WINTER SKIES, book introduces as well as BRUNCHES

So right here it is: July. as well as the second half of 2016. exactly how ridiculous. Can you believe the Olympics starts in a month? exactly how can this be happening?

And politically, things have truly got strange. the UK doing its level finest to get away from the EU, the us doing its finest to provide itself over to Donald Trump, Australia doing its finest to provide itself over to… well, who knows?

At least right here at romance HQ things are calm as well as steady. Mostly. We’ve been having some extremely chilly days right here in Sydney, which has made our trip to Thailand a couple of weeks back seem like one more lifetime ago.

But with the chilly days have come some lovely skies as well as even much better some great reasons for drinks as well as heart-warming food!

Here’s our most current IG Edition. hope you enjoy!

Not rather making it into last week’s edition, I went out for a few drinks as well as dinner with my mate on Sunday night. Didn’t feel rather as much as adding this picture by the time I’d got home, however right here it is now.

The mixed drinks as well as environment of corner Bar in Rozelle are excellent. absolutely worth a visit. A charming bit nook, this location must be on your listing of favourites if you like the Sydney little bar scene.

What a method to surface off a Monday! lovely sunset with some extremely odd clouds. We’ve never seen the sky go so pink such as this before. question what it’s embarrassed about?!

Tonight we’re at the book introduce for our good friend as well as associate Lorraine Murphy. This special woman has developed an fantastic – or must I state exceptional – service up out of a crazy concept she had only a few years back as well as now represents a few of the most prominent blog writers in the country.

Her book Remarkability is all about her journey therefore far as well as is a excellent read. I’ve got as far as the very first chapter before Mrs R whisked it from my hands. She’s nearly completed it though (after less than a week!), so I’m sure I’ll get one more look in. just also I take pleasure in second-hand books!

Make sure you pick up your own copy of this book asap though. Mrs R assures me it’s fascinating, well-written as well as an inspiring insight into the woman who started The Remarkables Group.

It’s so chilly today, we’re dreaming difficult about our time here. The Aleenta Phuket is an extraordinary location to kick back as well as take in the very best the Thailand has to offer. enjoy this area for our full review as well as vid of this place.

In the meantime, we’ve already written about our much-loved Bangkok hotel as well as bar here: the Centara Grand, so make sure you inspect that out.

Plus we’ve been believing about exactly how to get away from this wintertime without having saved anything, so make sure you checked out our top wintertime escapes that won’t break the bank as well as likewise our ideas on saving money while you’re travelling.

There’s likewise a possibility for you to win $2000 to spend on flights to get your travel boot on. The details are at the bottom of the two articles I’ve just mentioned. great luck!

This evening’s sky is absolute bliss. In some methods the wintertime skies right here in Sydney are even prettier than in the summer… if only it were a bit bloody warmer!

Still dreaming of our time in Thailand, we’re believing about one of our a lot of much-loved meals today on the site. as well as oddly sufficient it wasn’t a Thai dinner. It was, in fact, Spanish!

Dinner on the 54th floor of the Centara Grand hotel in the heart of Bangkok at Uno Mas was absolutely sensational. The food right here is prepared with such care as well as attention, as well as the components are all so painstakingly sourced by Head chef Joan Tanya Dot, who was born in Spain. His churros by the way: unsurpassed!

The food is incredible, the service is personable as well as expert as well as the views down over one of the world’s a lot of interesting as well as mysterious cities is superb. inspect out our evaluation of Uno Mas here.

Yet one more lovely evening right here in Sydney. The bright skies just haven’t stopped all week! It definitely makes it much easier to be as chilly as we are. The electric blankets we gotten even before we unpacked after our Thailand trip have been getting a solid workout!

Today we’ve satisfied up with our charming good friends from Melbourne. They’re as much as see household – as well as us of course! We’ve made a decision to try Kepos street kitchen area in Waterloo. It’s an Israeli eatery with a menu full of tasty things. I’ve gone for Dad’s much-loved Brekky, which is excellent. It’s got homemade falafel, hummus, labne cheese, soft-boiled egg, schiacciata bread, as well as a tasty tomato as well as mint salad.

Mrs romance has got the shakshuka, which I’m raiding while she takes the shot, as well as our good friends are having the toasted granola, poached pear as well as vanilla labne, as well as the Moroccan lamb as well as want nut cigars with poached eggs as well as goat cheese!

Absolutely tasty I need to say. If you’re in the inner West of Sydney, you must most likely make this location a priority. Be alerted though, the back space we’re in is a bit noisy.

This week’s travel recap

Each week we go back in time over a few of our much-loved travel destinations utilizing never-before-seen pictures of our travels. Here’s where we’ve been looking back on this week.

Burano in Venice is our much-loved location to visit. It’s a bit island north of the rest of the city, however being so far away from the normal vacationer crowds makes this area even better! It’s likewise exceptionally colourful since years ago, there were no street numbers, so each home was painted a different colour to tell it besides its neighbour’s.

This garden overlooking the Tuscan countryside is absolutely sublime. It’s part of an old castle called Castello di Modanella that’s between Lucignano as well as San Gimignano, as well as it’s where our good friends got married a few years ago. What a spectacular setting for a wedding!

The cook Islands has a special location in our hearts. It’s right here we got engaged – plus it’s a bloody paradise! look at that water. This is one of the lots of excellent beaches of Aitutaki an atol about an hour north of the primary island of Rarotonga. We can’t wait to go back!

As we flew in to Aitutaki flight terminal we got a look of where we were to be staying. On the ideal is the island that would be quite much our own called Akitua as well as the left is one the largest island of the atol group. You get across the bit strait between the two by means of a small ferry you can just see in the bottom ideal corner.

Or you can swim!

The Jardin du Luxembourg as well as this – the Palais du Luxembourg – is a lovely part of Paris. only a few blocks back from the Seine, these fantastic gardens are complimentary for all to utilize it though few tourists understand of it. best for a picnic or just a stroll, this is one of our much-loved tricks in the city of romance.

This garden is in the 6th Arrondissement on the South Bank.

This bit red home in the heart of Burano in Venice was one of our favourites. This is such a lovely part of Venice, which is truly stating something. The thing I like a lot of about this picture – besides the home of program – is the reflection in the door of the lady wondering what the bloody hell we’re taking a photo of. like it!

Tanna Island at the southern end of the Vanuatu archipelago has one of the most easily accessible active volcanos in the world. as well as that’s what a lot of people understand about it. however the snorkelling around this island’s shores is amazing. This is Blue hole 2 – or that’s what the locals phone call it. It’s a significant space in the rock that’s secured from the open ocean by reef nearly all the method round.

It indicates it’s totally risk-free from sharks as well as other huge predators, has no currents as well as isn’t as impacted by tides as the beach. You generally just walk as much as this spot, mask up as well as jump in. as well as you’re welcomed by a whole other world. It’s absolutely magical.

We hope you’ve took pleasure in this week’s IG Edition. Now, tell us, which was your much-loved photo from the week? tell us in the comments below – as well as don’t fail to remember to go into the competition for $2000 of flights. Entrees close on 18th July. details are here. 

Images by Mr as well as Mrs romance by means of Instagram: @MrAndMrsRomance, @HairRomance, @Christina.Butcher – Mrs R’s Insta account as well as @AngryBastard of course!