot of Gelati and pasta later.. we took a good look in all the designer shops.. dreaming away.

DAY 11 & 12: Venice! On the first night.. we had a Toga Party! in the camping village pub - so much fun! :) and the next day.. Canal Cruises and wandering through the various shops in Venice :)

DAY 13: AUSTRIA! We had the option to do Canyoning!! so, four of us absailed down waterfalls, jumped from high rocks and slid backwards into pools.. and it was amazing! Austria was so beautiful and we were dissapointed to only spend one night there!

DAY 14 & 15: Prague is so beautiful! an amazing hostel and the buildings were just so beautiful! We spent the day roaming the streets.. and looking in the huge Gothic Castle looking over Prague. A cheap dinner with 2 of our amazing topdeck friends.. definately a 2nd favourite!

DAY 16 & 17: Berlin was great! another great hostel.. and we did a walking tour, going past a lot of Nazi buildings and Hitlers bunker. It was all so interesting to see! and DINNER. argh.. we have to RAVE about dinner. We went to a place, just accross the road from Wombats Hostel called 'Good Morning Vietnam'.. and it was SPECTACULAR. amazingamazingamazing food!

DAY 18 & 19: Amsterdammmm.

what more can we say?

what goes on in Amsterdam. Stays in Amsterdam.

not to worry, we did go and see the Anne Frank museum which was very interesting! if you are ever in Amsterdam - it's a must see! Her story is so sad..

(oh! but the 'coffee shop' we are in.. Brad Pitt and George Clooney filmed part of Oceans 13 there!!)

DAY 20: BACK TO LONDON. it was so sad leaving everyone on the tour.. especially becasue we hardly got to say goodbye to anyone! but it was such an amazing trip. Both of us are so glad we went on it, fantastic people and saw all the amazing sites :) :)

LONDON: So, we had a few days spare at the end to roam London a bit - saw the essential Oxford Circus and Buckingham Palace.. but we were in the end, very happy to finally get back to Bath :)

and thats us for now! we'll try and post a few more times in the coming weeks...!! If we actually have anything interesting to say!

we are planning for lots of R&R :)

so, ciao for now!

LOVE Sophie & Hannah xo!

Europe Week 1

Dear all,

Hello from Bath (England)!



First off.. apologies to those who arent are family and who dont care about massive ramblings.


This will be just a brief summary of our past week in England and a few photos to brighten it up a little bit.

Well first off, we left at a rediculous hour from adelaide (thankyou friends and family for making it down to farewell us anyway!). We then flew to Sydney and spent half a day sitting in the airport drinking coffee and eating which wasnt too bad!



Then we had a flight to Bangkok -- also not too bad. Unfortunately the stop over was only a very brief 30 minutes so we werent able to see the lovely airport in as much detail as we would have liked. BUT THENNN.. Once on the plain all set to take off to London on time.. some valve was faulty in the plane and needed replacing.. 3 times or something. But long story short.. We sat on a plane, for 4 HOURS IN DISGUSTING HEAT WITH LITTLE TO NO WATER OR AIRCONDITIONING. yeah, it was aweful.. essentially, we have learnt; do not fly british airways.. ever. Theyre aweful in every single way possible. In no way are we annoyed that the plane needed something replaced ; this is understandable, and we are very thankful that they take the safety warnings from the engine seriously.. but just their service and treatment of passengers in this time was disgusting.


Ok.. well after that stressful time, we landed safe and sound in Heathrow and were greeted by Hannah's Aunty Sue who took us back to her lovely home in Bath.


And for the past 5 days we have been exploring the streets and shops !


















the streets of Bath are so breathtakingly beautiful! It feels as though we have stepped straight onto a movie set.. and the only things missing are the corsets and lovely romantic men to sweep us off our feet? haha.





















we actually had some time to have the traditional Cream Tea - scones with jam & cream :) we also saw the fashion museum (AMAZING :) -- for us anyway!) and the Roman Bath's! OH and we have been doing a lot of shopping! Topshop IS amazing.. and we have made some purchases........... and some 'maybe i'll get this later' thoughts.

AND. WE GOT TO TRY ON CORSETS IN THE FASHION MUSEUM. which -
i (sophie) am not ashamed to say.. has probably been my highlight! :) how Keira Knightley!

anyway; we off on a Topdeck tour of the many countries of Europe! beginning in the wonderful France! :)

so; sorry for the dis-jointed post! we are trying to upload photos.. and pack.. and a do a numerous amount of other things!

hope everyone is having a wonderful week..



looooooove Sophie & Hannah xo!

just quickly!

Well hey theree :)

Ok,, so soph and I leave in approximately 36 hours!! (currently 1:43am) .. yes i know, its late.

And no, we are not organised in the slightest. havent even put a single item of clothing in my bag or anything. Friends and family of mine are probably muttering 'typical Hannah' or something under their breath.

But I just thought id just post a quick map of where we are going. Most of these destinations are on our tour but some we are visiting on our own. Anyway.. yeah those massive red dots .. thats where we are heading.

You should be able to click on it to get a better view if its small.

Yeah, i know, i could have done a better job than that, but you get the general gist anyway.

Anyway i need to go to bed. Soph and I plus our significant others are meeting for bruch tomorrow.

And then im apparently playing golf.. we'll see how that goes haha

Big love!! Our next post will probably be somewhere in Europe!!

xxxx take care everyone! xxxx

Zoo

"The lions and tigers and that kind of stuff

They have up here now are not quite good enough.

