Happy New Year!

Thanks for the all the love and support in 2009. We had a wonderful year and cannot believe 2010 is already here. Wishing you and your families all the best for 2010.

E&R&...

We are alive!

First of all thanks for those who have paitient waited for the blog update. Oh how I miss blogging but I can say at this point we are back. There is so much I can talk about but I will give you guys the best news first.

We are preggers and having a lovely baby boy in the spring (N.American) of 2010. We are both very happy to be having a little one join our life. The baby will be born in Australia but will not have an Australian passport however will have an Italian and Canadian passport. We have not decided on a name for our little one so any suggestions are welcome.

Another addition to our family is Stella, which is our new car. We purchased the car around the same time we found out we were expecting. Stella is running nicely and it has given us the opportunity to see more of the area.

This is Stella (Nissan Tiida)

In November we took a trip down to Sydney and boy was I happy to breathe in some pollutionJ. The city feel was amazing and I must say Sydney is a legit city unlike Brisbane (wannabe city..lol). Since we have been back I have been researching the ways to live down there permanently.

Most recently we have decided to apply for permanent residency even though we are not sure if we will stay past the 4 year work visa mark. We kinda of have some idea that Australia would be a good place to live and raise our family if our plans to head back to Italy or Canada don’t work out. We have a lot of time to think if we will stay in Australia as the permanent visa waiting period is approx 3 years.

Other than that everything is good here. The summer has started so that means the HEAT has arrivedL

bye bye winter!

Happy to say that the winter season has come to an end, at least that's what the weather Bureau is saying. We have been out enjoying the warm weather and some of the great areas around Australia. We visited the Noosa National Park and I must say everyone should get there if they can. The park is amazing because you can walk the park along the shore or take the more nature route either way its a must when in Australia. We plan this year to take more day, weekend trips around as we have realized that there is so much to see. We are planning a four day trip to Sydney in November, so if anyone has any 'MUST SEES' feel free to drop me a line. Here are some pics, cheers.

Ciao

E&R

pick up the phone, send an email, send snail mail, send a fax

This is a question for all my expats who have left their home to explore and live life abroad, wherever that may be. Now that I am down in Australia exploring and living life I am finding so much harder to keep in touch with friends and family overseas, particularly in N.America. I am trying to figure out what it is that's making it so difficult. It seems like the further I move away from home the more FRIENDS and FAMILY disconnect:( One would think with all the technology out there keeping in touch wouldn't be so hard but it sure is proving difficult. I know the time zone is a big thing but that shouldn't excuse anyone from going out of their way to pick up the phone or send an email to say "hello". And you know when you move away you get "save me a bed, I am coming to visit" one year in and no one has made there way down to visit us. Anyway, that's my rant for the day. Any suggestions, ideas or comments are welcome.

ciao
E&R

Bologna

One of your day trips we decided to take a short drive to Bologna. Mainly because I wanted to take a shopping trip to Mango jeans..lol. I convinced the OH to visit the city only for that reason. We were quite surprised once we arrived to see such a lovely little city with what appeared to be a hugh student population. As we all know Bologna is known for its wonderful cuisine but unfortunately we didn't get a chance to taste what the city has to offer. We ate the famous tigelle con affettato e squacquerone (cheese) and boy was it hummy and cheap. We also took a short drive up to see basilica di San Luca which also provides you with a wonderful view of the city. Here are some pics of the wonderful day. ciao

E&R

Why I haven't fell in love with Venezia

When we were living in Italy we attempted to visit Venezia a couple times a year, always the idea of my OH. I have never really liked Venezia but thought maybe one day I will fall in love with the place. Well, it hasn't happened yet and I am not sure it will happen. Here are some lol pics of our day trip to Venezia.

Ciao

E&R

Only in Italy!

honey where can we park the scooter?

why not make money off tourist

FOOD, oh how I love food

lol. We have been eating our hearts out and trying to attend as many sagra's as possible. The food is delicious, cheap and fun is always had. Here are some pics of the last sagra we attended Sagra Valle S. Giorgio.

Ciao
E&R

Friends we love!