sunrise, sunset & night

We are back in Paris and don't have much access to the internet, but we wanted to share some photos of a day last week which was our last day in Paris with my sister. It was such a beautiful day, and we saw the sunrise and sunset, and then after visiting a beautiful art exhibition featuring the work of photographer Diane Arbus, we saw Paris all sparkly for the evening. It was the perfect way to finish our adventures together.
enjoy
-kim

old orleans

We have come to visit my aunty and cousins out in an old bourgeoise town called Orleans (pronounced or-lee-on). Its the first big town we have been to outside of Paris and it's giving us a taste of what type of town we would like to settle in. I always love coming here and seeing how much my cousins change and sitting around drinking 'aperitifs' with my aunt and talking about history, family, science, art and our shared passion...thrifting! Tomorrow we go to a big flea market in the area, which kim is very excited about seeing as I have told her this is the country of antiques and great flea markets. We are only here a short time and there is so much to do in this town. I thought I would just share a few old house fronts photos I took yesterday on a short stroll.








-morgan
ps.there are more photos of us out and about on instagram. follow us on username:morganandkim if you like.

Lardy Lardy Da...

Well after a couple of days back on Paris, we are now staying with Morgan's Uncle in Lardy, a village south of Paris. My sister Sarah flew back to Australia yesterday, and this is now the point in time where we are no longer really traveling, but we are here in France, and this is where we will stay. That was a bit scary for me at first and although there is a lot of unknown things, it is great to be here. Morgan has been a real champion translating for me and helping me work out how to be a bit more french. Its also be so great to finally meet all of Morgan's extended family.

Today we went exploring a couple of castles. There are so many beautiful old buildings here in France, quite different to Australia. Hopefully we will be able to visit some markets this weekend and maybe pick up a few new treasures.

enjoy
-kim

Snakadaktal

I just wanted to take a second to tell you about Snakadaktal, a band that recently won a high school band competion of our major independant radio station Triple J. As we have left Australia I believe this to be one of the best new/young talent Australia has currently. Big statement, but I have thoroughly enjoyed their EP. Download it here. No regrets. Promise.


-morgan

I want to be by the seaside

We have left Paris' busy roads and have come to Brittany, the west side of France to spend three days in a small sleepy sea side town called Douarnenez. This part of France is actually where part of my family tree begins. So to come here and sea the maritime lifestyle is really cool. Brittany is to France what Ireland or Wales is to the UK, they are kind of affiliated but very much their own region. Not to mention the rolling green hills by the water. We have enjoyed the past few days exploring small streets, eating lots of fresh fish and living life with a little bit less rapidity. This region of France is where the stripy shirts/jumpers come from which Coco Chanel made famous.
- morgan

we are here...

We have finally made it to France. Its been a long time coming but it's good to be back. For Kim this is the start of a new, exciting, difficult adventure. For me, it's home already. Even the smell of the air makes my heart race. I have come to France often growing up so the majority of my memories are around childhood joys. I have taken Kim and her sister on a little journey through my childhood. We have eaten chocolate croissants, drunk pomegranate cordial and had little kinder suprises along the way. France for me can be summed up in one word. FOOD. We have enjoyed buying fresh baguettes each morning, trying french wine and cheese and even some frogs legs.






We have a bit more traveling around Northern France before settling in the south for a while which means we don't know when we will have internet access. But bear with us as we will try and be regular at updating.
Hope you all enjoy breathing in the smells of your home.
-Morgan

Ice Ice Baby

Well, we are in Iceland and it is freezing cold. It has been -3 degrees Celsius most days and so we have all been dressed with so many layers to try and stay warm with our inappropriate Australian clothing. This country is surprisingly more incredible than I imagined. The people are lovely (except the cranky bakery girl), the landscape is unbelievable, and there are so many beautiful things to see. The tap water is the best we have all ever tasted and the hot water has a smell of sulfur as the water is coming from the geothermal pools.

Today we did the Golden Circle tour, which took us to a number of incredible natural sights around Iceland. We saw the Þingvellir National Park, Gullfoss waterfall, the Geysers Strokkur and Geysir and a number of other sights including my highlight, Icelandic Horses. It was great to get out of the city and at times felt like we were trekking through Antarctica.

Tomorrow we are off to The Blue Lagoon, and ready to rest our weary bodies in the geothermal spas.

We have been using a number of different cameras, but can only share the digital ones until we get the different film developed.
enjoy
-kim

If this city never sleeps...

Well we are in Iceland now and have access to constant internet. So I thought I would update a little with a few of our New York photos. Fear not, in the next couple of days I will be posting plenty of Reykjavík photos.

New York is an amazing city and I think you would need to live there over a year to experience it in full. We had 4 days and 4 nights. We stayed in a dodgy little one room apartment in East Harlem. At first for our Australian minds we thought it to be dangerous, but it was such a cool experience.

We had no idea what we were going to do for four days or where to start. I asked Brian Ferry, one of my favourite photographers who nows live in NY for a few tips. I'm glad I did because the journey it took to get to the places was worth it. We decided to walk most places, which in an city is a good choice. See little streets+get lost+burn calories and eat lots of food+sore feet=good times. On Brians recommendations we went to The Oyster Bar, Motorinos, The High Line and crowd favourite district, Soho. On top of this we did all the touristy things like visit Lady Liberty, go ice skating in Central Park. eat pizza and lots of junk food, walk the Brooklyn Bridge, bring in the new year in Central Park, hail taxis etc etc.













enjoy
-morgan