Travelling

I have to say since I have started travelling 4 months ago, I probably have never felt so alive... I really live the present moment and don't worry as much about my future, my career, getting a house, car, or simply having a family... Most of yous will probably thing come on Lilie you are only 24 you have all your life ahead of you to worry about those things, well that s what I think too although I remember those 4 weeks I spent in France before I started this trip and the way it brought me back to reality well the french reality

I guess this isn't the way I have decided to live my life... I don't know what tomorrow is made off therefore I will enjoy today, and will enjoy tomorrow and look back at yesterday and smile...

My quote of the week:

“I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.”

A weekend in Sydney

After all this time I have spent in Sydney I realised I never really told you what I was getting up to when I didn't have to work... Well first of all when staurday morning arrives... I don't mind staying in bed a bit longer and getting a little bit more than my weekly 6 hours sleep. I then go for breakfast without having to worry to wash everybody s dishes and only at that time I realise it is time to relax.
Last weekend I switched my friday night shift to sunday night and headed out with my workmates, after all those time I have turned their invitation down it was finally about time I showed them I am up for a bit of partying too. So we headed to Oxford steet (I also call it rainbow street) for a happy hour drink, the schooners (a tiny bit smaller than pints) for $2.5 and shots for $5. We spent a great night ending up in some random party in Surry Hills which was so different from the made in Dublin parties (maybe we were just at a wrong party) lol.
The following day I did what I love most since I started this trip and went to Paddington to discover the so heard about Paddington Market. This lovely market, full of home made clothes or handicrafts is the home to originality. From jewelery, to fairy lights passing by Palm Reading this boho style market would easily satisfy every woman in the world. Sometimes I wish I wasnt a backpacker and could afford all those beautiful things, well I can afford them but my backpack cant carry them around the world :D
Paddington is a neighborhood (I forgot how to spell this word woops) very near from where I am living now... it smells of nice food - I bought a strawberry covered with chocolate (iced) for $1.50, my 2 favorite things in the world reunited in 1: Heaven!, expensive and trendy clothes, fashion... It s the kind of place I would easily see myself living in, full of little eateries, cosie shops and so much vintage stuff... No high building only 3 storey houses around!
After my little tour around the market... I didnt buy anything but managed to get free seaweed for my sushis!
Finally back at the hostel I sat in The Tv Room for a while and went off to rent a few dvds for the night and ended up watching 3 movies in a row... Finally this hostel has such a big homy feeling, now it's winter we don't get as many 1 night people and most of the people here have been for more than a week so it s like a very big family...
Sunday comes and the sun is still shining :D My wisdom tooth (bottom right) is hurting today not so much of a good sign so I staied in the hostel read and took a sunbath until 3PM... Pizza time at Hugo's Bar Pizza.
That was a tip I got off Micheal when I first arrived in Sydney... Half price pizza from 3 to 5pm I have since been there hmmm too many times I guess lol
But for sure among the best pizza I have ever tried!
Followed with a few beers at O'Malleys it is time to return to the hostel and start my night shift...
So Here I am, Tuesday night, about get my wisdom tooth removed on Thursday and I am not feeling very comfortable about this, after a funky experience I have had younger when I had to get a top tooth removed and my beloved dentist had to give me anesthetic about 10 times and it ended up in numbing my tongue more than my tooth..
I have had to reschedule a little my travel plans as I have to be in Sydney on Monday to get my stitches out so I will be leaving for Melbourne on Tuesday night and start my trip un to Melbourne on Saturday morning...

My Home away from home ... My bed at the hostel... You should recognise it especially for those who have been in my place before.. the african wall thingy and the fairy lights I wouldnt survive without fairy lights :D

Austrlian Fashion:

Still in Sydney but not for so long...

Ah la la I am really not being very good at updating my blog... I am really sorry
I guess it's mainly due to the fact that my life here at the moment is spent working and saving up loads of money to travel more more more :)
Well I have now been in Sydney for more than 2 months and I still think it s an amazing city, it will come in my top 5 cities in the world I think.
But at the same time I am very looking forward to moving on and travelling again. Sometimes I realise how lazy I am to avoid working for 12 months... but guess what I don't care :) Those 12 months are certainly the only 12 consecutive months in my life I will ever be able to experience what I am experiencing now... an amazing journey :)
I am still working in Australia s biggest bank during the day... 8 to 4.30pm and now doing the Night Manager at my hostel which involves working from 8pm till 8am... Don't worry I don't have to stay up all night.. I can just go to bed but always keep my phone on. Basically I have to close and clean the kitchen at 11pm the next day wake up really early to clean up the mess from the night before wait till 8am and run to the bank to make my files...
So I don't get much time to enjoy my Sydney life anymore but I have enjoyed it quite a lot over the last 2 months so I don't really mind...
My main goal is to save up as much money and spoil myself with some wicked trips around OZ and even return to South East Asia....
Yeap here is my new plan as you all know I always change my mind lol so I am leaving Sydney in 2 weeks.. ouiiiiii :) heading down to Melbourne and from the 29th of May travel from Melbourne to Darwin by bus (18 days journey all included, food + accomodation) I will finally experience the real Australia.. Can't wait :D Once I get to Darwin I will then fly to Singapore and spend 1 month with Vicky around Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, maybe Cambodia, Bali??? we will see wherever the wind will bring us :D
I will return to ossieland end of July and only 1 month left till my sister arrives and we get on some crazy trip around the East Coast :D
Well this is it for my plans...
I will certainly update my blog this weekend with some more pictures... the partys at the hostel, my day trip at the blue mountains...