You see things like these in just any old zoo.

They're awfully old-fashioned. I want something new."

Dr Seuss

Congratulations to Hannah's netball team - winning the grandfinal today :)

oh, and i took this photo of Hannah for my design last year - i think she looks gorgeous. :)

and in 7 days - we'll be on a plane to London.!

Love Sophie xo!

Your hands and your heart are my home.

A little late i know, but these are some photos of us from the weekend. We were attending michael's 21st.. hes the brother of dan (sophs boyfriend) and a bestfriend of Jared (Hannahs boyfriend).. small world isnt it!

But yes, thought we should feature our beloved boyfriends, as we will be leaving them alone to run riot in Australia while we head off for jam and scones in Europe.

Sophie and Daniel!! (Soph in her new bargain Valleygirl dress!!)

Soph Hannah and Jared.

OH ANDDD,, if youre wondering whats on my (Hannah's) forhead.. its medical tape.. I had a cyst removed (dont worry, i got the results back, and it wasnt anything bad).. so yeah, its covering stitches.

how could we not miss these beautiful faces!!

So yes, I hope everyone has had a wonderful week so far :)

ONLY 9 SLEEPS UNTIL WE LEAVE FOR EUROPE!!!! stress :|

take care all,

Love

Sophie(left) and Hannah (right)xoxox

Spring!

HELLO SPRING!

Happy first say of September everyone.

HANNAH AND I LEAVE IN 11 DAYS. ughh. SO EXCITED/SCARED!

anyway; my boyfriend and I decided to have a day out togeth

er and went down to Norwood and saw a movie.. (Inglourious Basterds - if your a Tarantino fan - i say great movie.. if you have a weak stomagh, DO NOT SEE IT.)

and i fell for this jacket in 'Sooki' (probably one of my most favey shops EVER.)

Coat - Maurie And Eve

Shoes - Zu

These shoes are my formal ones - and something i struggle with wearing. (Trust me, in our home town, 'dressing up' is wearing a nice jacket and even putting some flats on :O so we get a few funny looks wearing anything but 'the norm')

also a HUGE shoutout to a little princess, from Tales of a Wondering Star, who had a competition for a gorgeous neckalace by Sticky Kitten.. which we won! amazingly enough :)

she has a great blog! with lots of amazing pictures!!

love Sophie xo!

Almost September..

Heeya :)

so; thanks to the amazing Nikki from Flair to Remember, Hannah and I got free tickets to see 'The September Issue'

which was great! Everything about it was entertaining! and the clothes, OH the clothes. but my one love was the photo shoots... so amazing. anyway, definately a movie we recommend seeing!

so, thankyou Nikki!

This is what Hannah wore; my outfit was very similar! (unintentional, of course)

but she wears..

miss shop floral top

Sass & Bide jeans :)

and the fabulous Dotti cardi.

our obsession; Gloria Jeans Caramel Latte

and these amazing shoes we both think our boyfriends should own. (at Miss Gladys Sym Choons in Rundle Street, Adelaide)

anyway; i have our 'going away dinner'.. and am yet to figure out something to wear,

so adios chicas!

Love Sophie xo!

flowers and ticking clocks

Hello :)

Today was my first day off in FOREVER. so i decided to spend it with my family.. shopping and what-not :)

I was in desperate need of a lightweight sleeping bag (for Europe, naturally.) and i got a perfect one in bright orange, so pretty happy!

i also bought this dress;

it was $25.. and i got it in the 'blue' pattern.. i'm thinking, perfect for my non-existant spring/end of summer wardrobe :)

but i was looking for a skirt initially, and the bottom part of this dress is perfect! (trust me; it looks better in real life)

anyway; after seeing my extended family for the last time until Christmas, i'm pretty exhausted. We talked on Skype with our cousins in Queensland, which was amazing. :) i miss them very much.

so; 20 sleeps to go.

very unorganized in regards to WHAT we're actually doing in Europe.. but i'm sure it'll get there.

eventually.

nighty night :)

Sophie xo!

The sun in my window

Well hello there :)

As per usual, Sophie and I have been working a lot. Well actually, Soph's working like, 50 hours a week which is LUDICROUS! But soon we shall reap the fruits of our labour,, actually in about 22 whole days to be exact :O YAYYYYY!

The hardest thing for both of us, is not spending our money on clothes. I mean, i don't know the last time i bought something just cause i liked it. When i see something i like in a shop, its then followed by my brain trying to justify my need for say, a great pair of $100+ shoes.. and then i walk out after i realise that i cant afford non-essentials. After all, if i need them, why would i buy them in Adelaide when i can buy them in London or Paris or Barcelona or.. you get the picture. (just trying to rub it in) haha

But the other day my cheap black flats literally fell apart. So i went to kmart :) and was actually impressed that i found something i really liked for $30.

Second to my latest love of sequins, is beading so well done kmart! Andd because they were cheap, i can justify throwing them away if i find something i like more in london and dont have suitcase room!

And, on an equally important note, how pretty are these flowers from the garden!

Have a lovely day!!

Hannah x

love.

I found this picture of my good friends, Owen and Charlotte that I took at Victor Harbour a while back..


Lady of the Sunshine,
show me how to live again,

Lady in the heart of time,
take me to the other side,

Lady of the Sunshine,
for you, I'd die again,

Lady in the heart of time,
show me how to love again.



Lady Sunshine by Lady of the Sunshine (did you guess that?!)